I'm just worried that when this technology becomes plausible for the average consumer, we'll see an upswing in spontaneous Sumerian glossolalia. Never accept an AR e-mail titled "HYPERCARD: Snow Crash". Ever.

A friend of mine came over on holiday from Britain a couple of months ago. She came with me to a lecture about gay rights that was touring through my college at the time. Unfortunately, her English vernacular isn't exactly up to date, so as we left the building and she was fishing in her purse for a cigarette, she didn't understand all the dirty looks when she said, "God, I could absolutely murder a fag right now."