Do you know how the top grossing actor world wide is?

No.
Who is it?

Surprisingly it is Tom Hanks.

Oh I should have tried to guess!

I probably could have guessed it was him!

Did you know that Disney's Treasure Planet was one of the most expensive box office flops of all time?

I hadn't even heard of the movie!

That's probably why it was a flop.

Theres another movie i heard was a flop cost 15M only made 309.00.

Oh that is an enormous loss!
Do you know what movie it was?

I believe it was called Trojan Wars.

That's got ot be up there with the worst the deficit is enormous!

Yeah!

Disney I guess, considered closing down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty was a box office failure.

Good thing they didn't!

They went on to do some great and big things!

Your right!

Just wanted to reiterate how much Tom's film earnings was.

A whooping 8.5 billion, Wow!

Oh my goodness!

The things  could do with 8.5 million!

That's absolutely mind blowing!

He should probably retire!

But I doubt he will, he just keeps on being in movie after movie after movie!

Haha.

Smart man!

Yeah the good ones keep going.
Did you see silence of the lambs?

I've seen it once when I was younger.

I remember it creeped me out!

But I like that song "Goodbye Horses" that's in the movie.

Have you seen it?

I have not seen that movie i'm sure it's good though.

Do you know if it won any awards?

No I'm not sure if it did or not.

I do know that Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentine's Day in 1991 and had a box office of over $270 million!

That was a good movie, a bit eerie but good.

Did you know that Tupac was a ballet dancer in high school?

How random is that!

I know i would have never guessed it.
He played in the nutcracker right?

Yeah, he was the mouse king!

I found it interesting that comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creating in 1989.

I didn't know that's when it was created even!

Did you know that bruce lee was a dancer?

No, I didn't!

But I can almost imagine it.

Although he was so strong, he was graceful in his way.

I wonder what kind of dancing he did!

Maybe ballroom or maybe ballet, like Tupac!

Pro ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of ballet shoes a week!

Ouch!

I bet their feet hurt so badly!

Yeah that's a lot of shoes and it sounds very painful.

Bruce danced the Cha-Cha and won the championship in 1958 in Hong Kong.

Nice chatting with you my friend.

Oh wow!

Thank you!

Yeah, it was very nice talking with you as well!

Have a wonderful night!

You as well!


How's it going, did you know Tom Hanks is the highest grossing box office star world-wide?

I did not know that, how much as he made?

Tom Hanks films have grossed 8.5 billion world wide, that's amazing

that is so amazing, I would hire him for any movie made.

He should have been in disney's treasure planet, that movie bombed at the box office

Or Trojan wars, I wonder how many people went to see it if it only made $309 dollars at the box office

right!

Maybe 30 lol!

I wonder how bad it really was and if it can be found anywhere to watch.

Do you like comedy films?

Yea, I really liked Kung Fu Hustle, Bill Murray though it was a "Supreme Achievement" in comedy

I have never seen that movie, was it really comedy gold?

Yea, Kung Fu Hustle was really funny, definitely glad I saw it

I will have to check it out.

I have never even heard of it I don't think.

Did you watch many shows on comedy central?

Yea I watch South Park all the time, I'm glad it's not one of the 100 shows comedy central has cancelled

Me too, there have been so many cancelled since 1989.

I liked chappelle show, his show wasn't cancelled though

Yea, I'm glad shows like Seinfeld, friends, Frasier, and 3rd Rock from the Sun were never on comedy central

right they were all classics, I never understood 3rd rock from the sun but it was fun to watch.

They beat seinfeld and those shows in the golden globes in 1997

Yea, I'm surprised 3rd Rock was able to beat one of the best seasons of Seinfeld at the Golden Globes

right, I think seinfeld had their run and wanted someone else to win for once lol.

Did you watch green lantern?

It kind of sucked but would have been so much better with Jack Black

I couldn't make it threw Green Lantern, I don't think casting anyone in that movie would have made it good

yea that was a terrible movie lol.

I want to watch it again to see how bad it was.

They should put it on comedy central and cancel it forever!

I wouldn't mind, as long as Comedy Central stays away from Monty Python

For sure, I love me some monty python.

I may go watch some now, good chatting with you!

Have a good one


Do you like comedy movies?

Yes, I do.
Which one is your favorite?

I could name more than one!

apparently the green lantern was supposed to be a comedy with jack black.

I have not seen the green lantern.
So, who starred in it then?
Is it a good comedy movie?

It's good.

I don't remember who stared, but not jack black.

I see.
I prefer Seinfield to 3rd rock.

Me too.

I haven't seen either in forever, but Seinfeld is a classic.

What's your favorite episode?

I used to watch Seinfield reruns over and over again.

Is it still on as reruns?

If so, which network?

Probably TBS.I also watch Office reruns.

Have you seen a good movie recently?

Well, I watch Frozen with my grand daughters.

Can you suggest a good comedy movie?

Do you like action or just silly?

I like them both.

I honestly love Dumb and Dumber.

Thanks.

Apparently, Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989.

At least they are willing to change!

Right.

3rd rock from the son won the golden globe - I was surprised.

I did not like that guy - I forgot his name.

Johnathan Lithgow!
He's been in a few things since.

Not Jonathan.

What I meant was the guy who imitated Trump.

What is his name?

Alec Baldwin?

I also see that Disney almost shut down their studio after sleeping beauty failed

Thanks for the info.

I did not know that about Disney and the Sleeping Beauty.

No problem.
Great chatting wtih you!


Hey, how are you?

livin the dream, you?

I am great!
What did you think of the article?

I found it quite inspiring!

Having more theater and art in a community opens up so many oppurtunities, both economically and socially

With over $8.5 billion worldwide film earnings, tom hanks is the highest all-time box office star.

Funny thing, I actually can't stand him!

Which is another reason why diversity is so important!

Plus, these festival shows are only 17$.... even I can afford that!

But can you afford the copious amounts of alcohol?

I cannot so I stay away.

Well I would hope the performance wouldn't be so bad I would need them!

But I also think there are some unfair stereotypes.

That is one thing that is difficult with comedy though because what may be funny to one person is out of line to another!

Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after sleeping beauty was a box office failure.

Well, that is the great thing about local theater... you don't have such big budgets and therefore expectations!

Solo shows are quite cheap and venues don't need to be remarkable!

Obviously revenue is always important still!

Yeah... What's the best show you've been to?

I have been to some very interesting "underground" acts that combine poetry, dance, primal instincts as well as being erotic.

Its fun how instinctively we can feel involved and feel the movement!

where are you from where you would have seen these?

The city...

I have also seen many Cirque De Solei shows and those box office tickets start at 70$!

They have a lot of pressure and they certainly do perform amazingly!

It is dice to see new young artists exploring their talents though.. especially for 17$

NYC?

That explains it... Im from chicago and even I sometimes question the culture of NYC...

Oh, I meant San Francisco!

Haha, On the west coast that is our city!

Las Vegas has been reviving the old downtown for years and they have founding, goals, lots of success.

The "ghetto" is certainly being transformed into our own arts district so

How do you like SF?

I would like to visit but haven't had a chance...

Every city has its own charm!

SF is definitely a bit extreme.. but at least we don't have to deal with box office truamas like the movie trojan wars!

(LA?)

haha.

Bill murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".

Haha, and 3rd rock from the sun beat out seinfield friends and frasier... do you agree with that choice?

Nice talking with you...


hello hows it going?

Do you like animals?

I just read that the dodo bird is related to a pigeon,  interesting because they don't look a like!

I do like animals.

Indifferent to birds...

Using raptors to keep away nusance birds is brilliant.

I've heard that statues of owls also work,  Ive seen a lot in my neighborhood!

That's so interesting.

It says they use a rotation on 5-10 birds.

That's weird.

Where do they keep them when they are not working?

Maybe the pet store or maybe they created a bird habitat for them?

I also didn't know that when birds migrate they don't sleep!

That's insane!

No sleep!

Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests.

What thiefs!

lol Right!

Those spiders worked hard on their webs!

So unfair!

But you gotta do what you gotta do for your babies!

There are wild birds in australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws.

Can you imagine being around a bird that makes a chainsaw noise?

So creept!

Haha that's is weird.

I have been to Australia,  I never saw anything like that.

Maybe it;s just in certain parts.

They should put that bird to work,  it would make a lot of money lol

In most birds, bones are so hollow that the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers.

I wish I could have hollow bones to shed a few lbs...

Hahaha,  you wouldnt want hallow bones though,  that would just make you more prone to injuries!

Yeah... but I got 10 pounds that just wont come off.

Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.

It is just holiday weight,  we are all suffering from that lol That food is for strays.....those dogs are starving lol they aren't trying to keep them fat,  they are trying to keep them alive lol

OK... Im good with that!

Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing

Nice!

dogs also cant see as many colors as we do!

Google prefers dogs to cats.

their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.

Its probably why theyre the best and AOL is gone,they were cat people...

Oh really?

AOL is a cat people company?

Thats funny,  although I am a dog person and I have to say dogs are awesome!

Pixar studio has a secret room that is visited often by celebrities

Yeah I did know about that!
I wonder what they have in there?

Judge judy makes $123,000 per episode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after lebron james.

Thats a nice paycheck !

Too bad for lebron lol Its been good chatting!


Have you ever traveled to Asia?

Hello there, no I haven't but I would like to some day.

How about you?

I haven't, though my brother has.

It sounds so fascinating to experience another culture, but makes me nervous thinking about all the different laws and customs there.

Yeah I agree, I would be nervous as well with the different laws and customs.

I have some friends that have gone several times.

Where have they traveled?

One has been to Japan a few times and others have been to India, and Malaysia as well.

Malaysia is one of the countries that I've heard recent news articles about.

Their laws and punishments for breaking laws are startling to people from countries unfamiliar with them.

Yeah I have heard that before as well.

Did you know that Malaysian lawmakers recently voted to abolish the mandatory death sentences for drug offenses?

That sounds like positive progress!

I remember reading that they recently carried out four drug-related executions, so I hope this will end those.

That would be so bad, I understand people wanting to do some drugs, that is their choice, but to be killed just for possessing seams so harsh.

So, I agree with the progress.

Absolutely.

I understand it being illegal, but even if it's against the law, a death penalty is extremely over the top.

Exactly, way over the top.

On another note, are you a fan of birds?

I do enjoy hearing them during the warmer months while outside, sometimes too early in the morning though lol.

I love birds.

