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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Awesome: in future, all HP monitors will come with vanity lighting.
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    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Reminds me of the "Blink Check" feature on digital cameras these days. The thing is always firing off on my asian family....
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    Image of HallaEks HallaEks
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Well, at least HP knows where the white women at.
     Reply
    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment HallaEks was starred HallaEks was unstarred
    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/21/09

    @HallaEks: Blazing Saddles reference FTW
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    Image of John_001 John_001
    12/21/09

    @HallaEks:
    PRESS RELEASE: The new HP Rock Ridge Webcam, now with the latest in black people facial recognition!
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Hahaha...wow this is hilarious. Where's jesse jackson? Ok he needs to now go get a few different black people and see if what HP is saying is correct in that it has difficulty "seeing" contrast. Wonder if it picks up seeing really really really tan orange people.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Meanwhile, this video shows promise as a sense of humor detection tool.
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    Image of gaiking gaiking
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    "as soon as my blackness enters the frame"...awesome...just awesome. The guy does have a sense of humor about it. HP.....this is a FAIL for usefulness....but also a WIN for humor.
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment Edited by gaiking at 12/21/09 3:01 PM gaiking was starred gaiking was unstarred
    Image of maven2k maven2k
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Man that was funny. That guy has a great sense of humor.
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    Image of Snes Snes
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Damnit! I knew being white would come back to bite me one day, now when HP computers rebel and start killing us, I'll be the first to go cause I'm white.
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    Image of fxsoap fxsoap
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Wow, this is hilarious, who did the testing on this?

    They obviously didn't do any beta testing on this for anyone other than light skinned people.
     Reply
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    Image of helfrez helfrez
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Sometimes the comments on the site get a bit off color and downright bad, but I am impressed that most people seemed to understand the guy was joking, even though it sucks. I think the biggest people we have in the US of A is that people DON"T talk about race enough. It's a taboo thing, that all side are oversensitive about, and with just cause at times.

    Bravo guys, some of the comments are down right hilarious, while not being disrespectful or hateful at all. Lighten up America. For some of our fair skinned followers, I recommend this book my Perry tuttle, there is a interview from NPR with highlights.

    [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of VonFeldt7 VonFeldt7
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Ha ha, that's kind of funny....

    At least the guy was being a good sport about it though. It would be a different story if he was suing them for 3M in "damages".
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    Image of grubish1 grubish1
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    They should change their name to Veridian Dynamics
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    Image of lucky7id lucky7id
    12/21/09

    @grubish1: YES!! +1 to you, I was waiting and hoping someone would make that reference
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    Image of braceyoself braceyoself
    12/21/09

    @grubish1: I just watched the first season of Better Off Ted last week.
    That light sensor technology was the first thing that came to mind when I read the article title. Hahaha.
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    Image of brahmachari99 brahmachari99
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    I love how he was such a good sport about it. Better lighting might have solved the problem though.
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    Image of eam_assenav eam_assenav
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    OMG, its an episode of Better Off Ted!! (Racial Sensitivity [1.04])

    Ted: The system doesn't see black people?

    Veronica: I know. Weird, huh?

    Ted: That's more than weird, Veronica. That's basically, well... racist.

    Veronica: The company's position is that it's actually the opposite of racist, because it's not targeting black people. It's just ignoring them. They insist the worst people can call it is "indifferent."

    Ted: Well, they know it has to be fixed, right? Please... at least say they know that.

    Veronica: Of course they do, and they're working on it. In the meantime they'd like everyone to celebrate the fact that it sees Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Jews.
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment thechansen approved this comment eam_assenav was starred eam_assenav was unstarred
    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/21/09

    @eam_assenav: Okay, I'm going to start watching this show now.
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    Image of The-Ohio-Player The-Ohio-Player
    12/21/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: Yes!! I never heard of it until now. And now I'm intrigued. Though when I read it, I heard the voices in the video and it seemed even more hilarious.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/21/09

    @MissNormaDesmond:
    The five most recent episodes are available on Hulu. I just watched my first two the other night, neither were the one quoted, but the show was definitely funny enough to add to my queue.
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    Image of amscopub-mail amscopub-mail
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    As a minority myself who half-grew up in the US and half-grew up in El Salvador, I find it amusing that other minorities are so sensitive. It's like they have inferiority complexes. "There I said it, minorities in the US have inferiority complexes." When you travel abroad to other countries, no one is so sensitive...
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/21/09

    @amscopub-mail: Scroll down slightly to all the replies to "kabuk1" (a comment very much like yours). All those replies apply to you as well.
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    Image of nlpearman nlpearman
    12/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: LOL!!
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    Funny!!!!! LOL.
    Back to coding HP!..

    I wonder if Logitech web cams have the same problem, since the DO face tracking.
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    Image of That-One-Person That-One-Person
    12/21/09

    @aec007: Nope. Logitechs work fine for any race.
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    Image of relawson relawson
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    i learned two things from this post.

