They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy
Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That'
all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a smartphone. Nor would I
want those retarded games. But I have to wonder how much money they
cost, because tv commercials are not cheap, and they are on very often.

Those games must cost a fortune!

On 1/22/16 10:44 PM, wrote:
They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy
Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That'
all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a smartphone. Nor would I
want those retarded games. But I have to wonder how much money they
cost, because tv commercials are not cheap, and they are on very often.

Those games must cost a fortune!


Read this article. You won't believe the amount of money they take in
from just 2.3% of the millions of players.

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...yers-855m-2014

On 01/22/2016 10:04 PM, Retired wrote:
On 1/22/16 10:44 PM, wrote:
They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy
Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That'
all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a smartphone. Nor would I
want those retarded games. But I have to wonder how much money they
cost, because tv commercials are not cheap, and they are on very often.

Those games must cost a fortune!


Read this article. You won't believe the amount of money they take in
from just 2.3% of the millions of players.

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...yers-855m-2014




Wow


Though I of course have a computer and use Facebook to keep up with my
friends I absolutely do not play any of those games.


I have no TV or Smartphone so don't get bombarded with a whole load of
crap.

One weakness though:

If I feel the need to play some type of game I still have a 25 year old
(maybe older) version of Tetris. To this day I've never beaten my
daughter's high score and I feel as I get older my chances keep diminishing.

On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:04:10 -0500, Retired wrote:

On 1/22/16 10:44 PM, wrote:
They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy
Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That'
all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a smartphone. Nor would I
want those retarded games. But I have to wonder how much money they
cost, because tv commercials are not cheap, and they are on very often.

Those games must cost a fortune!


Read this article. You won't believe the amount of money they take in
from just 2.3% of the millions of players.

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...yers-855m-2014

That's amazing. Apparently there are a lot of kids with a lot of money
to blow. Who would think that amount of money could be made from a
stupid game.

During the very brief time I used Facebook, I was constantly bombarded
with invites to play some of their games, which are also free at first,
but you have to pay later for something... I've never liked any computer
games so I got real annoyed by those constant invites, even from people
I knew well. They said they were not sending them, but FB sends them
under thir name. That was part of the reason I removed my FB account
after about 2 months of having it.

Per :
That's amazing. Apparently there are a lot of kids with a lot of money
to blow.

That makes me think of another reason never to watch "Live" TV - only
recorded TV: if I had kids, I would not want them to see commercials -
period.

Viewing only recorded and either fast-forwarding commercials or telling
the software to not record then; I don't think I have seen more than 15
seconds of any commercial for at least the past five years - maybe more
- and I do not understand why more people do not use their TVs in that
manner.
--
Pete Cresswell

On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 08:40:30 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per :
That's amazing. Apparently there are a lot of kids with a lot of money
to blow.

That makes me think of another reason never to watch "Live" TV - only
recorded TV: if I had kids, I would not want them to see commercials -
period.

Viewing only recorded and either fast-forwarding commercials or telling
the software to not record then; I don't think I have seen more than 15
seconds of any commercial for at least the past five years - maybe more
- and I do not understand why more people do not use their TVs in that
manner.

Most commercial skip algorithms work by analysing "fade to black"
intervals but those 3 minute drug commercials trick that and some
shows use short black outs you miss,
I use the manual skip.

Per :
Most commercial skip algorithms work by analysing "fade to black"
intervals but those 3 minute drug commercials trick that and some
shows use short black outs you miss,
I use the manual skip.

Same here.... SageTV.

But when I was in the early days of this I fooled around with a Linux
app called "MythTV" and was amazed at how accurate it's automagic
skipping was. No clue how it worked, but it sure did work.

The functionality is available in Sage as an add-on, but I find that
fast forwarding becomes trivial once I get a feel for the break lengths
and program two lengths of skip: 60 seconds and 10 seconds.
--
Pete Cresswell

(PeteCresswell) posted for all of us...



Per :
That's amazing. Apparently there are a lot of kids with a lot of money
to blow.

That makes me think of another reason never to watch "Live" TV - only
recorded TV: if I had kids, I would not want them to see commercials -
period.

Viewing only recorded and either fast-forwarding commercials or telling
the software to not record then; I don't think I have seen more than 15
seconds of any commercial for at least the past five years - maybe more
- and I do not understand why more people do not use their TVs in that
manner.

I wish my Comcast box would pass commercials. I just fast forward. There is
one for a credit card which I loath and have trouble pushing the button fast
enough. Also Comcast has this special feature of latency. It starts
recording the program about 30 seconds early and consequently ends the
recording 30 seconds early. The last few seconds where the narrator gives a
resolution gets cut off. If you add a minute to the recording time then that
bleeps up a subsequent recording because it only records two at one. If I
could get a better system I would, why should this be a problem with
computers doing all the work? Any ideas?

