Hello

Hi, Do you follow Facebook?

Facebook is trying to cut back on fake news

I do use Facebook, it has a lot going on right now!

Facebook will begin sampling a new set of users each day and only use responses of those in evaluating the trustworthiness

Yes I heard about that.

I hope they succeed.

The survey will say...Yes No How much do you trust each of these domains?.

They aren't sure how many will be surveyed yet

research shows surveys can produce meaningful signals of trust.

But that doesn't mean Facebook's approach will be successful.....

More than 2/3 of Americans get at least some of their news from social media

Wow that's a lot!!!

Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in early 2005.....how nuts is that!

They made a mistake.

Google and Facebook have a big job trying to decide what news to distribute

true!
I love Google....

It is pretty amazing.

The surveys for facebook are somewhat more complicated than they seem.

They probably need to allow for "i don't know" responses says a professor at MIT

very true, Did you know that Facebooks like button is illegal in some parts of germany?

Crazy

That is strange, but rules are everywhere

true, just strange to be illegal lol.....did you know the name Facebook came from the directories given to college students on campus and it was full of the students faces....like a yearbook

wow, didn't know that.

New google employees are called nooglers and have to are given a beanie cap their first friday

haha that's awesome.

I did not know that.

one time Google went down for 5 minutes and took 40% of the web activity with it!

wow.

DId you know it's illegal to own a rabbit in Queensland without having a magic license or be a scientist.

Don't know why

That's odd.lol Strange laws sometimes.

Did you know for one google search it takes more computing power than sending a spaceship to the moon!

geez, that sounds like wasted power!

Matt Patricia was a rocket engineer before coaching in the nfl.

His fight song for college inlcuded sin, cosine and tangent

Very interesting!

the  world wide web was invented in 1989 by an english scientist

Weird thing too was that Harvard Scientists stored a gif animation of a galloping horse in the dna of bacteria.

Who thinks of this stuff?


Hi, how are you?

Good!

And you?

Did you find anything interesting in the reading?

I'm good.

I read the newspaper this afternoon and came across a few interesting items about animals.

Oh really?

I read that there are twenty quintillion individual animals on earth.

What did you read?

We must have read the same article.

I remember that, as well as that hiccups are  a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.

I read that too!

Its interesting.

I wonder how anyone came to that conclusion?

I have no idea.

Just crazy isn't it.

I also read that when animals get domesticated they develop white patches on their foreheads.

How odd is that?

That is strange!

I haven't really noticed.

Now I'll have to remember to look for that!

I wonder if its newly domesticated animals or fully domesticated species like dogs and cats.

I read that germany was the first country to give animals legal rights- crazy!

I read that too.

What's even crazier is that under the 1912 Scottish protection of animals act, the Loch Ness monster is a protected species.

Thats really interesting because as far as I knew, its existence has never been proven.

I wonder why they felt the need to protect an animal that may or may not exist?

Who knows?

Did you realize that over 1.5 million living animal species have been described, of which around 1 million are insects?

I didn't know that!

Although I guess I'm not surprised- there are so many different types of bugs!

Do you know much about cinematography?

Not much, what about you?

I didn't know much before reading about it today, but I did read that its the only oscar category that has never had a female nominee

Well that's quite interesting.

It is!

I wonder if that means its a male-dominated field.

I also read that Stanley Kubrick did most of the camera work in Spartacus, but the academy award went to the credited cinematographer instead.

I guess they had an easy job!

Oh, I feel bad for Stanley Kubrick, all that work and didn't even get the award.

I've heard that there is one cinematographer that has been nominated 13 times for best cinematography Oscar and has never won.

Right?

I read that same thing too- it reminds me of Leonardo DiCaprio before he won his oscar!

How very true.

On a side note did you know that Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had that "presidential look"?

I did!

I wonder what the movie was...Did you know Bill Nye came into entertainment because he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest?

He doesn't look anything like Steve Martin to me.

Well, it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon.

I need to go start cooking supper, I'll talk to you later, friend.


Do you often get news from Facebook?

I go to the site once a day only.
I do not read facebook news very often.

I usually get a lot of my news from there, but I didn't realize how much face news was going on out there.

I did not know until you told me.

Facebook has started surveying people asking if they trust certain websites and also if they recognize the publisher.

I think this is a nice idea.

Yes, I heard about it.
Is it a good thing?

I think so, because it is a simple way to figure out what sites are able to be trusted.

People can share so many different things, it is hard to weed out all the fake news without help.

Do you think it will be effective in preventing fake news?

I think somewhat.

It will still be challenging to determine what news they should distribute to global audiences.

The audience can be asked if they trust the publisher, but not if they actually value the article.

Thank you for your explanation.
I think you are right.

No problem!

It will be interesting to see what Facebook decides to do.

So, when are they going to actually do it?

