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Trimming Television to Sell More Ads

Posted by michael on from the blood-from-a-stone dept.

gambit3 writes: "Tech TV has an article about a device called a "Digital Time Machine", that does something called "Time Trimming", which is basically a way to cut single frames from different scenes in TV programs, which, over the course of a 30 minute program, can add up to 30 seconds, which is, incidentally, the perfect length to add ANOTHER commercial."

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  1. Re:Sounds like "Cash" on radio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Damn .. if Rush Limbaugh doesn't like it, it MUST be good .. but if it gives you more ads, then it's BAD, cause ads are BAD .. argh .. my brain hurts!

  2. Hey, Open S0urce Beggars! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do u want to sell me a mug or tee-shirt???

    Why don't you go work for AOL or MS?

    I can't belive how delusional you are!!

  3. No Self-Respect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Free Software Loser says:

    "hey! wear our hoodies"

    ROFL! Go work for MS or AOL and stop selling stuffed monkeys!

  4. My favorite part of the article... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...Confident that Rob Malda had control of the bike, Richard Stallman placed his hands on Rob's hips and drew him upwards so that the cold wind rushing by bathed most of Freddy. To his credit, Rob didn't take his eyes of the road, allowing Richard to move him up and down, off and onto his cock with ever increasing force, ramming and slamming his arse onto his cock, over and over until both men were sweating profusely and Rob was shaking with the incredible need for release. Richard had come a couple of times, depositing his seed deep inside Rob, feeling it coat his cock and drip out of his lover's rectum to pool in the coat. He scooped some up with one hand and after removing the cock ring, smothered his lover's balls and cock...

  5. How would we ever notice? by drxyzzy · · Score: 0, Troll

    TV is for nursing homes and coma wards. If you are blessed with more cortical activity than a salad bar, turn off the tube and go do something useful.

  6. Re:bah by nomadic · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh, you are just the soul of wit there sonny. What razor-sharp sarcasm, wielded with such subtlety and cleverness.

    Advertising is a mental assault. Constantly cramming more and more into TV is a disgusting practice. If you think having your brain bombarded with seizure-inducing lights and sounds in a rapid succession is fine if they don't charge you for it, then park yourself in front of your TV and enjoy.

  7. They're trying to SPAM us with ads by dh003i · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is just great...now, we have sacraficed video quality and have to put up with just that many more ads. What really tees me off is we pay alotta money for DigitalTV and we still get ads on the DigitalTV channels -- even the 5 HBO channels. What a rip.

    Pretty soon, they'll be saying, "We now interrupt your regularly scheduled ad to go to a program". Or, "We now interrupt your adomercial for some ads".

    We need to go back to the days before the radio waves were controlled by the FCC...no control at all...there'd be no ads, and diverse viewpoints would get out. Access to particular frequencies would be determined by a LAN-like system...if two people requested the same frequency at the same time, their machines would each resend the request after a random time interval...whoever got it first would go.

