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Provigil Extends Your Day?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-I-like-my-warm-cozy-bed dept.

John Mearns writes "It looks like before long all caffeine junkies will be able to ditch the bottle of Mountain Dew or cup of coffee in favor of pill. Its not a true stimulant so you don't get the "caffeine crash," just countless hours of alert attentiveness. " It's also still in testing so it'll probably make you grow horns or something, and is supposed to only be used for people who are sleepy during the day, but it raises several interesting ethical questions.

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  1. Popups by LordKariya · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would have read the whole article, but the two popups and the page-covering javascript ad prevented me from doing so. Fuck !

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    1. Re:Popups by Darkstar9969 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Great trick, use the Print or Print Preview links found in most newspaper's sites.

      This will get you a nice, clean, properly layed out page of text with adverts in banners or on the side.

      No Java Required....

      Cheers

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    2. Re:Popups by Darkstar9969 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The topic I replied to was popups.....how in the sam hill is this offtopic? :)

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  2. Re:I wonder if it extends this? by Pope+Slackman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Gaping anus ascii

    Lovely.
    Now, can you extend that by adding page lengthening/widening functionality?

    C-X C-S