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Bellard Creates New Image Format To Replace JPEG
An anonymous reader writes Fabrice Bellard (creator of FFMPEG, QEMU, JSLinux...) proposes a new image format that could replace JPEG : BPG. For the same quality, files are about half the size of their JPEG equivalents. He released libbpg (with source) as well as a JS decompressor, and set up a demo including the famous Lena image.
"Same-origin policy is a nightmare for use with CDNs."
Good. Maybe people will start taking real responsibility for their sites and content. Passing the buck is lazy and irresponsible, especially in the case of advertising CDNs (and the subsequent malware infestations that spread as a result of them.) If one can't do the work on their own, they probably shouldn't be in the IT field at all. It's their incompetence and laziness helping criminals and scammers.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
OK, this is going to really get my goat.
Except that this test image has just a face and part of a shoulder, without any naughty bits. Not even erotic at all.
Except that everybody KNOWS that it's a cutout of some porn. You know what? That's tasteless and tacky. Years ago when I was a PhD student in computer vision (more later) I used to help supervise an image processing practical. It used Lena of course. Sooner or later someone found out and everyone had a good laugh.
Well the guys in the practical (90% of the people). The other 10% didn't seem to think i's so funny. I can't imagine why. So yes having a PlayBoy centrefold, even cropped sets completely the wrong tone. It sets the tone that it's no just male dominated but a total boy's club too.
For some reason all the other images are bland and neutral. You never see someone pointing out how good the reproduction of high frequencies on Baywach era David Hasslehof's manly chest or anything.
It's always Lena, peppers, and a few others.
It's a good test image because it catches both distortions of detail and color damage to areas with a gentle gradient.
No, it was good perhaps 15 years ago. It has a little high frequencies and a bit fo gradient. There are far beer trickier images now. There are far beer images it's easy to get hold of that are much harsher in those regards. All the massive overuse of Lena does is lead to ad-hoc reverse engineering of tha picture. Or as some wag in the field pointed out, the Lena compression algorithm: If the first bit is 0 then emit Lena, otherwise decode any remaining data as a JPEG.
If I have to see yet another buchered version of a Lena picture again in a compuer vision paper that I read or review, I seriously think I will murderize someone.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
If they have to be told what the image is from to get upset
Everyone knows now.
Trying to play language laywer: "oh without being *told* you can't tell it's from playboy so you're no allowed to get offended at the single mos popular image in compure vision being a Playboy centrefold" just makes you seem silly, to be honest.
Everyone knows already. I's really sodding tastless, neer mind that the image has been so far used to death and beyond that i's not even funny.
to paraphrase Steve Jobs,
Ah yes, wisdom from the man who believed he inventd rounded corners.
The image as it is now does not objectify women any more than images that run in modern newspapers.
Nope, because everyone knows it came from Playboy. It's like a nudge nudge wink wink know what I mean say no more say no more kind of image.
If you can tell them instead it's from some old ladies fashion magazine and they're suddenly okay with it, I'd have to say you proved my point.
Except it isn't. And everyone can prove that.
Anyway the source of things DOES matter. It's why blood diamonds and trade in endangered species is illegal. Without digging further, you can't tell if they're really blood diamonds, or no bred in captivity. It becomes bad when the source is known.
This is because people have ethics.
SJW n. One who posts facts.