Hello!
Do you buy many things from Amazon?

I hate to admit but I do.
I love Amazon.
How about yourself?

I do too.

I didn't realize they owned IMDB as well.

They've certainly branched out from just an online book store.

They're into everything now.

I heard they even want to get into the healthcare industry.

That will be interesting to see.

I wish I was the first person to buy from them.

The first customer has a building named after him.

I wish I was the first person to buy Amazon stock.

I'd be doing much better today lol.

You and me both haha.

I wouldn't want to work for them though.

Their warehouse workers walk between 7-15 miles a day!

I think their name came from Jeff Bezos just wanting to be at the beginning of the Alphabet on stock tickers.

But it is cool how the arrow goes from the a to z so it's like they have everything from A to Z.

He is one smart man!

The internet helps too.

There is even 3g on Mount Everest if you want to order something!

I find that hard to believe that my phone would work on Mount Everest but they do even have internet on the International Space Station.

I can't even comprehend how that's possible.

Yes those astronauts have been reception than most of us.

I stay away though because the internet can cause a real addiction.

It can be.

I blame social media for that though ore than the internet.

The internet is a necessity now.

In Finland everyone has the right to an internet connection.

It should be a right for everybody.

I can't believe 7 percent of people read the buyer's terms and conditions.

I would have guess nobody did that.

The buyer's terms and conditions for internet service?

products and services as well.

I know I always just scroll to the bottom and sign or click ok haha.

Yeah same.

I mean even if there's something objectionable in there are you going to not use a common app or service because of it?

Probably not.

I wonder what Amazon's agreements really say.

That is how they were able to probably contract with the post office.

Do you watch any shows on Amazon Prime?

I've seen Jack Ryan so far how about you?

I like Bosch a lot.

There based off of books that are pretty good.

And I also like Man in the High Castle.

Both are quality shows in my opinion.

I'll have to look into those shows.
Have a good one!

Nice chatting with you.
Take care!


How's it going, do yo like guitar.

It's pretty challenging fretting the 6 strings on them

Yeah I never quite got the hang of playing the guitar.

Brian May has an interesting way of playing the guitar, with an English sixpence.

That's interesting, I heard Brain May has a PhD in astrophysics

Yeah I wonder if that ever came in handy for him.

Maybe.

Did you know Matthew Bellamy holds the world record for most guitar smashed on a tour.

I would like to set that record

Haha, I think if I had a guitar I would try to cherish it though smashing guitars does seem stress relieving.

Well at least that was intentional.

Eddie Van Halen set the studio speakers on fire when he recorded the guitar solo for "beat it"

Lighing speakers on fire sounds like it would be stress relieving too

Haha true.

I tried to look up if it was intentional or unintentional and seem to be getting conflicting stories.

Well Pink Floyd's guitarist intentionally turned a houseboat into a floating recording studio

Nice!
Seems like that would be calming.
Do you like rap music?

Yea, I like Nwa's straight outta compton, it was the first album to go platninum without airplay or major touring

That is amazing considering it was before the internet!

Two identical 100 year old twins from Japan released a rap album.

I think that's awesome.

Lol, that's pretty funny.

Did you know Reel Big Fish re-recorded their best of album because they lost the right to their old record label?

Wow, that is pretty smart.

Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best selling 21st century album.

Do you like them?

Yea, Hybrid Theory was a good album but I didn't know it was the best selling in the 21st century

Dark Side of the Moon has still been one of the best selling in recent years though it was released over 40 years ago.

Yea, I stream that album on the internet all the time.

Did you now clicking too many links can cause addiction?

I think I might have that addiction!

Well don't click on the hamburger button on apps and websites

Ah, the 3 horizontal line menu.

I never knew it was called that!

Well luckily even when I decide to climb Mt.

Everest I can get cell service up there.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


How many strings guitar have?

Six

What is an album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc

what is best-selling albums of 2014?

the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014

What is called  hamburger button?

The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.

How many people read the full terms when buying a product or service

7% people do read

Who is guitarist for queen?

Brian may

Where aved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down?

The current library of alexandria.

What service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt.

everest?

3G cell service

Who released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992?

Two identical twins from japan.

Nice to talk with you.

Me to..

Bye


Hey, do you like Toys R Us?

It was fun as a kid.
A magic kingdom:)

It's depressing it's going down.
I guess it didn't plan well.

Yeah, too much competition with online stores like amazon

It was its leveraged buyout that made the problem  Also, the financial crises that ensues which they didn't foresee.

Too bad.

Yes, sad.

Do you remember when amazon started out and they only sold books?

Yeah, they have grown so much since then!

You can buy almost anything and get it shipped on Sunday by USPS!

Amazon even owns Imdb.

It is the largest internet retailer in the world now.

Did not know about IMDB, but easy to believe they are largest internet retailer.

I guess Toys R Us would still be around if it didn't get into a leveraged buyout.

It learned its lesson I guess.

Do you read the Bible?

Too bad for Toys r us, and yes I read the bible.

That's good.

You should probably take what it says with a grain of salt.

That's what Thomas Jefferson did.

He cut out the parts that contained miracles.

Yeah, made his own version.
Best selling book of all time

Best selling and yet it is filled with such speculation as to its meaning.

yes, definitely most influential book too

There is not a consensus about what is canonical in the Bible.

For a text that is so holy I would not expect there to be such disagreement.

true, only 2 presidents that did not swear in with the bible, roosevelt & jq adams

For those actions they are good role models.

Free thinking and nonconformity are admirable.

yeah, the bible has truly shaped our culture

Yeah.
Well it was a nice chat.
Have a good day!4

u 2

Bye!


Good evening.

I was driving around recently and went by a store my kids used to love Toys R Us, but it was going out of business.

I remember shopping there.
It really was a magic place.

They really seemed to corner this specific market and kids will always want toys.

Do you know why they are having financial troubles?

My guess is Internet competition, plus bad handling of finances.

Too much debt.

Come to think of it, with our Amazon Prime membership and free shipping, we make most of our purchases online.

It's like Toys R Us just missed out on that.

The Big Box stores weren't ready for the Internet.

Amazon has changed the way people shop.

In fact, the US postal service has a contract with Amazon to deliver on Sunday.

I'm amazed.

Wow.

Amazon is doing well for itself that is for sure.

I didn't even realize that they owned IMDB until recently.

I've heard that they treat customers well, but the employees, not so well.

Warehouse workers walk 7 and 15 miles  daily.

Probably tough on the older workers.

Maybe that is a good thing though?
Keep them fit and healthy?

I suppose, but I wonder how often people get injured.

It's good to move around, but at what point does fatigue become a problem?

That is a fair point.

It keeps them off the internet at least and it's addictive qualities.

Even clicking links can lead to measurable addiction!

You can't escape your addiction at the top of Everest even.

There is 3g cell service and Internet capabilities up there!

Wow!

Not that I will make it up there, but I guess I can post a selfie if I do!

I could title it "was this as high as the Tower of Babel" for those in my bible study, lol.

I think it’s interesting that Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the Bible, cutting out the miracles and the resurrection.

I guess he wanted to understand the morality of the New Testament.

That is interesting, though he presumably used a normal one at his swearing in because only Teddy Roosevelt and John Qunicy Adams didn't use one.

Interesting.

I guess they didn't want church and state together.

Prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for US students to read the Bible as part of their elementary education.

I assume both men got such education.

So many of those presidents were so well educated.

I wouldn't be surprised if they could read the Bible in Hebrew or even Greek!

The only president with a PhD was Woodrow Wilson.

I wonder how many other presidents got advanced education.

I think a lot of the earlier ones definitely did even if they didn't pursue a doctorate.

Part of it might be that they were lawyers and not as much educators?

I think they should know language.

Knowledge of ancient languages would be especially helpful with the Bible.

An apple only became known as such when the Bible was translated into Latin in the 4th century, because "malus" means both apple and evil

Really interesting that it took the Latin translation because it is seems like common knowledge now that it was an apple.

Though I think a lot of translations now just call it fruit.

That's a safer translation.
Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!
Enjoy your Bible study!


Did you ever shop at the store Toys R Us?

Yes, but it's been quite a long time.
I didn't realize they were going under.

It's very sad.

I remember going to that store a lot in the 80s when I was a kid, a lot of toy companies are going down though, like Hasbros stock is down 2%

I think it's a sign of the times.
More and more people are buying online.

Yes I guess that toys are still selling, it's just that Toys R Us had bad planning and also some bad luck

It seems like a lot of business face that at some point.

They just can't adapt.

Look at Sears.

The upstairs is definitely not doing well.

I think a lot of them lost business to Amazon though, do you ever shop at Amazon

I love shopping at Amazon.

It's amazing that Amazon was founded back in 1994, was there even and internet back then?

Well yes, but it sure wasn't like it is today.

I understand Jeff Bezos is the wealthiest person now.

Yes he definitely is.

He even built a clock into a mountain, it's supposed to last 10000 years but I don't know why you did that

I guess when you have more money than you could ever spend you do strange things.

What state is it in?

I'm not sure what state it is, but  Bezos does lots of weird stuff, for instance the first person to buy a product on Amazon spent $28 and now has a building named after them

I guess that's kind of like saving the first dollar bill you ever made.

The first thing I can remember about Amazon was them selling books, and suddenly everything.

Yep I remember that.

I also like how the United States post office has a special contract with Amazon because it allows them to deliver on Sundays

I'm sure that has helped Amazon a lot.

I can't believe how quickly things I order get to me.

But somehow that contract doesn't really seem fair.

I get that part of it.

It also doesn't seem fair that Amazon workers can walk up to 15 miles a day, that's a lot of exercise but that's also exhausting

That is a lot of walking.

But I have worked in hospitals where I probably walked that much.

You can get used to almost anything if you have to.

Yes that's true.

Do you ever watch movies by the way?

I never knew that Amazon actually owned imdb.com, they have since 1998

I watch some but not that much.

I didn't know they owned imdb.com.

I'm sure we would be amazed if we saw the whole list of what they own.

Yes I think you're right.

Maybe one day they'll only entire internet?

How often do you use the internet by the way?

I use the internet every day.

Thanks for the conversation, but I've got to go.

Have a good evening.


Hey there do you know how to play the guitar?

Or any other instruments for that matter

Hello there, I can play the guitar a little bit, how about you?

