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Finding Yourself With Photo Recognition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-i'm-not-getting-transcendental dept.

itchyfish writes "You are lost in a foreign city, you don't speak the language and you are late for your meeting. What do you do? Take out your cellphone, photograph the nearest building and press send. For a small fee, photo recognition software on a remote server works out precisely where you are, and sends back directions that will get you to your destination. Seems a little far fetched, but amazingly cool if it really works."

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  1. In NYC, doormen won't let you photograph buildings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I tried to take a photo of my girlfriend's office building near Times Square last year. A doorman ran out and started yelling at me that I wasn't allowed to take photos of the building. He was ready to push my camera down, but a friend convinced me to lower the camera before the doorman got in reach.

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    Another quote from Bush's press conference:

    Libya was a nation that ... was dangerous because of weapons. ... By the way, they found, I think, 50 tons of mustard gas - Bush, 13 Apr. 02004

    USA is estimated to have fired hundreds of tons of chemically toxic, radioactive depleted uranium ammunitions while at war:

    • Afghanistan: USA fired 500-600 tons of uranium
    • Kosovo, 1999: USA fired 10-200 tons of uranium
    • Iraqi, 1991: USA fired 320-750 tons of uranium

    The Bush administration is based on hypocrisy.