Good morning!

How's your day going?

Are you interested in science like genetic engineering or the planet?

Yea I'm interested in all that.

It's fascinating life on earth may have started 4.1 billion years ago

Does it bother you about how many species are being lost of the planet or do you think it's all a part of what's gone on since the beginning?

Well it's natural for species to die off but not as fast as the current rate.

it's a shame humans have destroyed so much like 80% of natural forests

Yes, that does make me sad.

I know that the landscape has repeatedly changed but when you see all those trees down, it's depressing.

And to think that in the earth

Humans have had such a great impact in a short amount of time, if the earth's history was a 24 hour period humans would have been here for 1 min and 17 secs

Yes!

I got so excited about the trees that I didn't finish my last thought but that's exactly what I was thinking.

We've been here such a short time compared to the earth's existence!

It's funny that we now have an ambassador for extraterrestrials, in case they ever make contact with us!

That is strange.

I wonder what is happening to all the helium, earth is suppose to run out by the end of the century

That does seem weird and I've not heard of other elements disappearing.

It's not from all the balloons, I'm sure.

Early humans used tools with a lot of dexterity compared to other animals, but it just can't be all those balloons we've blown up!

It is quite fascinating how something as simple as manual dexterity and tool use has made us so successful as a species

Yes it has!

I guess our ancestors started showing modern behaviors around 50,000 years ago and started heading out of Africa to other parts of the globe.

They must have been brave or desperate for survival?

I think that humans naturally are natural explorers and as soon as the natural barriers left starting venturing out 50,000 years ago

Yes and our adaptations for long distance running, made them some of the best at hunting across great distances.

Even better than the animals.

Yea, it's crazy how human use distance running to hunt, just repeatedly chasing an animal faster than you until it dies from exhaustion

I wonder what part the fact that humans experience fear when they hear a certain sound frequency played in survival?

Maybe it's the lion's roar or lightening strikes or some other sound that spells danger?

It is possible, not only do sound frequency produce fear but most humans have an innate fear of snakes and spiders

Maybe we should have a fear of zebra fish, since 84% of the genes associated with our diseases, also have a counterpart in zebra fish!

I'm more scared of the black swallower fish, it can eat prey twice its length

Ha!

That's a good point.

I'm not sure how big they would have to grow to threaten us but let's watch out, just in case!

I heard that there is a jellyfish that lives forever, but I don't know how that can be true?

There are some species of jellyfish able to revert back to a larva stage after reaching adulthood, it's pretty cool

I've learned some interesting things today about a lot of subjects from DNA, humans, fish and more!

Yea, it was nice chatting with you, have a good day


Good morning!
How are you today?

I'm fantastic how about you?

I'm doing well myself, thanks!
Do you like to read at all?

I don't read much these days but I do on occasion.

I read somewhere that reading is a complex process is that correct?

It really is!

It takes things like sharing information, language acquistion, etc.

There is a lot going on into reading as it requires creativity and critical analysis.

Did you know starship troopers was a book before the awesome movie?

the us military recommends reading it!

I didn't know this.

I also heard that reading is a form of language processing.

That makes sense!

Are you good at speed reading when you do read?

I have tried it and I'm pretty good at it in all honesty.

I can't recall if I am or not lol.

Probably not as good as Anne Jones, who can read 4700 words per minute!

Wow!!

That is very interesting I didn't know this and I can't top that not even in my wildest dreams.

Do you know who invented both the reading and writing system for the blind?

Wasn't it a guy with the last name Braille?

I forget his first name.

Yes you got it.
It was Louis Braille.

That's right!

I bet that was a game changer!

Did you hear about the moral panic back in the 18th century in regards to reading?

No.
I have never heard of it before

People were going nuts because of people starting to read novels!

That is very nice.

Did you know that president Andrew Johnson never attend high school and he had to rely on his wife to help him learn reading and math?

I should have taken that route.
That man was president!
haha.

Yes.
Its kind of funny.
Ha Ha!
!

I think reading is an awesome thing.
I might go do it now.
I enjoyed chatting, have a great day!


Good morning.

You a fan of Katy Perry?

I think she is very well liked.

I bet she was a good singer in church as a child.

hi how are you?
i dont know  much about KP.

I knew that she was married to Russell brand but didn't know he ended the marriage via a text that is messed up.

i guess it was not a very good marriage.

maybe he was a bit freaked out by her?

i dont know much about her personality.

Yeah that's possible.

Although Russell redeemed himself when he declined to claim $22 million from Katy Perry after divorcing her.

he should have plenty of money.

and it would look terrible to just swipe her cash after such a short marriage.

Yeah I agree.

How long was the marriage?

Some unassuming 30-year-old guitarist wrote every single Katy Perry and a lot of other artists made.

I wonder who that is?

i think it was a month or something.
at least thats what i heard.
i wonder who that guitarist is too.
i guess he/she is pretty rich now.

Well that is not long at all you're right.

Katy Perry has received 11 Grammy nominations but never won, I wonder when she will?

If ever.

is she cursed, like an MLB team or something?

does she need to get the supernatural involved?

Ha ha I'm not sure!

I wonder if Katy Perry likes to read?

I think it's important because it helps with language acquisition, communication, and the sharing of ideas.

reading is great.
i bet russell reads a lot.
katy, maybe not so much.
she has to style and stuff.
do you like to read?

Yeah I agree.

Yes I like to read but not quite as fast as the world record for speeding which is 4700 words per minute!

that is astounding, but can anyone remember all of that?

the faster i read, the less i remember.

Me too I wonder how they tested her comprehension because success in the process is measured as reading comprehension.

So anybody could say they read that much but it actually understand it?

i guess they would have the gist.

details would probably get lost.

it is a good way to get familiar with a book, but not enjoy it.

True.

Back in the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.

poetry was considered the ideal art form.

people were worried that youth was becoming corrupted by novels.

Yeah I believe it.

I wonder if people worried the youth of today are being corrupted by computers LOL.

Trans humanist want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks now that is something to worry about.

yeah, that sounds like a dull existence.

what would you do all day?

who would you befriend?

would you enjoy anything?

anyway, great chat!

Yeah good question.

I don't even know what transhumanists are!

It was nice talking with you too have a lovely day!


Hello!
Are you a fan of dancing?

A little but I'm not too good, all I can do is the funky chicken and robot like Emilla Clarke did for her audition of Daenerys Targaryen

LOL  That's hilarious!

Me too I'm not good at all.

Bruce Lee was a great dancer!

That somewhat didn't surprise me since he had some good karate moves.

There was an episode of Mr Rogers where he learned to breakdance, I bet that was hillarious

I bet!

haha  Michael Jackson had a patented devide that he used to get the extreme leans in some of his dance moves.

I heard Michael Jackson didn't invent the moonwalk and the first ever recorded version was done by Bill Bailey in 1955

I never knew that.

Tupac once was a ballet dancer in high school  in the Nutcracker.

Interesting.

There are ballet slippers than can be used to make drawings from the dancer's movements

I'll have to google that and look it up.

Do you use google alot?

Yea, it's shocking how far Google has come since it was founded in 1998

Yes.

For sure.

One single search on google takes more computing power than it took to send astronauts to the moon.

That's crazy, Google's data center uses 0.01% of total worldwide electricity

I believe it.

On Aug. 16th, 2003 it went down for 5 minutes and took 40% of the internet traffic with it.

Wow, that's a lot.

Did you that g-mail use to be a free email service offered by Garfield's website?

Wow.
I didn't know that.
Interesting.
Do you like Star Wars?

Yea I like The Empire Strikes back from 1980

That entire franchise is worth over 65 billion dollars!

That's crazy and Lucas got to keep all the licensing and merchandising rights for himself

Smart man!

His wife Marcia was the reason for some major changes in the original film for which she won an academy award for editing the film.

Yea she did a great job.

Apparently James Cameron quit his trucking job and entered the movie business after seeing Star Wars

Good move!

I'm sure he is set for life!

It was nice chatting with you today!

Hope you the rest of your day is pleasurable!


Do you watch youtube?

I don't have much time unless I am looking for a particular video.

Yeah i understand, You can fine everything on there though not just music video's.

I use it to help me fix things, Car, computer exc..

I have used utube to fix stuff around the house.

My kids use it for entertainment.

I can't believe some of the stuff people post!

I know right.

There headquarters is in San Bruno California.

It was created by three paypal employee's.

Google was smart to buy them out!
With the way iphones have grown.
It was definitely a smart move@

I agree, Utube is the second largest search engine on the net and i'm sure that had something to do with it.

It is funny that Justin Bieber's "Baby is the most disliked video on utube!

Really funny!

You know netflix and utube make up half the internet traffic on the web during peak hours.

It is not surprising that netflix an utube make up over half of peak internet traffic in north america.

Yeah Utube has a partnership program, wonder what that's all about?

I have never heard of it.

I did read that there is a blutube for policemen to share videos.

Ok is it anything like cops?

The program i found out is with other media broadcasting's like hulu, & bbc.

Oh.

I am a fan of hulu and did know that you could watch videos there.I think that videos could replace albums.

What do you think?

Indeed, technology is not slowing down everything is going digital or internet.

Albums are getting to be a thing of the past.

Did you know that Linkin park's Hybrid theory is the  best selling album of this century?

I did not wow, Sad what happen to them i really liked some of there music.

I did not know that Straight outta compton reached platinum without airplay!

Now that is an achievement considering how much smaller the world is now.

did you hear about the twin rappers in Japan?

I read that.

Ha!

I am sure that it was awful but I give them credit!

Apparently there 100 years old and in 1992 put out a rap album.

Dark side of the moon is still  top selling after 40 years!

I can believe that it was best selling album of 2014, right?

I am not sure how albums will continue to be a thing.

I hope you have a nice day!

Well if the white house can keep using floppy disk they have a chance.

You too, nice chatting.

I am waiting for sign off thanks!

Ok enjoy your day!


Do you have a favorite album?

That is very difficult to answer.
Do you?
My favorite albums are maybe jazz.

Nice, my favorite album of all time was Linkin Park's hybrid theory.

Talk about a masterpiece!

I know who Linkin Park is but I am not familiar with it.