Penguins are my favorite animal, though I don't think you're hearing those chirping outside.

Are you a bird fan?

Yeah penguins are hilarious to watch to me.

And yeah I do like them quite a bit.

Did you know the dodo bird was a sub family of pigeons?

Really?

I won't comment on the link between "dodo" and the general intelligence of pigeons... but it's a shame they're extinct.

I wonder if there's a reason pigeon species specifically, like dodo birds and homing pigeons, do that.

Yeah I agree I wonder that as well.

Another fact I recently learned about birds is that the bones are so hollow they weight less than the feathers!

Wow!

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, since bird skeletons look so fragile and their bones are so thin, but I didn't realize they were hollow too.

Yeah I didn't think they would be that light, but I guess they have to be when you want to fly around.

I wonder if that hollowness exists in the bones of flightless birds too, or if their bones are a deviation from the normal bird species like the inability to fly.

Yeah that is a good point.

One last thing that I thought was crazy when I learned it was that hummingbirds are known to steal spiderwebs to help make and rebuild their own nests!

That makes the hummingbird nests I've seen seem a lot less friendly!


Hummingbirds steal spiders nests?
Little jerks.

Ya seriously.

supposedly its to build their own nests haha

Some birds fly from alaska to northern mexico without sleeping when migrating.

The poor things, god how long does that take?

No clue, but my question is how they have that much stamina?

They must have to stop now and then to rest, so why not sleep?

Yeah exactly!

It must help that their bones weigh less than their feathers

Helps with flying for sure.

So fragile though, its kind of amazing little birds can fly through strong winds.

It probably helps that their bodies are basically entirely designed for flight.

Like their digestive systems and respitatory systems are all adapted for flying.

its really interesting

It is.

Its also interesting that Instanbul has a vending machine for stray dogs in exchange for recycling.

We should do things like that

We should!

I guess its good that we at least allow dogs to donate blood

There are a couple breeds that are universal donors.

Considering there are 12 different blood types for dogs, thats a relief haha

And what, Google doesn't like cats?
That doesn't make me like them

I find it funny that their code of conduct specifically declares them a dog company.

I've never seen that before

Nope, never heard that.

Its fine to like dogs, but lets not discriminate here.

I wonder which is more popular, dogs or celebrities?

How about Judge judy makes $123,000 per episode.

And shes been on for forever

It's crazy to think only lebron makes more than her

Crazy.

And so what is the secret room in Pixar?

Do they have Walt Disney frozen in there or something?

I had never heard of that before, but its gotta be something ridiculous

Nice talking to you


Hey did you hear about how Infowars was taken off of YouTube?

Was it because Alex Jones did something wrong?

I think it's because he was promoting conspiracy theories and YouTube didn't want him on their platform

No surprise there.
That's how he made a name for himself.

Yep he was just doing what he like to do, even Apple removed five of his six Infowars podcast from iTunes apparently

Wow.

Youtube is the 2nd largest search engine on the net.

Wonder how much of that traffic still goes their looking for him?

Yeah that's a good question.

It's amazing that Google bought YouTube back in 2006 for 1.65 billion dollars that's a lot of money

No kidding!

Wow.

Netflix and youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.

So, I can see the value there by owning youtube.

Yes I agree with you.

It's also interesting that you can put videos that are only for people 18 and up on YouTube, so kids can use it but you have to verify your age as well

That is a good safety feature.

I can honestly say I don't think I've ever seen any disturbing or ill advised graphic videos on there.

Justin Biebers Baby is the most disliked video on youtube.

LOL you're right about that.

How often do you use Facebook by the way?

I know that I used to use my space but I switched over once Myspace basically died

I check in on facebook about once a day.

I'm like you I switched over from myspace too.

It's interesting that Facebook was started back in 2004 though, I thought they started later than that that seems like a long time ago

Yes.

I must have jumped on pretty quick then.

Myspace could have bought facebook for 75 million in 2005.

Big mistake there.

Yep that was definitely a bad move on their part, do you know why it's like button is illegal in that one German state by the way

I have no idea.

lol  I always wondered why facebook was so dominantly blue.

Apparantly Mark Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness.

You always wonder that too.

They should have put that in the movie LOL.

Did you ever do the Burger King Whopper promotion on Facebook by the way

What promotion was that?

Well if you unfriended 10 people then they would give you a coupon for a free Whopper LOL

Oh man I would have been getting me some free whoppers.

I only really pay attention to a fraction of the "friends" I have on there.

Do you listen to Spotify?

No I don't you normally listen to Spotify, I normally listen to YouTube, what about you?

It has 4 million songs.
I never listened to it.
I was curious about it.
lol

Those four million songs are songs that have never been listen to Once actually, they have a lot more than that in terms of total number of songs


hi, do you like birds?

They're ok.

There are so many kinds from 2 inches to 9 feet long!

yeah.
have you heard of the bird dodo?

I've heard stories about them.

Apparently it is a relative to the pigeon.

yeah unfortunately it is an extinct species now

They are kind of silly looking in books.

Remind me of ostriches which are the tallest birds.

yeah.

did you know some birds migrate without sleeping for long distances

I heard there are some that can go from Alaska to Mexico!

That's incredible

yeah they must be so exhausted though once they arrive there

I'm sure.

Not all birds can fly, but all non extinct ones have wings.

yeah that is true.
do you like hummingbirds?

They're pretty!

The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird there is.

and they steal spider webs to fix their nets

Smart creatures!
A lot of birds have really hollow bones

yeah that is why they are able to fly, their feathers weigh more

That's pretty cool.
They also all have beaks and no teeth.

so cool.
do you know about wikileaks?

No, what's that?

a website that published secret jobs of the government

Oh, ok, interesting!
I learned a lot, thanks for chatting!

yeah same here


Hey did you hear about Maria exposto?

she was 54 years old and actually travel to China in order to meet an online boyfriend

I don't think I have heard her.
What happened to her?

Well she was arrested for drug charges LOL apparently the drugs were hidden in her luggage by the man that she met

Oh man.
Sounds like he used her.
Terrible!
Do you like birds?

Yes I do like birds.

Mostly I like to eat them though LOL I just ate some eggs what about you

LOL  That's funny!

I like to eat them too!

Did you know that the extinct dodo bird is actually a sub-family of pigeon.

Frome the pictures I've seen I don't see the resemblance.

No I don't see the resemblance either.

I didn't know that birds can fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping, I wish I could go without sleep for that long

lol That is incredible they can do that.

They are smart.

We have a buzzards nest by our house and I'm amazed that every year the exact same 2 buzzards return to the same nest.

One of them is missing a big chunk of feathers and the other one has a big distinctive grey spot that's how we know they're the same birds.

I can't figure out how in the heck they can migrate and then somehow know how to return to the exact same tree.

Boggles my mind.

Yes that is impressive.

Also impressive how hummingbirds will steal spider webs in order to make a nest LOL that's cool

lol That is neat!

Google how far those little suckers migrate.

It's amazing.

In most birds, bones are so hollow that the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers.

That's really crazy!

I wonder what would happen if the humans bones were that light?

Did you hear about the birds in Australia?

How they can mimic sounds of actual human made items

I didn't hear about that.

That could be kind of creepy to hear them!

It would be!

They can make the sounds of car alarms and chainsaws LOL I would be so scared

I agree.

Switching topics..are you a fashion fan of clothing?

Apple once had a clothing line in 1986.

I never knew that.

I never knew that either!

I am a fan of clothes though I'm wearing some right now LOL.

I would want to see what these Apple clothes look like though

Hahahaha I'm wearing some too.
I bet they had the Apple logo on them.

Yes I would think so.

Would you ever wear clothes made by Rip Curl?

Apparently their label says they're made in China but they're actually made in North Korea which I think is very weird

That is weird.

Probably not.

I would think the quality would be bad.

Fashion and style aficionados look for collar gaps on your clothes to tell if you get your clothes tailored or not.

I never knew that.

Yeah I didn't know that either, also didn't know that pilgrims actually wore colorful clothes and only wore the black clothes on special occasions

I didn't know that either.

I'm so used to seeing them in black and white clothes.

Interesting.

What do you think about the store that sells used unclaimed baggage?

It actually is in Alabama and I would be personally mad if I saw my clothes for sale there


Do you like watching youtube?

Yes, I watched, YouTube this morning.
I  even subscribed to new videos.

nice, it is awesome!

It is the second most visited search engine

It is popular, it's been around since 2005.

that is a long time.

I think Google owns it now.

Good investment, they have #1 and #2 popular search engines

Wow, that's incredible.

I like Facebook as well,  it started a year before YouTube in 2004.

wow, how time as flown!

I like facebook most of the time.

Can you believe myspace turned down buying it?

They must be kicking themselves.
That's a 104 billion dollar company!

Right and it would have only costed 50 million.

They should have bought it anyways since it was the competition!

True, I have been on  Facebook so long I remember when it was expanded to people in higher education institutions.

I started in like 2006 I think, it was so cool to start.

I didn't like the blue look though

Oh, that's only because the founder  suffers from red-green color blindness.

well that makes sense lol.

I wonder why no other colors were put into it though.

Oh well, what am i to say, it is worth the 104 billion

They get money from advertisers.

Once, Burger King had a promotion to unfriend people for a whopper.

LOL.

I loved that promotion, did you take part of that?

No, but if I was hungry enough I would have.

LOL.

I do use the like button on Facebook, but did you know it's illegal in a German state?

Me too, I should've did it, I have 100s of friends I could have deleted lol.

I wonder why it is illegal, thoughts?

I am unsure.

I know in Iceland they use it for suggestions about their constitution.

That is awesome, power to the people!

I am sure they hear crazy ideas though lol.

It was so nice chatting with you!

It was great chatting with you as well.

Enjoy your day, unadd some friends for that whopper!


Hi.

You hear about that shopping mall who hired a hawk to rid itself of the pigeon problem?

Hello, how are you?

I did not hear about the shopping mall that hired a hawk to rid itself of a pigeon problem.

Yeah they used it 12 days a month and it decreased the pigeons from a few dozen to just a few!

That is great!

The hawk was a terrific hunter!

I would hire that hawk to get rid of my neighbors!

Haha me too.

Birds are great.

Some birds can migrate from alaska to mexico!

I figure that I could too if I had enough time.

But I would have to sleep on the way.

I couldn't stay away.

The trip is too boring.

Yes good point.
Most birds have hollow wings.

I think that the bones are hollow because they are lighter.

