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Comment Hardware not YET efficient enough to scare me.. (Score 1) 469

by Barryke (#45773633) Attached to: Is the World Ready For Facial Recognition On Google Glass?

The hardware is not ready, at least not until they use hardware to build composite mutation-images that show relevant (pixel) changes only. There is no point in trying to parse a single image a second, or -on the opposite side- a video stream.

In my opinion, efficient wearable vision software should ignore lower quality versions of what it already saw, it would make a huge efficiency leap. I believe this architecture ultimately would be a software skeleton for a mental world reconstruction much like humans perceive.

Comment Re:Really? Did we ever really want smart watches? (Score 1) 365

No, it just doesnt enough. People expect the thing to replicate all smartphone functionality, when in fact it only works with the Samsung browser, WhatsApp, S-Calendar, and the default (not gMail) email app.

A bit like the Samsung S-View cover feature. Its nice, but why doesn't it tell me more about individual app notifications? (the same way i do see a face when called)
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Why Julian Assange Should Embrace 'The Fifth Estate' 194

Posted by timothy from the smear-jobs-are-delicious dept.
Nerval's Lobster writes "It's no secret that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has a low opinion of the new film, "The Fifth Estate," in which he's portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch. He's railed against it several times, culminating in a lengthy statement (posted Oct. 9) in which he called it 'a geriatric snoozefest that only the US government could love.' That's in addition to a letter in which he refused to meet with Cumberbatch, saying that the script would force the actor to give a 'talented, but debauched, performance.' WikiLeaks and Assange are clearly attempting a bit of damage control ahead of the film's Oct. 11 release in the U.K. (followed by its U.S. debut on Oct. 18). But what if that pushback is the wrong reaction? That's not to say that Assange should gleefully embrace the film —the script portrays him as something of a hustler who freely lies about his past. Whatever its qualities, however, the film could get people talking about WikiLeaks' role in the broader geopolitical context, and that's ultimately a good thing for the organization: It's been quite some time since Assange and company have provided the world with an explosive, game-changing revelation. If nothing else, Assange can take some cold comfort from the case of Mark Zuckerberg, who faced similar issues when the David Fincher-directed 'The Social Network' made its debut in 2010; Facebook's PR team was probably preparing for the worst as the release date approached, but the film — despite its impressive box office, and the awards it won — ultimately did little to harm either the real-life Zuckerberg's reputation or Facebook's continuing growth."

Comment Maelstrom (Score 1) 1532

by Barryke (#44999899) Attached to: U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed

The funny thing with terrorism is that it means "scaring people". Which happens to be exactly what "terrorism preventing" does:

Politics found a war terminology, that also depicts its own negative side effects, side effects that actually support the war argument.

There should be a word invented for this maelstrom, because irony is not cutting it.

Comment Yes. (Score 1) 631

by Barryke (#44946009) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu?

I switched to CrunchBang. Its less annoying than the Unity interface (i have no use for its features, they just get in the way and frustrate me) works great on my old (non-pae) notebook.

Now in CrunchBang i just have to right-click to start applications, and manually have to add new applications to that menu, but that was surmountable.

Comment Re:Illusion of privacy (Score 1) 224

by Barryke (#44945531) Attached to: Google To Encrypt All Keyword Searches

Google has been very adamant that the NSA does not have access to their servers.

No, Google did not choose to join a program that would give NSA access.

"we have not joined any program that would give the U.S. government—or any other government—direct access to our servers. "
Source: http://googleblog.blogspot.be/2013/06/what.html

We know nothing about what Google did not choose to do, for all intents and purposes, because the NSA does have this goal i assume they have (or are going to) meet it. Likely in secret.

Furthermore as stated elsewhere encryption is irrelevant, with or without willing cooperation from Google Inc. the NSA is able to decrypt it.

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