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Video Daily: HP webcams are 'racist'

article published on 23 December, 2009

Hewlett-Packard is taking heat this week after a video released on YouTube shows an internal problem with HP webcams, the fact that the camera has difficulty in recognizing black people. The video shows two people, a black man named Desi and a white co-worker, Wanda. The problem is the webcams face recognition software, which in the video clearly does not work with Desi in the frame but ... [ read the full article ]

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23. December 2009 @ 21:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cripes! What's next...complaining white writing/copier paper is too far preferred over brown/black paper???

First off, the video was posted because they thought it was funny...THEY weren't really complaining about it. After it got some 'news' coverage, though, unreasonably uppity people online had to start going off as though HP did it on purpose. Are we supposed to change the laws of physics to appease these people?

I've had black friends joke to me that they have more trouble identifying their black friends from afar or even in dim lighting as opposed to lighter-complexion people, so if a human eye has trouble with the same issue, don't be complaining about a webcam behaving so.

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23. December 2009 @ 22:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Anyone blaming HP of being racist for this is a racist themselves. Next they will blame their B&W copiers for being racist...they should be African American and Cracker copiers...then they will blame the night sky for being black, and then they will blame the sun for being white.

This is more annoying than when some stupid b**** tried to boycot Rooms-To-Go because one of their couches used Nigerian Leather...aparently she thought it sounded too close to some other N word, and aparently she had never heard of the country where the leather came from...and what is worse, she got about 50 people supporting her before the store was forced to give them all a mini spelling/geography lesson.
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23. December 2009 @ 23:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by KillerBug:
Anyone blaming HP of being racist for this is a racist themselves. Next they will blame their B&W copiers for being racist...they should be African American and Cracker copiers...then they will blame the night sky for being black, and then they will blame the sun for being white.

This is more annoying than when some stupid b**** tried to boycot Rooms-To-Go because one of their couches used Nigerian Leather...aparently she thought it sounded too close to some other N word, and aparently she had never heard of the country where the leather came from...and what is worse, she got about 50 people supporting her before the store was forced to give them all a mini spelling/geography lesson.
lol.....If you are a minority every time something goes wrong its racism.
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23. December 2009 @ 23:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Whats racist is the TV channel BET(Black Entertainment Television)Whats racist is the Black American Beauty Pagent.Whats racist is Chris Rock doing a stand up comedy show and talking about "honkey's " and "crackers" for a hour long.There is such a double standard in America it makes me sick.....
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23. December 2009 @ 23:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why is everything in the video "mirrored"? Like the writing on his tag name, or the banners behind him...
...don't most HP desktops come in a shiny black case?....

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Here we go with white people playing this reverse racism stuff again. I see allot of the post here and they are indeed racist, especially this comment which is obviously a lie made by xnonsuchx..

@xnonsuchx "I've had black friends joke to me that they have more trouble identifying their black friends from afar or even in dim lighting as opposed to lighter-complexion people."

Nobody black would say anything like that, joking or not, you can tell your own race no matter what complexion they are from facial appearances, likeness or other features from afar just like any other person notices anyone. That's the dumbest most ridiculous racist cover-up comment I've read in a while. The problem isn't with blacks..it's definitely with whites. That's fact..


Heck look at all the anti-Obama rallies. Take a look at the signs and look at what race those people are...! Exactly.. 99% white. The man aint even done sh*t to deserve the hate he gets..it's laughable. lol..oh yeah he's trying to get healthcare to the poor and low income in this country..so obviously he's a bad bad man (brrrr). Oh wait..we're going bankrupt that's the excuse for the protest..hmm lets see, ..we can find money for wars to go kill people in other countries all the time...but healthcare..oh no lets go protest with racist signs because this definitely has allot to do with healthcare reform. Nuff said..white people are and will always be the biggest racist on this planet. NOT all but quite a few.

And they weren't complaining about HP actually being racist..they were just having fun with a technical issue that was over looked/missed by HP. No one actually realistically thinks a big computer company that LOVES to sell computers to EVERY creed and race would actually be racist. I think most here are very racist, and from the angry comments people are making about black people having a exclusive cable channel (BET) to themselves makes me laugh (white people can/and do watch it too ya know). It's just a channel that caters to blacks like a goddamn Telemundo channel caters to Latino's, gimme a damn break!! And for the record I don't watch BET or Telemundo.
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24. December 2009 @ 06:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by fgamer:
And they weren't complaining about HP actually being racist..they were just having fun with a technical issue that was over looked/missed by HP.
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24. December 2009 @ 07:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I normally let the racist comments lie as they do not deserve a comment but I think these do.

