Slog - Comments on Up Next: Cell Phones With Breathalyzers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers I thought this was a joke at first, but it's real and it's genius: Gmail has unveiled "Mail Goggles," which is a program intended to stop its users from sending late-night drunken e-mails to exes and crushes and such. You can program Mail Goggles to activate, say, after 10 pm on a Friday or Saturday night, and, once it's activated, after you hit send on an e-mail, Gmail will ask you to do some simple math problems: ...Before it sends the e-mail. Whoever designed this should win some sort of Nobel Prize.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:34:27 -0800 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:21:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fly-Over Illinois Brilliant.

]]> Fly-Over Illinois http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167592 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:37:04 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Could you please push Slog posters through this?...

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167595 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:38:19 -0800 Comment by Dot That's great.

]]> Dot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167601 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:46:11 -0800 Comment by angelika this is so genius

]]> angelika http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167602 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:47:00 -0800 Comment by Greg You sure, #2? Because I have the feeling you would hard-core fail those tests.

I am generally against barriers to ill-advised, drunken emails. I don't send or receive any, sadly, but I'm sure that I would enjoy the unintentional hilarity if I did.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167605 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167605 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:48:17 -0800 Comment by Suz Brilliant. Now if I could get it set up on my ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend's email account, I'd be happy.

]]> Suz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167607 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:50:26 -0800 Comment by em Actually, the South Koreans have had breathalyzer-phones for a couple years now. Surprised they haven't shown up in the U.S. yet: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/lgs-cellphone-prevents-drunk-dialing-184071.php

]]> em http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167614 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167614 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:56:06 -0800 Comment by w7ngman That's funny and all, but who really can't do math this simple when they are drunk?

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167628 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:04:33 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Oh, w7ngman. Am I going to have to come over there and teach you how to get drunk PROPERLY?

Trust me, you will not be solving any math problems.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167642 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:09:53 -0800 Comment by AJ @8: Why you gotta bust balls?

]]> AJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167644 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167644 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:10:07 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I wouldn't be able to do these sober.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167645 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:10:32 -0800 Comment by Levislade This is great. I was just thinking the other day that gmail should have a "delayed-send" option where you can set it to wait a minute or two after you click send, in case you either think better of it or catch a typo at the last second (I don't know how many times I've caught an error in an e-mail with my finger on the way down to the mouse button and not been able to stop myself . . .).

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167647 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:10:35 -0800 Comment by Jaye Personally, sometimes when I am in the intoxicated mood, I whip out Big Brain Academy and score higher than sober. Its like my brain cells are going out in a blaze of glory as I soak them in whiskey.

]]> Jaye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167651 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167651 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:12:02 -0800 Comment by sepiolida ok, wonderful, but how will it keep me from drunk google chatting?

]]> sepiolida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167687 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:22:01 -0800 Comment by Barf Loco I invented this thing one night at the Cha Cha about 5 years ago. True story. Ask Kim.

]]> Barf Loco http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167691 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:22:58 -0800 Comment by T I'm too good at math for this to work. Google needs to come up with an alternative. Like a literature quiz or something.

]]> T http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167719 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:37:40 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Its not teh drunken emailes I gotta trouble with, its the durnken posting on SLOSH.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167727 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:40:53 -0800 Comment by Mike in Renton @8 and @16 RTA, it has a setting for how difficult you want the questions to be.

]]> Mike in Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167739 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:53:54 -0800 Comment by Joh Can I get this for text messaging?

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167824 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:04 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder OH MY GAWD.

I was just talking with somebody about the absolutely critical need for this invention. Oh, christ, this would have saved me some hardcore embarrassment over the years.

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167906 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:18:55 -0800 Comment by Helena Aw, man. I've been advocating this invention for over a decade now. All I can say is FINALLY, and I wish I'd submitted the patent in 1996.

]]> Helena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1167976 Teh Internets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:18:13 -0800 Comment by whomsRU someone needs to let courtney love know.

]]> whomsRU http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1168586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/up_next_cell_phones_with_breathalyzers#c1168586 Teh Internets Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:21:07 -0800