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13. "Okay Glass, take a picture."
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 06:47 PM
Feb 2013

I love this, but there can be a danger with something that can do everything.

I'm reminded of an old joke. An animal seller brought in an elephant to a circus manager. "His name is 'Nuts' and he will do any trick you ask him to, so long as you say his name after the command."

The manager decided to try him out. "Sit, Nuts." And the elephant immediately sat down. "Hop on one foot while carrying an umbrella, Nuts." And the animal went and got an umbrella and hopped on one of his hind legs. "Make me a lasagna, Nuts." And so Nuts whipped up a gourmet pasta dish.

The astonished manager paid everything and then some for the new addition to his Big Top.

During the next night's performance, the manager was sitting at his office desk when the elephant trainer came storming in. The trainer was soaking wet and totally livid. "Somebody out in the audience kept shouting, PEANUTS!"

Life Through Google Glasses [View all] JaneyVee Feb 2013 OP
great, now I'll be testing VoIP apps on a pair of glasses in 3 years snooper2 Feb 2013 #1
I still think my Beer Goggles work better... ( n/t ) Make7 Feb 2013 #2
DUrec longship Feb 2013 #3
Someone wouldn't *really* wear those while flying a plane, would they? Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #4
What could possibly go wrong? surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #6
Why wouldn't they? USAF pilots use heads-up displays MineralMan Feb 2013 #7
Yeah, but the HUD at least has pertinent info essential to monitoring flight... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #9
Resistance is futile. drm604 Feb 2013 #5
WOW! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #8
but can you onethatcares Feb 2013 #10
or the opposite. progressoid Feb 2013 #14
Soon we will be a nation full of people walking into doors and lamp posts Hugabear Feb 2013 #11
What is reality? Avalux Feb 2013 #12
"Okay Glass, take a picture." Wednesdays Feb 2013 #13
Futurama is here. progressoid Feb 2013 #15
Soon, coming to a state near you nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #16
It seems Google Glass People live far more interesting lives than I do. n/t Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #17
I think undergroundpanther Feb 2013 #18
Right now my "Google Glasses" would show me... Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #19
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