    --
    social sciences can never use experience to verify their statemen
  8. HERE YOU GO ASSHEADS WIDE AND LONG!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I had just turned 18, and was working hard on the school swim team in my last year of High School.
    I groaned as I slowly walked down
    the hall to the locker room. It had been one hell of a practice today and I hurt in places where I didn't even know I had muscles. I dropped my stuff on the bench and slowly ambled down the hall to the showers. I went to the only warm shower and went to turn it on when I heard a small whimpering sound like that of a lost puppy. I looked around and over in a dark corner sat Jim. He was the captain of our swim team. I knew Jim better than some because we both had the same birthday, a piece of novelty that brought us together, joking from time to time. He was the best swimmer I knew and he was in the corner crying. I tried to figure out what was going on, and then I realized. He was ineligible. Life was really sucking for him right now. He had failed 2 out of his 6 classes meaning that for the rest of his senior year he could not swim. His senior year, when he was at the peak of his swimming ability, down the tubes!
    I went over to the corner and placed my arm around the huddled mass of quivering Jim. I took a moment and realized just what a good swimmer he really was. I tried to cajole him but he relentlessly cried and just moaned. I asked him what was wrong, as if I didn't already know. He turned his sweet face towards me and cursed. "I've fucked up. I have thrown away my life. I cant go to college. I wont even graduate this year. I will have to come to school again next year with your class." That made sense. Jim didn't have grades that were good enough for him to get into college. He was depending solely on his swimming talent, but who would pick up a swimmer who wasn't eligible to swim? I turned his face towards mine and looking into his deep penetrating eyes. I told him that it would be OK.
    He did something that truly shocked me. He pulled his head up and gave me an electrifying kiss. I was shocked that the most manly person I knew, oh captain my captain, was kissing me. I of course had heard the rumors around school. Ohh, big Jim was gay. But this Adonis of a man could not TRULY be gay. Sure he made all his own clothes. Sure the way that his Calvin Klein glued to his butt showed off his huge package. Yeah and he may flirt with girls.. but what has ever come of that. He was a virgin.. as far as the world knew. That showed that he had morals, values.. But, did it mean that Jim, ... gay? NO WAY.
    He looked at my shocked face and tried to scramble away. He only cried worse. He had figured that I was gay also, which is half true. It was all a remarkable turn of events. I had just come out to a bunch of my friends. A total of 13 people knew I was a bisexual. 10 females and 3 males... But no one could have told him that I was BI. They wouldn't have... Or would they?
    I looked at Jim and truly assessed him. He was tall about 6'1 and weighed no more than 160. He wore only a skimpy boxer shorts style pair of drag short speedo. They beautifully accented his nice ass that I so longed to rub and kiss. I looked down and they gave a tantalizing view of his beautiful bubble butt. His chest was accented with two lovely round black nipples that set upon his wide pecs. He had surely been working out for a long, long time to get them so big. His broad shoulders moved into a beautiful V shape that funneled down into his glorious love pit. He was not the hairiest of men, but neither was I, and after last weeks shaving there was just the shortest of stubble on both of us. I looked into his face. His smooth brown skin was accented by his beautiful brown eyes. He was not a perfect boy. He had little imperfections, but nothing like I do. He had a messed up front tooth.. but that was all that I could ascertain was wrong with him.
    I looked at my own, less than perfect body. I was an average dumpy person. I had brown hair that hung seductively around my face. It accented my pale white skin and highlighted my slim face. I was a short, only 5'8 to his 6'1. I had nowhere near the perfect 12 pack that he did, but I looked at my flat stomach and broad round nipples. I was average, he was not. I turned back to him and did the unthinkable.
    I nudged his nose with mine and cocked my head momentarily to the side. I shoved my tongue swiftly into his warm mouth and wrestled with his tongue for a few brief moment. I slid my hands down his back to his cute ass that I had longed to caress for the longest time. I broke the kiss and told him that everything WOULD be OK.
    At that moment we heard the rest of the team enter the locker room. They started their baying calls of grunts and moans as we typically did. The words of sex and 'deez' arose in a chorus as they gleefully played, snapping each other with towels. I stood up, invited Jim back to my place after practice. I adjusted my cock in my swim suit so that it wasn't so noticeably hard. He smiled warmly and thanked me for my comfort. I helped him up and he walked into the other room and got changed. I went once again and stood under the warm shower head. Just think. Only 2 minutes before I was still a virgin in mind, body and spirit. I was about to loose my virginity in so many ways later that night.
    We got strange looks from other teammates as I told coach that I would drive Jim home. It was understandable, I was just trying to help a guy who was having a bad day... Right? I had no ulterior motive... Did I? Ohh but I did my friend. I helped Jim into my 1969 orange/red Porsche. Yes... that is what I wanted to do... huh.. 69.. (~. I popped the clutch, revved the engine, and pulled the stick into reverse, all the while imagining doing all these things to Jim.
    We sped down the highway gaining distance from the school, and the swim team. I looked over at Jim and he had a forlorn look on his face. Poor boy, he was probably doubting his sexuality. I reached over and softly caressed his shoulder. He was wearing that light blue shirt, that was 4 sizes to small. It accented his pecs and drove me WILD!