It has been going on for about a year now it started around January 2018.

I see.

I just read something interesting about blue color on facebook site..

Blue color?
What is that?
That sounds interesting.

Zuckerberg has red and green colorblindness.

Wow!
I never knew that!
That is innovative.

I wonder if Myspace is still around.

It was offered to by facebook for only $75M in 2005

I think it tried to make a comeback, but I don't think it will ever be able to compare to facebook.

Yes, I do not think so either.

Facebook was valued at 104 billion dollars in 2012, that has to be a huge hit for myspace.

I am sure Myspace owners were very regretful.

I bet so, they should have sold when they had the chance.

75 Million is a lot of money!

What do you think about Google as a company?

I love google!

I would be lost without its search engine.

Did you know that it takes more computing power for one google search than it took to send neil armstrong to the moon?

I use Google all the time.

I tried Bing in the past but I did not like it.

I wonder what happened to Larry Page?


How's it going, have you've ever been to Reddit?

It has 542 million monthly visitors

Wow!

That is amazing!

I never knew that!

I do know about the code Reddit where everything you see appears as c# code.

That's pretty cool!

That's cool, I guess that's one of the reasons Reddit is the number 3 most visited site in the US

I suppose with those numbers, it's easy to see how the site raised $200 million for a $1.8 billion valuation with Advance Publications being the majority stakeholder!

Yea, it's funny that only .53% of people who visit reddit vote for content

Ha!

That is funny.

I tell you something else I find both ironic and funny is the owner has a cat named Karma.

Ha!

It's also ironic the first comment on reddit was actually a complaint about the site

Ha!

Imagine being that person today!

Did you know the name Reddit itself is a portmanteau of read/edit?

That makes a lot of sense regarding the name!

No, I never knew that, I also didn't know theres an online magazine called the redditor

I didn't know that either, actually!

I wouldn't mind reading that sometimes.

Since we're on the subject of the internet, I can't believe astronauts on the international space station have faster internet speeds than the majority of us here in the US do.

That's just sad!

I can't believe Mt.
Everest has 3g service

I wonder how and why?

Ha!

But it's too bad we can't be like Finland where everyone has the right to an internet connection!

That sounds good but I wonder if more people from Finland are addicted to clicking links on the internet

They could be!

Or even addicted to looking up themselves which is basically known as "egosurfing".

I wonder if Finland also has the 3 horizontal line menu called the hamburger button

Maybe so?

That's a funny term though, isn't it?

Ha!

You know what gets me is humans are actually outnumbered by automated software programs on the internet.

So we are the minority, really!

Yea and only 7% of people actually read the full terms online, that might lead to something bad

Agreed.

Sadly, I'm even guilty of that.

Then again, I hate Captcha as well but I understand it's necessary.

Speaking of Captcha, did you know it's an acronym for Completely Automated Pulic Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart?

I hate captchas, I wonder if they will update it for the transhumanists who plan to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks

That's a great point!

I wonder if that ever crossed Ada Lovelace's mind when she wrote the first computer algorithm?

Doubt it.

Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Hello.

Interesting facts about the g20 summit and Russia.

I am actually, important things will be discussed there so yeah

I especially thought the fact about Russia giving out trojan virus infected phone chargers was especially interesting and disturbing as well.

It was I didnt know there were awards given at the summit

I am not sure they gave out awards at the g20 summit, but i guess they do at others.

Have you heard of the Eve-Online company, they received an award in the summit from the UN

I have not heard of that company.
Is it a company or a game?

Its a game, a massive multiplayer online game in fact, but I guess its also a company

Interesting.

The other fact I found interesting in the article was why Facebook is primarily blue.

Why is that?
I have always wondered about that

Apparently it is because Mark Zuckerburg has red-green colorblindness

Oh thats interesting, what are your thoughts on Mark Zuckerburg?

Honestly do not really have any.

I know he is insanely wealthy now due to Facebook.

I think his a genius, building a $104 billion dollar empire is not an easy task, he had a lot of help of course but still, impressive

It is impressive that is for sure.

I am sure the Myspace people are kicking themselves for not buying it in early 2005

I know right, they had the chance to buy it for $75 million back in the day

The other thing I never realized is that Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.

Google made a great purchase when they bought the company for $1.65 billion

Netflix is the other big one as well.
I wonder how much that one is worth.

It must be worth a lot of money as well, not as much as Youtube though

I found it funny about Justin Bieber having the most disliked video.

Yeah that video was terrible I didnt like it at all, did you ever watch the  Gangnam Style video?

I did see the Gangnam Style video, was not impressed with that one either, but the song was kind of catchy.

It was catchy, YouTube had to upgrade the count integer thanks to that song, anyways its been nice chatting with you a lot of cool facts

I agree.

Nice chatting with you.

I am assuming the "Done" button will show up soon.

