twincityhacker | (no subject)

We had a community cook out today. We had burgers and hot dogs and brats and boca bugers. I had fun, even though I went in early because I wasn't feeling well. I heard that the rest of the party went smashing. Some one literaly, actually, since my room was actually overlooking the party. = ) But it didn't interfer with my napping, so it was cool.

Since people wanted to spread the rage: HP Digital Cameras now have a 'sliming feature' since the camera adds 10 pounds or whatnot. All it really does is make the person/picture a little less wide. I haven't really think of it has rage worthy, but I'm not really feeling the anger here.

And todays word of the day:

adjudicate -
1. To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure.
2. To study and settle (a dispute or conflict): The principal adjudicated our quarrel.

Because I had to use this in a sentence today. Well, it was a quotation, but I still had to use the silly thing. Hilariously, on the dictionary.com page, the ad was for HP digital cameras.

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slimming feature? That just sounds dumb....

Exactly.

The slimming feature is old news. I wonder why it's getting people so cranky now. Wow, people editing their photos, THAT'S new.

It is? It's the first I've heard of it on a camera.

I saw a video clip about it several months ago, maybe even almost a year ago. I think it might have been in a college class and a lead-in to a discussion on some related topic.

It was at the testing phase at the time, but it's not like it was a secret. It's rather silly when you think about why a camera "adds ten pounds"; it usually has to do with lighting and the limits of the camera itself. The new feature has nothing to do with the problem.

I always thought the ten pounds came from unflattering clothing, like bulky sweaters.

Though you should tell that to HP about the lighting conditions/limits of the camera, as dropping those ten pounds is part of their advertising pitch for the slimming feature. = )

It's a secret until they announce it to the public as a "we're actually going to do this" because you have to consider most people who bitch about things don't notice until it's pretty much too late to do anything....

I personally would prefer if they tried adding something a little more useful to a camera... but I guess after eliminating red eye there's nothing much you can do but make people less fat in pictures *rolls eyes* next thing you know htey'll have a "make them look taller" picture...

wow. a monkey could bang on the keyboard and get similar results in photoshop. i bet the model for that feels real lucky!

Not even Photoshop. Paint could get similar results.