There is actually lot less caffeine in most soda than coffee. You would have to drink about 4 cans of Coke to equal one cup of coffee, although the sugar bomb from the HFCS is a different story. http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm

Is it just me or does this seem like a revival of the turbo button on my old 386?

Yeah, Gmail can offer 2.5+ GB and POP because it only allows a few US users (relatively) with mobile phones (yes, workarounds exist but that is not the point). If you want to be elitist and say that is fine, great. But Yahoo supports at least 10 times as many users! What makes you think it is not trying to upgrade its capacity but is rather taking the time to make sure it is done right?

Yeah you elitists! The proletariat will rise up against gmail! Then you will see! Oh wait, what? What? He's on crack? Oh, ok, never mind.