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Re: Google glass now in UK

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For those of us not in the UK; could someone list the price?

Just interested to know if this is still the same $1.5k explorer dev kit that was in the US, or a consumer priced version.

Edit: a friend in the UK says its £1,000 - so still the crappy priced dev kit.

Re: Google glass now in UK

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For those of us not in the UK; could someone list the price? Just interested to know if this is still the same $1.5k explorer dev kit that was in the US, or a consumer priced version. Edit: a friend in the UK says its £1,000 - so still the crappy priced dev kit.

Looking at the URL, it's still the explorer edition.

Re: Google glass now in UK

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I don't want to get punched, so won't be buying one. But eagerly await seeing my first glasshole in the flesh.

This just in: Yesterday, more people not wearing Glass were punched than people wearing Glass, despite media reports that Glass reportedly makes people want to punch you.

Re: Google glass now in UK

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For those of us not in the UK; could someone list the price? Just interested to know if this is still the same $1.5k explorer dev kit that was in the US, or a consumer priced version. Edit: a friend in the UK says its £1,000 - so still the crappy priced dev kit.

It calls it the Glass Explorer Edition but the price is "only" £1,000

Re: Google glass now in UK

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I don't want to get punched, so won't be buying one. But eagerly await seeing my first glasshole in the flesh.

Anybody could be recording you with a camera in their hat or on their lapel or a microphone embedded in their clothes that you would never see, but you're worried about someone wearing incredibly obvious glasses.

You're the glasshole. Live and let live.

Re: Google glass now in UK

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I don't want to get punched, so won't be buying one. But eagerly await seeing my first glasshole in the flesh.

Anybody could be recording you with a camera in their hat or on their lapel or a microphone embedded in their clothes that you would never see, but you're worried about someone wearing incredibly obvious glasses. You're the glasshole. Live and let live.

Sure. But that kind of ignores human nature, no? If I see a person with a gun I'm going to be watching them, irrespective of the fact that anyone around me could have a concealed firearm on them.

(and no, I am not trying to equate the two)

Re: Google glass now in UK

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I don't want to get punched, so won't be buying one. But eagerly await seeing my first glasshole in the flesh.

Anybody could be recording you with a camera in their hat or on their lapel or a microphone embedded in their clothes that you would never see, but you're worried about someone wearing incredibly obvious glasses. You're the glasshole. Live and let live.

Yes, but anyone with a camera in their hat or a microphone in their clothes would be labeled creepy real quick. (Which is the point.) It's not like people who hate Glass are fine with spy cams.

And the irony about "live and let live" is that Glass is recording other people. Nobody cares about what people do to themselves.

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