Coincidentally, they are also stronger.

My skull doesn't work the same way though.

Yes neither does mine!

The only known bird without wings are the extinct moa and the elephant birds.

The moa and the elephant bird?
What is an elephant bird?
And how big are its poops?
Good thing it didn't fly!

Good question but I'm not sure.

Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct their nests!

I think that hummingbirds are thieving birds!

Why must they take from the humble spider, our friend?

Haha yes they must love the web.

They are not considered mans best friend like a dog is.

Dogs do not steal spider webs either.
I appreciate their integrity.

Me too.

Dogs are not color blind but they can't see as many colors as us.

I am proud of my color seeing abilities, but dogs can hear and smell better than me.

I think that dogs are a great addition to any war party.

Yep absolutely right.

I think it's cool how dogs were bred from wolves!

I think that we have found a true friend in dogs.

I think that the wolves are jealous of our friendship with the dogs.

They should be.

Dogs have it pretty sweet.

Yea no doubt about that.

Dogs perform many roles too from hunting to herding to friendship!

I think that they should help us with financial advice and taxes more.

Anyway, great chat!

Woof!

Yeah and remember google is also a dog company!

You too bye!


Do you have a Facebook account?

Yes, who doesnt haha.

You have a good point lol, the company has grown a lot since its creation back in 2004

They are in Menlo Park, about 50 miles from me!

Thats not far way, have you ever been there?

they have their headquarters there?

Yeah, never been there though.

Been to Apple!

I need invite from Mark Zuckerberg I guess.

Yeah I guess many people wonder there without permission, the company was worth $104 billions back in 2012, I wonder how much the company is worth by now.

If every 13 year old  or older has an account, they are worth a lot!

I guess they earn a lot of money because of advertisements, did you hear about the whopper promotion Burger King had concerning Facebook

Why would they want people to unlike others though?

Maybe they have a thing against Facebook, but a free whopper sounds nice so I like that.

Hmmm.

Did you know 30% of americans get their news from facebook?

I didnt know that, I would have Facebook as my main source of news that just doesnt seem right.

What does not seem right is that they have 56 gender options?

How can there be so many of them?

56 seems really excessive.

I guess they dont want to exclude people.

Does that mean there are 56 kinds of bathrooms at Facebook HQ?

Thats a lot of bathrooms lol, I guess they didn't think that over, do you use the Spotify streaming service?

yes, I do.

I dont listen to the silent album on it though!

There are 4 million songs that haven't been played  once, thats about 20% of the content maybe the silent album is one of those.

I like that they pay their artists 150 to 200 percent more.

Thats fair considering artists lose a lot of money because of the service, anyway its been great chatting with you.

I think Im calling it a night.

Alright have a great night.


Hi do you use your computer often?

Yes everyday.
I watch youtube a lot.
Did you know it was created in 2005?

Wasn't the first video every uploaded about an elephant?

Yes I believe so.

It's the second largest search engine on the internet

Youtube and netflix alone account for 1/2 the internet traffic during peak hours

I can see that.

Justin Bieber's song "baby" is the most disliked song on YouTube.

I didn't like it myself, but I didn't realize it was that hated

Me either.

But Gangnam style was so popular they had to upgrade the system

Is there anything else you use on the computer?

I use Facebook alot.

Did you know founder is red-green colorblind?

Must be why facebook is blue.

Even if he wasn't I like the calming affects of blue

Me too.

Burger king had a promo on FB to delete 10 friends to get a Whopper.

I wonder what facebook did to spur burger king to make such a promotion

Not sure but it is illegal in Schleswig-Holstein to use the like button.

In any case, facebook sure has become a dominant player.

I bet myspace regrets not buying facebook

I bet so too.

$75 million is a lot but look how much it would be worth now.

Didn't its valuation pass the 100 billion benchmark in 2012?

Yes.
Do you listen to music?

Yes, why?

Where do you listen to music?
I use spotify

Mainly youtube.

I see the appeal of spotify, but I never got around to using it

A band earned $20,000 from Spotify for a silent album.

Nice chatting with you.


hi how are you?
do you use facebook?

I use it sometimes.

How about you?

I can't believe it's been around for 15 years already!

Yeah, the time has flown.
and internet time goes so quick!
LOL I dont use facebook.

That's true!

I guess Myspace missed out, they could have bought Facebook for 75 million.

What a blunder.

but i probably would have made the same mistake too.

who knew what facebook would become?

You're right.
They're worth billions by now!

I wish i had bought that stock.
but now it is too late.
i missed on netflix and amazon.
Doh!

Me too!

They had the largest valuation when they went public in 2012 and they've grown so much since then.

I figure that some upstart start-up will come along and displace them, but who?

then maybe i can get rich.

Here's hoping!!

Hard to believe facebook was created by college roommates.

The young are the ones with the tech ideas.

Older people tend to revert to outdated systems.

the future belongs to the young.

Very true!

And they were Harvard students, too, so pretty intelligent.

yeah, bright guys.

they came up with a way to market it so that it appealed to college kids.

smart way to go.

I can't believe you only have to be 13 to have an account.

That seems young!

especially considering the nonsense that goes on there.

FB seems to be filled with fake news and noise.

And a lot of drama!

It went from only Harvard to other universities to high school, now anyone over 13!

Yikes

I heard that the kids are migrating away from facebook for some reason.

soon it will for the elderly!

LOL

Oh yeah?

I wonder what they're using instead?

There are all kinds of new platforms coming out for music, videos, and social media.

I didn't realize Youtube is almost 15 years old too!

Yeah, google bought youtube and they share search engine tech now.

Anyway, great chat!

It's amazing how interconnected the big companies are!

Thanks for chatting!

Have a great day!

You too and a great weekend!

You too!
Bye!

Bye bye!


Hi!

How are you?

How would you feel if you saw pigeons while shopping?

i think it would make me laugh!

Hi there!

I think I would laugh if there were just one or two pigeons, but kind of freaked out if there were a bunch.

It's pretty smart to use a Hawk and way better for the people around than using chemicals that are harmful!

I love that idea.

It's neat that the hawks don't actually kill the birds, because that would be a little unsettling to see in a mall.

They just scare them away.

I wonder how long it takes for the hawk to frighten them.

I can't imagine.

I didn't know that the dodo bird is a family of the pigeon, interesting!

What?

That's cool!

Poor dodos-I wish we could see them today.

Speaking of weird but cool bird trivia...did you know that hummingbirds sometimes rob spiderwebs to build their nests?

No!

My friend's grandma had a parrot which freaked me out.

It would scare me to hear the birds in australia that can imitate a chainsaw!

Birds are truly amazing and versatile.

I think it's funny that those fierce hawks that protect areas from pigeons are still scared of dogs.

I wonder why that is?

That's funny.

I love dogs so much!

Maybe because they were the first species to be domesticated so people are just more comfortable with them than wild animals are.

Well, I like dogs, but I am a cat person.

Unlike Google, who actually states in their company code that they are a dog company.

Guess a job is out of the question!

Ha!

I wish i could bring a dog to work.

I like that Instanbul has vending machines for food and water for stray dogs.

It makes me so sad to see them all over my native new york.

That's such a great idea!

What a great initiative for a city!

Dogs do so much for us, from all of the herding dogs to comforting in therapy and police dogs.

In fact, the only other animal that responds to pointing naturally is an elephant!

that's such a fun fact!

I just had a blood drive at work and it's funny that there are dog blood drives too!

I didn't even think of that.

It's smart for all animals!

Maybe not for pigeons, though, since they always overrun areas and spread diseases!

That's true!

Speaking of animals.

I used to love Sesame Street, i didn't know carol burnett was the first celebrity to appear in it.

Carol Burnett is so funny.

She can always make me laugh.

So can Robin Williams, he was so awesome.

I remember when he was in Aladdin, I think he was the actor that kicked off all the famous people doing voices in cartoon movies!

That's true!

I love Pixar animated movies.

I wish i could visit the secret room they  have for celebrities!

Maybe you would meet Judge Judy and ask her for a loan, she makes so much money!

I heard $123,000 per episode!

I wish I could be a celebrity!

Wow, that's amazing.

Some celebrities also have the platform to do such good things.

Like that Ethopian celebrity chef who wants to help with the hunger in the country by encouraging people to eat more types of foods.

that's very smart!

It is genius.

Of course, we want to be sure that any doggies get the starches they need.

Are there any famous animals?

I am trying to remember.

I can't remember except for some dog movies.

Most celebrities are people, like actors or athletes.

I wonder who the highest paid sports figure is?

Lebron James!

Apparently he is the highest paid celebrity !

Wow!

That's so crazy!

I think that Remmy the hawk has become a local celebrity, but he probably only gets paid in meat treats.

Who doesn't love treats though?

His handler seems like they get a long really well though.

Yes, I think that she's had him since he was 5 months old.

I bet he really trusts her.

They also live together!


Hi, what do you think of government?

There can be many types, but a lot of organized governments have an executive, judiciary and legislative branch.

I expect that there are checks and balances

One can expect that in a balanced government, yes.

Do you think the US has that balance today?

No, not even close.

Money is too powerful.

The SC has given the power to large corps.

I wish there were limits on money.

Like the $$$ JP Morgan had in 1895 when he supposedly bailed out our gov't?

Yes, that was before the Fed came into existence in 1913.

Now the Fed bails us out.

Do you mean the Fed.
gov't, or the Fed.
Reserve Board?

The Fed Reserve Bank.

They can change the money supply and bail out the gov't like in2008.

Got it.

But our current exec.

leader has sharply criticized the Fed.

& its chairman.

Sometimes wish we could sit Trump down in Beijing, where he'd surely be censored.

Yes, the bank won't play ball, but endless credit is dangerous and eventually has to been limited.

People want the good times to never end.

I see.

Strikes me that Trump is like the emperor with no clothes on!

Maybe he'll need bulletproof clothing soon.

People say he'll be a one-term president, but I would not count on that.

He might be learning on the job, but he has a microphone and a bully pulpit.

Yes, and the capability to shut down our govt.

Actually it's been shut down 17 times in the past 37 years.

What's the reasoning behind that wasted time, I wonder?

A game of chicken.

Who blinks first loses.

Citizens are tired of this.

People blame the "other" party, but really it's spectacle.

Both parties lay eggs, it  seems.

Real birds, or aves, with about 10,000 species worldwide, are beautiful to watch in flight.

Yes, LOL!

The human dream is to fly.

