63349401 comment Comment Superhuman? (Score 1) 125 by Tim OBrien on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @12:17AM (#47604709) Attached to: Robotic Suit Gives Shipyard Workers Super Strength 30kilos superhuman? When I worked in a retailer warehouse back in the 80s I had to lift 125lb boxes of tools up 7ft shelves. Pfffftttt...
61380179 comment Comment Just like in War Games.. (Score 1) 268 by Tim OBrien on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:19PM (#47286833) Attached to: The EPA Carbon Plan: Coal Loses, But Who Wins? No matter who wins, WE all lose...
59520377 comment Comment Weight limit (Score 1) 93 by Tim OBrien on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @11:14PM (#46875063) Attached to: Texas Sheriffs Crash $250k Drone They're Not Supposed To Be Flying It's easy to get a waiver for the weight limit. Lots of giant-scale r/c'ers with planes twice that.
58126563 comment Comment Rather retro (Score 1) 127 by Tim OBrien on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @12:02PM (#46584615) Attached to: NASA Puts Its New Spacesuit Design To a Public Vote I'd rather they went retro and just use the suits from "2001" back in '68.
56552941 comment Comment 2 reasons... (Score 1) 473 by Tim OBrien on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @12:27AM (#46215193) Attached to: Ugly Trends Threaten Aviation Industry Government regulations on pilots and airplanes has gone through the roof and insurance has skyrocketed.
56447545 comment Comment No contest... (Score 1) 365 by Tim OBrien on Friday February 07, 2014 @02:37PM (#46188217) Attached to: Do Hypersonic Missiles Make Defense Systems Obsolete? A 6000mph missile is impressive until it's hit by a laser or particle beam moving at the speed of light...
56233023 comment Comment Saw that movie... (Score 1) 161 by Tim OBrien on Friday January 31, 2014 @09:09PM (#46125297) Attached to: World's First Magma-Based Geothermal Energy System "Crack in the World" (1965). Might be on YouTube. Not bad for its time.
55752451 comment Comment Saw that movie in the 60s... (Score 2) 180 by Tim OBrien on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @12:40AM (#46021489) Attached to: More Details About Mars Mystery Rock If it moves again, KILL IT! (I grew up watching those movies...)