I can't play the guitar but I can definitely play the piano.

I wish I could be like the guitarist for Queen and use a coin as a pic though haha

That is awesome, I would love to be able to play the piano.

And that is also pretty cool.

Yep the piano is fun.

And I don't think it's as hard as learning the guitar.

Guitar definitely hurts your fingers when you play haha.

Yeah it does, and I think the piano is pretty hard but I never gave it a real good go at it.

Yeah you should try it again.

It's not that bad.

The guitarist of Queen also has a PHD in astrophysics, how would you know that haha

That is pretty impressive, are you a fan of Pink Floyd?

I do, I really love Pink Floyd.

What about you?

I know that the Dark Side of the Moon album is still a best-selling album even today

Yeah I like them but only their first album really, and yeah I heard that, that is pretty solid.

That is very solid.

That's funny cuz their first album is my least favorite haha.

But it's all good haha.

Do you like Linkin Park at all?

Yeah thats usually how it goes, its because they are a totally different band without Syd.

And not really, but I heard one of their albums was tops of the 21st century, do you know which one?

Yes it's Hybrid Theory, it's the best selling album of the 21st century so far, we'll have to see if that holds true for the rest of the century

We will see I am curious what album it will be, probably one that hasn't been released yet.

Yep that's what I'm thinking.

I don't think Linkin Park is going to hold it down for the whole Century haha.

Do you like Reel Big Fish by the way

No I don't but didn't they lose the rights to their old record label or something?

Yep they did.

And then they just re-recorded all the songs LOL that's very genius actually

Yeah that is pretty smart.

Did you know identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100?

Yes I want to listen to that album!

It was released back in 1992, I wish I had an identical twin LOL what about you

Yeah I wonder what that one sounds like to be honest.

And that would be a totally different life.

Haha it would.

Think about all the trouble you could get into and out lol how often do you use the internet by the way?


Did you find the first part of this kinda hard to read?

I thought it was somewhat emotionally upsetting.

I concur.

Shooting at innocent children is the worst crime ever

Yeah I can't imagine what it would be like to be in that situation.

I turned off my TV set when I saw these incidents because I could bear to watch them

Yeah that's kinda how I am with the news on TV it always seems to be negative stuff like what's mentioned in this article.

By any chance, you watch a lot of TV

Yeah mostly Netflix not much public channels, do you watch TV much?

I used to but not now because I am quite busy.

By any chance do you know the 70's show was remade verbatim in the UK

No I did not know that did you know that star wars is the most successful film merchandising franchise

I knew they was a big success but not this success

yeah absolutely, have you ever played xbox?

Yes, I play it a lot in my free time, you?

yes absolutely what game do you like to play

football fantasy, auto thef and the likes.

YOu?

fortnite, overwatch and halo

Ohh, they are good games

yeah i like them a lot did you know the army use xbox 360 controllers to fly uav spy planes

Do you know that there are controllers created for quadrilpegics so that they are able to play xbox 360 and other consoles

no i did not that is pretty fascinating

did you know that the army use xbox 360 controller to fly uav spy plane

yes i did know that


Hi, do you want to talk about television, Star Wars, or XBox?

How about television?

Ok. Television is a medium used for transmitting moving images in two or three dimensions and sound.

The term can refer to a television set, a television program, or the medium of television transmission.

Or, of course, just TV for short.

I hear the English call it the tele lol.

Yes, or telly.

Yes, I used to watch more TV than I do now but I've put my time in.

Did you ever watch Pokemon?

I cut mine but I still stream.

I have seen a couple of Pokemon episodes out of the 750.

Yes, back in the early day, I used to watch That 70's Show all the time.

I heard that they made a remake of in the UK and called it "Days Like These" but it was cancelled after only 10 episodes.

Serves them right for copying a tele show haha.

It might have lost something along the way but who knows?

Another show I watched years ago was Thomas the Tank Engine.

It had an all-star cast of voices like Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin.

Were any of those shows in monochrome or black and white?

I never saw any Thomas shows in black and white although there could have been some that I didn't know about.

Are you a Star Wars fan?

I love Star Wars, that epic space opera franchise created by George Lucas and centered around a film series from a 1977 movie.

Oh yes.

I used to work right near Lucas Studios!

That is more than a franchise, it is a cult!

I can only imagine.

Did you know that James Earl Jones spent only  2.5 hours recording all of Darth Vadar's lines for Star Wars and was paid $7,500?

Wow, Personal Fun Fact.

George Lucas used to go to work with his Laborador as his sidekick so he make Chewbaca from his dog.

I had a black Lab and named him Wookie before I knew that!

That is too funny and awesome!

Did you know that in 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at US$65 Billion and it is currently the fifth highest grossing media franchise?

So like you said, it's achieved cult-like status.

Even going so far as to dub it in Navajo!

Yes, I heard that makes Star Wars the first major film to be dubbed in a native American language.

20th Century Fox thought it was going to flop...how crazy

Yes, and that decision made George Lucas a billionaire and cost Fox billions as well.

What a mistake that was.

I am sure George's wife Maria is happy about that!

No doubt, nice chatting with you.


Have you ever watched Youtube?

Yes, I enjoy Youtube.
Lots of shows and music there.
How about you?

yeah, I watch it.

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

I shouldn't be surprised.

I guess Google's is the largest, and people search Youtube for all kinds of videos.

Yeah, I'm not sure who is the largest.

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

Netflix is a monster.

It is going to grow and grow, even when the economy is bad.

Probably about 1/3 of the Internet traffic in the evening is Netflix.

I can believe that, although I actually don't have Netflix.

I just don't watch much tv.

That's good.
You probably shouldn't.
I know that Netflix has good shows.
Youtube is also a distraction.

Yeah, sometimes I like to go outside and look at birds.

Did you know some birds fly from Alaska to mexico without sleeping?

How is that possible?
They must half-sleep in the air.

I'm not sure, maybe they are on autopilot!

I guess they must be.

The hummingbird is a bit of thief, stealing webs from spiders to build nests.

Yeah, they also can buzz right by your ear if you aren't careful.

I would like to see the birds in Australia that can imitate sounds.

Yeah, that would be cool.
Aren't they called Parrots?

I don't know if it is a parrot.

Oz has a lot of weird creatures.

Other species might be able to do mimicry.

I've never been, but I think Kangroos are pretty odd.

I've never been to Australia, but it sounds like fun.

Do you have a cell phone?

I have an Iphone.

I hear it has more computing power than a nuclear ICBM deterrent!

Computing power doubles every couple of years, so I'm not surprised.

Did you ever use a rotary phone?

Yeah, that is Moore's law.

I'm not that surprised by this either to be honest.

Well nice chatting with you!


Did You hear ?

There are cat cafes in japan and taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!

I actually saw something like on one of my favorite TV shows, Girls.

I guess that is one way to get your pet fix in!

Really ?
Did it look cool ?

It basically looked like a daycare for cats only that served coffee and tea.

It looked cute.

...but did all the cats got along with each other ?

No cat fights ?

I'm not sure.

I bet there had to be cat fights, because the cats were all walking around.

Did you know that the house cat is the number one predatory animal?

I'm not sure what that means...  house cat is a house cat ;) he stays at home and licks himself ;)

I guess they are considered predators because they hunt other animals like mice and other vermin.

Maybe their natural instinct is the reason there has not been a cat species extinction in 10,000 years.

...wow... not in my house... once I had a mouse and my cat just looked at it with boring sight... he didn't even move... lazy :)

My little dogs even caught a rabbit outside.

I was shocked, because they aren't much bigger than a rabbit themselves.

what ?
what breed of a dog You have :)

One is a rat terrier and one is a pomchi.

They are only lazy when they choose to be.

I guess there are over 86,000 ER visits a year from people tripping over their cat or their dog.

Tripping?

I have three dogs and I find it hard to believe.

I found that number to be a little high, too.

I do accidentally trip over my dogs, because they are often underfoot.

But, I also used to work for an emergency department, and I don't remember too many "tripped over dog" chief complaints.

naah, it's sounds made up.

My chocolate English lab is in the same color as my floor, but I've never actually tripped over him...

I kicked him couple of times by accident, but nothing more ;)

Do you apologize to your dog when you accidentally trip over him?

I do.

I even find myself saying "excuse me" sometimes to my dogs!

LOL!

Of course !

I always say "sorry buddy, I didn't see You there" and I really think he understands :)

Me too.

He doesn't say sorry to me, though, when he tries to push me out of bed at night.

My other little dog hugs my arm while I am sleeping.

lol, that's awesome ;) I have two Polish Tatra Sheepdogs and when they are on my bad there is no more room for me !

lol :)

Our dogs lay between my spouse and I.

They are our buffer zone.

My husband used to wake up being mad at me, but now he can't be made because they are so sweetly laying there.

lol :) my dogs actually get off the bed by themselves because they are getting to warm and they love the cold :) lucky me !

That's nice.

One of our little dogs likes to lay under the blankets.

Then, he wakes up in the middle of the night, all freaked out because he doesn't know where he is.

I have to pick him up and hug him to calm him down.

I think it's part of his plan!

It definitely is !
They are smarter than they seem !
;) look out for that one ;)

Yes, he is a smarty pants!
I hope you have a great weekend!


What do you think of Youtube?

It is a nice place to browse cute animal videos

Did you know it is the second largest search engine?

I never really thought of youtube as a search engine before, but that makes sense

Me either to be honest.

Did you know Police have their own version called bluetube?

What do they post on it

They post law enforcement vidoes.

I guess that makes sense

Do you like birds?

I do.
Why?

Apparently hummingbirds steal spiderwebs, do you know why?

Probably to build something?

They are building their nests.

Aw their small thimble like nests

Did you know that bird's bones are hallow?

In order for them to be light weight and fly right

This is true, did you know some birds fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping?

How many days or weeks is that?

I'm not sure.
Probably a couple of weeks, right?

That is amazing.
i wonder how they stay away so long

I'm not sure, you mean awake?


Hi!

Are you a fan of cats, by chance?

I think it's hilarious that by the time a cat hits 15 years old, its spent nearly 10 years sleeping!

I'm not a big cat fan myself, but I believe that about sleeping.

I find it pretty funny how crazy some people can be about cats.

Did you know that there are cat cafe's in Japan and Taiwan where people pay by the hour to play with cats?