Racism, prejudice and intolerance occurs across ALL cultures, nations and religions. We as humans tend to do dumb things, period!

So ask yourself this question why continue perpetuate it here?

If you actually think a large multinational corporation did this type of thing on purpose then you need to think before you speak. Here I'll help you, Large corporation, several countries, diverse work force?

Duh!


*spelling corrected*

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24. December 2009 @ 07:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by fgamer:
Here we go with white people playing this reverse racism stuff again. I see allot of the post here and they are indeed racist, especially this comment which is obviously a lie made by xnonsuchx..

@xnonsuchx "I've had black friends joke to me that they have more trouble identifying their black friends from afar or even in dim lighting as opposed to lighter-complexion people."

Nobody black would say anything like that, joking or not, you can tell your own race no matter what complexion they are from facial appearances, likeness or other features from afar just like any other person notices anyone. That's the dumbest most ridiculous racist cover-up comment I've read in a while. The problem isn't with blacks..it's definitely with whites. That's fact..
I guess you don't know the right black people, then, to be able to make valid judgments. That's too bad...along w/ your apparent lack of education.
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24. December 2009 @ 07:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by fgamer:



Heck look at all the anti-Obama rallies. Take a look at the signs and look at what race those people are...! Exactly.. 99% white. The man aint even done sh*t to deserve the hate he gets..it's laughable. lol..oh yeah he's trying to get healthcare to the poor and low income in this country..so obviously he's a bad bad man (brrrr). Oh wait..we're going bankrupt that's the excuse for the protest..hmm lets see, ..we can find money for wars to go kill people in other countries all the time...but healthcare..oh no lets go protest with racist signs because this definitely has allot to do with healthcare reform. Nuff said..white people are and will always be the biggest racist on this planet. NOT all but quite a few.

You just stated that if you dislike the president, then you are racist. I am sick of that argument. I don't support the healthcare bill because of the 10 million Americans that will lose their private insurance; not because he is black. I actually have two african american friends that do not support Obama. Learn not to be such an ignorant jerk.
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24. December 2009 @ 08:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think everyone has taken this a little too far. I will request a moderator close this topic as there is no need for any type of negative comments regarding race or religion. This site is too diverse in people that visit that this could turn into a messy topic as opposed to being civilized.
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24. December 2009 @ 09:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I wholeheartedly agree with the above posted comment. Wow, in all the time that I have been reading comments and articles on afterdawn, this is by far the silliest and most ignorant rants ever! Credibility for all you ppl is now depleted because of ignorance. wow.
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The decision to close would be with Andre as it's his article, but i'll certainly be reading thru the replies to see what's what; what i will say is that i absolutely will not tolerate racism, period, just as i won't in real life. I didn't grow up ignorant about such things but unfortunately far too many people out there do, so let's make sure that posts don't even joke about racism as it's not funny, it's a vile, unnecessary 'thing', it all boils down to ignorance, always has and always will. Different people have different opinions and race is a very strong candidate for being careful what we post. Obviously i accept that these days everything in sight gets clobbered due to political correctness but racism is still racism so bear that in mind before posting.



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Hehe, sometimes you need to lighten up. People who can laugh at something that can easily be misinterpreted as racist etc. knows how to have fun.
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i totally agre with you too, creaky. There's absolutely NO REASON why the posters argue and complain about a small issue such as this. Honestly, it's the posters that respond poorly herw that really need to grow up. End of story. - BLUEBOY
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24. December 2009 @ 11:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hopefully it's just political correctness, because the crime rate for blacks is too high for this not to work.
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24. December 2009 @ 11:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The video is very light hearted and funny. This is not an attack just a funny video showing a flaw. why is everyone getting all worked up. This wasn't some angry black guy complaining, it's was actually very funny.
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Originally posted by fgamer:
Here we go with white people playing this reverse racism stuff again. I see allot of the post here and they are indeed racist, especially this comment which is obviously a lie made by xnonsuchx..

@xnonsuchx "I've had black friends joke to me that they have more trouble identifying their black friends from afar or even in dim lighting as opposed to lighter-complexion people."

Nobody black would say anything like that, joking or not, you can tell your own race no matter what complexion they are from facial appearances, likeness or other features from afar just like any other person notices anyone. That's the dumbest most ridiculous racist cover-up comment I've read in a while. The problem isn't with blacks..it's definitely with whites. That's fact..


