Comments on: Google launches Mail Goggles to save you from yourself

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[ericyen]

Wish they had that for my cell phone a couple of years back. Its more likely you will call someone while your drunk before email someone. Hey how about integrate that will all cars?

[ericyen]

Wish they had that for my cell phone a couple of years back. Its more likely you will call someone while your drunk before email someone. Hey how about integrate that will all cars?

[arsindelve]

These goggles? They do nothing!

[userNoname]

Wish, it appeared on your car's GPS display before you turn the key.

[Dalkorian]

They have ignition interrupt devices that are tied into breathalyzers so that your car won't start if you're over the limit. Courts sometimes require these devices after a DUI to make sure the driver has learned his/her lesson (or is unable to kill people with the car if s/he hasn't learned).

Maybe we should require these devices in all cars, since some people never seem to learn.

[gatorspike]

It is my understanding that algebra or calculus are in the mathematical realm. Maybe he meant arithmetic?

[rafe]

You are correct. Changing the text.

[iertry]

haha cool idea. Could save some people from making big mistakes. I don't think it will ever be a default feature though, just a fun optional

Rafe, I know you can't go completely hands-on with everything that you cover, but don't you think that this one deserves an official test drive? Go easy on yourself and write something when you're sober, but wait until you're half a fifth deep to send it.

[rafe]

Hah, you know what Mark Twain said: "Write drunk, edit sober."

[shahjapan]

Yes its from Google,

check the gmail Lab features for more I have enabled this lets checkit out :)
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Mail Goggles
by Jon P

Google strives to make the world's information useful. Mail you send late night on the weekends may be useful but you may regret it the next morning. Solve some simple math problems and you're good to go. Otherwise, get a good night's sleep and try again in the morning. After enabling this feature, you can adjust the schedule in the "General" settings page.

[Inflecto]

Is this really real?

[zavizionov]

That's cool!

Regards,
Alexey
zavizionov.blogspot.com

[ctbcctbc]

The last comment about applying this technique to blogging makes total sense. I see a lot of random posts/replies to blogs that indicate that some readers do not fully understand (or read!) the entire article before posting their comments. This results in a lot of garbage replies.

What if, before you could post your reply, you had to answer SAT-like critical thinking questions? "Did of the following statements is NOT supported by information in the passage? A, B, C, or D?"

This would definitely filter out garbage. :)

-Bill

[cheldric]

Maybe we can get the government to use something similar. "To continue the invasion plan of this country, solve these 5 mathematical problems." Hopefully they're story problems. "X number of Shiite terrorists live in Afghanistan, and 1 Sunni Dictator lives in a different. 6 Shiites attack your country. Express in terms of X how many Shiites are left in Afghanistan. Extra Credit. Which country should you invade?"

[elstarlight]

I need one of these for my SMS messages.

[229berry]

i think it's a great idea!

[Beta_Delta]

82 * 62 =
13 * 9 =
1 + 2 + ... + 10000 =
890 * 999 =
98765432 / 8 =
i think five math problems should be like this.