I wonder what that's like?

I'm surprised it's even legal.

Ha!

Something else that surprises me is the cat seen in the opening scene of Godfather 1 was actually a stray cat they found on the set.

It's cool he got a cameo!

Ha!

Nothing like a cat walk to draw attention to himself, LOL.

There is even a cat mayor in Talkeetna, Alaska.

That's hilarious!

Imagine explaining that one to visitors.

Ha!

Did you ever hear about the physicist who published his cat as coauthor just so he could write in first person plural without getting criticized for it?

People really reach for unique methods to solve problems.

Take Radio for instance.

Using radio waves to carry information was definitely a unique idea to explore.

You are right about that.

Speaking of radios, I like to break out the old AM radio and listen to those Jupiter radio storms every now and again!

It is truly fascinating!

It is cool.

Even radios bring out the unique.

Did you know Canadian law requires 40% of music on the channels to be in canadian?

That's crazy!

Like how would they even know if a song is Canadian or not!

Oh well, there's actually a website that has thousands of classic radio dramas for no charge I enjoy listening to from time.

I'll just stick to that rather than Canadian radio.

Ha!

I agree with you, that whole process would be crazy to sensor.

We all have a need to communicate though, even in WWII soldiers made radios to connect with the outside world with just a razorblade and pencil as the diode.

Indeed!

Communication is certainly key!

So have you heard of that Finnish station that broadcasts Nuntii Latini which is a weekly news programme conducted in Latin?

Pretty funny if you ask me, especially so long-lasting as having started in 1989.

Radio taps in to the emotion with music.

Sound frequencies affect humans.

One sound frequency causes fear.

I'd almost like to hear it but i don't want to be scared.

Ha!

But the human body is so fascinating.

Like, we can regrow ribs that are as equally strong after 2 or 3 months after the original rib being surgically shortened!

That is so crazy.

It makes me wonder how they found that out.

We also don't synthesize our own vitamin C. I guess humans have a defective enzyme, but animals and plants can do that.

That is wild, isn't it?

Like something else I find bizarre, we humans could have possibly lost our body hair only 240k years ago!

Can you believe that?

Crazy if you ask me.

Makes for colder winters, LOL.

Humans are also supposed to be the best distance runners among animals.

Now that's honestly hard to believe!

I figured cheetahs would be.

Ha!

Although I do know we use tools to a much higher degree than any other animal.

But that should be obvious to anyone.

Ha!

I agree, some evolutionist must believe  it has to do with our primitive needs for hunting.

Indeed!

Plus evolutionary success that includes larger, very well developed brains that enable high levels of abstract reasoning, problem solving and language, etc.

I'm not sure I agree with all of the scientists conclusions, but we have certainly learned a lot from genetic mitochondrial DNA studies.

Indeed we have!

Such as all extant animal populations could be a result of population expansion that began 1-2000 years ago.

That is amazing!

Well I enjoyed chatting with you tonight!

Hope you have a great weekend, friend!

I do enjoy visiting.

Enjoy some good radio and if you are so inclined watch a cat sleep.

LOL.

And you do the same!

I may even try to learn all 70+ breeds of cat that are recognized by many cat registries.

Ha!

Take care and have a nice evening!


Hello, do you use the Internet much?

A lot -- I'm a freelance writer, so I use it for research and to promote my writing.

How about you?

Oh that is cool.

Do you know what the hamburger button is?

Yeah, the little menu icon with the multiple lines?

I vaguely remember it being called that, but I never think of it that way.

I'm glad there's a download of the entire Internet; I wonder how often they update it.

Yeah that is pretty curious actually.

And they have a copy of it in the Library of Alexandria, just in case

I hope it never happens -- seems pretty unlikely, as many redundant communications lines and server capacity as there is.

Yes I hope so too.

DId you now we can actually develop addiction by clicking on the internet?

Yeah, it's the reward center in the brain -- gets that dopamine running, just like when pigeons keep clicking the lever to get more food pellets.

Yeah that makes sense.

And we have gone so far now technology wise, that there is 3g cell service in Everest

Yeah, I wonder how they manage that.

Did they lay fiber optic lines by air, or is there a satellite uplink?

I have no idea actually.

When purchasing online, do you ever read the terms and conditions?

Never!

Do you?

It shouldn't even count as a binding contract if it's boilerplate they know nobody will read.

I never do either so I surprised that actually 7% of people do

Probably over-reporting because the people taking the surveys think that's what they're supposed to say.

I guess so, there is always bias.
DO you use Facebook much?

I'm not on it at all -- I like Twitter better.

Do you?

I do not use it anymore either.
But do you know why it is blue?

Yeah, because of Zuckerberg's red-green colorblindness.

It's funny because everybody else is going to a blue color scheme too to look more like Facebook.

Yeah that is true.

And they like button is for some reason in a state in germany

I think it's because the algorithm was promoting neofascist content somehow and violence was going up there.

Or maybe that was YouTube.

Oh I see, I did not know that.
Super nice chatting with you


hey did you know the three horizontal lines you see all over the internet is called a hamburger button?

That term makes me hungry haha

I agree.
Do you use the internet often?

oh I use it all the time, I probably have an addiction from clicking link so much, which apparently is a thing

Do you ever read the full terms when buying a product of service online?

I try to, but I almost never read it all in depth

ha no I never do, I'm shocked that 7 percent of people actually read those, that seems high actually imo haha

I sure am happy there is a backup of the internet considering how vital it is to daily life

yes I wonder how much space that takes up, and how often they back it up, it would be horrible for the entire internet to go down but at least you could get cell service on mount everest!

I hope they update the saved copy in the alexandria library often

do you like Kanye West at all?
Apparently he thinks AIDS is man made

He is free to think what he wants but it is a shame he think so.

haha ya wouldn't surprise me, he is nice I guess he gave a fan in a wheelchair a microphone at his concert one time

I think that he is a musician that define the genre and for that he has my respect.

yes I'd agree with that, he is very opinionated like how he interrupted Taylor Swift at that one event

Do you like any music of his in particular?

well I do like some songs, like I like the song GOld digger, it ws written in a minor key which is apparently rare

I agree that that song was quite unique for the stated reason.

I wonder if he also uses facebook

ya I don't know, I know he does use twitter though, did you use myspace when it was around?

No.

I bet myspace regrets not buying facebook for 75million early on

oh definiteyl, do you know why the Facebook "like" button is illegal in that one German state?

that seems werid

Perhaps they don't like how people are becoming more superficial?

Like that black mirror episode on social media

ah interstings, ya I haven't seen that show iss it any good?

I've heard good things


Good morning to you!

Good morning!

Do you use facebook?

I can't believe it was founded back in 2004!

i do!

Though not as much as I used to.

I made my account back in 2008, three year after Myspace turned down an offer to buy them

I heard about that.

I can't believe Myspace made such a bad decision.

I mean facebook only wanted $75 million.

right?

and now theyre worth around $104,000,000,000.

Thats so many zeros

It really is.

Mark Zuckerberg is a very lucky man.

It's hard to believe he did this while still in college at Harvard.

well he had help too, can't forget Eduardo Saverin and company.

Even Sean Park from Napster helped him out early on

True.

i heard they expanded facebook to other colleges around Harvard at first.

I wonder how they did that and what they had to go through as far as rules and regulations were concerned.

well back in the day you needed an email that ended in @harvard.edu to register.

slowly they expanded to closer colleges, then any email with .edu, and now today they dropped the .edu thing altogether

Oh, I guess that makes sense.

So I heard that the name came from directories that college students use.

I always assumed it had something to do with how the site is used.

yup!

Everything is college based pretty much.

I learned all that from the movie the Social Network.

great film.

they didnt mention why facebook was all blue

I never watched the movie.

I guess I need to.

It might give me more insight into the site.

I did hear that the reason it's blue is because Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness.

yea which is something I never would have thought.

Definitely check out the movie, its great

I will.

I know what you mean about the color.

I just thought it was a random pick or something.

I thought so too.
Are you a fan of Kanye West at all?

I am not but I do know a little bit about him due to the news and stuff.

i know he is a rapper that is married to kim kardashian.

Are you a fan?

yea i am.

I think hes a good guy that gets a lot of heat fpr being a little bit odd.

hes given handicapped fans the mic to sing along at concerts before which is a nice thing to do for sure

That is a nice thing to do.

I know he's a very influential person.

He's been responsible for cultural movements within hiphop and popular music both.

and hes discovering a lot of new artists.

he signed o Big Sean who has blown up recently too

Does Kanye West have a recording studio or is he a producer or something like that too?

he does both, I would assume he has his own studio since he is always pretty busy recording his own stuff as well other peoples stuff

He sounds like a very multialented person.

Also, I think he must know talent since the people he signs do so well.

He definitely knows what creativity is, thats for sure.

I'm gona go listen to some Kanye now, i suggest you check out The Social Network

I will do so!
Thanks!


Its funny how memes go viral and then everyone talks about them

Hilarious, I don't read a lot of memes?

what about the #WalkAway hashtag?
ive seen that one in a lot of memes.

I'm not entirely sure.

It seems like it is some sort of political thing.

Yeah its something political, actually used to mock Trump, I think its really funny, many people are talking about it now and of course using the hashtag in memes.

Interesting, I've never heard of it.

So it must not be that viral, I'm pretty linkedin to things.

Yeah probably not as popular as I though, Im guessing you know who Kanye West is?

Yeah he's pretty good, but he hasn't released anything in a long time.

Yeah, his been dedicated to creating drama in the last years, it was funny when he interrupted shows thouhg

That's crazy.

Apparently he believes AIDS is a man made disease.

He has controversial opinions that is a sure fact, there was a time he was all over Facebook

He sure does.

Apparently there is a 3g service that on everest.

Can listen to Kayne up there!

That is crazy, I wonder who would ever use a 3g service up there lol, hands would freeze before I could post a pic.

I'm not sure if it was intentional, do you think it is true?

I dont understand the question, but it would be true, my hands would freeze if I decided to take a pic from the top of MT.

Everest.

Do you think it was intentional that they have 3g service on Mt Everest?

Oh I see, and no I  think it has to do with the signal waves, the frequency and all, you know only 7% of people read the full service terms when they buy somethng on the internet!

Crazy, apparently kayne west once gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at a concert....

