PlayTV Discussion (reasonable discussion ONLY!)

Our man in Havana

They are thumbing their noses at the BAI. Seems they can do what they like.

highnc

had 2fm on this evening (will leahy show) and they were asking what was the best tv programme of the decade. will cheekily said playTV just before the 6.30 news!!

the groutch

134 imo

btw, turn down the telly Bill

cast_iron

Bond-007 wrote: »

They are thumbing their noses at the BAI. Seems they can do what they like.

Any news on the supposed reading of the complaint findings by TV3 on-air before the show starts?

.BrianJM

Our man in Havana

None yet. I have a few TD's looking into it.

dangerpowers

Just been given the answer and it is absolutely comical to say the least, hilarious, you are all going to laugh when you see it.

cast_iron

295

.BrianJM

dangerpowers wrote: »

Just been given the answer and it is absolutely comical to say the least, hilarious, you are all going to laugh when you see it.

They must have another blog 'cause I saw 78149

highnc

75 people wasted their time ringing in as Fiona goes off to get her mic fixed.

thought peter was going to roar an insult down the line after he asked "am i live on air", fiona looked nervous but unfortunately he only gave an answer

cast_iron

cast_iron wrote: »

295

thats what i get too it's not 295

billy the squid

Miss Otis regrets you got the answer wrong.

BMollie

Auld-Yin wrote: »

They must have another blog 'cause I saw 78149

Surely it can't be the 6 trillion...maybe Paulo might be lucky tonight so!

argosy2006

she looks like a young version of that red head out of Emerdale

billy the squid

nah, Coralines Other Mother. promising a happy moment but one that comes at a high cost.

BMollie

I turned the numbers upside down and got 62801

and moving first 2 matches 68271

dustyrip

God this music is making me very tense..:rolleyes:

enigmatiq

Change 7 to raised L (50):

Answer = 24 + 2^50
= 24 + 1,125,899,907,000,000 approx

EDIT:

Too tired to do it accurately last night. Here's the precise answer:

1,125,899,906,842,648

.BrianJM

Nice thinking

argosy2006

JG has so much anger and had really let himself go after his time with play tv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ2vrrFkgV4&feature=related

BMollie

She say's there's only 2 minutes...I can't wait to hear the answer...i'm counting :rolleyes:

Just put us all out of our misery and give us the answer

dustyrip

What a joke if there is no winner

dustyrip

What sort of a ****ing answer is that 10 to the power of 8 etc..lucky I turned the show over for a few hours

BMollie

What a joke of an answer.

..........8
5 x 10 + 42

and she barley let us see it.

Someone explain to me how they came up with that answer by moving two matches

BMollie

They haven't done themselves any favours tonight!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

.BrianJM

See if they explain it here in an hour: http://www.playtvireland.com/?page=solutions

.BrianJM

16 + 8 + 27

D + 15 + 27
=

Note D underlined twice so:

500000000+42=50,000,042 or as given

so their answer is not the highest. See HERE

BMollie

hellboy99 wrote: »

See if they explain it here in an hour: http://www.playtvireland.com/?page=solutions

They never tell you how they come up with all these ridicolous answers.
Even in the paper/magazine quizzies they tell you how it is solved....but not these con artists - they won't! most of them aren't solviable anyway.:mad:

.BrianJM

The answer page:

01.12.2009


Extra Matches: - 5 x 10000000 + 42

WRONG AGAIN

~~~~
missing a 0

billy the squid

oddly enough, the DVR stopped recording half way through

anyone else get it recorded?

billy the squid

billy the squid wrote: »

oddly enough, the DVR stopped recording half way through

anyone else get it recorded?

By the way, if the wrong answer was in the envelope, there was no chance of the prize being won, and therefore constitutes a valid ground for complaint.

enigmatiq

Attached image is a composite showing call levels from 00:33am to 1:28am this morning.

jhegarty

How can they possibly say that's only moving two matches.

enigmatiq

jhegarty wrote: »

How can they possibly say that's only moving two matches.

Mystery! I get Auld-Yin's D with double underline, but can't see how to get there from 16. Just changing the 8 to 15 requires moving two matches.

And the answer wasn't the highest possible anyway.

Same old tricks...

BMollie

:rolleyes:

BMollie wrote: »

Well look at the winners list

10th July Eileen Nolan, Co.Cork 2000euro
7th Nov. Eileen Norlan,(?) Trinitan, Clash, Carrigohane 600euro
17th Nov. Eileen Nolan, Trinitan, Clash, Carrigohane 500euro
27th Nov. Eileen Nolan, Clash, Co.Cork 50euro
30th Nov. Eileen Nonan (?), Trinitan, Clash,Carrigohane 700euro
Is she a very lucky woman??? or what????? Think Misty was right with the above observation about 14 days ago. (Page 716)

DON'T BELIEVE IT....SHE WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT 2ND DEC. 500EURO must be the second chance win!

What a Plant she is!

carolluke1

BMollie wrote: »

:rolleyes: What a Plant she is!

If she's not a PLANT, then she is sitting on the redial button. Her phone bill must be some sight!!!!!:eek:

Reg'stoy

Complaints about playtv

.BrianJM

billy the squid wrote: »

oddly enough, the DVR stopped recording half way through

anyone else get it recorded?

Yes

Our man in Havana

Reg'stoy wrote: »

Complaints about playtv

Not at all. The pressure is being kept up.

APM

My money is on Eileen not existing at all

RobbieM

http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=1509

.BrianJM

enigmatiq wrote: »

Mystery! I get Auld-Yin's D with double underline, but can't see how to get there from 16. Just changing the 8 to 15 requires moving two matches.

And the answer wasn't the highest possible anyway.

Same old tricks...

Center line of 8 and bottom-left of 6 for the double underline:
15 + D(double bar) + 27.

But this might be classed as advanced Roman (hybrid-)math. Not really in keeping with the spirit of "fun and entertaining".

.BrianJM

Just noticed that not only is the published matchstick answer wrong; the date is also wrong!

BMollie

RobbieM wrote: »

http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=1509

Is that a phone in her left hand??

RobbieM

Maybe if we crosscheck all the winners names they will turn up on gravestones in the local cemetry!!


DAMM THOSE PESKY KIDS!!!

dangerpowers

BMollie wrote: »

What a joke of an answer.

..........8
5 x 10 + 42

and she barley let us see it.

I did tell everyone reading this thread that it was an outrageaous answer :pac:


thanks to my contact(s) for supplying that, I still find it very funny

Reg'stoy

From what I can make out they removed one match from 16 making it 15 and removed the centre match from the 8 to make a 0 or D in the play tv world.

They then placed both matches under this 'D' 500 x1000 x1000 or 5 x (10 to the power of 8) and finally 15 plus 27 equals 42. Hence the scribbled answer 5 x 10^8 + 42

The obvious complaint is that the figure they consider to be a D or 500 is to most people in fact a zero, but then they have used roman numerals before.

Sneaky but they have been guilty of worse. While the answer is wrong on their website I'm sure they would claim a simple typo.

We could ignore one of the two plus signs (in playtv land anything is possible) and so 15 + 8^21 is an even bigger number again. Hey if they can say a 0 is a D why can we ignore a plus sign .

Hell even better remove two matches from the 8 to make a 3 or in playtv land an M (1000) on its side and underscore this twice. Ahh playtv land Willie Wonka's factory has nothing on it.