I <3 Google.
1.) Gmail Goggles?
So yeah. I think anyone could say that they'd be more likely to send drunken texts or make drunk phonecalls; in fact, I don't think it'd even be possible for me to send emails while intoxicated (I'd be far more likely to make an idiot of myself over Facebook, or in person).
But yeah, Gmail goggles. It forces you to do a number of math problems in a limited amount of time. If you fail, no email sent. You can set it up to activate only at certain times (it defaults to late nights on weekends, for obvious reasons).
But for those weird ones who do use email as their primary form of personal communication, I suppose this could be of good use. I can't vouch its effectiveness. Even when you go to the highest level of difficculty, the math problems are still pretty damn easy, and I'm pretty sure that my basic operations skills don't decline that horribly after a few shots.
Even so, as one user pointed out, it still forces you to take a good minute or so before you can actually send that drunken email to your ex... Or your boss. And that's something.
2.) Google apparently <3s XKCD
When I saw this comic, I thought, 'If only..' Well, Youtube recently added an audio preview feature to their comment system, which is conveniently placed right where the "post comment" button used to be. Considering the sheer idiocy of some of the Youtube commenters, I doubt this is going to make a difference, but dammit, it made me smile today when I saw it. Though I think it'd be far more effective if they made the audio preview voice more... Dramatic. I think it'd get the "you're a moron" idea across far more effectively.
So yeah. I think anyone could say that they'd be more likely to send drunken texts or make drunk phonecalls; in fact, I don't think it'd even be possible for me to send emails while intoxicated (I'd be far more likely to make an idiot of myself over Facebook, or in person).
But yeah, Gmail goggles. It forces you to do a number of math problems in a limited amount of time. If you fail, no email sent. You can set it up to activate only at certain times (it defaults to late nights on weekends, for obvious reasons).
But for those weird ones who do use email as their primary form of personal communication, I suppose this could be of good use. I can't vouch its effectiveness. Even when you go to the highest level of difficculty, the math problems are still pretty damn easy, and I'm pretty sure that my basic operations skills don't decline that horribly after a few shots.
Even so, as one user pointed out, it still forces you to take a good minute or so before you can actually send that drunken email to your ex... Or your boss. And that's something.
2.) Google apparently <3s XKCD
When I saw this comic, I thought, 'If only..' Well, Youtube recently added an audio preview feature to their comment system, which is conveniently placed right where the "post comment" button used to be. Considering the sheer idiocy of some of the Youtube commenters, I doubt this is going to make a difference, but dammit, it made me smile today when I saw it. Though I think it'd be far more effective if they made the audio preview voice more... Dramatic. I think it'd get the "you're a moron" idea across far more effectively.