Yeah I wonder why he did that, most of his songs are in a mayor key though, of his top 10 songs only one is in a minor key

That's crazy, most rock songs are in a minor key.

They are?

thats new to me, anyway West was born in the year 1977 so he appears younger than he really is.


As someone who watches the news, they didn't seem to cover the camp fire in California as much as they did the hurricanes of 2017.

I guess nothing sells more than state wide panic, news channels care more about ratings than anything else, I remember the importance they gave to hurricanes such as Irma and Maria a few years ago

Indeed.

They spent so much time anticipating the effects and such before it actually hit landfall while speculating how much damage they would cause.

I agree, the panic people and dont get me wrong a hurricane is something to be worried about but so are wildfires and other news.

Exactly.

Especially considering wildfires hardly offer no forewarning, as experienced by the residents of Paradise.

Yeah I heard about the fire in that time, the fire took over a big area in a matter of hours and without any warning.

I suppose Irma got the crazy amount of coverage it did because it wasn't too far behind Harvey where as no one anticipated any of the wildfires, sadly.

Yeah, it makes you wonder how reliable news channels are, you know Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined!

those are crazy rating numbers

So true!

Hard to believe they are also available in 86 different countries!

That's almost unheard of it seems!

It is!

maybe thats why the channel is so popular although CNN and MSNBC are also available in other countries

Perhaps... And Fox is also owned by the corporation that owns IGN, so they have a huge advantage over the competitors.

Yeah I guess that gives them an edge, you know they wanted to create a channel only for The Simpsons, that would have been great I love that show

I agree.

The Simpsons are one of the best shows of all time.

I couldn't believe Fox threatened to sue them simply for parodying the network.

Which goes back to what you said earlier about trusting the reliability of news sources.

The Fox channel and the Simpsons sure have a weird relationship.

Do you use the internet much?

I do as much as I can.

I enjoy the endless range of information it provides as well as the apps, file sharing and email services.

What about you?

I do, what do you think will happen if the internet ever gets hacked of deleted?

I guess there would be a lot of riots and problems right away

I know the Alexandria Library has saved a copy of the internet in case it's ever burned, so there's hope everything could one day be restored, I suppose!

That is a relief!

I wonder how much time it would take to restore the internet from that backup copy at Alexandria, it must be a difficult job to do.

I can only imagine considering how massive it is.

The internet is so popular, there's apparently 3G cell service as well as internet atop Mt.

Everest!

I wonder few people use the serice up there lol, most people dont read the service terms of a mobile plan, in fact only 7% do

I can believe that, sadly!

Are you a fan of concerts by chance?

I'll never forget the band Creed putting on a show where four people who attended filed a lawsuit against them.

Crazy!

I enjoy attending concerts and yeah I did hear that concert was really bad, its a shame because Creed used to be a great band back in the day.


Do you know that only 7% of people read the ToS when buying a product on the internet?

I had no idea.

But I heard that humans are in the minority on the internet, outnumbered by automated software programs.

Crazy?

I can believe that.

Did you know you can get 3g cell service and internet on Mt.

Everest?

That isn't good.

Nobody likes 3g.

If you are looking at fox news your are probably late 60s.

I agree with that.

My mom is 72 and watches it nonstop

I bet you would if you were on Mt.
Everest though.

Absolutely!

how much do you think the news outlets dedicate to opinion?

I think most news is just slanted opinions, right?

I agree.

Suposedly, fox news dedicates 55% and msnbc is 85% to opinion.

YEah, I'm fairly certain most of it is opinion one way or another.

Yes.

I agree.

Do you know what it is called when you look yourself up on the internet?

Egosurfing!

OMG, I never google myself.

That's crazy.

Did you know there was a creed concert so terrible that they got sued?

i heard about that.
It was supposedly terrible.
I wonder if anyone got a settlement?

I'm not sure, I wouldn't even admit that I went to that concert.

LOL

I agree!

The foo fighters once played a concert so loud it showed up on New Zealand's seismic monitors!

I think I may need ear plugs for that concert!

Hilarious.

Did you know that there is an ancient roman amphitheater in croatia that still has concerts?

No idea!

Are you an ABBA fan?

You have to be a certain age to like some ABBA.

They turned down 1 billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour.

Do you think they are just too busy?

No, I haven't heard of them in a long time.

I don't believe that they turned down $1 billion.

I would not have turned that down!

So, in Finland, everyone has the right to an internet connection.

Does that mean the government pays for that?

I'm not sure, but I would imagine so.
Internet in the U.S. is expensive.

Yes it is.

In 2001, the Neopets was the fourth most trafficked website on the internet, 8 spots in front of google.

But this was also the time when google wasn't what it is now.\

I bet it is google now, it wouldn't surprise me at all.

Well, nice chatting with you.


Hello!
How are you today?

Good morning!
I am good.
I'm thankful that the sun is shining.

It's a little cloudy here, but still trying to shine!

I didn't know it was actually white!

Yes, the atmospheric scattering is perceived as yellow.

Interesting!

I can't believe the amount of energy it puts off as well!

I am sure what ever the amount of energy it sure is a lot.

It produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of an entire planet for 500,000 years!

Wow!

That is a lot.

It is most definitely the most important energy source for life on Earth.

Oh for sure!

It takes up 99.86 percent of the mass for the solar system too!

That is a lot, but I know it is about 330k times the mass of the Earth.

And here we think the earth is huge haha.

The sun is only one billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy though!

I can see that it is massive since it is 109 times the diameter of the Earth.

I would never imagine that from my perspective from Earth.

Me either.
What kind of cellphone do you have?

I am happy to say I have an I Phone.

The US Nuclear ICBM Deterrent does not have as much computing power as an I Phone.

Same here.

I think that is crazy!

Did you know UNICEF donates a day of clean water for every minute you don't use your cellphone?

No, I did not.

But who do they donate the clean water to?

children in need, I'm guessing across the world maybe?

Oh, okay.
That's nice.
Have you ever used a rotary dial phone?

Maybe when I was a kid!
Have you?

I sure have.

The fastest number to dial on a rotary phone for an area code was 212 so it was assigned to New York.

That all makes sense now!
Anyways, had a great chat with you.
Have an awesome day!


No matter where you are, Spring is a beautiful time of year!

Yes it is.

Are you an animal fan?

Did you know that horses, as well as sharks and orangutans are ticklish?

I sure didn't know that!!!
I thought only humans were ticklish.
I do love animals.
I love seeing them in the wild.

I do as well.

14.9 horsepower is the peak power output of an individual horse.

I guess that's a lot.

LOL  I don't know those kind of facts!

Were you aware that Icelandic horses have a fifth speed-----basically speedwalking!

Imagine that!

They are pretty fast!

I didn't know that.

I did know that once a horse from Iceland leaves, it can never return.

Really?

That's interesting!

I really like horses, but I've never owned one.

I think the Lipizzaner horses are beautiful.

They are born black/brown and take 6 years to turn white.

I think that's incredible!

That is an interesting fact.

So is the fact that sunlight directly affects the lenghg of horse hair.

I didn't know that!

So maybe all horses should have longer hair?

LOL  The sun is also incredible!

Did you know that its energy in one second is enough to meet the needs of Earth for 500,000 years?????

That's a lot of energy, right?

I did not know that.

I did learn that the sunset on Mars is blue.

Hmmmm....I think that would be ugly.

I prefer the colors we get here on Earth!

Did you know that the sun is actually white?

It looks yellow from here because of the atmosphere.

I think I remember hearing that somewhere.

Helium was discovered on the Sun before it was discovered on Earth.

You must be a scientist.

I never paid attention to stuff like that!

I do know that the sun is tiny compared to the biggest star discovered in our galaxy!

But compared to Earth, it's huge!!!!

You sound smart as well.

The sun is so big, it makes up almost all (99.86%) of the mass in our solar system.

Yes, hard to imagine!!!!

And it's even harder to imagine that a lightening bolt is actually hotter than the surface of the sun!!!!!

It is, wow.

I know it has about 330,000 times more Mass than Earth.

Pretty huge!

Speaking of huge, can you believe that cables carrying phone and internet data actually cross the oceans????

That's a wonder to me.

Imagine the work to lay those cables, and they are only 2.7 inches in diameter!!!

I don't know how they do that.
The sun is nearly a perfect spear.
It is made of hot plasma.

Hot plasma!

I can't imagine!

I like it here on Earth where we can enjoy the seasons, flowers blooming,  and the good effects of the sun!

We get all the benefits.

The equator of the sun rotates faster than its poles.

This means the sun does not rotate as a solid body.

Hmmmm....that's interesting.

I didn't know that.

So does that mean it's moving all the time?

Well thanks for the chat.


Hello, do you use the internet much?

Yes, I do, unfortunately.
It takes up most of my time.
What about you?

Yeah me too.

Did you know you can become addicted to clicking ?

Anything that releases chemicals in the brain can do that.

I guess we like new information and entertainment, so we get addicted.

Yeah that makes sense.

Do you know what the hamburger button is?

I don't know.
It orders hamburgers?

Hahaha actualy it is the 3 lines in the menu in apps

Oh, the icon with three lines?

I guess that name makes sense.

I think vegans would object to it.

Did you know that there is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of Everest?

That is quite amazing.

Do you ever read the terms when buying online?

Hardly ever.

I think if I were at the top of Everest, I wouldn't read the ToS.

Haha true point.
Only 7% read them anyways

I'm amazed that it's that high.
I thought nobody read those things.

Yeah I guess some people do.
Do you like music?

Sure, I enjoy music.
How often do you get to concerts?

Sometimes when I can.
DO you know the Ramones?

The Ramones are legendary.
They seem to never stop playing.
How do they do it?

I do not know, they played for 20 years a total of 2263 concerts

that is insane.

That's got to be a record.

I wonder how many fans they entertained total during that time.

And did they ever play in that amphitheater in Croatia?

Yeah that one is cool.

Well Creed on the other hand got sued for bad performance

They not doubt deserved it.

They should have practiced to an empty stadium a few times.

Yeah, like Pink Floyd did.
Not sure what that was about though.
Nice chat :)


hi, do you like horses?

Hello,  yes I like horses.

Did you know clint eastwood is allergic to horses?

lol he does so many western movies .

yeah I wonder how he does that

Probably a lot of Claritin lol

haha I think so too.
icelandic horses have a fifth speed

That is really neat,  although I am not well educated on horse gaits.

