Re: Caffeine (was: Re: Alarmclock puzzle (Slightly OT)) (very OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Hugo Mills
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:36:58AM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote: > Years ago I imagined such a pill with a known delay (e.g. the time it > would take for the outer casing to dissolve). Pills would be available > with different delays (different thickness of casing). > > Thus, you would take a caf

Re: Alarmclock puzzle (Slightly OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh
Years ago I imagined such a pill with a known delay (e.g. the time it would take for the outer casing to dissolve). Pills would be available with different delays (different thickness of casing). Thus, you would take a caffeine tablet with say an 8 hour delay and go to sleep. 8 hours later y

Re: Alarmclock puzzle (Slightly OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Kim Alvefur
I think that the ultimate thing to get one up in the morning would be having a r/c drug-dispenser under/on your skin that would dump shitloads of caffeine into your bloodstream. I think there exists a type of patch that dispenses insulin, for people with diabetes. That with like a RFID-trigger or