It appeared a long time ago like 2 turns ago lol, have a nice day, nice chat..


Do you like horror films?

hi how are you?
i am not a fan of the genre.
i do like some of them though.

Same here, I like the Horror parodies though!

Watching them can burn 180 calories

Parodies?
Ok, i think i know what you mean.
yes, those are fun.

Did you know Stephen King was terrified of the movie bambi?

I heard that.

to be fair, that was a pretty scary movie for a child.

the mother dies, there are creatures and hunters.

King turned his fear into a career.

Yes his movies are thriller themed for sure

Yeah, he writes good stories.
they translate to the screen well.
The Shining.
Excellent horror movie.

The kid who played Danny did not know he was in a horror.

Probably be design.

Maybe he was a bit slow?
Maybe they wanted to protect him?
i wonder.
what kind of movie did he think it was?
A love story?

Speaking of love stories, do you like the guitar or play?

I used to play the guitar.
fun instrument.
i never got any good though.
You?

No I wish.

I wish I could play so well to set it on fire like eddie van halen did.

Eddie used to run high voltage through the amps and the tubes to get a hotter sound.

I think that is what happened.

Wow.

Queens Brian May has a phd in astrophysics!

The guy is a genius.

He used all kinds of weird stuff for guitar picks too.

Even coins I heard.

Yeah, it does give you a different sound, but makes it harder to play.

If I played I would smash more then Matt belemy who hold a guiness record for smashing them.

LOL Yeah, i wonder why he smashes beautiful instruments.

Anyway, great chat!

Same to you


Hello there, do you use facebook?

Good morning.

No, I do not.

I'm not a fan of that sea of blue, and think it's an ego thing with Zuckerburg.

Oh I think that he has a big ego, do you know why most of facebook is blue?

Because of his color blindness.

I prefer BlueTube, it's the law enforcements answer to Youtube.

Good call, and that is interesting, I didn't know there even was such a thing.

We have officers in our family, it's their favorite thing.

I preferred MySpace, and still miss it.

I'm glad they didn't buy Facebook.

Yeah I think I set up a MySpace when it first came out and never used it.

I also have family in law enforcement, so much respect to you and yours.

Likewise.

I think I use YouTube more than any other search engine, I've learned so much from it.

I agree, YouTube is such an awesome product, I use it daily for listening to music.

It's hilarious that Bieber still has the most disliked video

That is hilarious, I wonder what artist will come out that will ever top him?

I'm almost afraid to find out.

I didn't know that Hulu has some of their material on YouTube.

I didn't know thatI wonder how many people watch Hulu through YouTube?

I wouldn't think it would be that many.

Then again, Gangnam Style broke the view counter.

That is pretty funny as well, didn't they have to upgrade the view counter or something?

I think so.

I think it's ludicrous that there isn't a check in place for inappropriate videos, they only have you check a box confirming you are 18, if you want to watch inappropriate videos.

I am with you, I think those huge media companies need to be more responsible with content.

It is far too easy for underage kids to view content they shouldn't be.

Yes, they most certainly do.

Facebook has a huge problem with that too.

It's weird that Iceland is using it to rewrite their constitution.

That is very weird I will agree.

But, I guess that is most likely the way things will move towards, everything more digital.

That's begging for problems, or a takeover from a foreign government.

I guess the "like" button is illegal in one German state.

I read about that, very interesting with governments getting involved.

Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Hi.

I watched the Trump - KIm summit on youtube, it was interesting.

No way!

Those things can be crazy!

I heard when Putin shook the Canadian prime minister's hand, the latter told him he needed to get out of Ukraine as he was doing it!

I heard Putin tried to bug delegates by giving them thumb chargers with viruses.

Insane.

I heard an Australian satire group successfully impersonated their way into the apec of the world leaders' summit!

They were only caught when one of them stepped out of the car dressed as Osama Bin Laden!

OMG.

OBL is more disliked than even Justin Beiber's "baby", at least as far as youtube viewers go.

I heard in a German state it's illegal to even "like" anything on Facebook!

Does anyone even like anything about Facebook?

I going to just unfriend everyone and head over to BK's for a free whopper.

Apparently Iceland does!

They are rewriting their constitution via Facebook!

And allowing the public to give their input on it.

That's whack.

They should just do it on youtube, or create their own youtube like cops did with bluetube

I don't know if Mark Zuckerburg would like blue-tube, he made Facebook blue specifically because of his colorblindness.

And to think I thought it was just because it looked nice!

Zuck's a character.
He wants to be potus.
But i can't see him like a fdr, etc

Well as popular as his creation Facebook is, it sure hasn't beat YouTube.

YouTube is the second largest search engine on the net!

Yeah, but half the searches are for "did myspace really reject an offer to buy facebook for 75m?"