I hear dalmatians are known to calm and protect horses.

yeah that is why firefighters keep them

I cant imagine riding a horse to school,  depending how far the school is.

I took some horse riding lessons and only after an hours my legs were sore.

2 kids rode horses to school and got suspended.

yeah I do not get why they were suspended though.

do you use your phone much?

Yes,  everyday actually.
How about you?

yeah me too.
did you ever use a rotary phone?

yeah my parents had a few in their house,  it was really annoying.

took forever to make a call

hahah same.

Especially,  when calling long distance.

oh my yeah.
how about the phone books?

yeah Ive used phone books.

apparently it is impossible to separate  phone books,  have you ever tried?

I have never tried it since I do not have two, nor 1 actually

I recently learned that the sun is actually white,  interesting huh

yeah , our perception of it is so wrong then

yeah i know right,  and no one ever corrected us lol

hahhaa true.
nice chat


Hello there.

Do you have a Facebook account?

I don't use mine that much but I can't believe my space had the opportunity to buy it back in 2005.

i dont have an fb account.

myspace had their chance.

i wonder what would have happened if myspace had bought fb.

Yeah I wonder that as well.

They could have got it with only 75 million.

Wonder how much FB is worth now?

it has to be in the billions.

the Zuck himself has billions.

i dont know how long it will stay there though.

Yeah good question.

With all this privacy business going down.

The company was valued at 104 billion in 2012!

ive heard that the younger users are migrating away to other social media.

fb might soon become grandpas social media.

Interesting lol.

The Zuck has red-green colorblindness so that's why it's blue!

Yes, he now has the money to fund the search for the cure.

I wonder if they will find it in his lifetime.

poor li'l guy.

It is definitely possible.

Iceland is re-writing the constitution via Facebook allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.

That is very interesting.

Iceland is a small country.

i think that it is possible for smaller countries to try that.

in the us it would not work.

Definitely would not work for the US.

Apparently there's a German state where the Facebook like button is illegal.

I would like to know more about that.

i think that there must have been some social problem.

i bet someone complained and the lawyers got involved.

typical.

Very typical LOL.

Burger King once had a promotion where you get a free whopper if you unfriend 10 people on Facebook.

Would you do it?

i would unfriend 100 people for a free whopper.

i have no shame.

Ha ha yeah whoppers are amazing.

Our planet we live on is really amazing but it's very unfortunate that 80% of the earths natural forest have already been destroyed.

we have been destroying forests to raise cattle to make whoppers for all those people on facebook.

soon there will be nothing left.

Yeah that's true.

Well apparently by the end of the century there will also be no helium left on earth either.

No more balloons.

we should grow forests of trees that produce helium.

or maybe build fusion reactors.

Yeah that may just work!

I am glad our days are 24 hours and not 5.5 hours like the past!

if they get even longer, what will the workday becomes?

12 hours a day?

oh boy.

That would be tiring!

Almost as tired as making clothes would be!

Well it was nice talking with you please have a wonderful day!

Thanks, you too!
Bye

Bye!


Which social media do you use?

I am a Facebook user not into much other than that, how about you?

What is Facebook used for you?

I use Facebook when there are special events coming up.

I use Instagram.

I like it because my out of state family uses Facebook so I go on a couple times a week to chat with them.

I have snapchat too.

That is true.

Do you have family out of the country?

I use Facebook for my relative from the Philippines.

I like snapchat because that is where the original filters are.

No, my family lives here in the US.

That's cool, I would love to visit the Philippines!

One of the places on earth I really would like to visit, you are from there?

You can do that with any other social media as well.

The Philippines is all right.

I am from here, but I have been there.

I want to travel and visit a few countries.

I love the snapchat filters!

Pretty fun, I wish Facebook had that option.

Do you know which part of the Philippines you want to go?

I believe Facebook has filters.

I really don't know much about the Philippines, but since 80 percent of the earths natural forsts have already been destroyed I want to vist other countries before their beauty is gone completely.

Where in the Philippines would you suggest?

I heard that Boracay is a good tourist resort!

You should check it out.

Which other country do you want to visit?

I would suggest Tagaytay.

It was known as the ghost town.

Thanks!

I will research that.

Tagatay...ghost town, sounds scary!

I love ghost towns and haunted places!

I bet their are many all over the world.

My friend went to some haunted towns in Arizona.

Not really scary.
It is worth the trip there.
How was it in Arizona?

I love Arizona, one of my favorite places on earth, I love the desert, going hiking at night you can see all the stars and planets so clearly....I love looking at the moon.

It seems like all nature over there.

Well, depends on where you are, yes a lot of nature for sure and some scary critters running around lol....you have to wear a lot of cool protective clothing though, the sun burns.

I hate the cockroaches in the Philippines.

Ew, i bet they are big huh?

Arizona has scorpions everywhere, that's why you never leave your clothing or towels on the floor and shake everything before putting something on, like shoes.

They fly too.
Scorpions are crazy!

I hate them!
Worst little bugs on earth!

It was nice chatting with you.


I think Facebook is one of the best of social media.

What do you think about it?

Im worried about privacy issues but has connected the world like never before

That's true.

But social media can help people in any city.

It is true 30% of american adults use facebook as their primary source of news

Yes, But it is a sad thing for children to come to such social media.

There is suppose to be an age requirement but it is very easy to get around

For me social media is good and bad.

I think thats the situation with everyone.

But even better if you are a shareholder with facebook.

Being valued at 104 billion in 2012

Yes, it is true.
What is your view of the earth?

Love the place couldn't live without it

For me the earth is like a magic.

Im surprised Jupiter saves earth from many asteroids.

Its so far away

It's interesting, Jupiter's gravity slings long-period comets out of harm's way, while nudging some asteroids closer to Earth.

You could fit all the planets in between earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare.

If there is no earth, it would be very rare for us to live.

Crazy to think about all that stuff.

Out of all the things in the universe and here we are

Yes, Which type clothes do you like?

Athleisure

Clothes are now very fashionable.

Bulletproof clothing mogul, miguel cabarello, shoots all his employees in order to test and enforce quality control on his wares.

How scary would that be

Of course this is terrible.

What happens that one time it doesnt work


do you like horses?

I love them.

Horses in Iceland have a fifth speed, pretty cool

Yes it is called the told and it is like speedwalking for them

Yeah.

Do you know why Dalmatians are associated with firefighters?

Yes they can calm down and protect horses

Yes.

Clint Eastwood is ironically slightly allergic to horses

Yes since many of his movies have him riding horses in them

Yeah.

Did you hear of those two school students on horses that got suspended?

Yes because it was no vehicle to school day, I guess horses count in that

Yeah I guess so.
Do you know what Lipizzaner horses are?

Yes they are horses that are born a dark color and change to white as they grow

Yeah.
Do you use your phone much?

All the time.
Do you know why NY area code is 212

Yes it was easier to dial on a rotary phone

Yeah.

Do you know how wide are the phone and internet cables?

Yes they are actually only 2.7 inches wide and lay on the bottom of the ocean floor

Yes and I wonder sometime how they do not get tangled to stuff and animals down there

Good point.
Did you ever use a phone book?

Yes and if they get stuck together there is no separating them

Yeah pretty neat.
Nice chat

Same here, have a good one


did you Know that www stands for World wide web

I did.

How long have you been on the internet would you say?

Since they started using wireless technology

We are about to go into the 5G phase.
Moving past 3G and 4G service.

Yes we have come a long way since the first piece of electronic mail was set

I hear apple may skip the 5G phase and move onto the next one.

In Mt Everest they have 3g cell service but that is about it, I don follow apple coverage much.

You would think it might be hard to get service up there with all the rocky terrain.

Yes you would especially at the peak of the mountain.

This new 5G service is supposed to be pretty much instant connection no noticeable delay on internet

Steven Spielberg one of my favorite when recording jaws personally played the clarinet on the soundtract

That was the first scary movie I went to as a kid.

I think I was 13

Batman begins is one of mine and its soundtrack was named after a member of the genus bat family

I think Phil Collins' album was the best of all time

Some of his songs he recorded in various different languages.

He is certainly a legend all over the world.

He is a platinum selling artist

He was also on the Tarzan soundtrack

I could never get into Daft Punk's music...they always struck me as a bit odd.

Yeah me too especially when they wore them Tron Legacy Helmets in that crazy music video.

Thats is all most everyone remembers about them instead of their music.

I stream their songs on the internet once in awhile.

They were about as weird as that Bill Nye the science guy was

Bill was very entertaining for young kids...he was everyone's science teacher on tv.


Did you watch the Academy Awards?

I missed them this year.
Aren't they also called the Oscars?

Yes they are.

Did you know that Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor to win best actor at the Oscars 3 times?

Wow.

I didn't know that.

Walt Disney holds the record for most oscars won by a man with 22!

Oh wow, that's alot.

Eminem actually has more Oscars than Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray combined!

That's surprising!

On a different note....McDonald's didn't have drive thrus until 1975 when they added them to accommodate soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.

That's pretty interesting, it's kind of like how your trunk is called your trunk.

Old cars used to actually have wooden trunks on the back.

Interesting!

The car brand Cadillac was named after the man who founded Detroit - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

That's pretty cool.

I'd like to have a Cadillac with a flame thrower equipped to it.

That's actually legal in South Africa to prevent carjacking.

That would come in handy for sure.
I would use it to also clear snow.
lol

That would help for sure!

It would help melt the snow quicker than the sun can.

It might be better than a lighting bolt hitting it, which is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun.

Wow!

The diameter of the sun is 109 times than that of Earth.

That's wild, what's even wilder is that it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy!

Crazy when you think of it.

Because of atmopsheric scattering the sun is actually white and not yellow.

Interesting!

That is really interesting.

The sun actually produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.

That's pretty incredible!

On July 11, 2011 Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846.

I never know that.

I didn't know that either.

That's really interesting.

The sun does take up 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.

Wow.

That's a good chunk!

I believe the sun is made up of hot plasma.

Yep, it's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma.

It's also the most important source of energy for life on Earth!

lol

Yes it is, we wouldn't be here without it.

It was nice chatting with you!


Hi, do you like music?

yes I do.
do you have a favorite instrument?

I love bass and guitar, specially in rock music

nice.

did you know van halen once set speakers on fire playing guitar?

