[Blindmath] Facial recognition -- food for thought

[Dasha Radford]

Yes but where did the question of funding or whether or not we wanted to see people's faces come into the conversation not enough related as best as I can figure
Thanks
0 By the Way many of us who are totally blind and has been so all of our lives or most of our lives a lot of us could really care less if we saw people's faces I don't think we did know what to do with the ability if we have it in fact I think we might find it more than a little bit annoying

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On Mar 28, 2012, at 19:50, Richard Baldwin <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com> wrote:

> What does it have to do with math? See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdaBoostamong other very complex
> mathematical algorithms often used in facial
> detection and recognition.
> 
> Dick Baldwin
> 
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Dasha Radford <dasha95 at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm light-sensitive and that's quite enough thank you very much I don't
>> need to see faces never have really cared to I personally go on what a
>> person is on the inside and again will someone please explain what this has
>> to do with Matth?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Mar 28, 2012, at 19:17, "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I understood it to mean that some of us don't really find a problem in
>> not seeing faces, so why is it a problem which needs solving?
>>> 
>>> I guess its a personal thing as to whether its a problem, personally I
>> have other wants higher on the list. For those where it is a priority or
>> they feel it is then nothing stops them from doing such a project, after
>> all isn't part of open source the ability for one if they have an itch they
>> can scratch it? If people wanting to do such a project want funding, then
>> good on them if they can show the evidence for a need for it to whoever is
>> responsible for the funding. In these times I guess funding won't be handed
>> out unless a real need can be shown to exist.
>>> 
>>> Michael Whapples
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Baldwin
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:36 PM
>>> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Facial recognition -- food for thought
>>> 
>>> I don't understand the question.
>>> Dick Baldwin
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <
>>> REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dick,
>>>> You percieve this as a problem. Why?
>>>> I don't. The technology is interesting, but it doesn't mean not seeing
>>>> someone's face is a problem.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> ]
>>>> On Behalf Of Richard Baldwin
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:04 AM
>>>> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics;
>>>> seeingwithsound at freelists.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Facial recognition -- food for thought
>>>> 
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