I guess that's true, Facebook is searched for a lot.

But Netflix and YouTube combined make up half the peak of internet traffic in North America alone!

wow.

they must like the lack of a dislike button in germany

That's true I bet they didn't have the same problems we had with YouTube!

Gangnam style had so many views YouTube had to upgrade their equipment just for it!

I wonder if they had to downgrade after Justin's Baby

Nope!

But I'll tell you what got an upgrade!

Eve-Online got a world summit award for e-content!

I didn't even think they'd give awards to an online game there!

Yeah.

I can't imagine churchill and fdr gaming it up.

maybe stalin., but not those 2.

Well I'll tell you would always be there to game it up, Spain.

They have a permanent seat but can't officially join due to their policies.

Seems funny.

ha ha...great speaking to you

You too!

Hope you find more exciting news out there!

take care.


hi, do you like to watch movies?

I sure do.
I recently have gotten into horror

oh I see, do you like them?

It is usually a hit or miss.

Sometimes the horror is so bad it is funny or it is just so well executed.

Yeah I guess that happens as well.

do you know how they make those creepy noises?

I recently learned it is called a waterphone.

It is like a giant tuning fork going in a circle

that is horrifying the sound it makes

It is indeed eerie.

It definitely does a good job setting the overall mood of the scene.

The Scream which was originally supposed to be called scary movie did a good job with that

I guess there is an upside to watching horror movies, they burn more calories

Maybe that will become the new fad diet?

Do you like realistic horror or when they include fantasy and the supernatural?

well, I do not watch horror movies really so not sure what to think of that.

I hear the shining was scary though

I prefer comedy but sometimes I can find comedy in horror movies.

Besides horror can be subjective.

In the exorcist, not a single member of the cast or filming crew thought it was a horror film

how did they not notice.

and I heard danny from the shining did not know he was in a scary movie for years

I guess that is because some actors don't watch their own productions.

Did you know the voice actor for jarvus in the marvel movies still haven't watched the same movies?

did not know that.

on a happier note, do you go to concerts?

Sometimes if I really like the artists and it is close enough, but usually it is too much of a hassle to go to.

yeah that is true.

creed had a concert once, it was so bad, people sued them

I wonder if it was the terrible planning and accommodation or the music and band?

I am not sure actually.

the ramones on the other hand toured for 20 years

To do it for so long, he must have gotten something right.

I like concerts, but I don't want the sound to be too overwhelming and loud.

Like I would not have liked to be at the deep purple concert which was the loudest in history

yeah me either on that one.
nice chat


Hey how's it going to use Facebook very often?

I don't use it that much anymore.

Apparently it is blue because Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red green colorblindness!

that would make sense.

The Zuck would design it for his own ease of use.

Now he is a billionaire.

Yeah he is so rich.

And he almost sold it to my space back in 2005.

I guess he would have been pretty rich then too.

but now, boy, he is crazy rich.

i dont use facebook.

i worry about my privacy.

That is pretty smart of you.

You're not missing much.

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

i would make friends just to unfriend them and get that tasty whopper.

i am not proud.

Ha ha I appreciate the honesty I would do the same.

Iceland is even rewriting their constitution via Facebook.

i wonder if there is a risk there.

i hope that hackers do not distort the process.

"Free ice cream for everyone."

that would be a good law

Good question.

Yeah I agree it would lol.

For some reason the like button on facebook is illegal in some places in Germany.

i dont know if there was a social problem there or what.

that is a strange thing.

maybe if they changed the name?

"approve" button?

Yes maybe that would make them more happy.

Well do you use youtube?

It's the 2nd largest search engine on the web!

youtube is owned by google so i think they share search engine technology.

that would be my guess.

plus youtube has tons of content.

Oh good guess.

Yeah it does.

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

netflix is a monster.
I dont use it anymore though.
i usually go to youtube for news

Oh nice.

There are tons of news videos.

Not so much police videos though probably because the police don't use youtube.

i would love to watch police videos.
find out their secrets.
that would be cool.

Yes that would be fun.
I wonder if we could access blutube?

I don't know.

I think probably the police don't want that.

who knows what information they don't want us to have.

Did you know that Psy's Gangnam style got so many views that YouTube  had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits?

Yeah true.

that is funny.

And justin bieber didn't fair to well on youtube...

yeah, people really dont like the guy.

i figure his videos must be widely hated.

Anyway, great chat!

Yeah.
Youtube was created back in 2005!
You too see ya!


Hello, are you there?

Hello!
Do you like concerts?

Yes I do, I particularly like small concerts in bars.

What about you?

Me too!

I used to love the big arena concerts of the 80s.

But then when I got to see some of those bands in the small clubs I loved it and was hooked ever since.

In 2010 Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs.

That's different.

lol

Yes there are all kinds of concerts I guess.