I guess birds would envy us for something too.

Well, we made it to the moon, and they can't really leave the earth in that way.

But you have to admire how a 5 cm manages to "fuel" his existence ever day.

LOL.
Well, I enjoyed chatting!
Fly on!

You bet.

You have a great understanding of how gov.

works.

Or not!

Ok. LOL Thanks.

You, too.
Cheers!

Thanks!

Remember: "...all in all, we're just bricks in the wall...


Are you a fan of Netflix?

Yea, I've been using Netflix since it started streaming in 2007

wow, you are in a original!
nice!
Did you ever watch Lilyhammer?

No, I've never even heard of Lilyhammer until recently lol, can't be that good

It wasn't too bad.

I enjoyed the first two seasons.

It was Netflix's original show they created

Netflix has come a long way since Lillyhammer, now they have Orange is the New Black and Stranger Things

Right, I love both of those shows.
Stranger Things was thrilling!
I watched it usually at 9pm

Yea those 2 shows are probably why netflix consumes 33% of bandwidth between 9pm and 12 am

I agree I am part of that 33% lol.
Did you ever hear how netflix started?

Over a $40 late fee on Apollo 13 that must of really pissed off Reed Hastings

right, talk about a great payoff!

I wonder how blockbuster is doing now lol

I think Blockbuster only has 1 store left and kicking itself for not buying netflix for 50 million

I heard about the 1 store, I think it is doing awesome lol.

They could have had the 2 billion net worth of netflix, they let it slip through their hands

Yea, I bet Netflix spends more on postage than blockbuster has ever made

I bet they do too.

I figured they would have cut the mail service years ago.

They are now like 21 billion in debt

Yea and their content isn't that good anymore.

I can't even stream Kung Fu Hustle which is highly recommended by Bill Murray

I heard he thought it was comedy gold, have you seen it?

Not yet but I hear from a lot of people Kung Fu Hustle is pretty funny, it's never on netflix though

I want to check it out, I can decide if Bill Murray was right or not lol.

It was so nice chatting with you!

You too, I'm gonna see if 3rd Rock's 1997 golden globe winning season is funny

I am watching that right now, hilarious, check it out!

Enjoy your day!


Do you use google?

I do it has become a very useful tool in everyday life

Google sure has come a long way as a multinational tech company specializing in internet related services and products

Engine searches are what they are know for.

But they have a lot of other things like cloud computing, software, and hardware.

Google sure is impressive since a single search require more computing power than it took to send men to the moon.

Their data center usees about 0.01% of total world wide electricity

It makes sense since when google was down for 5min, it took 40% of web traffic with it

Larry Page and Sergey Brin own about 14% of the shares and 56% of stock holder voting power.

I think that the leaders of google are doing a good job to go the extra mile.

They put in the extra effort so that in the case of border disputes, google maps is tailored to the claims of each country when browsed

Thats interesting.

I wonder how often that actually comes up

Probably quite often on the country scale, but individuals probably don't care nor notice

I think its silly that early versions of google moon used pictures of cheese for the closest zooms

What do you tend to search on google?

Normally just random questions I have.
Do you have any of their devices?

Not really.

Some people browse the internet for information on celebrities, but I tend to look up information on other animals

Speaking of celebrities, Did you know a guy who shared the same name as Justin Bieber is banned from facebook

Did he do something wrong or just because of his name?

It was just because of his name.

It is really unfortunate because the guy is actually older than the famous one

That truly is a shame.

Well not all celebrities cause trouble.

Some celebrities like a ethiopian celebrity chef tries to encourage people to eat more diverse foods to stave of his country's hunger problems

Thats really thoughtful of him!

I wish there were more people that use their influence for the greater good

In any case, it was fun chatting with you about google and celebrities.

Thank you for your time.


do you like coconut oii?

hello, I adore it, the best product ever for hair and skin

Yeah, I heard about those uses too, and my family members have used it, and the results are amazing

yes gorgeous, the favored superfood of the Paleo set - is losing its crown to butter, ghee and other trendy fats, interesting to know

do you think it is because it is just a fad and not scientifically proven

i think so, and I also know that Coconut oil initially attracted adherents with promises that it boosts immunity and aids in weight loss

I concur.

For cosmetic purposes, it works wonderfully.

But, for health related uses, I am not so sure either.

By the way, do you have a deep knowledge about animal structures?

yes definitely and also did you know that it existed on the fringes of the American diet, utilized largely by vegan bakers as a butter substitute following the mid-'90s revolt against saturated fat?

I didn't know about that

Neither do I.  I lost track of fact because we are overwhelmed with so much information nowaday

aw yes, Over the course of 2017, coconut oil retail sales dropped $52 million, or 24.3 percent, could you believe?

it was such a big drop off.

I do not know if this industry will survive in the near future

yes exactly, According to Banks, the staying power of a superfood depends not only on current buzz, but also on long-term, macro changes in eating patterns, the number of competing products on the market - and, most importantly, the quality of the science used to support the superfood's purported benefits, did you know about that?

People nowaday are very conscious about their long-term health.

Therefore, I believe that products with a strong tract of safety and scientifically proven are only ones that survive in this competitive market

yes that is for sure and also I will add that Products like coconut oil, which consumers don't quite understand or trust when it comes to health credentials, are inevitably going to suffer in a 'facts-first' world.

Exactly.

I don't believe in the term "superfood" because I think that a particular type of food has only a limited function on our body.

What do you think?

I totally agree with you.
do you like animals, I adore dogs

I am an animal lover.

Do you know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals in the world.

It is a lot lot lot of animals

yes, its so interesting, Many modern animal phyla became clearly established in the fossil record as marine species during the Cambrian explosion which began around 542 million years ago, did you know?

I just know about this fact by now.

I think in the future there will be more animals because of evolution process.

What do you think?

There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.

Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.

did you know?

nice chatting with you


Hello, How are you?
Do you like animals?

I am doing well, I love animals, my favorite animal is a dog, how about you?

Yes, I do too!

I love my dogs to bits!

I do love my Garfield kitty just as much!

aww sounds amazing!

They are just a few of the 20 quintillion animals on this planet

lol, That's true, that number is unreal!!

Have you seen any white patches on their forehead?

I heard it happens when they become domesticated.

I never knew that, my dog has one also!

That makes sense, I wonder how it formed or why

Really, I haven' noticed it on mine, I am going to have a to take a closer look tonight!

lol

that is great!

Did you hear that the loch ness monster is a protected species?

Yeah, in 1912 a Scottish protection!
Very cool!

That is awesome, protection for an animal that may or may not exist lol

Yes, they haven't really proven yet?

I love the idea of giving animals legal rights like Germany!

I think so too, that should be universal, they are special creatures that deserve it!

I feel the same way.

Who knew hiccups in humans is a hold over from land animals having gills and lungs.

Wow, that is evolution at its finest, i do hate hiccups though lol!

Do you like using Google?

Yes, I use it all the time.
Its a great go to!
How about you?

I love it!
It is the number one search engine.

Gosh like Instagram and Facebook yesterday, in 2013 Google went down for only 5 minutes and took 40% of traffic.

lol that is amazing.

Google gets a lot of traffic by me when I can't think of something or want to know a fact

Yes, I do too!

Its a great idea to use goats as lawnmowers like Google headquarters did!

You see that a lot in Europe.

I never knew that, I wonder why they don't use humans and help boost the economy by hiring people

I think in Europe it land is so large.
Not sure why Google did it?
I heard that Google is a dog lover too!

That is a good point.

I love dogs and I love Google lol!

It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your weekend!


Hi!
Do you like comedy?

Yes, usually.

Did you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since 1989?

Yeah, they obviously have found out what works and really do it well.

Funny, the Green Lantern movie  was originally going to be a comedy with Jack Black!

I wonder what prompted them to change it?

No doubt Jack Black would have made it successful.

Dunno...

Probably surveys...

I miss 3rd Rock from the Sun.

It actually won a Golden Globe in 1997 over Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier.

That still shocks me, I always thought Friends was far better.

But I haven seen 3rd Rock in some time.

Ill have to see if it is on Netflix

I like Friends.

Do you subscribe to Netflix?

Funny that they still spend more on postage than bandwidth.

I do!

I have been Binge watching the Great British Baking Show.

lol  I am surprised there is still a mail subscription.

I thought so too.

I bet Blockbuster regrets not buying Netflix for $50M.

For real, major mistake there.

I think it is great that it all started over a late fee!

They used to make me mad but I didn't use my anger positively like that.

Now Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth between 9pm and 12a,  They are popular!

I am totally a part of that bandwidth use.

I never used my anger over misfortune to make me 2 billion dollars.

Sadly, me either.

Do you know Roger Deakins?

He was nominated 13 times for an Oscar in Cinematography.

13 times!
Did he ever win?

Nope.

Poor guy.

At least he was nominated.

No woman has ever been nominated for Cinematography.

That is pretty shocking, I wonder if there are a lot of women in the field?

I would suspect, no.

Have you ever heard of comedian Natasha Leggero?

I have, I dont recollect if I have ever heard her material though.

Sometimes I listen while driving and miss the name of the performer.

Yeah...

I guess she was joking that having a baby was like getting a DUI from the universe.

No she makes it a successful part of her many jokes.

She has been successful with it.

Its great when you can find humor in everyday life.

I think it's a necessary thing to remain sane.

She's a veteran having been a comedian for over a decade.

Kids are a good source for humor.

I dont have any myself, but I teach, so I see some humorous things every day.

I do.

My whole family has a great sense of humor.

It's gets us by some rough spots...

That is certainly true, if it werent for humor, I would have not likely survived the last year.

Bad year huh?

Sorry.

I guess she likes to do anti-men stuff.

I'm getting kind of tired of that... Oh well, I guess men give them plenty of ammo.

Yeah, had cancer.

It sucked but keeping in good spirits really helped me though.

I named the tumor Fat Bastard.

With each radiation treatment it was all about Kill Fat Bastard.

Wow, I'm sorry.

It seems you have a great attitude about it.

I believe that is a healing thing.

I think that is a proved thing as well.

It really is.

It has been great chatting but I have got to go.

Have a great night!


Do you use coconut oil?

My wife always used it but told me to get rid of it recently.

I have used it but not recently.
I use good old fashion veggie oil!

I guess it once a super food but has now lost the super, I suppose it is now just a food.

So I can either use coconut oil or eat a whopper?

I believe that is the crux of the matter.

