The software couldn't recognize a face on two of the pictures I uploaded—not a good sign. James Horner (who?) was my closest match at 64%, and one picture gave me a very flattering 62% matchup with Russel Crowe. But the frequent appearance of Andie McDowell was troubling, though I'd imagine it would be more so for her than for me.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 03, 2005 8:43:29 pm PST #9091 of 10006
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
bon bon - Dec 03, 2005 8:50:26 pm PST #9092 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, that software is cool-sounding, but 1, couldn't identify faces very easily-- even in pictures that were cropped to show only a face, and 2, seemed really pose and nose dependent, i.e., all the matches had in common was either the facial expression or the nose.
Bob's first match was Meryl Streep. We both got Fred Hoyle. I don't know who that is, but it's been awhile since he's seen the good side of 60.
ETA: for anyone out there who hasn't met me or Bob yet, just think of this guy: [link]
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2005 8:50:28 pm PST #9093 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
On the worst of the pictures I uploaded, it suggested Michael Jackson. I mean, really. It was the worst of the set, but that bad??? Yikes. Funnily, that was the only time it suggested any men for me. I mean, given my history of being mistaken for the rougher sex.
eta: That's funny that it didn't pick up faces in yours. In fact, in one of mine it also picked up the face of the guy sitting at the table behind me, and suggested matches for him too. It was very consistent for me. Although I don't look like Kate Winslet.
bon bon - Dec 03, 2005 8:56:23 pm PST #9094 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
bon bon - Dec 03, 2005 9:04:51 pm PST #9095 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Uploaded a new picture.
Me: Ewan McGregor.
Bob: Elton John.
Either the software doesn't know how to deal with glasses, or I really am dating the son of Richard Avedon, Primo Levi, Steven Soderbergh, Eddie Murphy, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards and Elton John.
billytea - Dec 03, 2005 9:07:42 pm PST #9096 of 10006
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Apparently it thinks I'm Gorbachev.
Lee - Dec 03, 2005 9:09:55 pm PST #9097 of 10006
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ita, they are about to have an emergency landing on Mile High, and I actually care.
I blame you for this.
bon bon - Dec 03, 2005 9:11:10 pm PST #9098 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I can't stop with this. It's so horrifying. What do James Cameron, Zhang Zhiyi, Ozzy Osbourne, Georges Simenon, Sylvestor Stallone, Eric Idle, Mariah Carey, Sofia Coppola, and Emma Watson all have in common? MY FACE!
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2005 9:17:34 pm PST #9099 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Perkins, that's a great episode! All my people do good in that one.
All you photo people are freaks. The computer rejects you.
JenP - Dec 03, 2005 9:23:16 pm PST #9100 of 10006
Well, the picture with the most flattering results garnered me Hillary Swank, Helen Clark, Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Deneuve, Kevin Costner, Kiefer Sutherland, Barbara Stanwyck, Greg Louganis, David Beckham, and Courtney Cox (from 64% down to 38%).
Of course, when I cropped it differently, it added Michelle Pfeiffer and Mark Knopfler (because they look SO much alike), and Jennifer Lopez, but took away Courtney, Greg, and Kevin.
HOWEVER (this should make you feel better, bon)
The picture with the least flattering results got me Roh Moo-hyun, Keanu Reeves, Boris Karloff, Eduard Shevardnadze, Tori Amos (WTF?), Christian Slater, Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, and O. Henry.
Boris freaking Karloff and Eduard Shevardnadze. Nice.
Although, when I recropped it, it added Deborah Kerr. There's something, anyway.
I think it's on crack, and cackling madly as it makes its face recognition choices.
ETA: Oh, and the two pictures were taken about 10 seconds apart. That's what a bad angle and squinting'll do for you. Boris Karloff. Bah.