I knew that Windows ME was built on whiskey (probably corn mash too) instead of good single malt scotch. I find this cartoon to be true when it comes to developers participating in usability sessions. A case of beer (or single malt scotch as one’s tastes may run) certainly loosens the group ups and produces some remarkedly interesting ideas. Where I come from it wasn’t known as the Balmer Peak, rather the Legend of the Drunken Coder.