Pink Floyd played at Pompeii in the 1970s.

That would have been neat to see!

In 1972 Deep Purple broke the record for loudest concert ever.

Wow I thought it was the Who.

Do you like rock music or some other types?

I thought it was the Who as well.

I like rock, hard rock, pop, country (old school sounding though).

Did you see the Queen movie?

I just read that their guitarist, Brian May, had a PhD in astrophysics.

I haven't seen it yet.

Wow.

I never knew that.

He built his guitar out of parts from an old fireplace and his mother's knitting needle.

Pretty neat.

Did you see the movie?

No I didn't either.

Maybe I'll watch it online at some point.

Do you like horror movies?

I read that watching them burns more calories than other genres lol.

I do watch them.

I never knew that.

lol  ET was orginally scripted to be a horror movie.

Huh, like an evil alien?
It's hard to imagine.

I guess so.

lol  I just found that out.

The 1996 horror film "Scream" was originally supposed to be titled "Scary Movie"...file that away in useless knowledge.

lol

Hah that got taken a short time later I guess.

Would you say you like going to the movies or concerts more?

I definitely like going to concerts more.

Can't afford to go to everything I would like to see though either due to time, money, or the bands don't come close enough to go.

I actually live not far from where Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters grandparents live.

He was born here and comes back a lot.

The Foo Fighters played at a small record store a few years ago here.

That was pretty cool.

That's cool.

I think I am more of a movie guy in the end, but I've had some really good times at concerts too.

I would say though hands down i spend more time watching movies than going to concerts.

lol  The writer of the Rocky Horror Picture show is the voice of the dad on Phineas and Ferb.

I remember that cartoon but never seen it.

Huh yeah I sort of remember that one, but not really.

Maybe I just heard the name.

The Ramones played 2,263 concerts, imagine how many times you could have seen them.

Wow.

That sounds like a run of about 20 years straight.

lol  I wish I could have seen them.

Since it's debut in 1949 the Les Paul Gibson EX-175 guitar has never gone out of production.

That's a long run too!

Wow that sure is.

My dad saw the Ramones in Cleveland in the early 80s, he said it blew his mind.

He was used to hippie rock.

No way!

That's where I'm from and have seen a ton of shows.

No kidding, I'm from Dayton.

Welp, looks like that wraps it up, have a good one!

Dayton.

ha!

My college girl friend was from Huber Heights!

lol  It was nice chatting with you!

You too!


What do you do for entertainment?

Any activity that holds your interest or gives you delight qualifies.

hi I do like sports, music, and since I was a kid I loves playing Nintendo!, what about you?

Nintendo was the best!
Even though it only had 54 colors.

simple but lots of fun.

It was discontinued in 2003, I still own the 1985 one!

I still have my gameboy and play tetris on it.

I'm sad they discontinued it in 2003 in Japan.

The end of an era.

Something that is very entertaining are certain movies, in my case I rather see comedy than drama, what about you?

I love the humor of comedy.
Especially stand up!

Cool!

I do not know if  you remember a show called third rock from the sun?

I do!

They beat out friends and seinfeld for awards.

Right, I remember it was with Joseph gordon Levitt as a kid..Seinfield, Frasier and friends were excellent too

JGL has had a great career.

Another great, Bill Murray, loved kung fu hustle.

Have you ever seen it?

No i haven't , he said is a supreme achievement regarding this era's in regards to comedy!

That sounds like something I need to experience!

I love comedy central.

I wonder why they cancel so many of their great shows since 1989.

Probably they want to make sure the have the best!!

I found very funny that originally the green lantern film was going to be a comedy and Jack Black was going to star on it!

Jack is so funny.
He was great in the jumanji remake.

I have to watch that.

I love school of rock.. there is and old movie from england that is pretty funny too.

It is called Monty Python , did you ever watch that?

It is a good one!
Python programming was named after it.

It was good!..

do you like the rotten tomatoes ratings?

I rely on rotten tomatoes heavily.
Although, sometimes they get it wrong.
Michael Bay only has a 38% average.

yes it is subjective!!

for example those movies that are based on video games are not really liked!

The netflix movies always score high.
Nice chatting with you!


do you use movie rating websites?

Yes I like to check out rotten tomatoes, and you?

Yes me too, they can be pretty rough sometimes though on some movies

Yes.

Michael Bay does not have a rating for a movie of more than 38%

Wow and movies based on video game have low ratings as well

Yes none of them have a higher one than 44%

Yeah.
Do you know who owns the site?

Yes it is actually Warner Bros

yes but Netflix has 150 movies that are rated 100% in there

Yeah.
Did you ever play with Nintendo?

Yes quite a bit.
It only had 54 colors

Yeah and too bad that is was discontinued in 2003 in Japan

Yeah too bad.
Do you know who Bill Nye is?