Is Linkin Park like rock/ska.

They were popular in the 90s right?

it is rock.

they were popular in the late 90s early 2000s.

They have songs like Numb and the end and many others.

Oh okay.

What do you think about artificial intelligence?

I think it is crazy and scary to see what it will come to, what about you?

Same here.

I think it can be really useful for scientific research for things that help humanity, but it many ways it can be used for bad purposes too.

Do you like learning about robots?

For sure, I like the idea of robots.

I heard Michael Jackson was building one that could do the moon walk

Hmm, did you know Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin played chess with a wooden robot?

Inside the large wooden robot was a human.

It was like to precursor to deep blue and the robot that beat the modern chess master through AI.

that is hilarious!

I never knew there was a person in it lol.

I heard the us military uses an xbox 360 controller to control one of their eod robots

Oh.

Fun fact: the curiosity rover robot on Mars, built by NASA, sings Happy Birthday to itself on its birthday.

Would be a funny video to watch on Youtube.

awwww, that would be funny.

I love watching youtube, any favorite videos?

Definitely the animal videos.

Today I watched one of a Waddell seal sleeping.

Their snores sound like electronic techno music.

For real.

It's funny.

awww that is awesome, I will have to check that out.

Do you remember when gangnam style came out?

I do.

It's a really good and funny video.

I generallly don't like K pop, but with the dance it was fun.

Do you think Justin Timberlake is a good dancer?

I don't either really, but that song was hot when it came out.

It almost broke youtube!

I haven't seen his new music video or heard any of his new music.

I liked his music around 2007 and earlier.

But I guess I'll have to check out his new robot video on Youtube.

I think Justin Timberlake is great, I will have to check out that new robot video also, it was so nice chatting with you!

Same here, have a good evening!

Thanks you too!


Hi, how are you doing tonight?
Do you use YouTube?

Yes actually I use YouTube a lot.

Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.

That make sense, considering the amount of stuff on there.

I wouldn't expect it to be that big as a search engine.

I'm sure Google is number one but I would have expected number two to be maybe Yahoo or something similar.

True.

Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube.

Do people dislike the video, or him?

I'm not sure.

It is awful but there are such horrible musical performances on YouTube that I would not expect it to be number one.

That would probably be Psy's Gangnam Style.

It got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.

Wow!

That's pretty terrible also.

Were you aware that YouTube and Netflix combined make up half the peak internet traffic in North America?

I'm not surprised.

People love Netflix.

They can get stuff there that they can't get on YouTube.

It is pretty great.Did you also know that Police have their own version of YouTube?

That's a great way to share information.

I wonder if we can get on there.

I have no idea.

It's called blutube and they share law enforcement videos.

Do you like robots?

Michael jackson planned to build a 50 foot tall moon walking robot to roam the desert sands of Vegas.

Rich people do odd things.

I find them very interesting.

Wow!

That would have been insane.

Who in the world would want to do the upkeep on that?

Better to invest in robots that can debone a chicken with surgical precision.

That would be useful.

That would be very useful.

Are you familiar with Grant Imahara from Mythbusters?

I've heard the name.
I've never seen the show.

It's a great show.

Well he actually created the robot sidekick Geoff Peterson for Craig Ferguson.

That's great!

Robots have so many practical uses.

The  military uses an Xbox 360 controller to control one of their EOD robots.

I guess troops know the Xbox controller well.

I guess so.

I think the XBox controller is the best console controller.

Did you also know that robots can be controlled using rat brains?

We will soon have  rat-robot cyborg overlords.

I guess so.

The robot even changes personality depending on which rat brain is being used!


Do you like to dance?

I try to dance, purposefully moving in choreographed sequences.

But I look more like a chicken than a serious dancer.

You?

Hilarious.
I do, but I'm a horrible dancer.
Apparently Tupac was good though.

Why didn't he do his ballet thing to rap music?

He would have been an innovator, like Michael Jackson!

yeah, I'm not sure.

He was a much better rapper though.

He also wasn't a bad actor if I remember correctly.

Well, it is said that babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.

But  why are they born with more talent than I?

I'm not sure, how can they dance, it has to be more wiggling than anything.

LOL

That described me pretty well...more wiggling than anything... Not like the graceful warrior, Bruce Lee, who was not only renown for his martial arts prowess, but he was also a championship dancer!

I can believe that, he was incredibly gifted.

Technically, those movies were seen as a kind of dance.

True!

OOne of the first music videos was Michael Jackson's Thriller, and that was drama, music, and dance!

Jackson also patented dance equipment.

Talented and innovative!

Bruce Lee could be described that way too!

I remember that, but I thought that Beat It came out first.

Did MJ get a patent?

Yeah, for some device to allow him to do those extraordinary leaning moves.

Just like some ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes each week, MJ had his dance props too!

I wonder if he was a good dancer when he was a baby?

I'll have to Google that...

Unless Google goes down again.

In 2013 when Google went down, it took down 40% of web traffic.

Woah!

That is pretty crazy, but I guess google is that big.

Do you know how they calculate maps?

I think it has something to do with tracking phone locations.

Amazing what Google can do.. You know, a single Googele search takes more computing power than it took to send the first 11 astronauts to the moon?

Now Google probably has an app for that...

I can believe it, do you think they track all phones, or just androids?

Who knows?

Google supports Androids, so they are probably tracking them.

But who really know what Google is really doing?

When Google deals with different countries that hase border disputesd, they report maps differently to each country to match country claims.

Well, I know that both of the founders were PhD students when they came up with it.

And they are partial to goats, and on occasion use them to mow the grass on the Google properties.

Can't beat that!

Interesting, no lawn mowers then?
Well, nice chatting with you.


Have you listened to Justin Timberlake's Filthy video?

Nope.

I haven't seen it.

He seems to be having an identity crisis -- trying hard to get out of the boy band genre...

I can't get through listening to that song.

The robot sounds are incredibly annoying.

You should listen to it to know what I mean.

Haha!

I believe you!

I guess at least the robot can kick a ball.

I guess it has some suggestive dance moves too.

I usually like his catchy music but this was too much.

I did not notice the suggestive dance moves the robot made!

I guess many are wondering if "Filthy" will fit with his family-inspired stuff,

Yeah, the album was supposed to be inspired by his family but the music video did not seem to reflect any of that.

Speaking of robots, the word "robotics" was coined by SF writer Isaac Asimov...

Nice!

Robots have progressed a lot since then, and they can now be controlled by using rat brains.

The personalities change depending on which brain is used.

Wow.

I've only worked with industrial ones.

They are too smart...

The "Curiosity" robot on Mars has a much higher IQ.

I love those Mars rovers.

So robots can now debone a chicken with surgical precision, huh?

I don't have any hope for mechanical jobs done by humans in the future.

You're probably right.

YouTube will still be around...

The first YouTube video was of a guy talking about elephants.

My how it's changed.

Yeah, it's the second largest search engine on the net so I believe it will be around for a while too.

Did you know YouTube started as a dating site?

Wow, I did not know that.

That's odd.

Wonder how it made the change?

I always used it for the purpose it serves now, and I'm not alone.

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

Plus there are 70 full episodes of the "Joy of Painting" on the Bob Ross channel.

Haha, I used to watch that!

I have before...

Remember when people used to refer to "albums" instead of CDs of MP3s?

Yes, and Linkin park's album is the best selling of the 21st century.

Yeah and Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero that any of their albums.

I'm having to rethink the music industry.

Would you listen to a rap album released by 100 year old Japanese twins?

I'll have to check that out.


Hello Do you watch youtube?

I do watch Youtube.

I like to listen to music through YouTube?

You?

Do you YouTube too?

LOL

lol That's what I use it for too.

I love watching concert clips on there.

Did you know it is the 2nd largest search engine on the net?

I believe it.

Google owns Youtube, so they share tech.

Youtube used to allow only 10 minute videos.

Now there are whole albums up there.

I know youtube was created by 3 former paypal employees in Feb. of 2005.

They probably got stock options that made them rich.

Then they plowed the cash into a new company.

Good for them.

lol....looks like they cashed even bigger after starting youtube.

They sold youtube to google in 2006 for $1.65 billion dollars!

That is a nice chunk of change.

I wonder what I would do with all that money.

Probably sit around all day and watch YouTube.

hahahaah that's great.

I would too.

Especially in the winter months.

Psy's Gangnam style video got so many views that youtube had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.

I guess the Koreans really liked that and watched it a lot!

I never saw it though.

lol It was addicting.

Justin Bieber's Baby is the most disliked video on youtube.

He is disliked and by extension so are his videos.

I do not need to see it.

I know I would hate it.

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

Guess people really love their videos!

We are addicted to screens.

If the internet died, what would do with ourselves?

Nothing to watch.

Nothing to fill our heads.

Sad but true.

You mentioned you like to listen to music on youtube.

Do you still listen to albums?

Yes, I do.
I am listening to an album right now.
Hint: it is not Hybrid theory

lol  I was surprised to find out that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was still of the best selling albums of 2014 more than 40 years after it was first released.

That album is a classic.
Have you tried Dark Side of Oz?

What is that?
I never heard of it?

At a certain point in the movie Wiz of Oz, start the Dark Side album.

It syncs up pretty well with the movie.

Or so I've heard.

Anyway, great chat!

Oh that is neat.
I'll have to try it!
Nice chatting with you too!


Hi, there.
How are you today?
I love movies!
Have you seen the movie Incredibles II?

I am good, I love movies too!
That is one movie I have not seen.
Is it good?

I liked it.

It's much better than many of the later Star Wars films.

Yes, I too liked the first Star Wars better.

I am interested in seeing the new Star Wars area at Hollywood Studios!

That sound great!

There are quite a lot of interesting facts about the movies.

20th Century Fox, convinced that Star Wars was going to flop, agreed to George Lucas's proposition to forgo an additional $500k directing fee in return to keep licensing and merchandising rights for himself.

Yes, I saw that.

Interesting.

I didn't know James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader but now it makes sense!

James Earl Jones spent only 2.5 hours recording all of Darth Vader's lines for Star Wars and was paid $7,500.

I bet he made a bunch more on later films.

