Gmail Offers Drunk E-Mail Protection

American Voices

October 17, 2008 | ISSUE 44•42

Gmail now provides an optional series of questions to make sure users are relatively sober before sending an e-mail. What do you think?

'Great, now I have to waste a bunch of time migrating my entire ex-girlfriend address book over to Yahoo! mail.

Nina Iyer
Systems Analyst
Listen, if I can fool my wife, my children, my boss, and everyone down at the county sheriff's office, I'm pretty sure I can fool Gmail.

Charlie Pitt
Forklift Operator
Yeah, but those fuckmotherlers can't do nothin' about voice yelling at some dumb lying bitchisses who can fucking stick a cock in it, because I ain't payin' for that lost cue ball, it sank in the pocket and it never came out.

Steve Herzog
Investment Banker

Migrating Whooping Cranes Stall In Alabama

02.07.12 | ISSUE 48•06

Nine whooping cranes that had been following an ultralight aircraft as it guided them on their migratory route stopped when they reached Alabama, 500 miles short of the intended destination.
Florida Millionaire Adopts 42-Year-Old Girlfriend

02.06.12 | ISSUE 48•06

A 48-year-old West Palm Beach millionaire and polo club founder has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend in an apparent bid to avoid paying out a wrongful death lawsuit.
Should Sugar Be Regulated?

02.03.12 | ISSUE 48•05

In a recent editorial in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of California–San Francisco suggested that as a toxic substance, sugar should be taxed and regulated like alcohol or tobacco.
Burmese Pythons Exterminating Everglades Mammals

02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.
Facebook To Launch IPO

02.01.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Social networking site Facebook is expected to go public this week and will likely become the largest tech IPO in history.