--
Tekkie

On 1/23/2016 3:27 PM, Tekkie® wrote:

I wish my Comcast box would pass commercials. I just fast forward. There is
one for a credit card which I loath and have trouble pushing the button fast
enough. Also Comcast has this special feature of latency. It starts
recording the program about 30 seconds early and consequently ends the
recording 30 seconds early. The last few seconds where the narrator gives a
resolution gets cut off. If you add a minute to the recording time then that
bleeps up a subsequent recording because it only records two at one. If I
could get a better system I would, why should this be a problem with
computers doing all the work? Any ideas?


Maybe a new box?

I have DirecTv and there is usually a few seconds before and after. If
I record two shows in a row, the first one still has a few seconds at
the end and the next one starts a few seconds early. I can record four
shows at once. Never misses unless there is a late start because of a
football game. On Sunday night I have 60 Minutes record 2 hours just in
case.

Per Tekkie®:
The last few seconds where the narrator gives a
resolution gets cut off. If you add a minute to the recording time then that
bleeps up a subsequent recording because it only records two at one. If I
could get a better system I would, why should this be a problem with
computers doing all the work? Any ideas?

Unencumbered by any real knowledge, all I can think of is that the clock
in the offending box is 1-2 minutes slow relative to the program
provider's schedule.
--
Pete Cresswell

On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 08:40:30 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per :
That's amazing. Apparently there are a lot of kids with a lot of money
to blow.

That makes me think of another reason never to watch "Live" TV - only
recorded TV: if I had kids, I would not want them to see commercials -
period.

Viewing only recorded and either fast-forwarding commercials or telling
the software to not record then; I don't think I have seen more than 15
seconds of any commercial for at least the past five years - maybe more
- and I do not understand why more people do not use their TVs in that
manner.

I have over the air tv (antenna). So I cant do that!
I'm not much of a tv watcher anyhow, but it still would be nice to block
commercials.

On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:32:48 -0600, wrote:

I have over the air tv (antenna). So I cant do that!

I just plugged a DVR card in an old PC for just that problem but I
haven't had time to actually try it.
I really want to ditch cable/satellite. With a few steaming services
and my local OTA I don't think I will miss them.

Per :
I have over the air tv (antenna). So I cant do that!
I'm not much of a tv watcher anyhow, but it still would be nice to block
commercials.

You can.

We have only OTA... In fact, it's more straightforward with OTA because
the tuners used do not have to be cable-specific.

Couple these bad boyz: http://tinyurl.com/jtrx8ao plus a device to
record TV (probably your PC running SageTV) and another to play back
(preferably one of the SageTV little black boxes bought used), and you
are in business.

I don't mean to imply that it is trivial - definitely some learning
curve hours there.... but, in the end, very worthwhile IMHO.

--
Pete Cresswell

On 1/22/2016 10:44 PM, wrote:
They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy
Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That'
all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a smartphone. Nor would I
want those retarded games. But I have to wonder how much money they
cost, because tv commercials are not cheap, and they are on very often.

Those games must cost a fortune!


Game itself is free. The money stream is either from advertising or
in-app purchases. Some games allow you to buy extra lives, or extra
ammo for a buck or two. While you think that is trivial, the good games
can be installed on tens of millions of phones, notebooks, etc.

On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:12:12 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 1/22/2016 10:44 PM, wrote:
They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy
Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That'
all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a smartphone. Nor would I
want those retarded games. But I have to wonder how much money they
cost, because tv commercials are not cheap, and they are on very often.

Those games must cost a fortune!


Game itself is free. The money stream is either from advertising or
in-app purchases. Some games allow you to buy extra lives, or extra
ammo for a buck or two.

That is what Candy Crush is. You can run the game for free but you
have to buy extra candy (or whatever) when you lose. I think you get a
small ration every day for free but, evidently, some people are not
willing to stop when they run out.
I have never actually seen it but my wife knows some CC addicts,

wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:12:12 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 1/22/2016 10:44 PM, wrote:
They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy
Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That'
all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a smartphone. Nor would I
want those retarded games. But I have to wonder how much money they
cost, because tv commercials are not cheap, and they are on very often.

Those games must cost a fortune!


Game itself is free. The money stream is either from advertising or
in-app purchases. Some games allow you to buy extra lives, or extra
ammo for a buck or two.
That is what Candy Crush is. You can run the game for free but you
have to buy extra candy (or whatever) when you lose. I think you get a
small ration every day for free but, evidently, some people are not
willing to stop when they run out.
I have never actually seen it but my wife knows some CC addicts,

Some Muslim cleric should ban candy crush like they did chess in Saudi Arabia for being addictive.
I've never played CC but I don't have an addictive personality.

--
Usenet Reader for Android
http://android.newsgroupstats.hk

The owners/makers of those apps:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_(company)

writes:

The owners/makers of those apps:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_(company)

Nope.

King is just one company among many.

I guess the OP (you?) are just too cool to play a match 3.
Your loss. Some of us appreciate the mindless distraction
and frankly, amazing graphics, sound, artwork, cleverness.

--
Dan Espen