My brother in law is always into these super foods, each time we see him it is a new one, goji berries are his latest.

I can see that.
Crunch berries are my new super food.
It's basically the same thing.

The way food fads work they will eventually get to Whoppers and Crunch Berries, you just have to bide your time.

I am patient!

Like a lawyer with an animal as a client.

They might not pay.

Pro bono, is that the term?

There might be work for you with the animals in Germany but not many places other than that.

That is the term.
Australia too.
Their animals have pockets!

Maybe they have deep pockets.

I guess Scotland too, Nessie has protected species there, there goes the planned hunting trip.

Did you know nessie may have a dialect?

Animals from different areas have different dialects.

Have you ever tried talking to someone from Scotland, it's not easy.

I often have to use Google Translate to know what they are saying.

When you use google, do you type in askew?

Now you've stumped me with that, you'll have to explain.

Or should I just Google it, that is my typical response to not knowing.

When you open google, type "askew" in the search bar.

see what happens.

Maybe later when I have a break, I'll also need to get myself a bowl of goji berries, kale and blueberry salad, topped with agave and coconut oil.

Or a whopper... give it time and it will be a superfood soon enough!

All you need is a celebrity to promote it, usually it's Gwyneth Paltrow doing it.

Can you imagine her promoting Burger King?

Wasn't she the one who "uncoupled"?

Most of us divorce, she uncouples.

I don't think you should put much stock in her opinion, even if she is holding a Whopper.

HA!
Nice chatting with you!


hey how are you?

Hello, I am good.
How are you?

I'm good, did you know that Bill Murray loves kung fu hustle?

I actually like that movie I had no idea

I have no idea.

That's cool.

I have watch the movie and actually like it.

Ya I like it a lot, I also think Green Lantern starring Jack Black sounds way more awesome than the one we actually got, apparently that was what they were considering

I have not watch that one yet.

I am actually interested in watching 3rd rock from the sun since it won the golden globe for best comedy in 1997

Ya I've heard really good things about that show but I've never actually seen it.

I unfortunately don't watch comedy central anymore I don't think its as funny as it used to be and it says they cancelled 100 shows since their creation

I agree.

It used to be good.

Do you know that Netflix headquarters is in California?

It's awesome because I am addicted to their shows.

Ah interesting, I didn't know that but it figures that they would be.

It's crazy they spend 20 times more on postage than on internet bandwith for their shows.

Yeah, I do not get that one either since they have a lot of shows.

I find their original shows really interesting like their new movie, Bird Box.

Ya I haven't seen Bird Box yet but I have heard good things.

I do watch lots of youtube as well.

I don't even have cable personally.

I watched it last weekend and it was good.

Sandra Bullock is awesome.

I think cable is overrated since people can watch their shows over the internet for free.

Ah nice I'll have to check it out.

I didn't know that Kubrick took over the cinematography for Spartacus and did it himself.

But it doesn't surprise me as something he would do haha

I know.

Surprising on what he can do huh.

I did not know that a Chinese american pioneered the use of wide angle lenses.

Nope i never knew that.

I do like roger deakins though I think he does a lot of coen bros. movies, it's crazy he was nominated 13 times for a cinematography oscar

Funny, I have no idea who the guy is until now to think he was nominated 13 times.

He must be really good.

Though it is sad that no woman won cinematography award

Ya that is odd especially since movies have been around for so long.

I actually program in python and I had no idea it was named python after monty python, it's crazy how much still you still don't know

Yeah?

That's cool.

I know and no oscar nomination for female either.

Yeah I'm gonna look up some because I've never thought about it but I can't think of even one female cinematographer

Yeah come to think of it I never heard of a female one too.

well it has been great talking with you :)


Have you heard of or seen performances by the standup comedian Natasha Leggero?

I have!

I like her, and her husband Moshe Kasher, who is a fellow comedian.

What do you think of her?

I seem to have a vague recollection of her on the Chelsea Handler show but have not kept up with her.

She and her hubby got a late start on the kid thing.

From what I read, it gave her a new line of jokes for her routine.

Yeah.

She had her first child at age 44.

Her comic voice has evolved over the years, and she definitely joked extensively about her then-impending motherhood in her "The Honeymoon Standup Special."

it has also seemed to have added a new line of anti-men jokes.

Have you seen her Netflix special?

Oh yes.

It was released in April, so I've seen it a few times now!

I really love watching Netflix, do you?

I have both Netflix and Amazon Prime and have cut the cord!

Did you know that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth?

I wonder if that is still true since they have (or in the process of) ending the DVD mail service.

That seems crazy!

Especially since from 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwith in North America!

Well Blockbuster really screwed up when they passed on buying Netflix for $50 mill.

Its now worth $ 2 billion.

I can't remember when I last saw a Blockbuster store!

No kidding!

They have so many subscribers, that if you combine Netflix and Youtube, that makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America!

And they have so much content these days

Do you  have a favorite comedy series or movie?

Well, I do love Seinfeld.

I think it's one of the greatest shows ever, but did you know that in 1997 it lost the Golden Globe for Best Comedy to 3rd Rock From the Sun?

I did not know that.

I tend to favor the Brits in both comedy and acting.

It is more actor performance and less special effects.

Monty Python is a great Brit classic comedy and has a computer science 'nerd' salute with the "Python" programming language!

Interesting!

The Green Lantern film was supposed to be a Comedy starting Jack Black.

That could have been pretty interesting, don't you think?

it definitely took a hard turn from the original plan.

How are you with a still / video camera?

I jokingly claim that they invented digital cameras just for me because I am a horrible photographer.

I can take 100 digital pics to get 1 good one!

I can take a photo, but I'm not cinematographer!

Did you know the word cinematography used to refer to the art, process, or job of filming movies, but now it just means "motion picture photography"?

I did not know that.

What I find intriguing is that no woman has ever been nominated for an Academy Award for Cinematography.

Do you think it is because is was a male dominated profession for the longest time?

I heard that.

Other than the obviously gender-specific awards, like Best Actor, it's the only Oscar category that has never nominated a female contender!

Well, time are changing and it was worse in the past.

James Wong Howe was an Oscar winning Chinese American cinematographer who did not become an American citizen till 1943 and and his marriage to a white woman was illegal until 1948 because of racial statutes.

I glad those days have been largely eliminated.

Wow!

That is shocking, since 1948 is really not that long ago.

There's nothing comedic about that!

No, not at all.

In the recent Oscars, Glenn Close has a record of 7 Oscar nominations and no wins.

Did you know cinematographer Roger Deakins has that  beat with 13 nominations and no wins?

Poor Roger Deakins!

What about the guy who was cinematographer for Spartacus.

Stanley Kubrick took the camera away from him and did it himself!

Even though he did almost none of the work, when Spartacus won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, it went to the credited cinematographer.

I wonder how that feels, getting the award but not doing the work.

Well its been good chatting with you.

It's Mardi Gras time down here so I will head down the festivities this evening.

I will even try my hand at "cinematography' since my youngest is marching in the parade.

No promises if it will be any good.

Good luck with your cinematography!
Have fun!

Thanks and have goof evening.


Hi, how are you?

HI!
i am great!
Do you like playing Mario Kart?

I have never really played it.

I know it and have seen it a ton but never really played but a handful of times... Do you play it?

I am the same, lol I have played Mario Bros though, I like Nintendo games.

I can't believe these games have been around since 1992.

But yes Mario Kart is the best seller of racing games of all time.

I loved mario brothers.

My son plays mario run all the time and I get nostalgic...

Right?

It is fun to see the older game consoles from long ago, all of my kids played Nintendo years ago all the time too.

My friend has one of the nintendo classic systems and I played Contra for the first time in a while.

It was terrible graphics and really bad colors.

Lol, these game consoles have come a long way!

They do have newer editions for the Nintendo game system though, They released Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in 2017...sold 100 million copies, it must be pretty popular to some.

Wow that many?

There's a lab in waterloo that has a real mario kart setup.

I heard that!

Pretty interesting!

Nintendo is over 100 years old!

I guess it was originally a playing card game.

They produced knock off legos too!
How weird...

Hahaa, Really?

That's funny....I was surprised to find out that Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners, Ya learn something new everyday lol.

That is strange.

They made a handheld just for pokemon too.

I think I heard about that, my youngest still plays Pokemon Go, funny game but it gets him outdoors a lot.

But he doesn't have one of those he plays on an app.

Sometimes I have to jump in the car and go pick him up after he travels too far hahaa

HA!

My son is 7 and wants to play that game.

I will make sure to go with him when he plays.

Definitely!

My son is a 15 year old and goes with his friends so he can play pokemon around here and up to the park.

I do go with my son a lot just to have fun, and get some exercise.

That seems like a good reason to go with him.

That and some fresh air.

Definitely, it is better than driving my car everywhere, we live in a big city so seems we have to drive all the time.

....There is a person that became a professional race car driver by by beating 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo, I guess video games paid off!

good for him.

If he can get rich playing video games, more power to him.

I hopes he gets rich!!!

Me too!

Such crazy stories how people get famous.

All these video games and youtube videos make a lot of money too.

Nice chatting with you!


Hello, do you play video games?

Hi yes, not as much as before, but I am a big fan of Mario.

Nice.

It is the best selling game in racing, Mario Kart

Did you know that the rapper logic, played on stage Mario Kart every night on stage in one of his tours?

Wow that is a lot of games.

THere is a lab that built a real life Mario kart at an amusement park

That would be super cool to ride.

Did you know this rapper Logic, won all the 35 games he played on stage against different rappers?

He must take that very seriously.

The items in the game are apparently not random

Mario Kart games were launched in 1992 and the most recent was released on April 2017

SO they have been around for a while.

Nintendo as a company was founded in 1889

I was surprised to learn that, they have been around more than 100 years, they were once a toy company.

Yeah and they started as a playing card company.

They even produced a lego-knockoff

They actually started in the video games on the 70s and then  we can say Nintendo is the 3rd most valuable company in Japan

That is quite a success.

They released a handheld console just for Pokemon in 2011

It would be cool to try the VR game.

It is one track and costs $10 dollars, a new experience.

Nice, that is a pretty good deal.

And the company owns the Seattle Mariners.

That is cool.

There is an app where you can order food brought directly to your seat

Sweet deal.

Speaking of deliveries, do you like cars?

Yes I like cars, did you know what you can do to your car in south Africa for security reasons?

Apparently you are legally allowed to attach flame throwers to them.

Wow.