I bet so too!
That's alot for only 2.5 hours of work.

In 2013, Star Wars was dubbed in Navajo, making it the first major film to be dubbed in a Native American language.

I bet James Earl Jones did handle the dubbing for that.

I think he did.

Hollywood studios is putting so much money into this new area at Hollywood Studios.

There is a Hotel there that will feel like you are actually living in that time.

That's great!
I'd like to visit.
It's open already?

Not yet!
yes I do too!
They are opening  a little at a time.

Do you use google much?

Yes, all the time.

Its interesting that instead of hiring someone to mow, they used goats!

lol

I wonder if the goats got stock options.

That would be b-a-a-a-d if they didn't.

Ha, ha, ha.

Good one!

One single google search uses a vast amount!

More computing power than it took to send Armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon.

Quite a change in computers!

Right, Taking 40% of web traffic n 2013 when going down for five minutes.

Five minutes.

And the web stops.

What are we going to do when YouTube goes down?

lol, I don't know.

We need more places to go to More competition!!

Great chat!

Great chat!
Thanks!

You too!


Do you know how to dance?

Yes, and I am a big fan of great dancers like justin timberlake and chris brown.

Who are some of your favorite dancers

I'm not sure I have a favorite but I have read that Bruce Lee was a great dancer and even won a cha-cha championship in Hong kong

Bruce lee was a legend he's was a very small but great fighter

Small people tend to be great dancers, Michael Jackson wasn't too tall either I don't think

James brown was an even better dancer he was old and still moving

You know who is a secret surprise dancer?

Tupac!

He studied ballet in high school.

Isn't that strange?

Actually I completely understand if you look up hardcore rapper prodigy from the new york group mob deep he not only always was getting into shoot outs and getting arrested but he also went to performing arts school and practiced ballet lots of rappers went to art schools

Ballet is an expensive dance form to get into, more so if you're a female because of the pointe shoes.

Professionals go through four pair a week on average and they are $150+ a pair!

I would imagine the stuff tupac learned in that dance school helped him when he was part of the backup dancers for the group Digital Underground.

Oh man I didn't know he was a backup dancer!

How long ago was that?

That was when he was very young before he became a rapper.

His movie did not do his story any justice i give it a 3/10.

The Notorious BIG movie was way better and it came out like in 2009.

I'd love to go back in time and watch him dance as the mouse king in the nutcracker though

You could probably find some of those old performing arts school dance videos on youtube.

He was a cultural icon

You're right I should give it a google.

I'll be there's all kinds of stuff to be found

Yes and watch a couple of the documentary's on him you see on youtube you'll learn alot.

Did you see the NWA movie Straight outta compton?

I haven't yet.

Those stories seem very interesting though, they're so far before my time I don't know much at all it seems

You'll love them the straight outta compton movie is very well made it makes you feel emotionally connected to the characters thats how rap films should be made.

Another great rap film is Get rich or die trying by 50 cent

Good to know.

50 cent isn't still making music these days is he?

Nope he isn't he's mostly involved with TV shows have you ever heard of the show Power.

He's also making a BMF show

No I haven't, I'll have to look these up

Yea you'll definitely love the backstory to their lives and understand the music alot more have a great day my friend


Hi, how new is your computer?

Did you know the space shuttles computer had a whopping 1mb of ram!

I have 16 gigs in this machine!

That's crazy, my computer is fairly new but I have no idea how many gigs it has!

I need a high performance machine for minecraft.

Well not really but did you know someone built a working computer using minecraft blocks?

That must have been so hard.

That's crazy, i'm not even sure how you would do that.

The russians made a computer that ran on water.

Now that is even more impressive then minecraft blocks.

It must not have worked well or that technology would have taken off.

Or someone bought it out so they couldn't produce them.

Who knows.

Smoking near apple computers voids the warranty.

I don't blame them for that.

I wouldn't even go into someone's house who smokes in the house.

It's disgusting.

Yeah, it really is.
Do you know how Bill nye got started?

No I don't, which is weird because I'm a big fan.

I love the work he does with The Planetary Society.

He apparently won a steve martin lookalike contest, which was his big break.

I remember watching him in school all the time.

Interesting.

I watched his show a bit, but like I said it's his recent stuff that really has me interested in him.

I should go back and watch though.

I don't think i've seen his recent stuff, but i'll have to check it out.

Ronald reagan was rejected from a movie because he didn't have "the president look".

Ronald Regan?

The Actor?

That's funny.

I wonder what they thought when he became president for real.

Probably felt pretty silly!

Caesar noted after visiting Britian that it's people used chickens for entertainment.

I wonder what they were doing with them.

Probably fighting unfortunately.

Doesn't sound very fun.

What is fun is my old NES.

I recently busted it out and the thing still works!

That's crazy!
It can only display 57 colors.
Seemed so high tech back in the day!

I think it's actually 54 colors.
8 bits of power.
I still remember "the code" for contra!

Oops!
Yeah, you're right!
It was finally discontinued in 2003!

Really?

That recently.

I would have guessed a lot earlier than that.

Even SNES was early 90s I believe.

Yeah, I would have thought so too.

I don't remember them being sold in the early 2000s.

Anyways, it's been great chatting with you!

Have a great day!
Bye

Bye!


Hello,  did you know bill nye the science guy got his break by winning a steve martin contest ?

I have heard that before, it's amazing what can get you started.

I wish I looked like someone famous, it could be the thing that makes my fortune.

lol yeah,  do you have a career in acting or tv?

Its kinda crazy what people will do to get famous though,  some people go through so much plastic surgery!

A new way to fame and fortune is competitive computer gaming, my son has been telling me this so as that I'll let him play more.

lol good be true or trickery!!

Games nowadays are so sophisticated though,  so much goes into it.

True, it's not like the old days of Nintendo with it's 54 colors, have you seen what the new games look like, Fortnite in particular.

I havent seen fortnite.

I have seen call of duty,  those games look amazing!

I have a few friends who work in the video gameing industry.

There's serious money to be made in these new gaming league.

I think colleges are starting to set up teams too.

awesome!

did you know the space shuttles general computer runs on 1mb of ram lol

That's crazy, I know the original Apollo mission ran on even less.

To think of the power of our phones, we should be able to do some amazing things.

Wow

Have you heard of the Russian computer that ran on water.

I can't picture it, I would love to see a working example.

I dont even know how radios work lol I cant imagine trying to build a computer that runs on water lol

Your friends that work in the gaming industry must be smart.

I've look a simple code for simple programs and it seem like a foreign language to me.

I know same here.

They went to a lot of schooling for it,  yeah they are pretty smart.

I keep trying to get my son to do that coding, he just wants to play the games instead.

Who knows, maybe one day he'll prove me wrong and make it big in e-sports.

lol they have specific coding courses now.

Like a 6 month course that you can enroll in.

yeah maybe he can be a play tester!

Almost all video game companies have those.

I have a friend who does that too,  works for sony.

Entertainment has moved on from the time of Caesar, when the English used chickens to entertain themselves.

lol definitely.

It seems kinda sad they would use chickens,  why couldnt they invent a game with rocks like every other normal person lol

Had you heard of this Transhumanist thing, uploading yourself to a computer.

I'd hope no one hits the off switch.

Sounds like some Black Mirror episode lol Its been fun talking to you,  thanks!


Hello, do you listen to music?

I do sometimes.
Do you have a favorite genre?

I like pop and rock.
Do you like Linkin Park?

I do like some of their songs.

Their first album "Hybrid Park" is a favorite.

It's the best-selling of this century so far

Yeah it is a great album.

And Reel Big Fish lost the rights to their music so they rerecorded their hits

That's dedication!

Their old record label probably regretted keeping the rights to the originals

That is for sure.

In Japan two identical twins released an album at the age of 100

I heard they were rappers.

Is it any good or is it just their accomplishment of a dream?

I am not sure because I have not heard their songs.

NWA were the first to release an album which reached platinum without advertising it

That's impressive, but I'm not sure if their music will be as popular as Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.

In 2014, it was a still a best-seller

Yeah that album for sure made a mark.
How about movies, do you enjoy them?

I enjoy them from time to time.
Have you seen the movie Titanic?

Yes, such a classic.

Did you know the founder of Hershey's chocolates was supposed to be on the ship originally?

I'm glad he wasn't!

What would we do without all the chocolate.

I'm glad his work intervened on that one

Yeah that was a good save.

There are actually still pictures of the iceberg that cause the ship to sink

How did those photos survive when so many people died?

Did you know it cost more to make the movie Titanic than it did to build the original ship, even including inflation

Wow, that is a lot of money.

The ship only has about 20 years left before the water destroys it

I'm surprised no one has attempted to restore it from the ocean.

Maybe it's not worth the cost.

The White Star crewmembers were considered fired as soon as it sank, but I would think that's given if you manage to survive

Yeah exactly, it was a real tragedy.

How do you feel about rap music and rap artists?

I'm not a big fan, but it does take talent to do it well.

I've never heard of anyone calling it "spitting"

I did not know that, I also did not know that it was called MCing.

Nice chatting with you


Hello, do you like entertainment?

I do, I like to dance, music, drama what about you?

Yep I do to.

Did you know back around 50BC, Britain bred chickens for entertainment and not food?

That sounds boring, I would kill myself if that was like the main source of entertainment around lol

LOL I agree.
Do you like Nintendo?

I do, I still have the old nintendo system, the one with only 54 colors.

I love Nintendo.

It was the first game system I had growing up.

Hard to believe how much technology has advanced since then.

I know right, current consoles have sick graphics and a lot more colors than the old nintendo system, I have an Xbox One and love it,

I agree.

I love my PS4.

Did you know Bill Nye got his break after winning a Steve Martin look alike contest?

I didnt know that, but thats funny they do look alike,

I agree.

Ronald Reagan was turned down for a movie role once because he didn't look like a president.

Thats ironic, he definetely showed them he was up for the part, so Reagan was an actor?

I agree.

Reagan was an actor.

He was one of the only presidents we've had who wasn't a politician.

Much like Trump.

Cant believe Trump is president, but cool fact about Reagan

Do you like computers?

