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I can't watch the TV news anymore. But there is a technological solution.
Facial-recognition software is approaching commercial viability.
The US Govt FCC has mandated that TVs contain a technology to block violent programs, called the V-chip.
Put these together, and you have something so that
the TV news goes black and mute whenever any face that has been identified to the W-chip appears. The news comes back on when he is gone.
It ought to be particularly easy for the software to recognize a politician. They seem to try to be caricatures of themselves.
The V-chip
http://www.fcc.gov/vchip/
The FCC has adopted rules requiring all television sets with picture screens 33 centimeters (13 inches) or larger to be equipped with features to block the display of television programming based upon its rating. [farble, Mar 26 2005]
A Facial Recognition Software Product
http://www.omron.com/news/n_280205.html
Omron Announces ”OKAO Vision Face Recognition Sensor”, World’s First Face Recognition Technology for Mobile Phones [farble, Mar 26 2005]
mens world
http://www.telusmobility.com/
Feeling colourful but I want Audrey Hepburn's b&w number in My Fair Lady most [mensmaximus, Mar 27 2005]
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I don't know about the news, but I'd like
to see this so I can tune out Joey and
Jay Leno. |
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Before some other yahoo says "why not
just turn it off" I say, the automation
feature is key to the whole system and I
like it! But would it be cheaper than a
DVR or Tivo system? |
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I love the idea of personalized TV experience, although I must plead ignorance of the "W" in W-chip. |
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Personally, I need to filter out George W. Bush. A co-worker came up with the great W-chip name. This is all in the service of managed ignorance, which is like managed risk. |
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I see Democrats filtering out Republicans, and Republicans filtering out "liberals", leading to less irritation and anger while watching TV, and a more peaceful America. + |
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Oh, the best I could come up with was "Wannabe". (w) wilted |
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[Facial-recognition software seems to have been perfected ] |
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If you don't change the camera angle, go from contacts to glasses, shave a mustache or add mascera, that would be considered perfected ? |
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And while the experience is painful, I do watch and listen, if only for the insights into how his handlers operate. |
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"The US Govt FCC has mandated that
TVs contain a technology to block
violent programs" - this IS a joke, isn't
it? |
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Description edited in response to normzone's comment. Links added. See FCC link, no joke. |
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"See FCC link, no joke" - I don't know
whether to laugh or cry. Your nation
has my sympathies. |
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I heard on HB there's a way to filter authors so you don't have to see these ideas and annos. |
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Whoops! wrong filter, let me just fix that. |
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I need a TV filter that turns normal colours to vibrant almost fluorescent green shades. When I see commercials with exotic birds and reptiles, it takes me back to my ancestral roots and I just want to zap a bug with my uncurled tongue like a salamander. Otherwise no complaints. See link. |
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Theircompetitor - //I heard on HB
there's a way to filter authors so you
don't have to see these ideas and
annos// you mean, like, a
software implementation of the V-chip? |
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Anyway, enough of this. Wayyy too
depressing. |
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I would like to point that the filter itself is merely enabling technology and has no political agenda. |
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[Farble] //I would like to point that the
filter itself is merely enabling
technology and has no political agenda/
/ Oh, well, that's OK then. |
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The v-chip is silly, not scary. Efforts by parents to censor what their kids see are not some insidious Orwellian undertaking, but rather a new technology manifestation of an age old attempt by parents to control their kids. |
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Good. God forbid that children should
be exposed to "suggestive dialogue". |
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Basepair, are you suggesting that a parent should not be allowed to make that decision? I'm not sure what point you're trying to make |
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<partial rant> Warning - this
annotation contains expressions of
opinion and intervals of poor grammar. |
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I'm just being peevish, I know.
Personally, I think it's silly to put
censorship technology into a TV, and
that parents are over-sensitive about
what kids see. Most TVs already have
censorship hardware in the form of an
off-switch. In the UK (presumably in
the US also), there are reasonable
guidelines on what can be broadcast at
what time (ie, fairly tight guidelines
during the day and early evening), with
programmes more suitable for adults
later at night. It's expected that parents
will be responsible for deciding what
their kids are allowed to watch,
especially after the '9pm watershed'.
Certain topics (for example, hardcore
pornography) are not permitted at any
time on free-to-view TV, as far as I
know.
I support absolutely the rights of
parents to decide what their kids watch,
but at the same time I think they should
take responsibility for this rather than
handing it over to an indiscrimiate chip
that has no idea how their child will
respond to any particular item. We
keep an eye on what our daughter is
watching, and if we're in any doubt as
to whether it is suitable, we explain why
and say 'no' or (if it's marginal) watch it
with her. And I'm still puzzled as to
what is meant by "suggestive dialogue".
The real world is full of much worse
things, and you can't chip it all away
automatically. <partial rant> |
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Let's try a little substitution: |
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I support absolutely the right of parents to know where their kids are. But I think that parents are shirking their responsiblities by giving their kids cellphones, and instead, they should just follow them around wherever they go. Also, installing filters on their browsers is ridiculous, they should rather stand behind their back and see where they're surfing. |
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Back when Clinton was president I really wanted my V-chip to filter out endless discussions of presidential blow-jobs. But alas, the news was not coded with rating information, so the V-chip wouldn't work. That may be the source of this W-chip idea. |
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that is the essence of the modern struggle, isn't it? Trying to both get and avoid blowjobs? |
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and explaining it all to your children. |
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[Theircompetitor] I appreciate your
thoughts, but I was only trying to
express what I felt was a reasonable
opinion - that parental control is the
appropriate means of regulating
children's TV-watching. I don't think it
is helpful to tell somebody else what
they mean, but if you feel that strongly
about it then I guess it does no harm.
We'll agree to differ, courteously and (I
hope) in good spirit. |
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[Basepair], it's all in good spirit. As I mentioned early on, the v-chip idea is silly. But using it is as voluntary as using the switch. It's another tool, nothing more, no different than blocking certain channels with a password. |
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