Friday, July 20, 2007
Useless in the Parking Lot
A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication for her daughter.
When returning to her car she found that she had locked herkeys in the car. She was in a hurry to get home to her sick daughter.
She didn't know what to do, so she called her home and told the baby sitter what had happened and that she did not know what to do. The baby sitter told her that her daughter was getting worse.
She said, "You might find a coat hanger and use that to open the door."
The woman looked around and found an old rusty coat hanger that had been thrown down on the ground, possibly by someone else who at some time or other had locked their keys in their car.
Then she looked at the hanger and said, "I don't know how to use this."
So she bowed her head and asked God to send her some help. Within five minutes an old rusty car pulled up, with a dirty, greasy, bearded man who was wearing an old biker skull rag on his head.
The woman thought, "This is what you sent to help me?" But, she was desperate, so she was also very thankful.
The man got out of his car and asked her if he could help. She said, "Yes, my daughter is very sick. I stopped to get her some medication and I locked my keys in my car. I must get home to her. Please, can you use this hanger to unlock my car?"
He said, "Sure". He walked over to the car, and in less than one minute the car was opened.
She hugged the man and through her tears she said, "Thank you so much! You are a very nice man."
The man replied, "Lady, I am not a nice man. I just got out of prison today. I was in prison for car theft and have only been out for about an hour."
The woman hugged the man again and with sobbing tears cried out loud, "Oh, Thank you God!
"You even sent me a Professional!"
When returning to her car she found that she had locked herkeys in the car. She was in a hurry to get home to her sick daughter.
She didn't know what to do, so she called her home and told the baby sitter what had happened and that she did not know what to do. The baby sitter told her that her daughter was getting worse.
She said, "You might find a coat hanger and use that to open the door."
The woman looked around and found an old rusty coat hanger that had been thrown down on the ground, possibly by someone else who at some time or other had locked their keys in their car.
Then she looked at the hanger and said, "I don't know how to use this."
So she bowed her head and asked God to send her some help. Within five minutes an old rusty car pulled up, with a dirty, greasy, bearded man who was wearing an old biker skull rag on his head.
The woman thought, "This is what you sent to help me?" But, she was desperate, so she was also very thankful.
The man got out of his car and asked her if he could help. She said, "Yes, my daughter is very sick. I stopped to get her some medication and I locked my keys in my car. I must get home to her. Please, can you use this hanger to unlock my car?"
He said, "Sure". He walked over to the car, and in less than one minute the car was opened.
She hugged the man and through her tears she said, "Thank you so much! You are a very nice man."
The man replied, "Lady, I am not a nice man. I just got out of prison today. I was in prison for car theft and have only been out for about an hour."
The woman hugged the man again and with sobbing tears cried out loud, "Oh, Thank you God!
"You even sent me a Professional!"
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Indiana waitress gets $10,000 tip
ANGOLA, Ind. (UPI) -- Paying for college got a whole lot easier for Indiana waitress Jessica Osborne when one of her regular customers recently slid her a $10,000 tip.
Osborne, 20, says she lost her breath on a recent Friday when she opened the envelope the customer gave her and saw all the zeros after the $1, ABC News reports. It was amazing, said Osborn, who works at the Pizza Hut in Angola, Ind.
The customer, who asked that only her first name Becky be used, said she recently had received a large settlement following the deaths of her husband and eldest daughter in a traffic accident and she wanted to do something special for the pleasant young woman who waited on her family.
She was sweet and bright and cheerful and never complained, Becky said. She was just a sweet waitress.
The money couldn't have come at a better time. Osborne has had financial troubles that had forced her to withdraw from college. Now she will be able to use the textbooks she had kept in the trunk of her car.
It's unbelievable. It doesn't happen to people every day, she said. I mean, I work at Pizza Hut!
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
Osborne, 20, says she lost her breath on a recent Friday when she opened the envelope the customer gave her and saw all the zeros after the $1, ABC News reports. It was amazing, said Osborn, who works at the Pizza Hut in Angola, Ind.
The customer, who asked that only her first name Becky be used, said she recently had received a large settlement following the deaths of her husband and eldest daughter in a traffic accident and she wanted to do something special for the pleasant young woman who waited on her family.
She was sweet and bright and cheerful and never complained, Becky said. She was just a sweet waitress.
The money couldn't have come at a better time. Osborne has had financial troubles that had forced her to withdraw from college. Now she will be able to use the textbooks she had kept in the trunk of her car.
It's unbelievable. It doesn't happen to people every day, she said. I mean, I work at Pizza Hut!
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
Content-recognition Software - Video
Recently, Time Warner and Disney partnered with YouTube to test video content-recognition software developed by Google. The software is similar to existing audio content-recognition programs in that it analyzes content to create a fingerprint. Then it compares that information to fingerprints in a database to determine if there is a match. However, video presents unique challenges that are not easily overcome.
For example, most videos on YouTube are limited to 10 minutes or 100 megabytes. Since a clip could include any 10-minute segment from a film or television show under copyright, the content-recognition software must analyze the entire original work in such a way that it can make meaningful matches from a relatively small sample clip. Google isn't saying much about how the software manages this, but it's likely that the program analyzes overlapping chunks of the original content to create multiple fingerprints.
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Analyzing video is more challenging than analyzing sound.Video content-recognition software must be able to identify footage even if the person who uploaded the content edited it first. For example, people can fool software that matches color resolution by tweaking the color saturation in a video. Cropping a video or uploading footage of a film captured on a video camera can also fool recognition software. Some pirated films are captured on cameras set up at an angle to the screen, further complicating the identification process.
For example, most videos on YouTube are limited to 10 minutes or 100 megabytes. Since a clip could include any 10-minute segment from a film or television show under copyright, the content-recognition software must analyze the entire original work in such a way that it can make meaningful matches from a relatively small sample clip. Google isn't saying much about how the software manages this, but it's likely that the program analyzes overlapping chunks of the original content to create multiple fingerprints.
Photo courtesy of stock.xchngAnalyzing video is more challenging than analyzing sound.Video content-recognition software must be able to identify footage even if the person who uploaded the content edited it first. For example, people can fool software that matches color resolution by tweaking the color saturation in a video. Cropping a video or uploading footage of a film captured on a video camera can also fool recognition software. Some pirated films are captured on cameras set up at an angle to the screen, further complicating the identification process.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Are You Friggin Kidding Me
Fox news recently reported that the FBI has found a way to monitor your conversations through your cell phone even if it is turned off and your not using it.
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