I do, I am tech fan, did you hear about that computer model the Russians made back in 1936

I did not.
What was so special about it?

It ran on water, I bet that was not a good combination,

That's interesting.

I wonder how that worked out for them lol.

I  guess it didnt work that well at all, I dont think there are water computers currently in productioin.

It was good talking to you


Hi.
Do you like to listen to music.
I still collect music albums.

I do like music, though my collection mostly exists on my phone now.

Do you have a favorite album?

I've been thinking of listening to Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory again

I like Linkin Park.
I have their albums.

Hybrid Theory is one of the best selling of this century, which isn't surprising

I'm not surprised.
Did the main singer just die recently?

Yes, which is sad considering how good their music is.

Do you have the album Dark Side of the Moon?

No.

I do not.

I know that it was one of the best selling albums 40 years after it was produced.

It was best-selling as recent as 2014

It is amazing.

Apparently Reel Big Fish rerecorded all of their hits after losing the rights to their old record label.

I am surprised that they were able to do that legally.

They probably didn't have rights to the recording, but the songs themselves would have been copyrighted to the band.

At least, that's my assumption

Your assumption makes sense.

Have you heard an album called Nwa's Straight out of Compton?

Isn't that the album that reached platinum status without the aid of a tour or major airplay?

Yes.

I found it amazing because marketing seems to be needed for any album to succeed.

I wonder how much marketing the 100 year old identical twins in Japan used when they released their rap album back in 1992

If it were not in Japanese, probably I would  want to buy their album.

Definitely!
Are you a fan of rap music?

Not at all.

I was surprised to know that Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of congress.

I guess it falls under the category of "cultural significance"

I would probably like Korean rappers since their type of rap is called "compliment battle".

American rap music appears to be full of insults.

True.

Can you imagine if Eminem had become a comic book artist rather than a rapper?

Funny that he didn't pursue his true dream

He can still do it for fun since he does not need the money.

He can find a good publisher easily since he is already famous.

I've got to run.

Great chats!


hey did you know that the rapper Tupac has his music in the library of congress/

I heard about it.
Could you tell me more about it?

well I guess they deemed it of "cultural significance" I've listened to his music and I personally can't say I agree haha

I have never listened to his music.

I wonder why his music was culturally significant.

ya I don't know, do you like the rapper eminem?

I do.

I cannot listen when my grand kids are riding in my car though.

haha well I didn't know his real dream wasn't to be a rapper but he wanted to be a comic book artists

I just read about it.
He could still be one.

ya that's true, and his favorite hero was Spiderman growing up, I like Spiderman but my favorite superhero is Batman personally

I liked superman when I was younger.

With Eminem too, I guess when a judge delivered a verdict against him, she did it as a rap, which sounds like she has too much time on her hands in my opinion haha

I think the judge was being funny.
Is there a video of the judge doing it?

haha there must be one on youtube, have you ever watched a rap "diss" battle?

No.
Please tell me about it.

well it's two rappers who make fun of each other in a rap, but in korea I guess they invented "compliment battles" which ssounds like the opposite, that sounds much more positive

Many Asian cultures highly value respect.

I would prefer compliment battle.

Is diss battle mostly negative?

yes it's mostly negative, and is usually pretty mean, the hits are really good, it can be hard to watch sometimes

I saw a rapper making fun of the other rapper's mother in a competition on you tube.

Was that a diss battle?.

ya that was probably what that was, do your grandkids watch rugrats?

I guess Busta Rhymes did the voice of of the reptar wagon in the first Movie they made

No.

They watch prince and princess related movies.

have they seen the movie Titanic?

it might be too old for them, but it makes me sad that the titanic is slowly falling apart under the water and will be gone in 20 years


I have never watched much competitive video gaming, but I heard it is pretty juvenile.

Have you?

I have not watched it but I am aware of it.

I don't see the fun in watching other people play.

I do like playing myself though.

Did you happen to own an original Nintendo?

No I never did.

It was the Atari when I was growing up.

The Nintendo could only display 54 colors but that is probably more than our atari!

Oh I'm positive of it.

Japan just stopped selling the original Nintendo in 2003!

That's shocking.

Yes  Nintendos had basic computers in them but they were far better than the Space Shuttles!

Yes, I am shocked that the space shuttle's computer only has 1 MB of ram.

They should upgrade that.

I don't know if I can think of anything that runs on so little now.

Yes its pretty crazy.

But you can make a computer out of anything - the Russians made one out of water!

I wonder how that worked?

I did hear that someone built a 16 bit computer using only basic Minecraft building blocks.

That's impressive.

That is impressive.

Some people want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks to try and live forever.

I find that rather odd.

That sounds like several episodes of Black Mirror I've seen.

I heard that they call themselves Transhumanists.

Yes that is very unique.

Wonder if they would put themselves in a computer in a microwave or a remote control?

That would make for a boring afterlife!

Ha ha, yes it would.

I was also recently made aware that smoking near an Apple computer will void your warranty.

I wonder how many people know that?

I have had Apple Computers since the 1970s and never knew that!

I  played multiplayer games on them back in the early 90's - many people don't realize they existed back then

No they were definitely not used much then.

I didn't think multi-player really became a thing until the XBox but apparently the SNES and Genesis had online multiplayer.

We only had dial-up then so I wonder how well that worked?

I used dialup servers but the games were all text based back then.

Many of the modern games offer it now though like Activision and Halo 2

I know that a lot of people played Golden eye using local multi-player.

Did you know it was added last minute?

No I did not know that - neither did rare or nintendo apparently!

Well it worked out in their favor because everyone who had that game used it.

Apparently Activision has a patent on a matchmaking system designed to drive microtransactions.

And now I think much, much less of Activision.

That is pretty cool.

The very first multiplayer first person shooter used a music protocol or all things to help with networking.

That's so strange.
I wonder how that worked?

I am not sure.
We should research it!


Hello

Hi.
Do you like rap music?

Yes, I do.Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.

I didn't realize that.

I also didn't know the person who created rap was Anthony "DJ Hollywood" Holloway.

Really?

I didn't know that either.

Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014.

Very cool!

Mcdonalds payed rappers $5 for every time they referenced big macs in songs.

Haha, that's neat to hear.

I thought so.

Also, The world's fastest english language rapper, noclue, can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second!

Wow, that's wild there.Rapper tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."

Wow!

I enjoyed his rap music.

okay, the term rap is so closely associated with hip-hop music that many writers use the terms interchangeably.

Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992.

No way!

So cool!

Walmart only sells clean versions of albums and if an artist refuses to make a clean version walmart will not sell it.

Rapper busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie

Who knew?!

Thom yorke was credited with playing the "laptop" on some radiohead albums.

Here's a fun fact, the founder of hershey's milk chocolate planned to sail home on the titanic but work luckily intervened

Wow!

Amazing!The first movie about the titanic was released a month after its sinking, and starred one of its survivors

That's interesting.

The titanic is slowly being eaten away bacteria and will be gone in 15-20 years

That's sad.

The company that operated the titanic is now a part of carnival cruise lines!

AHHHHHH!!!!

Even when adjusted for inflation, the movie titanic cost more to make than the rms titanic

Incredible.

I didn't know they had more lifeboats than legally required!

Me either

Thanks for chatting!


Do you read poetry ?

Sometimes although not very often.

Me too, I don't think it was ever popular, Edgar Allen Poe was paid 9$ for his poem the Raven.

Wow really?

I do enjoy Edgar Allen Poe, I like the macbre dark tones it has.

I would think poetry would be more popular during his time period, if any time at all.

Maybe it was popular in ancient times, when playing with words could be seen as entertainment.

Nowadays, we have Disney.

This is true, Disney has been a huge influence for many movie studios.

It' considered one the the "Big Six" film studios

I was surprised of that I thought that Disney since the beginning was a big studio, with the Mickey movies.

Yea its also really interesting how they are keeping up with social reform.

Frozen was the first animated Disney film directed by a woman

It took more than 60 years !

That is not really progressive.

But they are kind of slow, Wreck-it-Ralph was started in the 80s.

They might have been afriad to be too progressive since it is such a family oriented film company.

I think they are more focused on making money, they involve the toy industry before the film production.

That could also explain why in the 70's they recycled much of their animation frames, resulting in identical scenes in some movies, cost cutting measures?

Probably, animation is a costly process, if you want to make money, you have to cut down the drawing as much as possible.

I guess so.

I don't really know that much about the animation side of things.

With Pixar being a part of the same brand.

Pixar movies are so detailed!

What would be you favorite Disney movie, including  Pixar ?

Ah!

That's a tough one but I'd have to classic Disney and choose Peter Pan, there's just something so magical about that movie.

What about you?

I like the Lion King, it has a Shakespearean feeling to it.

It was the first Disney film dubbed in Zulu.

I've read that it has connection to Shakespeare and that's interesting about the Lion King.

Is it the first dubbed ever or first dubbed in Zulu?

Disney films are dubbed in many languages, like French, since the beginning.

Lion was the first dubbed in Zulu.

Ohh!

I had no idea.

Thats good thought.

Make sure they are reaching all corners of the world!

Today, I don't think you can be one the the "Big Six" studios without the international market.

Espcially coming from a powerhouse like Disney.. Have you ever been to Disney World or Disneyland?

I have been to Disney World in Florida, never been in California.

I have been to Disney World so many times, it was a popular vacation spot for my family growing up.

I've been to Disneyland but only once and I unfortunately don't remember a bunch of details, just that it was so much smaller!


good morning how are you

Good!
You?
Do the stars fascinate you?

I do , its apparently one of the oldest natural sciences.

So i guess we have always be fascinated by stars.

Astronomy also lead to the creation of wifi!

I didnt know that!

Neither did I, and the early space shuttle had only 1 mb of ram.

Thats pretty crazy to think what they were able to do with that!

But I do want a computer than runs on water like the russians created.

Why havent we exploited that technology?

It seems so efficient.

I also did not know smoking by apple products voids the warranty

Good thing I dont smoke!

I love my apple products.

I hear that is because they think it is a bio-hazard.

I wonder why they consider it a biohazard

Maybe its their way of fighting tobacco use?

I would like to see the computer built with just blocks from minecraft.