Yes that is the science guy.
DO you know how he became famous?

Yes he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest, hahaha

I know right?

Even Reagan tried his hand at acting once but did not succeed

Yes and ironically he auditioned for the role of the president in a movie

Haha well he did well as he became a real president , I guess he did have the right look after all

Haha exactly.
DO you like comedy?

I sure do.

Did you know the green lantern movie was supposed to be a comedy?

Haha I am glad they did not go with that plan


DO you loike to check out movie reviewing websites?

Yes my favorite is rotten tomatoes and you?

Me too actually.

Did you know Michael Bay movies in there have really low ratings?

Yes none of them have a rating over 40% and the same goes for video game based movies

Yes those are no better at just 44%, too bad

Yeah.
Do you know who owns the site?

Yes that would be the Warner Bros, never knew that

Yeah.

Spykids has a 93% rating in there though

Yes better than some great movies like the Dark Knight and Lincoln

Yeah.

Netflix has 150 movies in there with 100% rating

Yeah they seems to be onto some great ideas for movies

Yeah for sure.
Did you ever play with a Nintendo?

Yes and I loved it, too bad it got discountinued in 2003 in Japan

Yes, it only had 54 colors but it was so much fun

I know.
Do you know who Bill Nye is?

Yes the Science Guy.

Do you know how he got into entertainment?

Yes he won a Steve Martin lookalike competition

Yeah.

Did you know that even Reagan tried his hand at acting at some point?

Yes he auditioned for the role of the president and did not get it because he did  not have the presidential look

Yes but I guess he had the look to become a real president.

Haha tell me about it.
Nice chat today


Hi there, do you watch movies at all?

Hi there, I sure do.
DO you ever read their ratings online?

I do sometimes and my go to site is usually Rotten Tomatoes, and you?

Yeah me too, they can be tough sometimes though with some movies

THat is very true.

Movies based on video games they do not give a rating of more than 44%

Yeah they can be like that.

Breaking Bad has a perfect score in there though

Yeah well it was a great show so I can see that.

DO you know who owns the site?

Hm I cannot say that I do.
Who does?

It is owned by Warner Bros, they are everywhere.

They seen to be indeed.

Jennifer Love Hewitt does not have any movies rated as fresh in the site

Hmm not great movies I guess.

SPykids has a great rating of 93% though

Nice, that is much better than many.
TOy Story trilogy sits at 100%

WOw it is a great movie though.

Netflix has over 150 movies in there that have a rating of 100% too

Nice, they are huge now.

And they say that toy story trilogy is the most critically acclaimed one ever

Wow, good for them.
DId you ever play Nintendo games?

I did a lot actually.
How about you?

Me too.

Nintendo was unfortunately discontinued in 2003 in Japan.

Yeah too bad.

Do you know what the E. in chuck e. cheese stands for?

Hmm I cannot say that I do, maybe something funny?

Blizzard entertainment rewards their staff with sword when they have been there for either 5 or 10 years

Oh wow, that sounds like a great place to work at.


Hello, do you like Google?

I do use Google all the time.
I use their Google Maps app as well.

Me too.

I saw Google maps using Androids to track traffic.

Yeah, Google and those tech companies are always trying to track you.

They even say that thousands of aps in the Google Play store could be tracking children violating privacy laws.

It's scary how much they can track you.

A single Google search is more computing power than it took to put Armstrong on the moon.

Wow, that's amazing.

All of that technology and they still use goats to cut the lawn around their corporate headquarters.

Haha that's hilarious.

Google went down for 5 minutes back in 2013.

Yeah, I heard about that.

40% of the web traffic went down with it.

That's a very bad day for Google.
Do you use Facebook?

I do use it a few times a day.

Did you know that they have more than 2 billion active users?

I did not know that.

I did see Myspace turned down an offer to buy them back in 2005 for $75 million.

Well, that was a horrible business decision.

I forgot all about MySpace.

Mark Zuckerburg suffers from a form of color blindness, but usually does make good business decisions.

Wow yea I saw that's why Facebook is blue because he can't see red-green.

Exactly.

Burger King has a promotion where if you unfriended ten people they would give you a free Whopper.

That's an interesting promotion.

That's hilarious.
I would do that promotion.

I would too!
You could always add them back.

Did you know the like button is illegal in a state in Germany?

I actually did not know that.

I think it was in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Pretty strange that they would do that though.

That is very strange.
Well, it was good talking to you!

Same to you.

Thank you.
Take care!


hi how are you?
do you like google?

I like google well enough, I remember when Yahoo!

was the popular search engine.

now they make up for like 40 percent of web traffic

Yahoo has had its day, now it is just not the big deal anymore.

I like that google is a dog company.

theyre a goat company too.

they once used 100 goats to keep their lawns kempt.

the lawn goats!

i would be a lawn goat if i could get stock options LOL.

