A new technique shows resizing of images while keeping the important features of the image undistorted, also allows you to protect or remove part of the image with anything removed being automagically and seamlessly filled in.
This is making the rounds in technical circles today. The technique simple and very effective! Apparently Adobe has hired this guy so hopefully we'll see commercial availability soon.
We will now see better image spoofs on the interwebtubetrucks! I can't wait!
You know that dream where you are standing in front of a large group of people. You are giving a lecture. And you look down and you realize you aren't wearing pants. And then you look at the screen and you don't understand what you are supposed to be presenting on.
Yeah. That kind of sums up my Summercon experience.
Only I was wearing pants. I think. Yeah, I most likely had pants.
And I knew what I was supposed to talk about. How well I articulated is another matter.
But I don't fully remember giving the presentation. Something about source code mutation? Anyone? Bueller?
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I don't drink beer. Why does my laptop smell like beer?
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I vaguely recall something about screwing with spammers by throttling SMTP transactions, but it seems that talk was mixed with a detailed discussion of Scotch, and why Whisky doesn't have an "e"
Uhh, if you're looking for your pants. I think i have them.
Thanks again for speaking, it was a great time and i hope we're ready to do it again next year
This is right after they got in on in the middle of the lobby. But seriously Summercon was and absolute blast. Best con about man on man action I have ever attended :)
LINDSAY WILL NOT BE CHARGED - What Would Tyler Durden Do
Topic: Miscellaneous
12:51 pm EDT, Aug 22, 2007
I know this is a bullshit post, but do you think cases like this could be used as legal precedent for others to escape conviction of DUI, drug possession, etc?
Demanding the source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000EN
Topic: Miscellaneous
1:58 pm EDT, Aug 10, 2007
A Minnesota man accused of drunk driving has sued to see the source code of the Intoxilyzer 5000EN machine that busted him, and the state Supreme Court is allowing the request to go forward.
His attorney told the paper, "The problem is, the manufacturer of the thing thinks they can hold it back and not tell anybody how it works. For all we know, it's a random number generator."
If they’re going to be accused based on what some machine says, then they ought to be allowed to challenge the accuracy of the machine. And they can't do that unless they’re allowed to know how the machine works.
Who is doing the QA work for these state certification programs?
What if the machine was off by a 100th of a BAC measurement? I applaud this effort, even if it is just a slick way to get out of a DUI.