    He turned and smiled. He leaned over and put his head against my chest. I told him that we were making a quick stop at my house before I would take him home. I mentioned that my parents had gone out of town for the weekend, and, if he liked, he could spend the night. It was Friday night, neither of us had any other plans then that practice, so he quickly agreed. I handed him my cell phone and he called his overly protective mother and got permission.
    I pulled into my garage and turned off the car. I motioned for Jim to come inside and wwshowed him into my castle. Well it wasn't really a castle, but I pride myself in my house. I thought Jim could really appreciate it. He was kind of a retro-man and.. well.. my house was VERY retro! I gave him the grand tour and final ended up in my bedroom, just where I wanted to be.I turned on my CD player and filled the room with the rhythm of 311. We sat down together on my bed and talked. He explained his frustration with school and with himself. We then gradually moved toward his sexuality. We both talked about how we had discovered out our sexuality. I tried to express to him that it was ok.. and JUST because you were gay/bi that it didn't mean you were damned to hell! Or any of that shit.He stared into my eyes, and I decided to make my move. I leaned forward and kissed him. He let a sigh of relief escape him and took up my offer. We started probing our tongues in and out, seeking to play a little tonsil hockey. As we continued to kiss, I decided to let my hands do the talking.I moved over so that he was sitting on my bed, and I had a knee on either side of him. I slid my hands up his shirt and began to delicately play with his broad black nipples. My tongue flicked on his broken tooth. Before I thought it was something annoying, an imperfection. But now, I looked at it through a whole new light.That reminded me. I pulled myself off of him and turned off my bedroom light. It was too glaring in its present state. I lit a couple of candles I had just randomly lying around my room. Ahh this would be nice! It gave the room an extra ambience for what was to lie ahead.I returned to my place on the bed and slowly began to stip off Jim's clothing one piece at a time. For now, he was my god and I was going to worship his beautiful body. I took off his shirt and kissed my way down his neck to his right nipple. I began to lick and nibble it until it was a hard, and erect stone. I then moved over to the other on and gave it the same service. I moved even father and snuggled into his happy trail. I licked my way all over his 6 pack tasting sweat, chlorine, and something else. Something I had never tasted before.. Well I will find out what that was later.I then removed his pants and looked to what my god possessed. His CK's were tented with an amazing potency. The cock inside those shorts was probably a beauty, the longest I will probably ever encounter. That would have to wait though. I went down to his toes. Kissing, and massaging his sore toe and calves. The light dusting of hair tickled my nose as I made my way along his legs, until... well, I had delayed this special moment long enough. I put a thumb on either side of his CK's and gently pulled down those shorts letting the family jewels loose.There was a barely audible pop as his hard cock smacked his 6 pack. I gazed at Jim's perfect body. Now presented to me in all its glory. His cock was at least 8 inches long. It was extemely beautiful in that was shaped like a beer can. It was extemely thick. His love muscle was uncut, but you could barely tell because the foreskin was stretched so tightly back. His rod was outlined with another soft dusting of hair that made up his pubes. Now don't under estimate it, it was a beautiful thing! In all its glory it stood looking at me, anticipating my next move.I took the black hunks' sex into my mouth, licking the head throughly to get the tiny bit of precum that stuck to the tip of his cock. Jim moaned with pleasure as I forced his cock deeper and deeper into my throat. At first I only got 2 inches down, but I managed about half of his cock until it started rubbing the back on my moist throat. I slowly withdrew to the tip and went back down on him. I repeated this process over and over until I felt him about to cum. I pulled off of him entirely. I licked my way down his cock to his warm balls.I had been ignoring his round eggs before now, but I massaged and licked them for all it was worth. I sucked one, then the other into my mouth rolling him around my tongue. His balls were too massive to have both of them into my mouth at the same time. After what seemed like 5 minutes I gave up on his balls and moved farther down. I licked the inside of his thighs and spread him wide open. I finally got to explore what I truly had been waiting for. I licked and ate his ass for all it was worth. I savored the deep musk and sweet sweat taste that had developed in his crack. I gently bit his glowing orbs and moved to spread his cheeks apart. His black anus was pink with excitement. It winked with anticipation as I licked around and around his sphincter muscle. I then finally hit the bull's-eye and Jim spasmed with joy. I heard his breathing become more ragged, like when he was nearing his last lap of a 500. I stuck my tongue in and out of his anus wiggling around. Jim rode me for all it was worth and screamed out in pleasure. After that he became very verbal. I decided it was time to finish him off. I moved back around to his front side.I once again put my hot mouth around his love machine. I pushed down and down, deep throating his rod until my mouth was rested in his beautiful pubes. OHHHHHHHHHH he gasped with pleasure. I knew he was starting to cum so I pulled my mouth up to the tip. I squirmed to stay on his cock, but some of his cum squirted out. My mouth was filled with his love juices. Swallowed some and as soon as he was finished made my way up to his mouth and gave him a snowball, or fed him back his own cum. He savored his own juices and jumped BLOCKQUOTE>on me. We wrestled for a minute and then Jim took me into his strong arms. We had finally switched rolls. Instead of me comforting him, now I was the bottom... and I am sure he will take good use of this in the future!