Comments on: I look like David Trimble

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:14:32 +0000

I’ve now had three different people point out that “MyHeritage.com”:http://www.myheritages.com isn’t all that complex. Two pics with, say, the face looking down and to the left, with a bit of a bald head, and it’s a match — or at least what our human guts tell us isn’t close enough.

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:57:46 +0000

OK, I have to try that! Using the picture here (which I “borrowed” from the Wikipedia article), I get a 57% match with the late US Chief Justice “William Rhenquist”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhenquist, 54% with “some footballer called Zico”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zico, 53% with Charles Bronson, 52% with George W Bush and (tada!) David Trimble. And it goes down from there.

The much-vaunted face recognition software only rates a 53% match when they’re both straight-on face pictures of _the same man_! I’m guessing it works a _lot_ better when trying to pick faces at crowded airports and tube stations. Good eh?

“Go right through, Mr President,” as they wave through the footballer.

I look more like David Trimble than David Trimble does!

But that’s OK. “MyHeritage.com”:http://www.myheritage.com is registered to “Inbaltech Ltd” in Bnei Atarot, Israel. It ain’t a CIA thing. Probably.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:38:12 +0000

I wonder what would happen if you sent them a photo of David Trimble?

And are they based in Langley, VA?