My understanding of the science is that this is only true with occasional use, or when used to treat ADD.
I'm amazed at the difference coffee makes in helping The Boy to focus -- and that's on top of Ritalin. The Ritalin helps noticeably, but the caffeine on top of that also has a marked effect.
A cup every morning only feels like it wakes you up because without it, you're in withdrawal.
I was about to say that I *must* have a cup (a giant cup, okay?) to wake up, but yeah, I imagine it's more that I must have a cup to stave off the junkie shakes.
I've tried both, and there are clearly visible artifacts that are not there on cable.
My TV is only 720, but I've never had that problem with iTunes.
Most of the HD channels I have on Time Warner are so compressed, I've found the picture quality on iTunes to be just as good or better. Doctor Who, specifically, is much better from iTunes than on cable.
I tend to notice compression artifacts in regular-def cable programming. I don't have HD cable, but the artifacts in iTunes HD seem much less noticeable.
In sort of related news Kitchen Confidential is on Hulu right now.
NPH just tweeted that Tom Bosley died. Sad.
Hm. Maybe I should give iTunes another chance. Still won't solve my ISP-is-also-cable-provider problem.
(Like, when Cablevision pulled Fox off the air this weekend and so Newscorp blocked Fox programs on Hulu for Cablevision subscribers? EVIL EVIL EVIL. HUGH LAURIE HAS BEEN SHIRTLESS A LOT THIS SEASON AND MISSING AN EPISODE IS EMPHATICALLY NOT OKAY.)
Guys, caffeinated drinks do not dehydrate you. The dehydration effects of caffeine are not enough to overcome the hydrating effect of the drink itself. So drink up! E.g.: [link]
I've always thought that, and gone on blithely drinking coffee occasionally and sodas in about a 1/3 ratio to the amount of water I drink daily without concern or apparent effect. But it has been really noticeable for me as an after-effect of drinking the large canned teas. A similar sized bottle of water would work its way out of my system over a considerably longer period of time, with much less urgency.