How is that even done?!?!?

I thought that was just a video game.

It is like game inception, a game with in a game.

I may google it after this conversation

There are a group of people that want to upload their minds to computers, they are part of the Transhumanists.

it seems a strange idea

It does, I was listening to a podcast that mentioned the group when talking about the possibility of other intelligent life

it sounds like something from starship troopers, which seems weird that the military read it.

It is, they also have Enders Game on the list.

Have you read either?

No but I saw the films which I guess is not the same

Ive only read Ender's Game.
It was pretty good.
I do believe the movie did it justice.

I will have to check them out, it was nice chatting to you

Have a great day!
Thanks for the Chat!


What do you see as some of the benefits of having children homeschooled?

The biggest being the problem with bullying and all the peer pressures

I definitely agree!

I think one negative consequence of homeschooling is it does not provide easy access for a child to develop social skills with their peers.

I sort of agree with you there but there are ways to overcome that like boy/girl scouts; 4 H or sports

That could be beneficial, however, that would require a child to be interested in those fields.

Simple things like knowing how to share, follow directions, and communicate with other kids are taught in kindergarten and gets gain that experience with interacting with their peers.

They can also socialize with other kids in the neighborhood

That could also be a possibility!

I've heard about adolescents becoming homeschooled because they have intense anxiety; but I def don't think it should be for kids who just don't want to wake up early and go to school.

I think education is going to more virtual in the future as a way to save money

In what ways do you see it saving money?

Facilities would not have to be built; classrooms are remote

That is true, but it would require that children have the necessary resources for being able to be successful in the remote program (e.g., computers, books, etc.)

Computers and tablets are already saving schools and students money over textbooks

I can definetly see that occurring in your high SES schools, but low SES schools have trouble gaining access to your most basic resources.

I think the education system should focus more on enhancing their curriculum to allow kids to be successful prior to thinking about ways they can cut down on money.

Agreed but the method of delivery is important too and not all students need it delivered in a traditional setting in a classroom

What are some ways outside a traditional classroom that you think students can learn?

The virtual classroom is being used in college and in vocational settings as well so I think High Schools can do it too

Yup!

In Florida there is something called 'virtual PE' which is a pretty interesting altnerative to students taking a class in the gym.

Do you know more about it?

That is one class I have seen in a virtual setting before

From my understanding in the virtual PE class students have to record and upload videos of them doing specific exercises that they learn in their online modules.

I believe they also learn about nutrition through the course.

The VR goggles might be of benefit for those classes too

You're right!

That would definitely be very interesting.

It was nice talking to you!


Do you like watching basketball?

Yeah I definitely like watching basketball.

I like Kobe Bryant despite everything that happened to him.

Right, he was like the original accused sexual assaulter, I know he didn't do it!

Yeah no way.
I hate how it ruined his reputation.
At least he apologized.

For sure, he was my favorite player of all time, better than Lebron

Yeah I think so too.
I also loved Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
His dunk was crazy.

Me too, he was a famous Laker also like Kobe.

His dunk was banned for like 10 years in college it was so crazy

Yeah such a cool thing to brag about.

I went to Australia once, and the nearby country New Zealand, calls their team the tall blacks!

yikes, that would not fly over here!

I wonder if their supreme court has a basketball court also

Funny you should ask because they do it's called the highest court in the land!

that is an awesome name for the court lol!

They should be coaches, 39 of 50 highest paid state employees are the highest paid

Yeah they make bank!

Funny though the inventor of basketball wasn't a very good coach at the University of Kansas!

I heard he was the most losing coach in the history of Kansas!

Yep.

Believe it or not he was!

They definitely won't make a disney film about him!

I enjoy watching Disney from time to time.

Frozen was the first animated film directed by a woman.

I love disney!

it took them that long to have a woman direct?

Yeah my thoughts as well.

During the 70's if you saw similar parts in movies it's because they recycled animation frames!

I believe that, it takes so much to make a film they would need to.

I liked the lion king a lot

Yes agreed.

Speaking of the lion king, it was the first disney film to be dubbed into zulu for it's African release.

That is amazing, it makes sense, they better because it refers to Africa.

I may go watch that now that I am thinking about it, great chatting with you!

Yeah it is gonna be remade too!

Hopefully it doesn't take as long as Wreck-It-Ralph!

Nice talking with you.

Please enjoy your night.

You too!
Bye !


Hello, are you a fan of Basketball?

Hello,  I do not follow it but I watch it sometimes.

Do you follow basketball?

Yeah I'm about the same as you on that.

I was thinking about it because of Kobe Bryant's Oscar nomination.

I recently learned that the inventor of basketball is the only losing couach in kansas university lol ironic.

Yeah I head about that a while ago.

You'd think the person who invented the sport would be good at coaching it, with his advantage in knowing the rules, but I guess not.

Yeah I know right.
Weird.

It's also funny that an athlete like Bryant is good enough at acting to get nominated for an oscar.

You'd think he'd just be in the movie to sell tickets or something.

Yeah,  I never wouldve guessed.

Did you hear that in 39 of 50 states the highest paid person is the college or basketball coach,  this sport generates a lot of money!

Yeah College Basketball coaches make a lot of money!

Then again basketball brings in a lot of money to the schools so it might be worth the cost.

weird fact,  I hear the New Zealand bball team has a nick name "tall blacks"

Wow, I wonder if that name isn't so funny in New Zealand.

But hey the us Supreme court has a basketball court called "the highest court in the land".

That s awesome.

I guess they play a lot that they need their own court lol

lol at the image of a bunch of judges getting slam dunks and three pointers!

haha I automatically imagine them in their robes playing basketball lol

lol!

Another funny thing about basketball was that Kareem abdul-jabbar was so good at dunks that they banned dunks for over ten years!

Hard to imagine.

Haha probably had too much advantage.

Yeah it mush be pretty overpowered to be the only player who can dunk.

haha right.

Well we've had the creator who can't coach, a court for the judges, an athlete who can act, and an athlete who was overpowered.

Plenty of oddities in basketball.

Yup.
do you like Disney?

Ah yes Disney.

Did you know they started making Wreck-it-ralph back in the 80s?

That's one long time to make a movie lol.

yeah seriously.

That is a good movie though.

It takes a long time.

I remember it took like 13 years to come out with incredibles 2

Yeah those are both some of my favorite movies.

Just like the Lion King.

I recently found out it was the first to be dubbed in Zulu when they released it in Africa.

Thats good!

Its been fun chatting,  have a good one.


Hello, do you like basketball?

Yes!
I like basketball!

That's good.

Did you know Abdul-Jabbar's dunk was banned from college basketball for a decade?

I didn't know that.
I remember him for his hook shot.

Me too.

Naismith is the inventor of basketball and is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history.

LOL How ironic is that?

In 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.

That's pretty crazy.

The US Supreme Court has a basketball court on the top floor.

That's pretty neat!

There is a team called the "tall blacks" in New Zealand.

Yikes.

Wow....that would never fly in the US>

No.
Are you a fan of poetry?

Not too much.
What about you?

Not really.

I've read some interesting facts though.

Such as all of the Hobbit's characters names were taken out of an old Icelandic poem called "Dvergatal"

Interesting.

There is a poem when read normally is depressing, but when read backwards is inspiring.

I'm going to have to look that up.

Sounds interesting.

The javanese alphabet when recited in order forms a poem.

That's pretty cool.

Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem once.

That sounds impressive!

Edgar Allen Poe only received $9 for the publication of his poem "The Raven"

Interesting to know.

Did you know Lion King was the first Disney film to be dubbed into Zulu for its African release?

I didn't know that.

I bet the Zulu's loved that.

During the 1970's Disney recycled a lot of their animation cells, which resulted in some movies having identical scenes!

That's very interesting.

I wonder how that works having identical scenes?

They probably had to make them fast so people wouldn't notice.

lol

It was good talking to you.


So what do you think about home schooling?

I think it's great!

It's not for everyone, but it's a good option for families and students to have.

Did you know that 1.8 million students are home schooled?

Yes, I did.

That's actually a surprisingly large number if you think about it.

Did you know that most kids who are homeschooled are because of religious reasons?

Yes, two thirds.

But there are lots of good reasons for home schooling.

I think it's too bad that it gets so much bad press.

I think one of the best reasons would be for the ability to learn at your own pace as a kid.

Yes, definitely.

To be able to learn more and to be free from the negative stuff that a lot of kids deal with in schools.

Agreed, especially since most of junior high and high school was really just learning how to deal with difficult people and do pointless work.

Most of the information and skills needed for college weren't taught.

Exactly.

A lot of it is just learning your place in the social pecking order and doing boring work without learning anything.

I will say, however, there is something to be said for learning the social pecking order and dealing with boring, inane, work.

Mostly that, unless you're one of the lucky ones, you'll have a job or nine at some point in your life that's filled with jerks and are your bosses and boring inane work.

Yes, that's true.

Did you know there was widespread panic in the 18th century because novels were becoming popular?

I don't know if it was a widespread panic, I had heard there was a moral panic but I don't know how large it was.

I mean, I could have been like 100 people getting together to complain loudly and it made it into the history books, you know.

This is true.
It was a moral outcry.

I'm not really sure what was going on in the 18th century, or what was being written, to get people into a tizzy over books.

What do you think their problem was?

It was new(ish) and unregulated.

Anything could be published.

As printing became more affordable, there wasn't much oversight.

Novels had existed for a long time, but their audience had been smaller because fewer people could read and publishing involved a bigger investment.

That's eerily reminiscent of the early 90s into the 2000s with the internet.

Exactly.

Like the internet of the early 2000s when suddenly a lot more people were online, and it was a free for all.

Publishing had been like the 20th century internet - limited to people with higher incomes or higher education levels, for the most part.

I heard the speed reading record is 4700 wpm.

I wonder how that would be calculated.

That can't be for reading out loud.

Most likely they are given a set block of information to read, they read it starting and stopping a timer, and then are judge on comprehension to determine how much they actually read.

The's the weird thing about speed reading, you can skim 50% of it and still get the required information and context of most blocks of text.

Right.
I wonder how much speed readers skim.

When it comes to sighted reading, a lot.