    1) hp's facial tracking software is bad at contrast in low light conditions

    2) a LOT of people here watch some show called "Better off Ted"

    2a) the same people don't look at any previous comments.
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    Image of kabuk1 kabuk1
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    "Hewlett-Packard computahs are RACIST!"

    Jesus, what a douchebag idiot. He sounds like the black guy with the chip on his shoulder from The Animal. It's probably just a glitch or bad lighting. I highly doubt the software guys at HP designed it to specifically ignore black people.
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    se7a7n7 promoted this comment kabuk1 was starred kabuk1 was unstarred
    Image of Hands Hands
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: One kabuk's douchebag idiot is another person's standup comic.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment Hands was starred Hands was unstarred
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    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: You don't get jokes, do you?
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: I guess black people are just kind of sensitive to being ignored by system or program because of the color of their skin for some crazy reason...

    The system clearly works, for white people. So what's the big deal, right?
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    Image of nlpearman nlpearman
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: Ummm, I think your Obvious Sarcasm Detector is broken...
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    Image of HfAsianInvasion HfAsianInvasion
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: You're stupid. He's having fun with it, he doesn't think it's intentional.
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    Image of StarTropicana StarTropicana
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: You do realize he was kidding right?
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    Image of Benvolio36 Benvolio36
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: Sounded to me like he was being funny...
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: You are an idiot. It's probably just a glitch in your brain.
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    Image of Duc Duc
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: um, it was a joke.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment Duc was starred Duc was unstarred
    Image of MacWins09 MacWins09
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: I think the guys sarcasm was specifically designed to fly right over your skull.. ..You, mam, are the douche lord..
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    Image of AwesomeSquad AwesomeSquad
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: Ooh look how mad everyone is at you now! Silly.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: lmao. It's funny how stupid you are......imbecile. I mean, if he had blogged on his opinion and you received his message only as text, I'd understand your opinion and would likely agree with it. But to witness his body language, mannerisms, tonality, voice inflections, and facial expressions and still NOT get that he was being sarcastic (a fact that even the white woman beside him CLEARLY understood)? Fail.
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    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: You are a jerk. He was kidding, clearly. He does not sound like "the black guy with a chip on his shooulder". He sounds like someone making a frigging joke.

    And of course HP did not design it to continue the white mans oppression of the brothers...
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    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: I'm sorry to say, but it is you that is showing yourself to be a douchebag and racially ignorant. You quoted the man as saying "computahs" when he clearly said "computers" the proper way.

    Don't be ignorant, please.
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/21/09

    @ this entire thread:

    Was he kidding?

    :-)
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    Image of Paranoia Paranoia
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: I'm going on record, and I'm saying it.. kabuk1 is racist, I said it.
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    Image of bustedchain bustedchain
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: I thought he sounded like he had a sense of humor about the whole thing. I didn't think he was pissed off in the least.

    Maybe I really don't understand black people and when I think they are amused they are really angry as hell and not going to take it any more.

    Nah, I don't think so.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/21/09

    @bustedchain: Busted, I'm here, as a black guy, to tell you that you understand black people enough to correctly interpret this situation.
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    Image of Jordan Montanez Jordan Montanez
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: wowwwww.... everyone is pretty pisssedd =/
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    Image of UWAZell UWAZell
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: Looks like the general consensus is that you're an idiot.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/21/09

    @Jordan Montanez: Not really. They're just noticing the guy's an idiot. You know, like you look out the car window when driving cross country and go, "oh, look, a cow". They were driving through the Internet and noticed a moron. Happens pretty frequently.
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    Image of FranksWasHere FranksWasHere
    12/21/09

    @kabuk1: Besides all the comments defending this man for his clearly jokish tone, he said Hewlett Packard COMPUTERS are racist, he didn't say the company was racist. Accusing a computer of racism is pretty hilarious comedy in my book.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment FranksWasHere was starred FranksWasHere was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/21/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: You just made me laugh out loud.

    "Just stating the facts man...Just stating the facts!"
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    12/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Heheheh. Rockin'!! Thanks for that and for making me laugh.

    I worked with a bunch of pretty neat dudes at a local internet provider. One of them was black and he was such a laid back cool dude. I really admired him for being such a nice guy in what was a rather stressful job at times. He made it easier to be calm about some of wackos we'd get calling in. There just aren't that many black people out in southern New Mexico. Sure, there are some, I just didn't get to cross paths with many. I had a friend in Tulsa, OK that was neat and his mom and dad were super-nice. I loved going over there and hanging with his family when I would go back to Tulsa to visit my folks. They were sort of an extended family of mine.

    Sure, these things don't have anything to do with them being black, just glad to have known them and I've always sort of known that skin didn't really matter. Apparently to HP cameras it does matter though. I really bet all that happened is that they just simply forgot to test the device with various skin pigmentation.
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    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    man that dude is funny. i lol'd when he said "negroes"
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    Image of dfp3050 dfp3050
    12/21/09

    In reply to HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don't Recognize Black People
    hahahahahahaha. That just made my morning.
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