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And who do you look like?

Pandagon has up a post using the face recognition software that matches you to a celebrity.

I hope this isn't something homeland security it using, because the results are kinda funky. My top three matches were Julia Roberts (ok), Sophia Loren (rock on!) and Roger Daltry (???). The next three were Andi McDowell, John Cusack, (both hot, so, OK) and then John Denver (???). Next three: Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, and Natalie Portman. Rounding out the Top Ten? Barack Obama.

Conclusion? It's mostly the pose, and the smile.

Up for more fun, I did one of Armand. Top ten: Zamfir, Chris Evert, Heidi Klum, Jean Seiberg (who?), Sally Field, Bing Crosby, Bela Lugosi, Che Guevara, Frank Rijkaard (who?), and Ben Stiller. The only one that makes sense is Bela Lugosi, because Armand was dressed up like a goth (though in my opinion he was more Robert Smith).

On to Baltar. The software is very confused by beards. The first three tries (with one photo, using their focus function to make it brighter each time) got no matches. The second photo I tried also got no matches. The third photo got some matches. The top ten: Brian de Palma, Gary Oldman, Snoop Dog, Ehud Barak, Picasso, Bill Murray, Tung Chee Hwa, Giuseppe Garabaldi, Colin Farrell. Right, it didn't even make it to ten.

In real life, I think Armand looks like a cross between Keving Spacey and Robert Downey Jr. People tell me (quite frequently, although less so since I cut off my long straight hair) that I look like Helen Hunt. And, I think Baltar looks a bit like Boris Johnson with a Scott Ian beard.

Oh well.

Posted by binky at July 1, 2006 09:37 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Blogorama | Random Thoughts