I heard that!!

I love the guitar performance on that song

that is insane.
do you know who matthew bellame is?

Yes, he is the lead singer and guitar player of Muse, a great British band!

yeah, he holds the Guinness record for the most smashed guitars

I think guitar players have the most crazy and at the same time creative ideas like the guitar player from Pink Floyd!

Do you know what he did?

I am not sure about that.
What did he do?

He used a boat as a recording studio!
!

wow, good for him.
and brian may has a Phd.

He is such a great guitar player!

and he is very creative and he uses coins instead of picks

that is quite something.
do you use the computer much?

I do, today they  are very common, everyone has a personal computer or a smartphone!

yeah for sure.

the space shuttle has one and it only ran on an mb of ram

1 mb only!!

that is crazy, do you know what the russians did?

yeah that is crazy.
no, what did they do?

They did a computer that runs on water.

wow that is amazing.

if you have an apple computer and smoke near it it voids the warranty

That is so interesting!!
Well it was so nice talking to you


hey did you know that the sun is actually white?

What white?!

No I had no idea.

How did I mange to go through life not knowing or hearing about that yet.

What else am I missing out on?

Ya I guess our atmosphere is what makes it yellow, well do you know how hot lightning is?

That is totally amazing.

I love science but I just clearly don't know enough yet.

I think lightening bolts are about 4 or 5x hotter, something like that, I think.

yup you're right, also the sun is the earth's most important energy source, it's diameter is about 100x that of Earth

Wow, what a trip that is.

I love facts that blow your mind.

Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun in 2011.

That is fascinating.

that is crazy, also I wish we could directly harness the suns energy, one second would meet our needs for 500,000 years

Yeah, some awesome vitamin D. I was getting some sun driving my convertible through McDonalds drive through today.

I am a huge car enthusiast.

Do you enjoy cars and their history?

yes I do, I can't believe that the drive through only existed since 1975!

Yeah, they are everywhere and I can't imagine life without them!

Did you know that they were created for the servicemen who couldn't go in because they had their uniforms on.

That is the most patriotic idea, I love it.

haha it is but I'm glad it exists!

Do you know the story behind calling the back of cars trunks?

Oh yeah, I do remember why cars have trunks.

It is because old cars used to have wooden trucks sitting on the back to hold and store things.

It evolved into car having what we know today as trunks.

Pretty cool,huh.

that is cool!

I live in Michigan and I never knew that the man who founded Detroit had the last name of Cadillac

That is cool and a good piece of history to find out about.

I love learning about cars and the history of them.

I started playing the video game Grand Turismo lately, have you ever played that game?

ah yes i played it back in the day, I guess this one guy became a professional racecar driver after beating 90k people at that game

Wow, 90k people!

That is a good way to start a new career!

I am watching a Daniel Day Lewis movie right now rather than playing a video game.

Its easier to multi task.

ah interesting what movie are you watching, I love DDL haha

It's the one that was nominated for the Academy Award.

I can't remember the name though.

He has the most wins and has 3 Academy Awards for Best Actor.

Every movie he is in, is outstanding.

ya he is awesome, I really like that one movie he's in, gangs of new york, so glad he got those academy awards

Me too, the Academy Awards are reserved for the best actors.

Eminem is a super actor with one.

that is really wild, what is also wild is that the Oscars were nominated for 9 Emmys in 2013, like how does that work?

haha


hi how are you?
do you like the guitar?

Back in college I strummed some tabulature's, but playing isn't what I would call it.

I was a Who fan back then and saw Pete Townshend smash a few,  did you know Mattew Bellamy from Muse holds the smashing record?

Do you play?

i used to play i werent no account at it.

i didnt have the musical sense.

i wisht i did.

i do like my music.

Yes, did you know Brian May of Queen both has a PhD in astrophysics and uses English coins for a pic, you'd think with a PhD you could afford a pack of guitar pics.

he has his scientific reasons i expect.

he must know that the sound it makes is distinct.

brian is a genius type.

Yes, I liked them back in the day.

Our Jr High Music teacher used Bohemian Rhapsody to teach us musical composition, pretty impressive in retrospect.

Isn't it shocking the Space Shuttle ran on 1 mb of RAM, that's amazing to me.

memory being so cheap now and so much money in the shuttle depending on 1 meg of RAM.

the programmers must have been pretty good about memory usage.

that is a tight space.

i assume that the commputer did not run on water.

Yes, that Russian water computer sounds unique, I wondered myself how it worked.

Are you much of a computer person?

I have a Data Science degree and have done some programming, but thankfully didn't smoke.

Crazy that would void the Apple warranty making it a "bio-hazard".

you have a degree in data science?

where did you get it?

has it helped you get a job?

I think that the hipster apple users would want to vape.

can they do that?

No, it actually was a advance my career at the same company I worked out.

I do a lot of reporting and data crunching now I wouldn't have done before and higher pay, I got it at Penn State distance.

Along with the 1 MEG on the shuttle, you see where an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US ICBM deterrent.

That is scary.

i guess we dont want to use the icm deterrent to crunch data.

LOL congrats on the distance learning degree.

penn state is not cheap.

Do you have any kids, I recall when I was in school we'd "duck and cover" in Nuclear War Drills (like hiding under the desk would save us from a mushroom cloud) and now the kids do active shooters drills.

I'm happy my kids grew up between those eras and didn't have any mortality drills at school.

in the future, the kids will have to do AI drills.

the AIs will come after us and the kids will have to be prepared.

Haha...yes a sci fi dystopian nightmare.

At least we have cell phones to check up on the now.

Ironic to me the phone cable carrying all the traffic across the oceans is only 2.7 inches in diameter, I guess with fiber optics you don't need much but that is astounding.

it is astounding.

i guess nothing really damages the cable often.

i wonder how they fix something way down there.

Diving bell?

AT&T submarine?

Did you see where Pink Floyd turned a 'grand houseboat" into a recording studio on the Thames.

Seems like there might have been some wild river parties on the Astoria as they called it.

i bet they did.

id pay money to go to one of those parties.

i wonder how much "recording" they did out there.

I'll bet it wasn't the most efficient use of studio time.

Then again, if Eddie Van Halen set his studio speaker on fire recording "Beat It" maybe it would have been better if they were on a boat on a river for musician safety and ease of extinguishing the blaze.

everywhere he went after that, they had a fire extinguisher.

he was a fire hazard.

Eddie Very Hazardous.

Haha...yes.

Are you old enough to have used a rotary phone, interesting NYC got 212 because that is the easiest number to dial.

I guess they thought that one out, not logical numeric grid across the US.

everything is politics and preference.
anyway, great chat!

yes, thank you.
I enjoyed the chat.

Stay rotary, dude!

Haha...you too.


Hey my friend do you have a landline or a cell phone?

I use a cellphone, but I have both.
What about you?

ya I only have a cell phone, phones are so nice how they can transfer human voice across vast distances

Apparently NY area code is 212 because it is the fastest to dial.

Ya, that dates back to the rotary phone, I wish I still had a rotary phone those are cool!

Yeah, I had one a long time ago.

Crazy that the iphone has more computing power than the Nuke ICBM deterrent.

That is crazy and scary, have you heard of the unicef charity?

No, I haven't.
What do they do?
Do you know?

yup their thing is for every day you don't use your cellphone they will donate a day of clean water

Interesting.

On 1936 the russians made a computer that ran on water?

I want to see a picture, also weird I have 16gb of ram and I guess the space shuttle only has 1mb haha

Hilarious.
I can believe it though.
The technology is old.

ya it sounds bad haha, have you played the game minecraft?

with the blocks?

No, but I hear it is incredibly popular.

Do you play?

I think you can build a computer out of it.

ya I have played it, you drop blocks and you can definitely make a computer out of the blocks!

Interesting.

Well just don't smoke near it if you are using an Apple!

It voids the warranty.

yup that is weird!

I guess they consider it a "biohazard" for their employees

Hilarious!

Well, just don't let Van Halen near one with his guitar!

ha nope not at all, would you ever upload your brain to a usb drive if you could?

I would if I could upload it to a computer and it could make me immortal.

yup I would too, I guess people that want to do that are called transhumanists


What do you think of soundtracks?

I am for em!
What do you think about them?

I like them too!

Did you know Steven Spielberg played the clarinet in the Jaws sound track?

I did not.

I didn't even know he played the clarinet!

That's interesting!

It is, multi talented man, like Phil Collins is.

5 languages!?
Does he know them all?

I guess, at least well enough to pronounce and sing in them.

Maybe doesnt speak them fluently, but who knows.

Daft punk negotiated the tron soundtrack over a pancake breakfast and wore their helmets.

Seems weird.

I thought that too, but if you do really well, I guess you can do that and people will still hire you.

Yeah.

I have heard a few of those crazy stories.

Like artists bringing 30 cats on tour with them.

Who does that?

Who did that?
30 cats?
Way too much.

I think it was like Axl Rose or some rock star.

I understand the whole "no brown m&ms" thing but 30 cats?

Wow, no brown M&Ms too?

This is making me feel like any quirk I have is completely normal.

The M&M thing is an indicator if the promotor read the writer.

If an act comes in and sees brown M&Ms, they know they did not pay attention and the artist needs to check everything for their safety.

It was Van Halen that started that because their light show hung in a specific way.

If it wasn't right, it would crash down on the band and fans.

It was a safety indicator.

Ahhh.
That makes a lot more sense.
I can see that now.

Yeah.

I used to make fun of the pampered stars but once I heard that, it made more sense.

But 30 cats!

I couldnt see even owning 30 cats.

Unless they are used for entertainment like the British did in 50 BC

HAHAHA.

How would cats entertain you?

I will never forget watching hoarders with my wife (her show, not mine) and being shocked when the family cat was found dead under boxes of crap.

I'd believe it.

My grandfather was someone who hoarded lots of stuff.

Like plastic utensils, cereal that was bogo.

It was bad.

We found several dead rats when we cleaned his place.

Sorry to take that to a morbid place but I couldn't imagine living like that.

I mean where would one play 54 colors of nintendo?

Neither could I, well if you could find the Nintendo, sit on a stack of random stuff.

It is shocking that there were only 54, I thought it was so amazing as a kid.

I know.

I just played my son's PS4 last week and it was amazing.

I played contra in December on a throw back unit and it was pretty basic.

