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by Zombix on kol.19, 2008, under Free Movies

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Abstract

We present a framework for automatically enhancing videos of a static scene using a few photographs of the same scene. For example, our system can transfer photographic qualities such as high resolution, high dynamic range and better lighting from the photographs to the video. Additionally, the user can quickly modify the video by editing only a few still images of the scene. Finally, our system allows a user to remove unwanted objects and camera shake from the video.


Ili ovo…
 

Ako ste se pitali kako je u ostatku Kine i koliko ima istine u tvrdnji da je Kina daleko najveći zagađivač na svijetu… eh… pa pogledajte… Bejing… hehe… da, sad kad su ga očistili za olimpijadu. Nakon olimpijade opet ovako…

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Hehe…

IOC Wants Olympic Torrents Off The Pirate Bay
In an official letter to the Swedish Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has asked for “assistance” from the Swedish government with preventing video clips from the Olympics in Beijing to be shared on The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay, however, does not plan to take anything down, and renamed their tracker to The Beijing Bay.

Nekako imam osjećaj da bi ovu sprdačinu od olimpijade trebalo ukinuti jer se nakotilo smeća po odborima i definitivno više nam nikakve veze sa sportom. U stvari trebalo bi tužiti olimpijski odbor zbog zloupotrebe riječi sport u najprljavije komercijalno političke svrhe. Definitivno, zabranimo olimpijskom odborima korištenje riječi sport, oni su riječ olimpijada ionako zabranili.

The Olympics has threatened any non-sponsor advertiser from even mentioning the Olympics, banned people in the stands from wearing clothing that has the logos of competitors to sponsors and even insisted that its security technology choices would be limited to sponsors, even if others had better technology.

The latest, however, may be the most ridiculous. All over Beijing, the brands of non-sponsors are being covered up by Olympic officials so that no one thinks that faucet maker American Standard got a "free ride." Seriously. They’re putting tape over the brand name on faucets. And on light switches. And the headphones used by reporters and many other places where perfectly normal brands might occur. They’ve even covered up the name of a major hotel in Beijing, because it’s not an Olympic sponsor.

In media centers, dormitories and arena bathrooms, pieces of tape cover logos of fire extinguishers, light switches, thermostats, bedroom night tables, soap dispensers and urinals. The Taiden Industrial translation headsets in a large conference room have had their logos covered, as have the American Standard faucets in the bathrooms nearby, and the ThyssenKrupp escalators down the hall. Even the sign atop the InterContinental Beijing Beichen hotel, attached to the Main Press Center, has been obscured by an Olympic cloth wrap. InterContinental Hotels Group isn’t an Olympic sponsor.

Why? Well, the IOC claims that it’s necessary:

The International Olympic Committee says that such "brand protection" is essential for the Games to raise the corporate money that keeps them going and growing. The Games get 40% of their revenue from sponsors, with the rest coming from broadcast rights, ticketing and licensing.

A few quick responses to that whopper of a statement:

  • The purpose of trademark law is not to protect the ability of the Olympics to make a profit. It’s to avoid people being confused into thinking one product is made by someone else.
  • Even if it’s important for the Olympics to make money off of sponsors, it’s difficult to see why that would necessitate blocking everyone else’s brands. No other event does this, and those events make out just fine.
  • Couldn’t some of the covered up brands make the exact same response back? American Standard sold its faucets at a certain price, knowing that it would get some brand recognition from having its brand on the faucets. By blocking that, aren’t the Olympics denying American Standard’s "essential brand protection" that it needs to keep making money?

Once again, the true spirit of the Olympic games seems to be in absolutely trashing the meaning and purpose of intellectual property laws.

Povezani clanci:

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3 Comments for this entry

  • Mayo
    kolovoz 19th, 2008 on 15:13

    Microsoft Labs video editor je isto tako impresivan. Ovo sa “Emily” je fora, svakako ju vidim kao TV voditelja budućnosti, ovo što su danas “govoreće glave” je čista smijurija.

    BTW neznam zašto na tvojoj stranici video ode u 3pm.. mislim otvorim jubito poslije tvoje i tamo je isto u 3pm, resetiram FF3 i sve je ok. Čini mi se da je FF postao banana browser…

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  • Zombix
    kolovoz 19th, 2008 on 15:54

    I ja imam problema sa YouTube ali ne samo sa Youtube već sa svim video playerima pa se stalno prebacujem na Operu ili IE7. Definitivno nešto ne radi kako treba kod FF-a a ne mogu otkriti što.

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  • marqox
    kolovoz 19th, 2008 on 16:13

    Ako što pomogne, meni se dešavalo u FF da flash video stane nakon 3 sekunde.
    Instalirao nazad Flash verziju 9.0.47.0 iz arhive:
    http://kb.adobe.com/selfservic.....;sliceId=2
    (pod Flash Player 9)
    i sad je sve OK.

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