I'm not sure about something like Braille though.

Yes, I wonder if they have Braille speed reading contests.

We have competitions for everything.

I would have to assume that we would even with a tactile reading language like Braille.

It's just something we has humans do.

Yes, I agree.
I'm going to look it up now.
Have a great day!
It's been good talking to you!


Hello, how are you doing today?

Doing alright, about to catch some neflix, it's amazing how much content they have now since they started streaming in 2007

That's great to hear!

Yea I remember when you had to order just the Dvd's from them!

Yea and since 2012 netflix has been producing its own "Netflix Original" content

Yea, I have been watching a few different ones on there recently.

I cant say I am a Bojack fan however.

Me neither, I'd rather watch something else between 9pm and 12 am but I'm sure a lot of people do since netflix takes up 33% of North America's bandwidth during those times

Yea its crazy how far it has spread, while being in the Czech Republic, Netflix or youtube is on every single bar tv there is.

That is crazy but Netflix has to be careful, they are 21.9 billion in debt

I wonder how that is, there whole moto was because the owner got a 40$ late fee on a movie so he started his own company with different ideals!

I guess netflix incurs a lot of debt for the streaming rights of movies and tv shows along with the production costs of their Netflix Originals

Yea that makes sense, do you like to fish by any chance?

I think seahorses are pretty cool, they are the only fish with a neck!

I never really thought about that.

Where I am we have lampreys, I don't know if you have ever seen one but they look like alien vampires.

No, the closest vampire fish I've see is the black swallower fish that eats prey twice its size

I assume fish just eat about anything they can fit into their mouth's!

Yea, the swallower would have no problem killing an immortal jellyfish

Did you know freshwater fish only drink through their skin while saltwater fish actually drink from their mouth?

No, I figured it would be the opposite way between fresh and salt water fish

You would think so with all the salt they would ingest!

Maybe it makes sense since the first fish were in the Salt water during the Cambrian period

It's been great chatting with you, have a nice night!

You too


hey there do you ever watch netflix?

I used to watch Netflix.
I don't watch much now.
How about you?
Do you watch?

ya I watch it for a few shows like stranger things, the first show they ever produced was called Lilyhammer apparently in 2012

I've heard good things about Stranger Things.

Haven't seen it though.

Blockbuster made a huge mistake passing up the chance to buy Netflix.

oh definitely, only 50 mil at the time now worth 2 billion, major mistake!

Now there are no more video rental shops.

The technology changed because Reed Hastings got stuck with a late fee.

ya just to think, Netflix started over a $40 late fee for Apollo 13 lol

I figure that there will be a newcomer that displaces Netflix one of these days.

ya there might be, I know that disney is making their own version, I just don't know about so many services though

Disney is a juggernaut.

They have tons of content.

Plus they probably will not spend money on postage like Netflix.

no, plus its wild that netflix and youtube take up like half of all internet traffic

People crave distraction and entertainment.

Netflix is in almost every country in the world at this point.

ya they have like 140 million subs and 60 million in the usa alone, thats nuts!

The money must roll in!

China won't ever get Netflix.

They'll try to come up with their own version.

They don't like outside interference.

ya I think you're right, but at least they probably wont do the dvd mail thing, that costs 20x more than internet bandwidth

I guess some people don't have Internet access or don't know how to use computers.

They need DVDs mailed.

ya I could see that, do you like fish at all?

I ate trout yesterday

Fish are ok. Not my first choice.
I definitely prefer it to horse.

haha me too, but I didn't know the seahorse is the only fish without a neck

The only fish with a neck.
Usually fish do not have necks.
Anyhow, thanks for the chat!

thanks and watch out for the immortal jellyfish out there


hey do you like Horses?
I do but I am allergic to them haha

Yes but i've never ridden one.

ya it's rough, but I didn't know that clint eastwood was allergic to horses like me haha

As much of a cowboy that he played you would never know it.

do you watch Netflix?

I do have netflix I love stranger things!

did you know they take up about a third of internet traffic?

They come along way i still have them and was with them since they started in 97.

Wish i had purchased some stocks back then.

ya and I bet that Blockbuster must be regretting not buying them back for only 50 million!

Yeah now that they're worth billions and blockbuster is pretty much non existent.

right that is shocking, did you hear the story of what made the founder of netflix start the business?

I think it had to do with a late fee or something like that.

what a way to get inspired.

ya he had a $40 late fee for keeping Apollo 13 too long haha

Wow i liked that movie but not that much, haha.

As of 2018 Netflix has over 137 million subscribers worldwide.

that is impressive, and about 60 million of those are in the USA alone!

also crazy they only started creating exclusive content about 7 years ago

Yeah i think Lilyhammer was the first.
I've never seen it you?

nope never even heard of it haha, I did hear that they lost a lot of subscribers the other month when they raised their prices, did you hear about that?

I did but for those of us who had been there from the beginning they didn't.

They quickly changed their tune though.

they do come out with a new movie or tv show every other week seems like.

ya it seems like it, do you know about fish?

I did eat some fish today myself haha

I like fish to eat.

never had them as pets though not even as a child.

Apparently the oldest goldfish lived 43 years.

have you ever eaten a seahorse?

I guess they are the only fish to have a neck haha, they are super small though

No Seahorse entrees for me my friend.

Apparently there is a type of fish that lives on land all its adult life.

haha that is true, I want them to do more research on the jellyfish though, we need to learn how it is immortal!


Hi are you a NBA fan?

Yes I am a Sixers fan.
Are you an NBA fan?

Im a nuggets fan myself.
Allen Iverson played for both our teams

He is one of my favorite players all time.

I was sad when we traded him but definitely rooted for him when he was on Denver.

Did you know he's still getting paid by Reebok on a lifetime contract?

I think that was a smart deal that his advisers made.

He wasn't known for saving money during his time here and this set him up for life.

Yeah 800k a year is still no joke even for a former star athlete

Especially when you have children like he does.

They have a nice safety net for future schooling and such.

How do you feel about shooting granny style?

I know that it's a very effective method but it definitely does not look cool!

Yeah it is silly looking.

But i feel like points are points regardless of how you get them

I know Rick Barry shot underhanded and I believe Pete Maravich did as well and those are two of the greatest shooters of all time.

That should be something people could look up too.

Like Tim Duncan staying in college 4 years and sacrificing money

I think he really benefited from being in school for so long, his game became nearly flawless.

It really was

I think that athletes should be allowed to enter the NBA at 18, especially after that Zion injury scare.

Yeah its not like the NFL where you just arent physically ready.

Great players have come straight from high school and done well

Yes especially when if you're not one of the elites, you need a longer career to make money.

True, most careers are very short.

And injuries ruin them easy.

I saw something about Zion getting picked 1-3 there was a difference of over 10 million by spots

I also read that if he dropped past the 16th pick in the draft that he has an 8 million dollar insurance policy.

Very smart by him and his people.

it was fun talking to you have a great day!


did you hear about the two students who rode their horse to school during no vehicles day and they were suspended?

I hadn't heard of that, but I like horses.

They're incredibly powerful, the equivalent to car engine having 14.9 HP.

Yeah I wish I could work with horses.
Or be an actor.
Like Clint Eastwood...
But then he got allergic, I don't know.

Being an actor can have lots of perks.

Robert Downey, Jr. only got paid half a million for the first Iron Man, but got 10 million for the second one.

I'd take 10 million as a consolation prize to a horse allergy!

yeah and Paul Bettany won't even watch them.

Who's Paul Bettany?

Paul Bettany is the voice for Jarvis.

Oh, funny.

Just a Rather Very Intelligent System.

I wonder if he'll watch any other super hero movie like Black Panther.

I don't know.

I know we won't be seeing Stan Lee, even though he created him.

Yeah, that is sad.

But I love that Black Panther is actually the richest superhero in that whole universe.

He's richer than Iron Man?

Tony Stark is suppose to be a rich industrialist.

Yeah, Black Panther is actually estimated to be worth $500 billion, while Tony Stark is only worth $100 billion.

Bruce Wayne is only worth $80 billion.

That is so much money.

And I just wanted to be rich like Allen Iverson.

He makes 800,000 just so they can put his name on Reboks.

I think it's 800,000 a year until he is 55, then he gets a lump sum of 32,000,000.

Pretty good deal.

Unlike the one Spencer Haywood negotiated; he chose to take $100,000 instead of a 10% stake in Nike.

Today, that would be worth over $8 billion.

Wow, crazy.

We've come a long way since Air Jordan's were banned from the NBA.

Yeah, but Michael Jordan did it anyway because Nike can afford to pay the fine.

They seem to fine everything in the NBA.

Did you know that granny style is the best way to consistently score points on the line?

LOL

Yeah, and basketball players refuse to do it because they don't want to look stupid!

yeah, speaking of looking stupid.

Did you hear that Reggie Miller, famous NBA player,  scored 40 pounts one game and tried to brag about it but his sister had scored 105 points and broke 8 national records?

That is pretty funny.

Not as dumb as win that coach was fined for saying they shouldn't play basketball on Christmas, though.

That was pretty dumb.

Yeah.

Anyway, thanks for the chat.

Hopefully we can make money like Iverson one day.

Haha.
How do you know I don't?


Hey, how are you!?

Are you a fan of the Iron Man series?

I still think the original in 2008 was my favorite.

I'm doing great thanks!

Oh yeah I love Iron Man.

I'm going to have to agree with you and say the original was the best.

It grossed over 585 million!

Out of all that money, Robert Downey Jr. only made 500k for it!

That is true but two years later he made 10 million for Iron Man two.

Making up for lost time!

Very true!

I was sad to hear about the death of the creator of Iron Man recently, Stan Lee.

Yes may he rest in peace!

Interesting though he created Iron Man because he thought no one would like him.

I bet he was happy that the first Iron Man movie was filmed without a script!

That seems right up Stan Lee's alley!

Yeah you're totally right!

The voice of Jarvis has never seen the Iron Man films!

I find that kind of weird.

That is strange!

It was really a star studded cast speaking of Jarvis.

Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, and Gwyneth Paltrow are quite a roster of stars!

Yeah I agree with you great cast!

