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Experimental Drug "Caffeinol" Tested

Posted by timothy on from the awake-but-disoriented dept.

dan.hunt writes "Two of my favorite things: Cafeine and Alcohol have been combined into a new medicine. 'The idea of mixing alcohol and caffeine was "serendipitous", Grotta told HealthScoutNews.' I am sure a lot of /. readers knew that Irish Coffee was good for you. I will mix two strong cups of coffee with one ounce or two of Irish Cream http://www.baileys.com/ and one ounce or two of Sambuca http://www.luxardo.it/ to get a taste for this medical research."

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  1. Red Bull and And Vodka by spencerogden · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I believe the original version of this was mixing Red Bull with vodka. A suprisingly good tasting drink. Just the thing to get the night started.

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    Spencer Ogden

  2. Best coding job I ever did by OpMindFck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    was between about 3AM and 7AM on a Sunday morning with a project due Sunday night at midnight. I had been out drinking and was on my third cup of coffee back in my dorm room when I had the most joyous experience in my life. I wrote C code for 4 hours without compiling. Then, as I was getting ready for a power nap, I tried a compile. It worked. No syntax errors. Then I ran the sample data though. No errors. I was done. And it was all thanks to the miracle of caffeine mixed with about 8 shots of vodka. I got an A in 15- 213 that semester by using that same strategy right up to finals. Thanks Grey Goose!

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    Sipping on Jolt and Dew. Laid back. With my mind of my cubicle and my cubicle on my mind.
  3. Two thoughts: by Pathwalker · · Score: 3, Interesting
    1. Didn't I hear of some Canadian company making a caffinated beer years ago? ( I think I found it - Rethink Beer (warning - annoying flash site)).
    2. When I was in grad school, and I needed to concentrate for an all nighter to whip the last bits of a project into shape for a demo in the morning, I would usually have a big mug full of of espresso on one side of my desk, and a bottle of scotch on the other. If I was feeling tired, I would sip from one, if I was too stressed out and twitching, I would sip from the other. It worked quite well in the short term, but really burned me out over the long term...
    It's good to know that in the second case, had the stress caused a stroke, I might have had a little protection.