Just a load of crap... On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Martin <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > HP's studied response to this. > > http://dvice.com/archives/2009/12/hp-responds-to.php > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > > > Wow... > > > > > http://elev8.com/better-living/products/sheeri-mitchell/new-hp-webcam-cant-see-black-people/ > > VIDEO: New HP Webcam Can’t See Black People? > > By Sheeri Mitchell <http://elev8.com/author/sheeri-mitchell/> December > 23, > > 2009 9:45 pm > > > > [image: desi natal and hp > > webcam]< > http://elev8.com/better-living/products/sheeri-mitchell/new-hp-webcam-cant-see-black-people/attachment/desi-natal-and-hp-webcam/ > >Question: > > Can a webcam be racist? > > > > Answer: Probably not. > > > > However, it certainly can discriminate based on color, as this Youtube > video > > proves. Two co-workers, Wanda and Desi, one White woman and one > > African-American man of a darker hue, demonstrate the failure of Hewlett > > Packard to create a webcam that can track folks with dark skin. > > > > Could the failure be a snafu caused by lighting or just a failure of R & > D > > to test their camera out on non-whites? I would have loved to have seen > if > > the camera failed to track other people of color and to see at exactly > what > > shade of brown it stopped working properly. I wonder what HP will have to > > say about this development. From this point it’s only a matter of time > > before the “Racist Webcam†ends up as a skit on Saturday Night Live. > > > > Check out the video below and tell us what you think. It might be funny > if > > it weren’t such a big FAIL for HP. > > > > Read more: > > > http://elev8.com/better-living/products/sheeri-mitchell/new-hp-webcam-cant-see-black-people/#ixzz0ahGxkqAi > > > > > > -- > > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > > Mahogany at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