The film had been in development since 1990 at universal pictures, 20th Century Fox, or new line Cinemas at various times and eventually marvel studios picked up the rights in 2006.

Interesting!

Aside from watching awesome movies, do you follow the NBA at all?

I like to watch once in a while!

I am still waiting for somebody to adopt a granny style shot because physicist say it's the best shooting style.

I have heard that before, but the NBA players are too embarrassed because it looks so stupid!

Yeah and physicists aren't exactly thinking about how they look when they do it!

Haha that is true.

It is amusing that in the first three years of existence the NBA was actually known as the BAA.

That just does not sound right!

Yeah I agree that does not sound right.
Well it was a long time ago in 1946!

Yup, I bet they had no idea then that they would eventually employ the highest paid athletes by average salary in the world!

Yeah agreed.

One of my favorite players was Reggie Miller, but his career was overshadowed by his sisters!

I loved Reggie.

Cheryl was a great sideline reporter for a long time too.

She was a legend!

Yeah can't believe she scored 105 points in a game breaking 8 national records.

Well it was really nice having this chat with you!

Crazy!

Thanks it was great chatting with you too.

Have a good one!


What entertainment do you enjoy?

I enjoy crossword puzzles, it like a little sets of enigmas.

I enjoy watching movies or sports

What kind of movies do you like ?

I like marvel movies like iron man

It was a successful movie it earned 585 million, but Robert Downey only made $500 000.

Did you know it was filmed without a script?

They had an idea about the story, and the dialogues were improvised, I don't think they invested 140 million in a movie 100% improvised.

what do you think about that ?

Well they probably had a general idea but made a lot of improvements.

Like how quill dropped the orb in guardians of the galaxy and happened to catch it last minute.

I saw the film but don't remember it, what was it about ?

Basically about people traveling space, walking the grey line between heroes and outlaws

Now I remember, thanks.

Superhero movies play a lot around that theme like Tony Stark who is an industrialist yet he saves the world and does not charge for it.

Did you know stan lee created iron man since he thought no one would like him?

Maybe he challenged himself to make people like a character that is unlikable on paper.

Nobody cheers for the industrialist in real life.

But now iron man is iconic and very popular

But when he was introduced, in the 60s, arms dealers/industrialist were not very popular to the young people who most of them were against the vietnam war.

Now he is very popular.

In the 60s he was designed not to be popular.

I guess while the character hasn't changed much, the social context has

Times change, like horses were considered for poor people around 1940 now they are for rich people.

Do you like horses ?

I find that they play a large role in our history, either in war or agriculture

For a long time they were our cars, tractors, fire engines.

That why firefighter had dalmatians, they are a dog breed that goes well with horses.

Indeed.
In any case, thanks for chatting.
I hope you have a great day.


Hi, how are you?
Do you like to use Facebook?

Hello, I'm good!

And yes I do like to use Facebook!

It's crazy how old it is already, it feels like it just became a thing and yet it's almost 13 years old I believe.

It has been around a long time in Internet time.

I do not use it myself.

I found it to be a distraction.

I think it can definitely have too much power.

Apparently 30% of adults in the United States use Facbook as their primary source of news, it's scary isn't it?

That is scary with all the fake news floating around.

The Russian campaign to distort perception during the elections is quite scary.

Facebook is the opposite of democracy.

Facebook can definitely be a source of PERSONAL news though, I think it's actually an aid for people discovering infidelity?

At least I know a third of divorce filings in the U.S. contained the word "Facebook".

I think that it can be a good way to catch up with your friends.

But your data will be used by companies to sell things to you.

Divorce is a problem?

I'm not surprised.

Yeah and there's so many people on facebook now it's amazing how much data they have now, there's more people on Facebook than there were people in general 200 years ago.

I believe that people now only exist if they are online.

If you are not online, then you are not a full person.

You must be connected to be human.

That concerns me.

At least Facebook is aware of social issues?

There's now somehow 58 total gender options, I wasn't even aware there was more than two!

I guess that gender fliud people are increasing and the number of gender will increase every years.

I would like my own gender.

I think each person should have a unique gender.

Definitely, I think it's awesome there's more representation!

And speaking of awesome, the "Like" button was originally supposed to be called the "Awesome" button.

Awesome?

That is just too silly a name Older people are not going to call something AWESOME.

I wouldn't.

I could like something though.

Ahah yeah that's a fair point, maybe that's why they didn't end up with that!

On a different note, are you interested in Spider-Man?

I like Spider-man.
I liked one of the movies.
The second one I think.

There's a lot!

Sometimes it's hard to remember all of them.

I think the first issue where Spider-Man appeared was all the way back in August of 1962.

Wow, that long ago.

I saw the movie where Spidey loses his powers.

And focuses on school.

He is a happy boy because he doesn't need to save people.

Ahah is that really a movie?

I've never heard of that.

I know the scene where Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man catches food on a tray is actually real!

That is great!
Tobey is a natural Spidey.
Anyway, great chat!

Hopefully one day we can be like Spider-Man too!

They are actually working on a substance to give anybody the ability to walk up walls.

I am happy just walking on the floor.
Have a good night!

Definitely, you have a good night as well!


Hi there!
Have you been to a bookstore recently?

no I have not, lets talk about Black Panther the movie, it was released in 2018 and based on a Marvel comic

Did you see it?

I did, alexis rhee who played Busan, also starred in Blade runner

Wow really?
That was a while ago too

yes that film was put out in 1982 that was a while ago now.

Interesting!

Apparently Black panther also predates the name of the political party.

interesting, at one point when Marvel tried to create their own studio they put some characters like captain american as collateral.

I didnt realize characters would be collateral!

me either, lets talk about Avengers Infinity wars next, another release in 2018, the person who voices Jarvis has not seen the movies

You would think they would be first to watch?

They made the whole movie using IMAX.

That's pretty cool.

agreed, I guess Robert Downey Jr. likes to hit food on the set and they allowed him to do it.

What did he do to the food?

he eat it I think, because there are scenes of him eating some of it which was unscripted.

That's kind funny, I did notice that too.

Always busy!

yup, Universal studies owns the rights to show some of the marvel characters east of the Mississippi

I wonder what happened to the west then?

I believe Disney has those rights now, the contract with universal was done back in the 90s

Cool.

Apparently the avengers made shawarma sales go up.

Funyn what movies can do

yes, Odin's ravens appeared in the film also, they were there when Loki and Thor where having an argument.

Nice chatting with you!


Hi there.

You a fan of fashion?

I am not a huge fan but I still enjoy picking out nice clothes!

I am 6'6.

Fashion is literally beneath me.

Nothing fashionable fits me so I gave up fashion when I was like 6'.

I am just happy if something fits me right!"

Haha that is hilarious.

I wonder if any of the Apple shirts would fit you...they made clothing back in 1886.

That might!
I know Jobs was tall!
Although he was not into fashion.

Yeah I don't know a ton about him other than what he created.

i need to watch his movie.

Pilgrim clothing was apparently colorful.

I am reading the Walter Isaacson book on him now.

They only wore black for special occasions?

Seems backwards?

yeah you're right.

There is a store in Alabama that sells stuff found in unclaimed baggage at the airport.

I wonder why rip curl makes clothes in north korea yet puts made in china on it?

Political sanctions?

Yeah I have no idea kind of mysterious.

I think it is odd how Britains call their pants trousers, it just sounds so funny to me.

It's even funnier if you say it in a british accent.

Imagine if you are a judge and sue a small dry cleaning business for loss of a pair of pants.

Seems out of touch.

Haha very out of touch.
Over 67 million too unbelievable!

Agreed.

Like Collinsville which has a law prohibiting saggy pants!

Very conservative of them!

Aladdins pants were actually modeled after MC Hammer!

Mine too!

People wear pants because they were more effective on horses than robes.

Interesting.

Now that I don't ride a horse maybe I can stop wearing pants!

The romans thought pants were barbaric.

Have you ever been to Rome?
Do you like traveling?

Never been but I love traveling.

I have actually been to Italy.

My favorite form of travel is flying out of all of them.

I am afraid to fly but it is the fastest!

Yeah.

Maybe you should try the Dutch bus that travels at 160mph.

Unless it turns into Speed!
That would be scary...

True.

Unfortunately in japan all highways are tolls!

Expensive for sure...


hey, did you know that Apple Computers had a clothing line in the 80s

no, but that is interesting.
i wonder why they discontinued it

ya, I wonder if that is worth money too?

Have you heard of the clothing line by Rip Curl?

Oh yeah the north korean brand that is made in china

ya, besides that I haven't heard of them though, I tailor my own clothes and yes I can confirm, you can see if clothes are tailored or not based on the collar gaps

that is actually pretty cool.

and greeks made asbestos clothing and it was so expensive

ya and bad for their health probably haha, did you hear about pilgrims and their clothes?

yeah I like that they stick to colorful clothes

ya the plain, black clothes were saved for special occasions apparently

yeah.

did you hear about that guy that wore 70 pieces of clothing at the airport so as not to pay for baggage?

haha that guy is a genius!

also genius is a store that sells unclaimed baggage from airports, I bet those are full of surprises!

I bet so too.
do you like trousers?

oh I do, I'm wearing some right now actually, what about you?

haha

yeah me to, they are so comfortable.

did you know women were not allowed to year pants in us senate until 1993?

haha no but that is really crazy, also I guess Romans saw pants as being primitive and a sign of a barbarian

did you know hulk has indestructible pants?

haha well he better for his transformations!

I also didn't know that Aladdins pants were modelled after Mc Hammer

yeah that is a cool fact actually.
do you travel much?

I do actually for work, I can't wait to ride that bus they're developing that moves at 160mph!

yeah I would like to try that too.

did you know there is a website of people who let you couch surf while travelling?

ah that is interesting, might save me some money, so like Airbnb but with couches?

haha


Do you like Marvel movies?

Good morning.
Yes, I do.
How about you?

I do enjoy them.

I am impressed with how they have completed so many story arcs to weave together.

I know, it's a complex universe that's been created!

I hope that in future movies they explore some of the alternate universes and time lines that end up intersecting like they do in the comics.

Me too!
Who is your favorite character?

I like captain america.

I think he is quite the character to look up to.

