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Extreme makeover: Computer science edition (esciencenews.com)
4 points by d0mine on Dec 4, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



But what if you could somehow reach inside the video and swap the offending photo for a snapshot of your current love? How perfect would that be?

NO NO NO! Enacting revisionism on your life is a dangerous game. We're all products of our history - changing history is to fail to learn from and appreciate our mistakes.

It's the equivalent of going through a photo album and cutting out the heads of people you don't like. It's an activity fueled by bitterness and emotion rather than practicality - and one that's often regretted later on.

The technology is cool but this particular implementation is a sad reflection of society - a bit like the advances in face recognition, really.


They say a user of the software can easily plunk an image on almost any planar surface in a video, whether wall, floor or ceiling. And the embedded images don't have to be still photos—you can insert a video inside a video. </quote>

A new way to place ads for video-hosting services. It might be great news for youtube-like sites.




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