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...applications like keyboard shortcuts, an e-mail signature or a profile picture - Mail Goggles operates on the theory that if you're sober enough to complete a series of simple arithmetic problems, you're sober enough to decide if you really want to e-mail your ex-boyfriend and tell him you still love him. With Mail Goggles enabled, Gmail will send your e-mails only after you have completed five arithmetic problems within 60 seconds. By default, the feature activates during weekend nights between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., although the settings allow you to change the date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing Google's 'Drunk E-Mail' Protector | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...glasses of wine. I e-mail another friend and tell him that his eyebrows are too big and he looks like one of the Jonas Brothers. I have this thought every time I see him, but I usually keep it to myself. The e-mail goes through. My friend will now ignore my phone calls for the next few days. I decide to change Mail Goggles' setting to maximum difficulty, Level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing Google's 'Drunk E-Mail' Protector | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...Many of us go an entire year without ever meeting our counterparts in the flesh. Still, we grow to know their habits, whether we want to or not. As they sing in the shower or tell ribald stories, we’re part of the audience. And even though we don’t bother to learn their name or face, sometimes we can’t help but cock an ear. Once in a while, when half of a phone conversation wafts by or an argument rages on, I, for one, can’t help but pause, listen...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: Behind Closed Doors | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...tell people when they ask me who am I going to vote for, I say that's why they put those curtains around the ballot box in there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troopergate's Walter Monegan | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...want to tell our compatriots in all the countries of Europe that they can and should have confidence," declared French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who hosted the meeting since France now holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet echoed a nearly identical message of assurance. "The force of unity that we showed today," Trichet said, "is a fundamental element of confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Markets Rise in Relief | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

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