Although I love what they did with the Black Panther character in the origin film.

Yeah, Black Panther is my favorite,  Did you know he's the richest Superhero?

Really?

I would have thought that would be Tony Stark!

No, Ironman only has $100 million and even Batman only had $80 Billion.

Huh..I suppose though when you have a shrouded country with all that tech and mines for one of the rarest metals on earth you amass quite the fortune.

How true.

On a side note, do you use the internet alot?

i do quite a bit for work.

I teach and work online so that leads to hours on the net.

What about you?

I also stay on it alot for work.

I understand all the constant clicking can cause real addiction that can be measured in the brain.

I could totally see that.

Look at people with online gaming.

It is an addiction that rivals drug use.

There is a tiny release of dopamine each time you win so that makes you crave the bigger and bigger release.

It's easy to get hooked, for sure.

I read somewhere that the current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet, in case it burns down.

I think that is an excellent use of the net.

Think of all the history that could have been saved if only we had a way to preserve it like that years ago.

We'd be far more advanced than what we are now.

No doubt about that.

I think we are in danger with the internet though because people don't interact in person as much anymore and there is something to be said about face to face conversation.

I agree with you about that.

Today's youth are clueless on how to interact face to face.

So true.

If it isn't chatting online they are buried in their phones while holding actual conversations.

People hardly look up anymore just constant scrolling.


Hey there, do you like animals?

I like animals and spider man all in the same show.

Ohh that sounds interesting.

Do you know how many individual animals are there on Earth?

I would think there are a lot of animals on earth.

6.02 times 10 to the 23rd power?

I know that spider man appeared in a circus with some camels.

It was a wild show.

Wow that is one too many zeroes for me.

Do you know why there is a hyphen in the name of Spider-man?

Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man wanted to differentiate from Superman.

Because the two are alike.

I know that when a camel decides not to give rides any more it bucks.

Did not know that about camels, smart of them.

Did you know SOny had a chance to buy almost all MArvel characters and only bought Spider-man?

It is kind of funny to think that 25 Million for a library of characters is cheap.

Buying only spidy was a error on SOnys part.

Should animals have rights like in germany?

Yes most definitely, I would love to see that law here as well.

Do you know why we still have huccups?

Hiccups are an evolutionary trait tied to unfriending 10 people on face book to get a free whopper.

I think animal rights would increase the cost of whoppers.

I wonder how that came about with Burger King.

Do you know why Facebook is blue?

I believe that the creator of Facebook is color blind.

So, he tends to not use the colors he can not see.

Facebook is worth 104 billion dollars.

Nearly the 1/16 th the number of animals on the planet.

That is insane Too bad for Myspace who had the chance to buy it and passed on it for $75 million

Hard to believe a simple registry of name, occupation, schools attended and so on would be worth so much.

It must be the advertising and cookies.

I am sure that is it.

Iceland seem to like it so much though, that they are using it to get feedback from people and rewrite the constitution

Good for the Icelanders.

I wonder if there will be a new super hero who uses Mark Zuckerburg as a mentor.

He would be called the Anti - Privacy man.

He would sell your data faster than a speeding millionaire.

Hahhaha that is funny.

Did you know in Germany, in a state actually of it the like button is illegal?

It does not make sense why the like button is illegal in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Could it be that Germans have no sense of humor?

I do not know and then it is only that state, strange a bit but they must have their reasons for it.

Do you know who was the voice of madame web in the 1994 spider-man series?

I have no idea who the voice of madame web was.

I be the person was in the broadway musical "spider-man:turn off the dark"

It was the wife of Stan Lee, Joan B. Lee.

What a team.

Nice chatting with you


Did You hear that Loch Ness monster is a protected spices ?

I did not, can you tell me more about it?

That's all I heard, I wonder what do You think :) does that makes sense ?

It sounds kind of crazy, as crazy as a camel at the circus injuring 6 children

What ?
When and where was that ?

It was in Pittsburg, they became startled and stampeded children

I hope nobody died...

They need to take more precautions when it comes to bigger animals like that...

They were just injured, it was on sep 16 by the way.

You asked when earlier.

oh ok - when was the last time You were in circus ?

Do You like events like that ?

I have not been to the circus in a long time.

I guess they are ok, I like the look at the animals more than the performances.

I agree, but ever since I remember - I didn't like circus... plus, I don't think the animals are happy there...

I agree with that.
What do you think of Facebook?

I created the account two years ago and I'm addicted since ;) You ?

I have had facebook forever, good way to keep up with friends and family.

I agree...

I've found many friends from my childhood that I've lost contact with... plus they got a messenger app that You can use for free :)

Yes, its amazing to see how that company has taken off

true and they keep expanding... they added "marketplace" and it's competitive to ebay and now I've heard they will add a dating app soon

wow thats exciting, amazing what one idea can bring you

As long as You're doing it right and it seems like they know how to conquer the internet ;)

True.
Do you like comic books?

I used to love them !

I still do but I don't read as much, You ?

Yes I do.
What are your thoughts on Spider Man?

That's my second favorite :) Batman was my guy :) but sure...

I love Mary Jane in spiderman ;)

I tend to like Gwen Stacy more

Who is that ?
:)

She is in the newer spiderman films with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone

...but is Gwen Stacy a character or an actress ?

Sorry, not familiar with that one...

She is a character


Do you like animals?

Oh yes.
I love animals!
All 20 quintillion of them!
Ha!
How about you?

I definitely do not like the insects, but the others are okay.

Germany is the first country in the world to give all animals constitutionally guaranteed rights.

Really?

Hopefully other countries catch on and do the same.

I mean, even in Scotland, the Lochness Monster is considered a protected species under their protection of animals act!

So people really believe in Nelly, I suppose.

Supposedly hiccups are from early evolution when land animals had gills and lungs.

Wow!

That would make sense, I suppose.

I may have to post that one on Facebook as I'm sure a lot of others don't know that.

Speaking of Germany and Facebook, there's actually a state on Germany where the like button is ilegal.

Can you believe that?

Huh, I wonder why!

On the other hand, Iceland must adore Facebook.

They are rewriting the constituion via Facebook, letting the public make suggestions and changes.

Is that so?

Wonder how those laws would be if MySpace had purchased Facebook in 2005 for $75 million.

Oh, I bet they regret that!

Right!

When I was switching from My Space to Facebook, I thought it was so boring!

I always wondered why it was primarily blue.

Apparently that is due to Mark Zuckerburg's red green colorblindness.

Same here.

I still think it's boring compared to MySpace at least.

Did you hear Burger King once ran a promotion offering a free Whopper if you unfriended 10 people on Facebook?

Weird!

Ha, I should use that promotion as I feel I spend too much time looking through friends' posts!

Same here as I do love Whoppers more than I love Facebook.

Crazy they make most of their revenue from advertisements that appear on screen.

Do you ever watch trailers on Facebook?

I believe I saw one for some superhero movie, was it Spiderman?

Oh, sorry, Spider-man.

Spider-man has a hyphen so as not to get confused with Superman, as according to Stan Lee.

Ha!

Never watched any of the Facebook trailers, but Spider-Man is one of my favorite superheroes.

I also love his villains - namely Venom and Doctor Octopus!

Cap'n crunch's arch rivals are in the marvel universe.

They have fought Spiderman.

Wait, is this the same guy as the cereal?

I am confused.

Ha!

I suppose so!

That is weird, isn't it?

Almost as weird as Sony only purchasing the rights to Spider-Man for $10 million thinking audiences would only care about him instead of other characters.

Yeah, how wrong were they.

Have you heard of the Broadway musical Spider-man: Turn off the Dark?

Wasn't it the most expensive Broadway production in history?

Something to the tune of $75 million?

Yeah, music and lyrics were written by U2's Bono.

The reason it shut down is no one wanted to insure them anymore.

Haha.

Ha!

I don't blame them.

That is an insane amount.

Crazy to think Spider-Man went from a comic book anthology in August of 1962 to the most expense Broadway production in history!

I wish I could have seen it on Broadway!


Do you like animals?

I love animals!
You?

Most of them i can do without snakes.

there are over 20 quintillion individual animals on earth.

Snakes are just so misunderstood.
Most of them are pretty nice.

Yeah ok,lol!

Someone told me that domesticated animals develop a white patch on the forehead.

Hmm  That is interesting.

I wonder if in generations of domesticated animals that has been a thing?

Like modern day cats, been domesticated for years, will they still have it?

Apparently germany was the first country to give animals constitutional rights.

That is really neat.

Did you know hiccups area holdover from when animals used to have gills and lungs?

I heard that, not sure i can get with that.

there are over 1.5 M living animals species.

Hiccups are a spasm of the diaphram muscle, why it starts to spasm, I dont know.

Well apparently like you said it's from when we were animals and fish.

Did you know the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species?

No protected from what?

How's protecting have the world doesn't even believe it exist?

I dont know, I guess if you think you find it you cant kill it?

I listened to a podcast about it and the Yeti and the real reasons behind them.

It was really neat.

That' cool!
Do you use Facebook?

I do, probably a bit too much.

When they went public they were worth 104 Billion.

And to think Myspace didnt jump at the chance to buy when they offered in 2005

Yeah i know they could have obtained it for a steal, only 70 million at the time.

Did you hear about the Burger King promotion?

For the whooper for a penny, if you downloaded the app at McDonalds?

Well, that one too.

But the if you unfriend 10 people you get a free whopper.

Sounds like they're haters.
Do you know why facebook is blue?

I think it is because Zuckerburg has red-green color blindness.

That makes sense.

There's a place in Germany where the like button is illegal.

I heard about that.
I wonder how that works?
If I go there will mine not work?

Good question, but remember it's germany- some one's probably watching you there, lol.

Just kidding.

Apparently Iceland is rewriting their constitution!

I thought it was Russia that was always watching... lol  That is cool Iceland is letting people have feedback via facebook

Yeah i'm torn between this it's either a really good idea or a really bad one.

Hard to believe FB has only been around since 2004.

As long as it is just input and suggestions I think it might be safe, anything else, nope.

I got facebook in college when they just rolled it out for Universities.

That must have been cool, nice chatting with you.