I bet the goats are pretty happy there.

I would probably be a little uneasy on that campus if there were loose goats.

thats funny about the stock options the founders own 14 percent of the shares that google has.

they have so much money, its beyond imagination.

i guess they can do anything they want.

The company is so important to daily internet.

On 16th august 2013 google went down for about five minutes, and took 40% of web traffic with it.

i bet it is even more now.

especially with all their apps like maps.

they use how fast linked devices are moving to calculate real time traffic

that feels like an invasion of privacy for them to use my data that way.

but i understand that it can help.

they cram a lot of stuff into those privacy consents.

ive always been surprised google never bought out facebook.

i know myspace turned down purchasing them for 75 million in 05.

LOL like blockbuster did with netflix.

those companies cant see what these little upstarts can become.

they often think they can do it themselves.

one day it might have to facebook and netflix though.

disney is trying to start their own streaming service and I think netflix is going to lose the rights to their movies\

netflix has had an advantage for so long, that they had to expect others to enter the arena.

disney has so much content.

yeah they have content but I don't see it succeeding because it won't have variety.

DVDs aren't THAT outdated.

did you know that frozen was the first disney film directed by a woman?

I think thats wild.

yeah, women get overlooked by hollywood.

that movie really did well too.

super well.

women get overlooked by all of society for the most part.

yes, i guess if the movie did badly, they would blame it on the fact that the director was a woman.

it is a double standard.

i wonder who creates the toy ideas for it more, men or women.

the toy industry gets involved with the toys before they even start the animation on the film.

yes, the movie becomes a marketing springboard.

it was like that so much when i was young.

Anyway, great chat!

yes thank you for chatting.
have a good night.

Have a good night!

thanks.

Bye!

adios.

Sayonara.

toodaloo


Hi do you use google a lot?

Yes all the time.

Do you know what their new employees are called?

Hmm not sure but I know it required more computing power to do a google search than send astronauts to the moon

Wow impressive, and the employees are called nooglers and have to wear a propeller bean hat

Haha that is funny.
Do you know how they calculate traffic?

Hm not sure.

Do you know what happened when you type askew on google?

I do not know but I know that they calculate traffic by taking the average of the speed of android devices

Neat.
Askew will make the page tilt

Wow nice one.

GOogle once went down for 5 minutes and took 40% of the traffic with it

WOw impressive.

do you know what gmail was before google used it?

Hmm I do not know, it belonged to someone else?

Yes it was the email service on garfield's website

Nice.
DO you use facebook at all?

I use it sometimes.

Did you know it appeared in one third of divorce papers in 2011?

Wow that is a lot.
DO you know why it is blue?

Hmm maybe because it is an appealing color

Actually it is because Mark is colorblind and cannot see green and red

Oh I see interesting, THe Like button was originally called the Awesome button

Wow nice It is not illegal in some parts of Germany

WOw I wonder why.

Facebook has 56 genders you can choose from

Do you like Disney movies?


What do you think of the Sun?

I think the sun is amazing, the center of our system and it keeps us alive and warm.

I am a big fan too.

It is 99.86 of the mass of the solar system too!

So the sun takes up most of the space, makes sense since it has 330,000 times the mass of our planet

Yeah, and it only looks yellow.
It is actually white!

Yeah I got confused by that always, its amazing to think about other stars in the universe the sun is actually one of the smaller ones

It really is, our universe is so expansive!

Yeah it is, and theres a lot of unknown parts still, we can only see the observable universe.

I often wonder what lies beyond, if there is other life.

And if they even care to find us.

I think there are intelligent beings out there, civilizations more advanced than ours, our sun must be one of best ones in the universe though.

But it isnt the biggest, surprisingly.

It is in its main sequence, so there isnt a danger of it going away anytime soon.

Yeah I guess we can enjoy the sun for many years to come, interesting but the sun generates enough energy in a second to meet our energetic needs for about 500,000 years

Why dont we actively try to harness it?
That would be amazing!

That would be amazing, we should have more solar panels and research the tech a bit more, the internet can help us with that

So it is more than memes and cat pictures.

LOL

Yeah more than memes and cat pictures lol, theres also dog pics and memes but seriously the internet has become a great thing.

It is a great resource, I am so glad that there is a back up copy, you know just in case.

I am glad, there could be wars if the internet falls down, wars, riots and terrible consequences, a lot of deaths.

Or just people freaking out and hitting refresh, like when facebook went down a day or two ago.

Yeah I heard that confused a lot of people, so do you like physics?

Its one of my favorite subjects.

I think it is fascinating, cant say I am any good at it though.

The universe itself could be a violation of physics, I guess we have a lot to learn still anyway it was great chatting with you

It was great chatting with you too!
Have a great night!


What do you know about mold in attics?