That looks very much like a video game, but it helps prevent carjacking!

It sure does.

I guess they have to do what they need to.

Nice chatting with you.


Do you own a car?

Yes, I own a few cars but to be honest I want to play the real live Mario Cart in Texas!

Have you heard of it?

Nice me too!

I never heard of that, that would be awesome, do you use your own car or a cart?

Well, a lab named Waterloo Labs built a real life Mario KArt in an amusement park.

They provide the cars and the entire experience.

wow, I will need to check it out.

I wonder if you can equip flame throwers to the cars like in South Africa

Ha, yeah I wanna check it out too.

I recently heard that flame throwers are allowed because they have a high volume of carjackings there.

That sounds like a different video game Nintendo created.

dang, must suck.
Which game is that?

I am not sure but some game about carjacking or auto theft probably.

I am more of a Mario Cart person.

It is the best seller race game of all time.

I believe it!

That was like my college days every day.

I was big into nintendo growing up, and they own the mariners who i liked growing up

Yeah, that's fun.

I learned that the coins in super mario kart make you go faster the more I had, therefore I would dream of gathering those coins

I never knew that, maybe why I kept spinning out because I never could get them lol

Oh yeah, it also caused less spin outs or no spin outs.

Dang I will have to play again and be coin based

Yep, that will help out a lot.

Did you know that Nintendo is actually older than the Mcdonalds drive thru?

wow I never knew that!

I know mcdonalds drive thru started like 1975, when did nintendo start?

Nintendo was started as a card game in 1889.

We don't think of it that way but it was originally a card game.

wow, that is awesome!

I will have to check it out!

I bet it is worth a ton of money right now!

That is a really good point, I bet that worth a ton of money.

I wish I had ten!

I heard that Jann Mardenborough became a pro race driver from playing Gran Turismo, I don't know if I want to look for old card games or practice video games to make more money?

I heard about that!

I wish I played that many times when I used to play.

It was so nice chatting with you!

Thank you it was great chatting with you too!

Thanks, enjoy your day, play some Gran Turismo and become famous!


Hi how are you?

I am well.
Do you enjoy music?

I do like music and use spotify every day.

Did you know they have 4 million songs that have not been played once?

That's a lot of waste!

Do you think they will be able to turn the platform into video too?

That would be interesting.

Those 4 million songs make up 20% of all of their songs.

They need to do something because apple music is catching up to them.

They are only 3M subscribers behind.

That is a close race!

Did you know youtube is the second largest search engine?

I did not.

That makes sense though because they are owned by google, the number 1 search engine.

I was surprised to learn the creator is from sweden.

No idea.

I did not know that!

Netflix and youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in north America!

That's crazy!

I was surprised to know an artist needs 130,745 plays a day to make minimum wage.

Thats a high standard.

I love how a band earned $20000 on spotify for a silent album.

I love that album.

Listen to it every night while I go to bed.

I listen to it on youtube.

Same here!

The Nintendo entertainment system only could display 54 colors.

Did you know police have blutube where there share video?

I had no idea.

That is hilarious.

It is also funny that Beibers "baby" video is the most disliked video on youtube.

That's the opposite of Psy's gangnam style.

THat was so popular they had to upgrade to 64 bits.

That is hilarious.

I never understood why it was so popular.

Me neither!

I wonder what has been the biggest hit of 2018 and 2019, so far.

Good question.

Did you know Bill Nye became famous because he won a steve martin look alike contest?

I can see it.

At least he was never rejected for a science role that Regan was for a presidential role.

True that!
It was nice chatting with you!

Ditto.
Have a good night!


hey my friend do you have Spotify?

I do have an account, I pay for the premium service, what about you?

well I use the free one haha, I remember when they started back in 2008, seems like a long time ago now

Yeah I just hated the ads, and its been more than 10 years now thank God we have Spotify,

oh ya the ads suck, did you hear about the band that released a silent album on there?

No I didnt, I bet that album wasnt successful at all,

well they actually had their followers listen to it constantly, and they got enough money to fund a tour!

That's really surprising!!

did they also play silent music on their tour lol?!

haah good question!

I don't think so I think it was a scam to make money for the tour haha

I see, I bet I could make a silent album, $20000 is something that I need right now lol, do you also subscribe to Youtube?

I do I love youtube!
Crazy that it was created back in 2005!

Yeah its been a long journey, good thing Google bought the site for $1.65 billion.

I bet its worth a lot more now.

oh I think so too, its in 78 regions and has all kinds of free and paid content now

In fact it is the second largest search engine, so yeah they made the right call there, $1.65 billion might seem expensive but Google had the vision

ya they did, it's crazy that youtube is the largest search engine on the web, google is number 1, so google owns the number 1 AND 2 spots

Yeah, Google would have a strong competition if the directives chose not to buy YouTube back then, you know there's a police version of YouTube!

oh ya called blutube!

I want to watch it.

I guess they share law enforcement videos on there

Yeah I wonder what kind of law enforcement videos are available at the site, must be really interesting, another great service is Netflix

ya I watch Netflix for entertainment, it gives me delight and pleasure to see the shows, what about you?

I do, I currently follow some shows, you know that with YouTube they make up half of the internet traffic in North America alone

that is crazy thats a lot, did you ever play NES as a kid?

I did, I used to have one, I miss those old graphics did you have a NES?

ya I still have it, I guess it can only display 54 colors, that seems so bad today!

I agree with other consoles that are much more advanced than the NES still, classics are classics.


Do you listen to music?
Do you know linkin park?

I love linkin park Sad about chester though

Yeah it is did you now they played 324 concerts in 2001?

Thats a lot of shows!

They are very popular when they first arrived on the scene.

I wonder what cool venues they played at

Ramones [played a total of 2,263 concerts and toured almost none stop for twenty years.

Thats dedication.

The foo fighters played a concert so loud it showed up on the seismic scale.

And there are concerts even louder

Wow that's too loud!

You know creed had a concert so bad that ppl sued them?

Thats hilarious.

Abba turned down 1 billion to do 100 concert reunion tour

Wow must be nice to be able to turn down a billion dollars.

Pink Floyd recorded a live concert with no one in attendance.

I woman going to a dave matthews band concert stopped to help a cyclist.

It turned out to be dave matthews

That had to be pretty cool!
I like dave matthews band.

in 1972 Deep Purple set the record for loudest concert.

It left 3 people unconscious

Wow that is pretty crazy, makes you rethink concert venues, haha!

do you play chess?

I have, but i wasnt good enough to get the boy scout merit badge

haha, me either, but i do find it to be a very interesting game.

there was a grand master who was only 5 years old, you know him?

I do not.

I wonder if he is still as good at 3 person chess

Not sure, but the president of the world chess federation thinks the game was invented by aliens.

I like that story more than the chaturanga one

What story is that, not sure i heard it before?

Just that it came from an indian game of that name.

Aliens sounds a lot cooler

They say that chess was invented in India during the Gupta empire.

have a great day!


Hello, Do you enjoy concerts?

I do!

I just learned one of my favorite bands played an incredible amount of concerts.

The Ramones played a total of 2263 concerts!

I know, great band!!

I heard its was non stop for over 20 years!

It's really impressive.

So is Linkin Park.

They played 324 concerts in just one year!

Yes, must have been non stop too!

Linkin Parks Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century!

I did not know that.

Not all bands are as talented as Linkin Park and the Ramones.

The band Creed played a concert so terrible that four concert goers filed a lawsuit.

Must have been bad!

lol I can't remember any songs from that band.

They should have taken a page from Pink Floyd and play a concert with no audience.

Ha, ha, ha!

Good one...

True.

In an ancient roman amphitheater in Pompeii!

Very cool place!

I would love to see a concert in an ancient roman amphitheater.

There is one that is still in use in Croatia.

So would I. I think the sound and atmosphere would be very exciting!!

Love the fireworks in outside venues.

I am pretty easily entertained.

I would go and see a competitive chess game.

The President of the World Chess Federation thinks the game was invented by aliens.

Oh my goodness!

maybe, lol  Chess was invented in India and improved by Persians!

Who knew?

I did not know that.

There are more moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.

I don;t know how that is possible!

That's just unreal.

I agree.

I love watch babies dance when they hear music.

Its so adorable!

Apparently they smile more when they hit the beat.

That is such a happy fact.

Do you enjoy watching Ballet?

I love the Nutcracker at Christmas time.

That is my favorite ballet.

I just learned that Tupac played the Mouse King in high school

I know, I didn't know he took dance?
I guess Bruce Lee like to dance too!

Celebrities are so multi talented.

Ballet seems really difficult, professional dancers can go through 4 shoes a week.

True, very talented!!

Not surprised MJ used a device to do the lean.

Wasn't that in the song Smooth Criminal?

Yes and he had a patent on it.

Well thanks for chatting.

I learned a lot of fun and new information today.

Ditto, Good chat!!

Made me want to practice  my chess skills!

!lol

Take care and keep learning!


What kinds of things do you do for entertainment

Hi, how are you?

I do many things for entertainment.

I like to listen to music and watch movies.

How about you?

I like movies and youtube.

Also I like playing nintendo, do you play?

I used to play video games.

I don't now.

I don't have time.

I did play NES a bit at my firned's house.

Nice, the original NES had only 54 colors to it

Yes, it was limited in tech.

But the games had great gameplay and that's why they were so popular.

I think that Mario Brothers sold very well because of gameplay.

For sure, i love mario bros. Are you a bill nye fan?

I like Bill Nye.

I don't know him very well.

I know that he tries to make science accessible to the average person.

For sure, and kids love him too.

Apparently he got his start winning a steve martin look alike contest

I never saw the resemblance to be honest, but I guess that makeup can do wonders!

I'm glad that he made the attempt!"

He certainly has a career now.

me neither lol.
Do you watch his shows on youtube ever?

I have not watched his shows on YouTube.

Now that you mention it, I probably should.

He explains science in simple terms, yes?

Does he have a regular show?

Just small shows, I haven't seen a new one lately.

I did watch baby by justin bieber on youtube and had to dislike it

I don't know why anyone would want to watch his videos.

I would just dislike it without watching it.

For sure ha, were you into the gangnam style phase?

I have heard the song.

Ithink it was used in a Super Bowl commercial.

Never saw the video.

You weren't missing much, I think that video almost broke youtube

Oh, ok.

I guess it was really popular in Asia.

I would like to keep up on the latest music, but a lot of it seems boring.

I think the tastes have changed.

