Riddle me this?

[Shivers]

LTO-5 - current standard, around 1.5 TB uncompressed per tape, bought over 150 of those last month.

HTH

Thanks for the info. Without doubt will come in useful at some point (if there are parallel universes).

However, I will refer any future issues with permies/tapes etc in your direction as you obviously know your stuff.

Regards, Shivers.

[darmstadt]

LTO-5 - current standard, around 1.5 TB uncompressed per tape, bought over 150 of those last month.

HTH

Blimey, how old fashioned. Haven't seen a tape in years, everything is virtual tape on real systems now!

[GeorgeB]

I'm really keen to know what the beer was?

Are we talking Fosters vs Stella?

I'm pretty sure sure Fosters is just flavoured water!

[PAH]

How important is what you consumed (in food) prior to drinking?

Is it true you get sloshed much quicker on an empty stomach, and if so how come when you do puke up you find your stomach wasn't that empty after all?

Do certain foods help prevent such a scenario, or will any food do?

This thread may be some help (depending on the quality of information gleaned from it) in the run up to New Year's eve.

Anything to prevent a repeat of last year, when I got pissed and was nearly in a fight in a pub with a drug dealer (unknown to me) who was feeling up a bird (a friend of a friend I'd never met before) in our group who turns out was a bit of a bike (unknown to me until too late for a ride).

[Ignis Fatuus]

NickFitz has it right as usual. It is rate of change of blood alcohol concentration that is the primary driver for the strength of the sensation of being drunk. Though not for actual drunkenness: hence, how drunk you feel is no guide to how drunk you really are.

One of my rules of thumb is that things never really get interesting until the second derivative, but I'm not sure how that would apply to getting drunk.

[gingerjedi]

I'm really keen to know what the beer was?

Are we talking Fosters vs Stella?

I'm pretty sure sure Fosters is just flavoured water!

Ooh no.

Speckled Hen (5.2% bottles) v Butcombe (4% pump) the consumption rate was about the same but I gave up earlier on the SH.

5%+ is too strong, British beer should be between 3.5% and 4.5% if it is to be consumed by the pint, continental strength should be served in smaller glasses.

Probably why the British have a problem with alcohol.

[Moscow Mule]

Ooh no.

Speckled Hen (5.2% bottles) v Butcombe (4% pump) the consumption rate was about the same but I gave up earlier on the SH.

5%+ is too strong, British beer should be between 3.5% and 4.5% if it is to be consumed by the pint, continental strength should be served in smaller glasses.

Probably why the British have a problem with alcohol.

Are you used to drinking SH?

I find an unfamiliar beer won't be recognised by my stomach, and consequently gets into the system a lot faster.

[OwlHoot]

How important is what you consumed (in food) prior to drinking? ...

Yes food is important; but equally if not more so is a sleep deficit (possibly caused be previous drinking), which can get you more pissed than one might anticipate.