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For Those Long Coding Sessions: The Food Patch
rtphokie writes "The U.S. Army has created a Transdermal Nutrient Delivery System which works similarly to to nicotine or birth control patches but delivers vitamins and other micronutrients. It was developed to help "warfighters sustain their physical and mental performance" during high intensity conflict. Is this what ./'ers need during those long coding sessions."
Anyway, it's nice to see this kind of technology being developed out of the military budget instead of another variation on the bullet, bomb, etc. It has a lot of potential and I imagine it's not long before we see folks using pharmecutical patches soon - probably tailored for their specific needs/doses.
It would be pretty nice if I could take ALL of my daily meds via a single patch rather than gulp down 10+ "easy-to-swallow if you're a horse" caplets.
Good show, GI Joe.
the implications of this to long endurance sports, such as 24 hr LeMans car racing, ironman triathlon, long range cycling, and so on.
I think currently athletes drink some sort of soups or something to get their calories... just a semi wild guess.
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This is army food that even the Atkins diet could love!
Who cares about flavors? Hell I'd give up eating in exchange for no more hunger any day! Sign me up for some of that stuff! Hmm.. I wonder if you don't have to eat you no longer have to go to the bathroom? Interesting thought. I could code for over a week straight without ever leaving the computer but to sleep! Hahahaha what will they think of next?
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
I don't know, if you use one of these, and remove all the food from your dwelling, it might help.
I know a guy who lost 150 pounds by just taking the refridgerator out of his computer room.
it is one thing to to grab something quick to eat, usually not healthy. Having to go out in the middle of a game of everquest is quit another.
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go pills are not crank.
According to the US government, one of the meanings of "crank" is amphetamine. Since "go pills" are dexedrine, and dexedrine is an amphetamine, I think that "go pills are crank" is a logically true statemnt.
"...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
You've got to be kidding... Japan is chock full of extremely fattening food (an average bowl of ramen, I think contains approximately 1 billion calories, and enough salt to supply south america for a decade), and unlike, e.g., U.S. fast food, it tastes really good. This is a dangerous, dangerous combination. Morever, health club memberships are way more expensive in Japan... Gah, I'm getting fat just writing this...
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I imagine that water is still neccesary, and of course, urination is still neccesary to remove excess amine groups associated with protein breakdown. So, the ultimate merging of machine and man is still far off.