I watch documetnaries on YouTube and listen to old songs.

Yea lol, I had to dance it at a wedding  once.

Good chatting with you!

Yes, it was a great chat.
Thank you very much.

Bye!


Hello, do you listen to Spotify?

Hi there, yes I do.

About 20% of their songs have never been  played

WOw that is a lot of songs, I think it totals to 4 million

Yeah that is a lot.

They have audible watermarks to in the songs, pretty cool

Yeah that is cool.

They do that in iTunes as well as Spotify

Yeah.

For musicians to earn minimum wage they need to get over 130000 listens in spotify

That is a lot of listens in a day.

A band once made $20000 from spotify for a silent album

Oh yeah them and they used that moned to fund a free tour

Nice good choice.
Do you know who developed Spotify?

Yes it was the same Swedish programmer that de
veloped utorrent

Yeah pretty smart guy I must say.
Do you also use youtube much?

I do actually, It is the second largest search engine n the net

Yes it sure is.

Did you know why they had to up their view count originally?

Yes it was all about Gangnam Style, that song is something all right

Yes it sure is.

Do you know which is the most disliked video in there?

Yes it is Baby by Justin Bieber, I wonder how many views it has though

Yeah good point.

Youtube nnd netflix make peak internet traffic in north america

I am not surprised actually.
Have you heard of Bluetube?

I have actually, it is kind of like the youtube of police, right?

yeah and they have video of police stunts and such in there.

Pretty cool

Yeah that is.

And all this came from three former Paypal employees, smart guys


Do you watch basketball?

I do!
I like watching the NBA.

Same!

Did you know that physicists proved that shooting "granny style" was the best way to score points consistently, but no one actually shoots like that in the nba because it looks silly?

Awesome!

I wonder though if anyone has ever done it in the NBA?

I don't recall seeing it.

Yeah I've never seen it done either!
Do you know who Allen Iverson is?

I do remember him!
He's been retired a few years now.

Yeah but apparently still making 800,000 a year from a deal with Reebok- crazy!

Nice!

LeBron got a pretty good deal out of Nike.

Did you see what he got for endorsing them?

No, how much?
I'm sure it was a ton

LeBron got a $90 million offer from Nike after rejecting a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18!

Wow!

I heard he has deal with warner bros to do a Space Jam 2- I can't wait for that!

I wonder if it will be as good as the first one?

Yeah I'm not sure sequels ever live up to the original- I don't think Lebron could ever beat MJ in my mind!

No.

I got to see both play and Jordan is way better than LeBron.

Jordan could carry the whole team by himself.

Michael Jordan's best friend is the limo driver who gave him a lift when he first arrived in Chicago back in 1984.

Neat story!

I agree!

That is a cool story- it makes him seem really personable.

Did you know his son cost his school a $3 million contract with adidas because he wanted to wear his dad's shoes?

Nice.

That's funny!

His dad's shoes the Air Jordans were banned by the NBA but Jordan wore them anyhow because Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game.

I read that too!

And I don't blame him- I've got several Jordan's and their the best!

It does blow my mind, though, that nike can throw that kind of money around

They sell a lot of shoes!

LOL Did you know that Jordan almost was about to ditch Nike when an inexperienced designer created his dream show?

That could have seriously changed shoe history haha I wonder who that designer could have become?

I'm not sure.

In 1995 Jordan ruined Muggsy Bogues career with one line of trash talk.

I wonder what he said to him?

lol

Yeah I'd like to know- just goes to show the influence he had!

Yes!

Did you know that when LeBron was in high school he would attract crowds of 1,750 and they would be willing to pay anywhere from $100 to $120 per ticket?

I did know that!

How cool would that be now to say that you saw him then?

I actually was doing a radio show at the time not far from where LeBron was from in Akron so I was able to get the hook up from other radio friends on the sports side of things.

I got to see Jordan play at the old Richfield Coliseum where the Cavs used to play before they moved to downtown Cleveland.

No way?!

Thats amazing!

You've seen some seriously incredible games- I'm super jealous!

The two best players ever!

Yes.

Looking back I wish I would have gotten autographs.

Probably the best story I have was I was in the same room as Ken Griffey Jr. and his dad.

Griffey had just finished his first season with the Mariners.

I thought to myself...eh he only hit under .300 and only hit something like 16 home runs.

I thought he was going to be an average player.

Boy, was I wrong.

lol

Oh my god!

Hindsight is 20/20 I guess lol Its pretty amazing you've done all that.

Thanks for chatting!


I can't believed they already defaced LeBron murals in LA

Oh, man, that's crazy!

I can't believe someone would be so petty!

Yeah...they didn't like him being described as The King of LA

Some people think it might have been a Kobe fan that did it, thinking only he deserves to be called "King".

I say opinions are fine, but defacing public (or private) property is never good!

Yeah...now i'm worried about the new LeBron Space Jam sequel posters

Yeah, I heard about that... posters aside, not sure how well that movie is going to work.

Making a sequel so long after the original is always an iffy proposition...

And he's stepping on Michael Jordans shoes again...not the nike ones though

I admit, I'm not the biggest basketball fan, but I do like how LeBron does so much charity work.

I hear he raised 6$M by televising the whole "I'm taking my talents to South Beach" thing

Yeah, I heard about that, thought it was a pretty neat thing to do.

They say he's one of the highest paid celebrities ever.

I'll let Judge Judy decide that

You mentioned shoes earlier, that reminds me.. he turned down $10 million from Reebok only get a $90 million offer from Nike less than a year later!

Good Biz instincts.

He knew how to attack $$ back in High School.

His HS games went for $100

Wow, he was big ever back then!

Yeah.
(Should've said "attract" $$).
I'd pay to watch him shoot granny-style

Ahhh.. nobody will do that, it's too embarrassing!

:)  Speaking of shoes, did you know Air Jordans were BANNED when they were first introduced in the NBA?

Yeah...but Nike paid the fine.
I'm sure they got their investment back

It's amazing how much money those guys make just one SHOE endorsements!

It's crazy...

Yeah..iverson's got a deal that pays him $32M at age 55

I'm told Michael Jordan's son cost his school a $3 mill Adidas contract because he wanted to wear his dad's line of shoes instead.

All that money just boggles the mind!

Yeah...I'm so boggled I can hardly chat anymore.

Nice talking with you.


Hi, do you like basket ball?

Not particularly.
I think it is boring.
Yourself?

It's ok. Did you know that lebron james is considered the best basketball player of all time?

I did not.
I always liked Michael Jordan.
Maybe because I see him on TV more.

Yeah, he was extremely popular in the 80s and 90s.

I can't believe LeBron James rejected a 10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was 18.

I know, that's crazy.

But then he accepted a 90 million dollar offer from nike.

All that money just to drop a ball through a hoop.

Seems a little far fetched, doesn't it?

yeah, it does.

And michael jordan's son cost his school 3 million just becasue he wouldn't wear addias.

I guess he really like Nikes.
I think it's all a little ridiculous.

yeah, me too.

did you know that the nba paid a fine for each game that michael jordan wore his air jordans?

Yes, I did know that.

I can't think why anyone would be fined for wearing what they liked.

I know it's weird.

Do you know what shooting granny style is?

It's supposedly the best way to shoot a basketball.

I have heard of that but I don't actually know what it is.

It must work, though.

My granny never played basketball, lol.

Haha.

It's where you toss the ball up underhanded, but players refuse to do so because it looks stupid.

If it worked, I would not care what I looked like.

I can't see why it would look stupid.

yeah I'd be the same.
Did you know that the nba has 30 teams?

That is a lot of teams!

I wonder if they have a limit.

I also wonder if women could play if they qualified.

I don't know, but I think there is a women's league, too.

Yes, but with all of this equality stuff I wonder why the Feminist movement hasn't demanded that they can play with the men.

yeah i wonder that too.
well it was nice talking to you!

Thank you, you also!

have a good day


Do you own a car?

I do own one yes, do you?

I do too, I wish it was a cadillac sometimes, do you know what they were named after?

No not really, how did the brand get its name?

It was named after the founder of detroit.

Some french guy named antoine de la mothe cadillac.

Cadillac sounds better lol

It does sound better I agree, I wish I had the resources to buy a Tesla that seems like a really cool car

Right, tesla is a great car company and expanding fast

It is, they're vehicles are the future, Elon Musk is a great CEO he sacrificed his paycut back in 2014.

right, I heard though recently he sent an email to employees about a bunch of layoffs coming, i hope not

That would be terrible so which model do you like better the S, X or 3 model?

I like the S but that is the only one i really know, it runs linux.

How about you?

I like the X model I think its great the S model is tested indoors I think that's a bit odd.

Right, you think they would test them outdoors since they are used outdoors lol.

Elon Musck also founded Paypal and SpaceX right?

Yea that guy is mega rich and innovative.

He also produced movies too!

He has?

that is so cool I heard he was planning to colonize Mars, can you imagine that.

I wonder if we will be alive when that actually happens.

I hope so, the guy can do great things with his money!

I sure hope we are, he will be remembered by many generations to come if he manages to do that.

I agree with that, he just needs to take a break sometimes, I heard he works way too much!

It was so nice chatting with you!

I would take a break if I had his fortune or even a fraction of it lol it was great chatting I agree, bye.

Right I would buy an island and never work again lol!

Have a great day!


hi how are you?
do you like elon musk?

Im well.

I do like Elon Musk.

He is one of the great innovators of our time.

He is a great innovator.

he takes on projects that other big companies shun, like the electric car.

True, he also founded paypal, space X and Tesla!

He is a serial entrepreneur.
i wonder if he will ever get to mars.

I dont know.

I think if anyone can, it is definitely him.

have you driven a tesla?
i would love to drive one some day.

No, I have seen charging stations though.

I think it would be really cool.

It is also neat that musk took a $78 million dollar pay but giving  everything back to the company except $1

He needs to make $1 to be an employee technically.

i think the company is his baby.

plus he has money from other sources.

Very true.

Did you know he doesnt Patent space X technology

I heard that he wanted to make it available so that others would explore space.

Not with that, it is because the only competition is China.

Yeah that is true.

It is also true of his other projects that he wants to foster competition.

Yes, the electric car needs to be manufactured by other firms.

it is a key technology for the future.

I agree.

It is the most sustainable for the planet.

I figure that once people get used to it, it will be easy to own.

fewer repairs, less maintenance.

Likely true too.
Plus it will reduce emissions.

