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Prevent Gmail From Emailing Under the Influence
mikesd81 writes "Google has developed 'Mail Goggles,' a Gmail add-on that makes sending email from Gmail more difficult during certain times (which you can set). If you have Mail Goggles installed, it will force you to answer a series of math questions before sending out any new messages. You can adjust the math difficulty and times this option is in effect. If you get any of the questions wrong, Mail Goggles will say, 'Water and bed for you. Or try again.' Of course, if you set the math settings too high, you may have a tough time solving some of those problems in under 60 seconds, even when sober. Then again, if you're sober, you could just turn Mail Goggles off and hit send on that impassioned letter to your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend or that flame to your boss."
I can't do math unless I'd drunk, you insensitive clod!
im so wasted right now
mods would have more free time. Oh, wait...
If you're not sober enough to do the math, perhaps you're sober enough to copy/paste them into google so it can give you the answers ;)
This sounds familiar... "You are trying to send an email, Allow/Deny" But when you "geekify" it (add some maths), it makes it acceptable. Maybe if this is popular enough, we'll see it in the next version of Windows? Can't wait!
I'm reminded of the old saying, "If you make owning a gun a crime, only criminals will own guns."
If you hide drunk mailing behind math problems, only Engineers will drunk mail.
*shudders*
But what if you're a mathematician? There really should be some option to replace it with sports questions.
Mod -1, Buzzkill.
Check your font server. I believe its busted.
i ws gingo to ber the first psot but i cna't fnd het buottosn :(
I used to do the most difficult math proofs while drunk, just to mess with the other math majors heads. Its actually easier in a way. If I know it sober, I know it drunk. They should just scan the email for references to your mom jokes. If it doesn't have one, I'm probably drunk and forgot to include it.
Complex Mail Transfer Protocol - coming soon!
Why did you have to drag Windows into this discussion? Is this some corollary of Godwin's law that I am unaware of?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Agreed. Then again many here glorify taking drugs.
That's because taking drugs is glorious!
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
For a long time, my plan has been to build something like this into my house. When I want to adjust my thermostat, for example, I want the house to give me a quick little test to see if I'm mentally alert. Regardless of the outcome, the house would then let me adjust the thermostat.
However, it would remember the results. And if it determines over a long period (say, a couple months), that I'm suffering significant mental degradation, to the point where I'm likely to not be able to take care of myself, the house will wait until I'm sound asleep one night (which it can determine by monitoring my temperature with infrared sensors, and listening to my respiration, for example), and then do something to kill me in my sleep (gas, probably).
When the house is sure that I'm dead (no breathing for a long time, and body temperature down to ambient room temperature), it will then call the coroner's office to report my death.
Please ignore the last post. I really, really didn't mean it. I'm so sorry that I wrote that about my boss. So sorry. He is a wonderful, wonderful person. I am crying into my beer thinking about how I could have written that. I really really love him............. zzzZZZZZZZ
Some may, but don't misinterpret the substantial opposition here to the "War on Drugs" as glorification.
I don't glorify holocaust denial, but people have a right to say, and believe, stupid things.
Maybe if this is popular enough, we'll see it in the next version of Windows? Can't wait!
I don't like the idea of where that might go. "It looks as if you are trying to uninstall Vista. Please prove the Riemann Zeta Hypothesis"...
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...to gather drunkard statistics. I bet you'll see a lot more alcohol related google ads after failing a few of those tests.
A better thing would be, NOT to tell you you were wrong but to pretend to send the mail and then notify you few hours after (when you are PROBABLY sober) about your failure.
The goggles! They do nothing!!!
HEY!
I derive better when I'm drunk!
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