i never trusted google.

umm... it has been well documented that caffeine is a psychotropic drug, and with prolonged use the chemical nature of the brain changes. when a caffeine tolerant system is not presented with caffeine, withdrawal symptoms occur, i.e. "caffeine headaches." over time, the brain will readjust and not "expect" the caffeine to be present, and withdrawal goes away. see, this is all KNOWN. read wikipedia on caffeine if you don't believe me (as far as i can tell the article is in line with what i was taught in neurology classes). what was not known until the study referenced in this post is that caffeine tolerant people do not receive any positive effects from caffeine, but rather only homeostasis (i.e. "brought to normal"). it was previously assumed that caffeine consumption would eliminate withdrawal symptoms AND provide simulation. it is the "...AND stimulation" that the study suggests does not happen. just because what you think sounds smart doesn't mean it has any basis in science...

does anyone remember the onscreen keyboard for palm os that broak everything down into nine buttons? to hit a letter there were two different ways: you hit one of the nine squares you moved in a direction to fill in the other nineteen letters it was much faster than graffiti, and i was able to use it reasonably close to my typing speed (using the software's speed check) with my foldout keyboard.

since when were kanji logical? i love my chinese characters, but i love them because they're obscenely difficult.