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Mother F*cking Bootleg Fireworks

I’m now pretty interested in bootleg fireworks.  I wish there was more to this video so I could actually see how these were made, what they were made of, how many there were and how many fires they started in this neighborhood.  Make sure you watch this a few times, to catch all the subtitles and the “Jesus Counter”

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Drunken Banned iPad Promo

Some of the developers from Apple decided to have a few drinks while shooting a promo video for the iPad.

See the rest of the Banned Apple Product Promos at their YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ooJLEoo

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“HP computers are racist” – Facial recognition Fails

I’m not sure when I came across this video but it’s pretty funny.  Two coworkers, Black Desi and White Wanda, were trying out the HP Media Smart Home Server with it’s Facial Tracking Software for Webcams.  The theory behind the software is that it uses basic biometrics to recognizer human faces and then tracks them as they move around in front of a webcam; problem is, Black Desi doesn’t get tracked.  After both Desi and Wanda pop in and out of the frame, and share the same space, it become’s clear that the software is not recognbizing Desi as a human/face.

HP Responded to the cry of racism very well, by basically ignoring the whole race aspect and looking at it from a straight up customer problem: The software tracks some people, but not all people.  From a blog post by Tony Welch:

“The technology we use is built on standard algorithms that measure the difference in intensity of contrast between the eyes and the upper cheek and nose,” Welch explains. “We believe that the camera might have difficulty ‘seeing’ contrast in conditions where there is insufficient foreground lighting.”

As of now, I couldn’t find any official information mentioning a fix/patch/upgrade to fix the problem, only the recommendation  that any users having similar problems should visit the HP Webcam Optimization Center.  Regardless, it’s hard not to laugh at Desi’s comments in the video.

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Awesome French Prank Compilation from CollegeHumor.com

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POV Guy Stuck in Class – CollegeHumor.com