Saturday 26 December 2009

Hurray for the BBC!

They have written a short article based entirely on this YouTube video:



They couldn't even be bothered to watch this video which does cast doubts on the first one, to say the least:

5 comments:

KKK said...

In my State buddy, following them gets you 2 to 5.

manwiddicombe said...

I'm still undecided on this one.. .. .. the acid test would be to have a white and a black skinned person in front of a very bright background. If the camera only followed the black skinned person and not the white in those conditions .......

Has anyone set up that test yet?

Witterings from Witney said...

Just shows, manwiddicombe, that things are most definitely black or white.

Next question?

Mark Wadsworth said...

MW, WFW, there was a photo of three chappies at a press conference in Copenhagen and the background was just the right colour so that the poor African guy in the middle was practically invisible, only I can't track it down now.

formertory said...

The observant might notice the four fluorescent tubes arranged at 90 degrees to each other (yes, parallel to the floor :-) ), directly behind the guy's head. A few times they show up in negative colours as a distorted cross (no, not one of those, KKK).

Sounds like a camera's nightmare to me. Imagine if the difference is that the "white co-worker" just reflects more reflected light into the camera? Just enough more that it can do its job?

Are HP trying to avoid suggesting that blacks reflect less light than whites? Scandalous!