[Blindmath] Facial recognition -- food for thought

[Amanda Lacy]

I, on the other hand, am totally blind from birth and am too curious about 
the world around me to share your opinion.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dasha Radford" <dasha95 at nc.rr.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Facial recognition -- food for thought


> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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;
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>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Facial recognition -- food for thought
>>>>>
>>>
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