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Post by OverAndUnder on Jul 28, 2012 23:11:17 GMT -5
www.london2012.com/volleyball/event/women/teams/team=united-states-vow400usa01/Did the London committee have photographers hiding at Heathrow to sneak up and take ambush photos of women in the clutches of jetlag? Were the athletes threatened with being deported to Syria for CIA-trained "enhanced interrogation" if they dared to crack a smile or show some personality? (Funny how quickly things change -- just a few years ago Syria was USA's buddy-buddy in using torture to fight terrorism, now they're an evil regime which must fall because we are shocked, shocked they practice violence against their own people...  ) Seriously, someone in celebrity marketing needs to do a better job than this.      I also on those pages discovered Hodge has some kind of horrible bone-loss disease, since she's apparently now only 6'1".
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Post by Upfrontvb on Jul 28, 2012 23:29:23 GMT -5
TOO FUNNY. I had to look at the photos of the whole team and glad I did.
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Post by jasonr on Jul 29, 2012 0:48:48 GMT -5
I'm especially a fan of both Miyashiro's and Tom's photos. Both could be captioned: "Suspected terrorist behind the bombing of flight..."
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Post by wang pu on Jul 29, 2012 1:27:32 GMT -5
The pics that NBC has of Misty and Kerri aren't great at all!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2012 8:57:19 GMT -5
What did they do to Courtney?!
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Post by vball20 on Jul 29, 2012 9:29:54 GMT -5
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Post by vballblues on Jul 29, 2012 22:29:25 GMT -5
those are what you call morning after shots. no makeup and some bed head.
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Post by simonsun on Jul 30, 2012 1:25:35 GMT -5
no...............
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Post by VolleyTX on Jul 30, 2012 3:52:21 GMT -5
Since we are being funny..... the non-volleyball world is getting a thrill out of our stud opposite's name. She was named Hot Slut of the Day.
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Post by Phaedrus on Jul 30, 2012 7:52:36 GMT -5
I asked my friend at USAV who is over in London. I kind of ribbed him about the photos, here is his response.
Anyone needing accreditation had to submit a non-smiling photo by mid-March. Being USA Volleyball does not take non-smiling photos as portraits and the players were all in club season overseas, they had to submit photos taken by themselves for the online process. The accreditation were initial for a facial recognition software where smiling would have distorted the image. I am not sure if that facial recognition software is in place at any site (maybe it is for the athletes entry point). Even I had to have a non-smile photo. The first couple photos I had taken seemed like I was pissed off at the world, so I can only imagine how other photos turned out.
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Post by VolleyTX on Jul 30, 2012 7:57:52 GMT -5
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Post by OverAndUnder on Aug 1, 2012 11:59:35 GMT -5
I asked my friend at USAV who is over in London. I kind of ribbed him about the photos, here is his response. Anyone needing accreditation had to submit a non-smiling photo by mid-March. Being USA Volleyball does not take non-smiling photos as portraits and the players were all in club season overseas, they had to submit photos taken by themselves for the online process. The accreditation were initial for a facial recognition software where smiling would have distorted the image. I am not sure if that facial recognition software is in place at any site (maybe it is for the athletes entry point). Even I had to have a non-smile photo. The first couple photos I had taken seemed like I was pissed off at the world, so I can only imagine how other photos turned out.So the conclusion is -- all the terrorists have to do is smile as they walk through the airport? WTF good is face recognition software that only works on one specific emotional expression? |
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Post by Phaedrus on Aug 1, 2012 12:25:55 GMT -5
Maybe the software works one way but not the other. So it can extrapolate from non-distorted original but not from a distorted original. Any signal processors out there?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2012 12:34:22 GMT -5
I see some really subtle smiles in there.
Rebels!
Btw, Davis wins with the best photo. She totally sold it.
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Post by lhlg on Aug 1, 2012 12:48:12 GMT -5
idiots. poorly named feature. |
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