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Google: now with beer goggles

Posted By Dan Taylor On 08 Oct 2008. Under Technology Tags: apple, Beer, breathalyzer test, Bud, drunk, drunk dialing, drunk emailing, gmail, gmail google, google, mathematical equations, prevention, Zemanta

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C’mon…we’ve all been there. I know, it’s tough to admit, but we’ve all done a bit of drunk dialing somewhere around 3am, because you REEEEAAALLLY want to talk to him/her right now, and just because you’re awake and blitzt, they’d be more than happy to take your call right now. Right? Right.

Well, our good friends from Mountain View recently released a feature for everyone’s favorite email program. Yes that’s right – Google is not giving you the option to add beer goggles to your google.
The Gmail labs released a feature a few days back that will (hopefully) stop you from sending the “Hey…you know…I REALLY like you. I think you’re an absolute goddess, and I simply can’t live without you” 3am alcohol inspired bravery email.

The mechanism is simple enough: once you’ve enabled the ‘Please stop me from making an ass of myself’ feature in the gmail ‘settings’ tab, Google’s going to ask you to solve 5 simple (while sober) mathematical equations. By default, this feature will only be active on late nights during weekends and Friday night. Of course, if you’re a raging alcoholic, or plan on getting plastered at Wednesday’s lunch meeting, you can modify the active times under the ‘settings->general’ tab.

Clearly, this new feature coming out of the Google labs is more for fun than a serious feature, but one that could clearly save a lot of ‘esplainin’. Now, if Google can bundle this feature in combo with a breathalyzer in the soon to hit the streets Android phone, they just might have a shot at cracking the mighty iPhone.

Thanks Google…this Bud’s for you!

Read the official Gmail Blog post here.