Contra was an amazing game!

Its been nice chatting!

Im going to have to pull out my old console now.

Hit up some Duck Hunt.

Have a good day!


Hello there, do you ever watch the Oscars?

Are those the same as the Academy Awards or different?

Yeah the same thing, I think the oscar is the nickname for the actual awards they give out.

Oh, interesting.

I am not too familiar with actors but Daniel Day Lewis is the only actor to have won the Oscars three times.

Yeah he sure has, I wonder what 3 roles he has played.

Maybe Gangs of New York, he was excellent in that.

And Eminem has more Oscars than many famous actors combined, like Leonardo Decaprio and Johnny Depp.

That is too funny, he played in like one movie and beat those lifetime guys!

Haha, really?

Crazy.

Have you seen the movie Blazing Saddles?

I don't think I have seen it.

It was nominated for three oscars.

I sure have!

That movie is classic, not very PC and wouldn't pass today, which is lame.

Speaking of multiple awards,the oscars was nominated for nine emmys in 2013.

That is just dumb to me, how can you award an awards show?

So dumb.

No clue.

Wonder if the Model T ever won an award?

It is from 1908.

It was one of the first cars that ws accessible to the masses.

That is true, do you know when the first car was invented?

1886 is thought of as the birth year of the modern car.

Good call!

By a german inventor if i'm correct, a Mr. Benz.

Yeah, I didn't know that.
It was his Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

Yeah it was, do you know which burger joint started the drive-thru?

It was McDonalds, to accomodate soldiers in fatigues.

Too bad since then it has contributed to my laziness haha.

Good call again!

Yeah I don't think that you are the only one there lol.

What is your favorite car brand?

That i'm not too sure, I drive a Buick right now and I like it, how about you?

I like Cadillacs which were named after French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit.

It's about time for a drive now, goodbye!


Hello Friend!
Have you watched the movie Jaws?

I watched it a long time ago.
Very good film.
A blockbuster.
Really gave Spielberg his name.

Yes, its an older movie, back in my days I didn't know Spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack!

I should have known.

It was amazing.

I didn't know that either.

He is quite a gifted guy!

Phil Collins seems like a gifted singer.

Is he the one that played Tarzan soundtrack?

Yeah, he sang it in several languages.
He is a natural linguist I would say.

Its fascinating!
Did you ever play video games?

I used to play video games.
Not so much now.
No time!

Same here!

although I wouldnt mind playing a round of Super Mario!

I loved the Nintendo!

did you know the system could only display 54 colors?

I still Love it!

The NES had games with great game play.

The graphics mightnot have been the best, but it was fun.

That's the key thing.

Yes!

I cant beleive it was discontinued in Japan in 2003!

Why!!

sorry, I got a little to excited.

It reminds me of childhood lol

I guess the newer systems that Nintendo have just sell that much better.

Still, 2003?

That's a long time for a game system.

True!

although for me I suppose it's more of an emotional attachment haha I used to play it with my Dad.

But hey, I am glad that its come along way since 50bc when they used to bred chicken for entertainment haha much much simpler times

I guess there was not much to do in Britain.

They needed something and chickens happened to be around.

Haha so true, entertainment has evolved in the last few centuries soon we wont be able to distinguish reality vs video games stimuli

Very true.

With VR and immersive tech, soon we will live in gaming worlds.

We will have the option to have a complete life away from our real lives.

Yes and it's not in the far future... its fascinating to be a part of the time of transition, before internet, the evolvement of technology and now see the VR world.

It amazes me.

Soon we will be each other's entertainment.

We will not just watch the entertainment.

We will transform the virtual world to entertain others.

gives me the chills, I mean not to mention uploading consciousness... Big jumps, anyway it was fun chatting with you!

Yeah, great chat!
Have a good night!

Thanks, you too!
Namaste <3


new yorks area code is 212 because its the fastest to dial on a rotary phone

Yes, that sounds right.
the new yorkers are all about speed.

lol yes!

the cables carrying internet data across the ocean just lay on the ocean floor.

sounds risky

I guess not much lives down there.

i wonder how they diagnose problems with the thing.

good question.

in 1936 the russians made a computer that ran on water.

i wonder why we still dont have technology like that

I bet it wasnt really fast.

it is an interesting idea though.

soon we will have biological computers i bet.

the transhumanists will like that, they want to upload their minds to computers.

I wonder what they would gain from that?

i guess they would have immortality?

why would you want an existence without pleasure?

seems odd.

Are you really immortal though?

your body would die and I'd think your knowledge would become uselesss with advancements.

i guess you could add to your knowledge as a virtual being.

I wonder what the point would be.

we should as mark zuckerberg what it is like to be a cyborg.

have you seen bohemian rhapsody?

did you know the guitarist brian may has a phd in astrophysics?

i had heard that.

the guy is a genius, very gifted.

i saw the film.

it was pretty good, but i did like the performance by Rami.

i thought it was great.

they all had phd's if i remember correctly.

brian may also uses coins as guitar picks

they were all university students.

i dont know how many finished their degrees.

Brian tried a bunch of things to get new sounds.

well they def had unique sounds.

matthew bellamy from the band muse holds the world record for most guitars smashed.

seems like a colossal waste of money

i guess this is entertainment?

some luthier worked to make a beautiful instrument.

why destroy it?

eddie van halen set studio speakers on fire while recording a solo.

i wonder if it was on purpose or if he played that violently lol?

he used to run the voltage high through the amps to get a particular sound.

he had a tech that wired it up past the point of normal usage.

great sound, bad fire risk.

thats interesting and yes very risky.

but I bet they had fun doing it.

I guess you have to do some off the wall things to have a recognized sound

most of the tone is in his fingers.

ted nugent thought ed had a special rig.

no, special fingers.

anyway, great chat!

same :)


Are you a Game of Thrones fan?

no not really.
i dont have hbo so i dont watch, you?

I think I have only watch about  a few minutes of it; I don't get it or like the genre

i tried to read one of the books and it was crazy to follow, im more likely to watch documentaries or movies

Same here.

I like HBO for some of the other things they air but not GOT.

i dont even know what else they air, i truly dont watch much tv at all.

maybe the simpsons once a while

I have watched the simpsons since I was a kid; Bart himself has only missed one episode this whole time; amazing!

i know right, seems crazy to have him in almost every one then to forget him completely in that one

Do you still watch things on traditional TV?

over the air maybe once or twice a year, i refuse to pay for a cable package to essentially pay them to advertise stuff to me

Me too; I stream just about all of my media; No more TV for me; I cut the cord a long time ago

i cut the cord literally in the late 90's once i started to realize the commercials were coming sooner and stayed longer i said enough with it

wow; I admire you for that; I wish I would have thought of it back then too to save myself a lot more money

it didnt save me much, i ended up just renting and buying my movie collection.

by 2002 i had over 4000 movies and getting 7-10 more every week

I did the same; I rented when I couldn't afford to buy but I built a huge library of movies over the years.

know anyone whos won an award for tv or movies?

Daniel Day Lewis has won an academy award 3 times

and you actually know him?

my aunt won 3 emmys over her career as a new broadcaster in

Really?!
That is awesome!

yes and no, its cool she won, but she is a horrible stuck up person, thinks cause she is so well off now she is better than everyone else, price of fame i guess

Merry Xmas!


Hello,  do you like television?

It looks like there is only one episode in the simpsons that Bart is not in!

Crazy,  hes the star of the show!

lol

Hello, yes I am a big TV fan.

I love the Simpsons, I agree with you Bart is the best, it would be like taking Homer out, I wonder why they did that for the episode.

I have no clue,  maybe so people like us would wonder lol

Im sure they had their reasons lol, do you like Game of Thrones?

I love Game of Thrones!

Did you know Game of Thrones is financed by Ireland?

Crazy!

I did not know that, nice fact I will save that one the next time im out with friends.

I was watching this Saturday Night Life interview with Jason Momoa, I loved his role as Khal Drogo.

Yeah definitely,  he was a perfect cast for that role.

It was sad when he wasn't on the show anymore.

Have you watched his other show Frontier?

I havent watched that one, is it good?

I want to see Aquaman, he is a good actor.

Its ok,  I have only seen 2 episodes.

I haven't seen Aquaman either yet,  but I think we are going to see it this weekend finally!

The previews look so good!

Did you know there is an animal show called game of Lions lol

I did not know that lol, I heard the other day that Arya is the fastest rising new baby name, the power of a show.

That is interesting!

I also heard Snow and Ghost are new popular dog names because Game of Thrones lol

I can see why, those are really cool names, I would actually name my dog like that if I had one lol.

Did you know Charlie chaplins grand daughter is a character on game of thrones?

I did not know that, what character does she play on the series?

Talisa Maegyr.

I am not sure who that is,  I just learned this today lol

I see, well a fact that I just learn today as well is that Eminem has more oscars that Decaprio, Depp, Will Smith, Geroge Lucas and Bill Murray combined.

That is funny.

I wonder what movies did all these oscars come from?

Walt disney has 22 oscars!

Not sure, I can only recall the 8 mile, will defenitely search for that.

Now Walt Disney having 22 oscars that makes a lot more sense.

yeah Walt Disney has a ton of movies that is definitely not surprising.

Yeah, I love those movies as well.

Its surprising how there is a total of 3072 Oscars to this date.

Wow that is amazing!
Its been nice talking to you.


Did you like Jason Mamoa's role in Game of Thrones ?

hi, how are you?
yes, i did.
i thought he was a good choice.
good casting there.

I agree, he was in Saturday Night Live and he was reviving his role a Khal Drogo.

Was he any good at comedy?
I wonder if he can do that well.
he is a scary looking dude.

I dont think so, I liked his role in Aquaman so maybe, he is scary looking, I agree.

I didnt see aquaman.
i guess he looks the part though.
he probably was popular in that role.

Yeah and it was a really good movie in fact.

So back to Game of Thrones, sad how the series are coming to an end

I guess it had to eventually.

the author has been slow to produce new material.

he is sitting on a gold mine.

Yeah I bet he is, the show has a great cast even a granddaughter of Charles Chaplin is in the show.

I bet a lot of the cast has famous ancestors.

The final season will not have many episodes, but i guess they will tie up a lot of loose ends.

Yeah I bet, I hope the series have a great closure, many fans worldwide are counting on that.