Heck look at all the anti-Obama rallies. Take a look at the signs and look at what race those people are...! Exactly.. 99% white. The man aint even done sh*t to deserve the hate he gets..it's laughable. lol..oh yeah he's trying to get healthcare to the poor and low income in this country..so obviously he's a bad bad man (brrrr). Oh wait..we're going bankrupt that's the excuse for the protest..hmm lets see, ..we can find money for wars to go kill people in other countries all the time...but healthcare..oh no lets go protest with racist signs because this definitely has allot to do with healthcare reform. Nuff said..white people are and will always be the biggest racist on this planet. NOT all but quite a few.

And they weren't complaining about HP actually being racist..they were just having fun with a technical issue that was over looked/missed by HP. No one actually realistically thinks a big computer company that LOVES to sell computers to EVERY creed and race would actually be racist. I think most here are very racist, and from the angry comments people are making about black people having a exclusive cable channel (BET) to themselves makes me laugh (white people can/and do watch it too ya know). It's just a channel that caters to blacks like a goddamn Telemundo channel caters to Latino's, gimme a damn break!! And for the record I don't watch BET or Telemundo.
I couldn't said it better myself. I black(Creole)and I don't care for BET either.

nuttz565,
If you want to bring up that BET only caters to black folks. Take a look at 106 and Park. Even though the vast majority of the audience is black there are still plenty of Latinos, Caucasians, and Asians in the crowd. Hell one of the hosts is a Latina. They even have several guest(actors, rappers and singers) on the show who were white, Latino, and Asian. Freestyle Friday's same thing no discrimination there. BET was designed like Telemundo to have more minorities on tv. So why don't you do your research before you make your comments?

Besides this was all for fun.

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Originally posted by creaky:
The decision to close would be with Andre as it's his article, but i'll certainly be reading thru the replies to see what's what; what i will say is that i absolutely will not tolerate racism, period, just as i won't in real life. I didn't grow up ignorant about such things but unfortunately far too many people out there do, so let's make sure that posts don't even joke about racism as it's not funny, it's a vile, unnecessary 'thing', it all boils down to ignorance, always has and always will. Different people have different opinions and race is a very strong candidate for being careful what we post. Obviously i accept that these days everything in sight gets clobbered due to political correctness but racism is still racism so bear that in mind before posting.
Hey Creaky, I see no reason to close it, but much appreciate you monitoring the more fight-inducing posts. As for the video, as you can tell by the smirking nature of the black man in the video, this was done in jest to bring to light a technical glitch in the software. Obviously HP is not racist, but on the same hand they should have tested the software with more variables before releasing it.
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24. December 2009 @ 12:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hate of Obama does not make you a racist; it makes you smart. If you don't hate the president, then you are not paying attention...and that goes for all presidents; not just arab ones.
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Hate of Obama does not make you a racist; it makes you smart. If you don't hate the president, then you are not paying attention...and that goes for all presidents; not just arab ones.
Agreed
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Hate of Obama does not make you a racist; it makes you smart. If you don't hate the president, then you are not paying attention...and that goes for all presidents; not just arab ones.

Hate is such a strong word.
How can you hate someone you don't even know anyway? I don't agree with all of President Obama's policies. But the last time I check he took over this train wreck that was created by his predecessor "Mr Bush". So you can't sit here and blame him for the current problems that are taking place right now. As for the comment about Arab....well maybe I'm taking this the wrong way. Were you referring that the Prez is Arab? If so you need to go back and do some research. Enough about politics. They were just trying to be funny.
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Oh my gosh!
I opened this thread because this is just funny as hell. If you cannot see the humor here then well, maybe you've got problems.
My whole office (regardless of skin color) is rolling!

And as for the reversed video, I've heard that that is usually done to obscure copywrite/trademark material. Sort of a cheap "blur" for logos.
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24. December 2009 @ 14:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I posted purely to make sure some we don't get any unwanted comments, hadn't actually watched the video.
Have now watched it and yes it's funny, and what a booboo to make with the camera. I had a Logitech webcam quite some years ago that had this functionality, so thumbs down to HP for this foulup.



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24. December 2009 @ 14:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's just too bad more people aren't more open-minded and feel the need to assume so much incorrectly about others without knowing them at all.

I would LOVE to be around the day that white supremacists (including quite a few Republicans, apparently...like Rep. Joe Wilson???) realize they have become a minority in the US just to see the look on their faces. :-)
 
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