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Bungleau 10-08-2008 05:46 AM
Google goggles prevent beer goggles...
 
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Of...pport/P8R4B6A2

Quote:
A new feature for Gmail prevents a user from sending desperate 'I want you back' e-mails to ex-boy/girlfriends after coming home drunk on a Friday or Saturday night.

According to Gmail Engineer, Jon Perlow, the Mail Goggles for Gmail will 'check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday e-mail.' When enabled, users would have to solve a few math problems after to click send. This exercise is used to 'verify' that you are in the right state of mind.

By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you're most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it's active in the General settings.

See: gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html
Hopefully, you don't become brilliant in math after a few beers... :cheers:

Variol (Farseer) Elmwood 10-08-2008 06:09 AM
Re: Google goggles prevent beer goggles...
 
No comment: 'cause I don't know what the heck this means...

Harkoliar 10-08-2008 07:05 AM
Re: Google goggles prevent beer goggles...
 
i must admit thats a good idea. goodness how many has that happened.

Bungleau 10-08-2008 08:56 AM
Re: Google goggles prevent beer goggles...
 
Basically translated, it means that if you try to send an email in the wee hours of the morning, you have to answer a couple of math questions before it's allowed to go. Think of it as a field sobriety check... if you can answer those questions, then you're probably sober enough and in a right enough frame of mind to send it.

Variol (Farseer) Elmwood 10-08-2008 09:21 AM
Re: Google goggles prevent beer goggles...
 
Wow, that's just fab!!

Why don't they impose something similar, for all that spam crap I get!?

Unglaublich Verwustung 10-08-2008 11:07 AM
Re: Google goggles prevent beer goggles...
 
Yeah, except I use math as the basis of my job and can answer a whole load of questions in that vein even when drunk - so how does it help me?

But to hell with them. I don't want Google ruining my right to trash my life just 'cause I'm too drunk not to!


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