I bet there will be spinoff series as well.

fans like the characters, but they like the setting and the language as well.

Did you know theres is a show called Game of Lions its based on Game of Thrones but with lions

That is funny!
I wonder how good the show is.
Probably not as a many fans as GoT.

Yeah I dont think its as popular.

Did you know GOT is sponsored by the Irish government?

really?

do they shoot episodes there?

i know that  locations are all over the world.

Yeah they do, and in fact the shooting of those scenes have increased the outcome of the country because of the tourism.

Yeah, that makes sense.
that happened with LOTR.
many people travel to new zealand.

I guess shows like those ones can really influence people vacation choices.

Yes, the fans want to live the experience.

and bother the locals incessantly.

Anyway, great chat!

Yeah me too, would like to go there maybe one of these days.

Great chat I agree, have a nice day.


Hello.
Do you like game of thrones?
I love it.

I am not the biggest fan, but I tried to get into it when it first came out

Did you know charlie chaplins granddaughter plays talisa maegr on the show?

I did not know that, I am not too familiar with Charlie Chaplin though honestly

I heard that Ireland finances the game of thrones because scenes get shot there which boosts tourism incomes.

that makes a lot of sense, my mom has been several times and always takes pictures of where the stuff was filmed

That's awesome.

So do you regularly watch the academy awards?

I do, disney usually kills it, they get so many awards

Well Daniel Day Lewis has won 3 oscars for best actor.

That is amazing.

He is the only one to do that.

I have never even heard of him, what movies was he in?

Im not to sure.

I just know how many oscars he has won.

Blazing saddles was nominated for 3 oscars.

I wonder if he was in that.

I am not sure, I have never seen that movie before, I guess it is worth a watch

It is worth a watch if you like that sort of movie.

Eminem has more oscars than leonardo dicaprio, will smith, johnny depp, and bill murray combined.

Lol.

really?
Was that from his role in 8 mile?

I think it was.

I dont think he was in any other movies was he?

not that I am aware of.

Is there an award for good tv shows?

I know pokemon was very popular for a long time

Yeah they made over 50 a year for 10 years.

That's a lot.

Over 750 episodes in all.

that show has been on since like 1998, that is a very long time to be on air

My son loves thomas the tank did you know that alec baldwin ringo starr and george carlin have all voiced the character for at least 52 episodes?

I did not know that, i think the biggest tv show is the Simpsons, are you a fan of that show?

I love the simpsons.
I also loved that 70s show.

apparently there is only one episode of the simpsons where bart is not shown or mentioned

I think I remember that episode.
I better be getting off here.
It was a nice chat though.
Have a good one.

you too, have a great day!


DO you like to dance?

I am not the best dancer, but Michael Jackson sure was!

Yeah, he was my favorite.

I tried to learn how to moonwalk for hours

Me too!

he apparently had a device to help him lean more with his moves!

I believe he actually has a patent on it but I am not exactly sure what type of device it is.

Who knows, he made some famous moves though!

Babies actually dance instinctively!

My newborn has already been dancing, even before walking or crawling.

do they smile when they hear it as well?

Mine does.

I am hoping she turns out to be a professional dancer of some sort

tupac was actually a ballet dancer in high school believe it or not!

I did not know that.

He probably went through a few pairs of ballet shoes when he was dancing

i bet he did, it is a surprise since he was seen as such a gangster, but he wrote poetry and danced

Another suprising dancer who was famous was Bruce Lee

i heard that, but i suppose it makes sense with his coordination

He actually had won a championship for how good he was at it.

i guess it makes sense, but it is definitely surprising

I was reading a book about all the types of dance around the world.

what was the most interesting part to you?

It is in Braille an I am still trying to learn how to read it

I never learned braille, but it had to know some to beat a pokemon game when I was younger

The text was very complex.

I believe that, why did you buy it if you cannot read though?


Do you like the universe?

I think the sun is interesting, it's the perfect sphere of hot plasma!

Hi I do like the Universe since I am a part of it.

lol  You must be talking about the sun?

Yes exactly!

Actually the sun is white but only perceived yellow because of atmospheric scattering.

I never knew that.

I do know that a lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun!

Whoa I hope to never get struck by lightning!

Actually the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in the galaxy so pretty tiny.

Wow.

It also produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.

Makes me feel like a tiny ant in the big picture of the universe.

lol

Yeah it does indeed.

I like reading about these interesting facts.

Do you like reading as well?

It provides a good escape.

I do like reading!

I still like to hold a book in my hand and flip the pages.

The world record for speed reading is held by Anne Jones.

She read 4,700 words per minute.

That translates to a lot of books!

Holy cow.

That is lightning fast.

Reading is powerful, it actually caused a moral panic back in the 18th century.

Wow.

I didn't know that.

Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches.

I never read that book.

Wonder if it's like the movie?

Yeah good question.

Ender's game is also a recommended read by the military.

Looks like I have 2 books to read now!

Nice!
Do you like dancing?

Sometimes although I am not a good dancer.

Surprisingly Bruce Lee was a championship dancer back in 1958!

He was so athletic I can see it.

Babies will dance when they hear music and smile more when they hit the beat.

I love it when they do that.

Puts a smile on my face.

Haha very cool and happy.

Tupac also was a lesser known dancer and he did ballet in highschool!

Oh wow.

I can't picture that.

lol   Professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week!

Wow that could get expensive.

There are many types of dances which are categorized by its historical period or place of origin.

I wonder what the oldest known dance is?

Hmmm....I'm not sure.

Good quesion.

Michael Jackson has a patent on a device that allowed him to achieve the extreme lean he used in some of his dance moves.

Ohh so thats how he did that move.
Good to know.
RIP Michael!

Yes!

Jumping back to when we were talking about the sun....I just realized that it accounts for the 99.86 percent of the total mass of the solar system.

Wow!

That is amazing.
nice talking with you have a great day!


hi how are you?
do you use facebook?

I use facebook reluctantly, but yes, lol.

How about you?

I do not use the FB.

i am worried about privacy and data usage.

i am paranoid.

That is a good point, I should get off of it for that, but I feel they already have everything they need.

I wonder if myspace had that problem

I think myspace was better about privacy.

i wonder what would have happened if myspace had bought facebook.

I think we wouldn't be so scared of security.

They could have bought it in 2005

That would have been a good buy, but i would have passed as well.

nobody knew what fb would become.

Right, I think they should have since they had the money to buy out the competition

Yeah, fb could pretty well buy anything they wanted to now, enough myspace, if it exists.

for sure, I am not sure it exists anymore.

Do you read at all?

I do read.
i like to read, too.
i like to read non-fiction.
You?

Nice, I like reading news mostly, but do like a good sci fy book.

Ever read starship troopers?

I did read that book many years ago.
a heinlein classic.
and a pretty good film too.

For sure, I am glad i read the book first then watched the movie.

Was great seeing it put into play.

Apparently that is read by some of the military branches

Heinlein was in the military, the Navy i believe.

i figure that his writing probably appeals to the troops.

That is a good point.

Did you hear about schools replacing desks with reading bicycles?

Yes, we dont need fat readers.

get those kids moving!

they can read and solve the energy crisis as well.

for sure lol!

Also it helped with test scores, they skyrocketed!

Yes, i think the brain works better during exercise.

Anyway, great chat!

I agree, great chatting with you!
Enjoy your weekend!

Have a great weekend!

Thanks!


hey there, do you enjoy reading?

I wish I did more, I listen to a lot of educational podcasts though.

Do you?

i love reading.
I am not as fast as anne jones though

4700 word per minute is very fast.
I probably can read that in an hour!

I know that is way too fast.

cs lewis and tolkien apparently held you laught you lose contests when they read bad poetry

I watched that, it was very entertaining.

it is trange how in the 18th century there was a moral panic becuase people were reading nivels

Probably because the governments wanted to maintain control.

yeah and to think nowadays we have a crisis where people do not read anough

At least there are other ways to learn for people like me who don't love to read.

yeah for sure.
did you ever play with a nintendo?

Yes I love Nintendo.

Did not know that the system can only display 54 colors.

I did not know that, that is a cool fact.

too bad it was discontinued in japan in 2003

Do you like Bill Nye the science guy?

yeah i do.

how about you?

do you know how he got his break in entertainment?

He won a steve martin look alike contest!

that is such a strange way to get into the industry

Ronald Reagan was rejected from a movie role because he did not look like a president!

haha that is so funny because he then became a real repsident.

good for him.

Very funny.

I think Bill Nye should run for president!

people love him so yeah.
nice chatting with you


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?

Hi there.

I used to be a voracious reader, I 'd like to make more time for it.

Maybe I should take up speed reading--the world record is 4,700 words per minute!

I wonder how much information you can digest at such a speed

I doubt you actually retain much in long-term memory.

Some material definitely serves a purpose beyond entertainment; for example, Ender's Game is suggested reading for military organizations like the USMC.

Ender's game and its sequel ender's shadow are both great books

I'll have to put them on my sci-fi reading list.

Did you know that Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches?

It is a great book as well

It's kind of meta that literature including sci-fi has advance to the point where it's digitally accessible--like sci-fi come to life!

Do you have any books you would recommend in that genre?

You know, I haven't been reading much lately.

I probably stopped really being into sci-fi when I gave up on video games--the last console I owned was SNES, so it's been awhile haha.

The nes was discontinued in 2003.
A shame really

Yes, I have fond memories of those simpler days when you only had to process 54 colors on the screen; video games today are so detailed, they're like movies!

Well they remain a classic, but I do like the quality of today's games

I'm pretty old-fashioned in some of my entertainment choices; I remember the days of watching Bill Nye on PBS haha.

Did you know he got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest?

But now I would argue he is more well known than steve martin

I think Steve Martin has some pretty undeniable classics as a comedic actor, having starred in so many movies.

Did you know that Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because he didn't look presidential enough?

Well I guess he was presidential enough for the majority

Well, the general population has some interesting ideas about some issues.

For example, the rise of the novel in the 18th century created a moral panic.

Seems bizzare.

Did you know silent reading is a recent trend?

That's interesting; is it because not everyone knew how to read or because there was a scarcity of books back in the day?

It wouldn't have worked well for CS Lewis and Tolkien, who used to hold "you laugh, you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry.

It sounds like a fun twist.
In any case, thanks for chatting.