Google's new time service

[cpawfan]

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html






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<td style="padding-top: 1em;" valign="top" width="99%"><h2>Introducing Gmail Custom Time^{<span style="font-size: small;">TM</span>}</h2>
<h3>Be on time. Every time.^*</h3></td>

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<h4>How do I use it? </h4>
<p class="spaced">Just
click "Set custom time" from the Compose view. Any email you send to
the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient's
inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the
appropriate option.</p>

<h4>Is there a limit to how far back I can send email? </h4>

<p class="spaced">Yes.
You'll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we
launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before
Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents
before you were born -- crazy talk.</p>

<h4>How does it work?</h4>
<p class="spaced">Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality (see Grandfather Paradox). </p>


<h4>How come I only get ten?</h4>
<p class="spaced">Our
researchers have concluded that allowing each person more than ten
pre-dated emails per year would cause people to lose faith in the
accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless.</p>

<p class="spaced">Their findings:

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N = Total emails sent



P = Probability that user believes the time stamp



φ = The Golden Ratio



L = Average life expectancy</div>






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<p class="quotation">"The entire concept of 'late' no longer exists for me. That's pretty cool. Thanks Gmail!"</p>
<p class="citation">Miriam S., Delivery girl</p>
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<p class="quotation">"I
just got two tickets to Radiohead by being the 'first' to respond to a
co-worker's 'first-come, first-serve' email. Someone else had already
won them, but I told everyone to check their inboxes again. Everyone
sort of knows I used Custom Time on this one, but I'm denying it."

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<p class="citation">Robby S., Paralegal</p>
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<p class="quotation">"This
feature allows people to manipulate and mislead people with falsified
time data. Time is a sacred truth that should never be tampered with."
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<p class="citation">Michael L., Epistemology Professor</p>
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<p class="quotation">"I
used to be an honest person; but now I don't have to be. It's just so
much easier this way. I've gained a lot of productivity by not having
to think about doing the 'right' thing."
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<p class="citation">Todd J., Investment Banker</p>
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*The term "Every time" is used loosely here to represent the number 10.</td>
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[Dumpy]

surely, they could have done better than that.

 

[Celtic Fan]

LOL e-flux capacitor.. someone has been watching "Back to the Future" before posting their April Fools joke.

 

[AEM]

My Gmail's been screwed up for the past week, only loading once per internet session. I actually have to close the browser and relaunch it in order to see my mail again.