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Re: Still think "climate change" is just an academic curiosity?


From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:42:29 +0000 (GMT)

But the lifestyle of a sysadmin, although filled with crises (yes, I knew
it is spelled that way), does nevertheless require contemplation before
action - when five servers go down, you don't jump on your horse and dash
madly off in all directions, you sit quietly and work out what went wrong,
then you fix it. Often without leaving your desk, while the berserk
coffee-maddened horde is still galloping across town to the data centre.

And remember, a cup of tea contains about half the amount of caffeine as a 
cup of coffee, so two cups of tea equals one cup of coffee. 

And that depends on how you brew it; tea is usually made weaker than 
coffee, but if you wanted to, you could double the amount of leaves used 
for a cup. But why would you want to? Two cups of tea is twice as good as 
one.

But there's more.

You also get Theanine in tea; you don't get that in coffee. 

"Able to cross the blood/brain barrier, theanine has psychoactive 
properties.[9] Theanine has been studied for its potential ability to 
reduce mental and physical stress,[10] improve cognition[11] and boost 
mood in a synergistic manner with caffeine.[12][13]" - source, wikipedia

This probably explains why the www was invented by an Englishman.

You made a big mistake that day in Boston. 

On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:

Date sent:            Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:47:39 +0000 (GMT)
From:                 Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>

As long as we still have tea ...

A fair point, but consider: tea, "the beverage that refreshes but does not inebriate," 
is primarily linked to more contemplative pursuits.  It does not fit 
well with the 
infosec lifestyle of constant crises (yes, it *is* spelled that way when it's plural), 
grabbing a cup from the pot on the way by, and roiling stomach acid.

No, if coffee goes, I'm afraid that it's Pepsi Max for us, at least until Brazil starts 
effectively marketing guarana.  (I discovered Antarctica Diet Guarana at a 
conference in Brazil in 2005, and if the secret ever gets out, Coke and Pepsi are in 
big trouble.)

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