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Ask Slashdot: Should I Get Google Glass?

Posted by timothy on from the well-are-you-a-stone-thrower? dept.

lunatick writes "I put in my application for Google Glass as a joke. I never figured I would be selected. Well in less than one week I got my invite to buy Google Glass. My main hold back is the $1500 price tag for a device that just seems to be a camera and navigation aid. Does anyone in the /. community have Google Glass and can they give some advice to the rest of us considering it?"

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  1. Don't forget the cost of your medical bills by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It costs money to fix a broken nose. Don't forget to factor that in.

  2. No by scotts13 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Another no. At least, not until most of your neighbors are cyborgs.

  3. Joke? by tsqr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I put in my application for Google Glass as a joke.

    I don't think you understand what a "joke" is. Unless, that is, the information you supplied on the application is funny in some way.

    You want some advice? Here's some advice: buy it, and wear it into a biker bar. Before you go to the bar, leave a note for your next of kin, asking them to post the recorded video on Youtube. That way, we can all share in the joke.

  4. Re:You'll regret being an early adopter. by slapout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let people wear them for $15/hour. After 100 hours you'll have the money back.

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  5. Re:No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not yet... maybe when glass comes with X-ray vision.

  6. Re:Are you a creepy guy who wants to video tape pp by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot: news for nerds who dislike new technology.

  7. Depends on... by binarybum · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you already have a moustache? If yes, you are probably creepy enough to wear google glass - consider it if you have funds left over after buying a nice pair of tight leather pants.

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  8. Yes, you should by jdavidb · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear there's a filter in Google Glass that fixes Slashdot Beta. I'd go for it.

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  9. Re:No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    +1. Glass is for voyeurs, pedophiles and creepy stalkers.

    Is it? I have found you can do all those things without Glass.

    Ahem.. I mean... I have heard....

  10. Re:battery issue: less than 4 hours by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you need someone to tell you you're drunk, you're too stupid to live.

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  11. Re:Are you a creepy guy who wants to video tape pp by nitehawk214 · · Score: 4, Funny

    For instance in 1991 I would have had no means of communicating with my wife-to-be without the Internet.

    How so?

    She is a computer program.

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  12. Re:Are you a creepy guy who wants to video tape pp by BlackHawk-666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, Krieger san! (Archer)

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  13. Re: No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    As a pedophile, I'm offended that you're suggesting I'd use glass.

  14. Re:No by msauve · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and is sold in the back of comic books for 5 boxtops plus $3.95 shipping and handling.

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