Yes, that is key.

many cities have air pollution problems.

Anyway, great chat!

You too!
Have a great day!

Thanks! Bye!

Bye!


Hello.

Do know who this Elon Musk dude is?

Souds like a fancy perfume for SciFi fans.

Never heard of him.
He is an artist?

He's an entreprenuer.

Gotcha.
Do you like cars?
The Telsa model S runs linux

Isn't that Elon Musk's car manufacturer?

Yea he is the co-founder and Ceo

I thought so.

He also founded PayPal and SpaceX, tow other brands I avoid.

He holds south african, canadian and US citizenship.

I wonder how much that cost him.

He probably didn't buy those the year he took at $78 mil paycut to his Tesla salary.

Poor guy...

He produced and acted in thank you for smoking.

I did not see that one.

Did Joe Camel appear in that flick?

Sounds like this guy does it all.

Maybe he can get a Mars colony up and running as he plans.

he wants to build vertical electric passenger jet.

very ambitious.

Why not.
He launched a cheese wheel into space.
Now he has to go and retrieve it.

thats funny.

Its legit in south africa to put flame throwers on your car

Ooooo, if Musk equips his SpaceX vehicles with flame throwers, they can make grilled cheese in space!

I prefer the old Cadillac brand, named for a French explorer.

Flame throwers optional.

i heard the guy it was named after founded detroit.

I didn't know it was lost.
Diid he find it by car or by space?

probably by his jet.

Can you pull a jet through a McDonald's drive through?

Drive thrus were created so that soldiers didn't have to get out of cars wearing their uniforms.

I wonder if there were any pilots flying through those McDonald drive thrus...

Thats neat.

The trunk of your car is called that because they used to have wooden trunks in the back

And the trunk of an elephant is the only part of him that will fit in a car.

It all comes together!

It's been nice chatting!


Hello how are you doing?

Do you know much about Tesla?

The tesla model s is road tested on an indoor track because their cars don't produce any emissions.

im good how are you?

that's cool, I didn't know that but it makes sense considering ya there is no exhause

Yeah it does pretty interesting.

The same guy, elon musk, founded paypal, spacex and tesla motors

ya, and I never knew that elon musk was in thank you for smoking, I'll have to rewatch it

Ive never seen that movie,  is it good?

its kind of funny its worth a watch I think, it's cool Elon wants to built a personal vertical take up passenger jet, thats something I can get behind haha

What is that?

Did you know The toyota group owns 10% of tesla, and tesla actually helped to develop their 2nd gen rav4ev.

no didn't know that, but it would be like a plane that you own but it takes off verticallly, I want one think of what you could do with it

Oh interesting!

ya hes really interesting, his spacex shot a cheese wheel into space as a nod to monty python, that is prettttty amazing but i would rather that I had that cheese wheel to eat right now

wow!

Elon musk took a $78 million paycut to his tesla motors salary in 2014, returning all but $1

that is impressive, and this says he is planning a mars colonization project using a hevy lift rocket, thats what I want is us to get to mars in my life

Nice!

Elon musk's wife appeared in christopher nolan's inception

wow didn't know that, pretty wild it is legal to put a flame thrower on your car in south africa, I would probably do that haha

Do you have a need for a flame thrower?

haha well its winter here so it would help to warm me up haha

Oh does it snow where you are?

I could see a flame thrower being handy with clearing out the snow in the driveway lol

ah yes it does snow, there isn't snow right now but i agree it would be great for the driveway!

this says mcdonalds first drive through was in 1975, makes me hungry to hop in my car and get some, and flame broil some burgers with my flame car haha

Haha.

that invention has definitely made all of america lazy lol but convienient for mothers and military I guess lol

haha this says the brand cadilac was named after a french explorer who founded detroit, I live near detroit and ya I didn't know that

Nice.

well its been good talking to you have a good one.


Hey how's it going.

What do you think of Tesla?

I think it's an awesome company.

I love that it's electric and it's good for the environment.

I agree!

I think they are pretty cutting edge and really innovative.

Apparently Ellen musk found a PayPal space X and Tesla.

He did.

He has put a lot into his companies, he once got paid $1 so that he could return the 78 million back to the company, as his years salary.

Well that is impressive.

As of June 2018 Tesla only sells three model vehicles I thought there were more.

Me too.

They release all of the patents to encourage competition too.

That's so cool I wish more companies did that.

Apparently the Tesla model S runs Linux.

That is pretty neat, definitely different.

Maybe that is the secret.

Yeah good point.

Maybe.

Another cool fact is that the Tesla model S can be tested indoors because it doesn't produce any emissions.

True, I heard that it was so safe it broke the safety testing equipment too.

Wow that's pretty cool.

Ellen musk is such a genius I think he was born in South Africa.

He was.

He has lived quite the life.

He was bullied really bad as a kid, and even beaten to the point he had to be hospitalized.

Thats terrible.
Hopefully Canada treated him better.

I think so, after a while he really started to create, some things even worth 340 million.

Oh yeah are you referring to the web software company?

That is amazing.

Yeah.

He is working on AI and founded OpenAI in 2015.

He is one of the great innovators of this generation.

Yeah without a doubt he is.

He also found the Boring company in 2016, I wonder what that's all about?

I believe it is a tunnel construction company.

Oh nice.

Do you think he is going to successfully colonize mars?

If anyone can do it, it is going to be him.

Yeah I agree.

His heavy lift rocket that will help him do so is called the mars colonial transporter.

Nice chatting with you mate.


hello.

Let's discuss about Tesla, an American automotive and energy company based in Palo Alto, California

Hi sounds good.
I really want to purchase a model S.

really?

isn't it expensive?

actually i am not aware of the prices.

By the way did you know that As of June 2018, Tesla sells the Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles, Powerwall and Powerpack batteries, solar panels, solar roof tiles, and some related products?

Yes they are expensive but no fuel cost, and they run linux!

The powerwall is also on my list.

Much better then a gas generator for power backup.

Oh yes that is for sure, I drive bmw and I know that gas is spoiling the environment, though I adore my car's design lol

BMW's are nice but everything Elon Musk does is cool.

I am a big fan of SpaceX as well.

really, and I adore sports cars, M6 pack is my everything.

And did you know that The toyota group owns 10% of tesla, and tesla actually helped to develop their 2nd gen rav4ev?

That is interesting.

Apparently in south africa it's legal to put flame throwers on your car to prevent theft.

really?

I wasn't aware of that.

So about Elon Musk, he was such a genius,  he is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer.

He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla etc... amazing person

I had no idea he held Canadian citizenship.

That's cool because I'm from Canada.

It was great when he shot a cheese wheel into space.

really?

cool.

I have never been in Canada lol, but I will come.

Musk moved to Canada when he was 17 to attend Queen's University.

He transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later, where he received an economics degree from the Wharton School and a degree in physics from the College of Arts and Sciences.

You know Elon was very risky besides knowledge he had, because he was not afraid of trying, which is for me very important

Yeah he takes chances, and seems to really care about the betterment of mankind.

He wants to establish a colony on mars.

How cool is that?

wow that would be awsome and my dream will come true of flying to Mars lol.

Musk founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company, of which he is CEO and lead designer.

He helped fund Tesla, Inc., an electric vehicle and solar panel manufacturer, in 2003, and became its CEO and product architect... he is step by step achieving all his goals

Me too.

I remember seeing the first dragon fly over with the ISS it was incredible.

Musk even founded stuff you wouldn't think of, like PayPal.

Yes I was shocked, which means also ebay?

because paypay and ebay have the same founder as i know..

They bought ebay in 2002.

Originally they were separate companies.

yes now I got it.. did you know that Elon musk's spacex shot a cheese wheel into space as a nod to monty python's cheese shop sketch?

Yes I mentioned that earlier.

oh sorry lol So what cars are your favorite?

That's okay.

As I said I really want a Tesla, but for now I've got a cadillac.

Cadillac is named after the founder of detroit.

Nice, it was nice to chat to you about cars, though being female I adore cars lol

talk to you later.

bye, have a nice day


Hi, how are you?

Hi I am well, thanks.
I am a fan of Elon Musk.
What about you?

I think he is brilliant but has made some serious missteps.

Yes, he is definitely a genius but lacks some social etiquette.

How do you feel about this artist who has created the unicorn powering an electric car image?

Do you believe he should receive compensations from Tesla?

I think if he provided value, then yes, he should.

What do you think?

I agree that he should receive something.

Perhaps not millions of dollars.

But he actually sounds pretty reasonable and doesn't want to lose face with his friends who encouraged him to ask for compensation.

Certainly TESLA can afford something to keep the peace.

Yeah.

I wonder why they wouldn't want to pay him, if nothing else for the likeness.

Not clear to me either.

I would have liked to have seen the image that is discussed in the article.

Would you say that Musk is adversarial?

He took a stand against that man who helped the miners and wouldn't let it go.

I think that was a fight he didn't need.

I do not think he is adversarial but I also think he does not choose his battles well.

And why would he smoke weed with Joe Rogan?

He's definitely not your typical CEO.

I just looked up that unicorn image on Google and it is really fairly cartoonish.

I'm happy that Mr. Edwards made money on his mugs but really don't think that is enough.

I don't know a ton about tesla.
Do you?
No idea it ran on linux.

I didn't know that.

I live in No.

California and there are a LOT of Teslas on the roads here.

They are very popular but then there are people with hefty incomes here.

I did not realize there was a competitor of theirs called Nikola.

Seems like they didn't brainstorm their company name too much.

They test them on an indoor track too because their's no emissions?

Interesting!

I thought it interesting that J.K. Rowling thought the controversy was interesting enough to tweet about it.

I'm not sure what "the spin-off you never knew you wanted" means though.

You?

I didn't realize he started paypal too.

Is that where most of his money comes from?

I think most of it came from Paypal.

I just am impressed with his ability to find a niche and they are all really interesting.

They don't mention his flamethrower though or boring tunnel.

The tunnel idea I like but the flamethrower - nah...

I agree.

I think the boring company could be useful for society but how is a flamethrower helpful?

Yeah.... Also, I found it interesting that an artist needs to license an image (like copyrighting) to ensure it isn't used by someone else.

I had no idea...

That makes sense.

I feel bad for the artist who never make it and are so talented.

Or they make it after they die.

I read that the Tesla Model S broke the safety testing equipment because it was so safe.

Would you buy one?

We have a Chevy Bolt which competes with Tesla.

Nice chatting with you!