My previous house had a moisture and insulation problem thankfully no mold.

That is a good thing.

Moving air is a big key to preventing mold.

Yea, thankfully the attic leaked enough air!

Scary to see people on Askthebuilder to have no many questions and problems.

That is true.

Do you know why ridge vents are not the best for attics?

I do not.

It is because of physics.

They force the hot air to go down before going up.

Hot air only goes up.

Yea, so reverse of what should be.

Interesting.

Have you have mold problems in an attic?

No I have not.

Did you know the word physics is from ancient Greek?

It literally means knowledge of nature.

Interesting and rather broad.

On another topic, the sun makes up 99.86 percent of the mass of our solar system... so it's big.

But, did you know that an lighting bolt is about 5x hotter than the sun?

Makes lightning even scarier!

Yes it does.

Did you know that on July 11, 2011 Neptune made its first full orbit since it was discovered in 1846?

Must be a long ways away!

I also see that helium is the only element to have been discovered on the sun before earth.

The sun is also relatively small, it is only 1 billionth the size of the largest star that has been discovered in our galaxy.

We live in a big universe, don't we?
1billionth?
!

I know it is crazy.

also cool to think the sunset on mars is blue

I did not know that!

Did you know that the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet all the power needs of Earth for 500,000 years?

Plentiful energy!

Yup, it is also white not yellow.

It only appears yellow because of atmospheric scattering.

Great chatting with you about attics and planets!

Same to you!


Do you fear that you have mold where you live ?

You know, what, actually I do!

We've had problems with flooding so, I always have this worry some mold might have developed somewhere I can't readily see it.

Gives me the creeps!

They could be in your attic if it is not well ventilated.

Yeah, I've heard about that.

Luckily our attic is in the garage where I don't go much... hehe.

I'm told you gotta watch out when seeking home improvement advice from the internet.

Course, I think that goes for ANY advice you seek from the internet, period.

Yeah, your are right, the internet multiplied our sources of information, but not our sources of verification.

Did you know that the novelty from constantly clicking links can cause addiction measurable in the brain?

So, it really possible to become addicted to the internet!

(I think I might have that problem some days..)

Yes, every time you click at something something else happens, it can be quite addictive for the brain that likes stimulation.

I think one "unofficial" sign you're addicted if you get up early in the morning just to check your email.

(Or perhaps in today's world, your phone!)

I like receiving email, but I dread work emails, I think it balances my addiction.

Haha.

I'm told young kids can get addicted to Youtube videos of people buying and opening those Kinder Eggs.

You know, the candy eggs that got a toy surprise in each one?

I'm thinking, "Is that all it takes to make a hit Youtube video?

Gotta try that sometime..." :)

I know Kinder Eggs, I live in Canada, they never were outlawed here.

Yeah, they have something similar here (US) but I'm told they're not the same.

Something about the toy being a choking hazard got people worried...

I dunno.

Hey, did you know only 7 percent of people read the FULL terms when buying a product or service on the internet?

I am in the 93 %, they are too long, do you read them ?

I skim it, and look for key phrases like, "Give u your soul" and "Organ harvesting" etc.

Sometimes, I read it, mostly when I install "free" software.

Just to see if I install also spyware.

Yeah, we gotta watch that free stuff.

Speaking of stuff to watch, did you know the sun is actually white?

It only appears yellow because of atmospheric scattering.

Yeah, atmospheric scattering is also the cause of our red sunsets.

They say the sun's energy will undergo a radical shift in a mere 5 billion years, so make your plans accordingly!

In what sense, will we receive more or less heat from the sun, maybe we should harness the energy that is in a lightning bolt, it is 5 times hotter than the sun.

Considering how hot the sun is, that's so mind boggling but yeah, it's hotter by a long shot.

Although I did some research once and the whole "catching a lightning bolt and using it for energy" thing wouldn't quite work out.

Still it's a neat subject to contemplate.

The solar system is well named, the sun  represents 99.86% of all mass in the system.

It would be weird to name it the Neptunian system.

Speaking of Neptune.. did you know on July 11th 2011, it completed it's first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846?

That's one looooong revolution!

That is over 150 earth  years, don't get a mortgage from a banker on Neptune, your grand-grand-grand-children will still have payments.

HAHA, that's true!

And what's even crazier is as big as our son is, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.

I can't even imagine something on that big of a scale!

I wonder how much more energy than our sun it produces.

Again, couldn't imagine.

Well, hey, it was really awesome chatting wit hyou!

I hope you have a great day!

You too have a nice evening.


Hello Friend, are you interested in the Internet?

hi how are you?
yes i am interested in the internet.

The Internet is a network of networks that uses the Internet Protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices world wide.

It has been around for decades.
most people dont know that though.
they think it is a recent invention.

I know a fun fact, did you know that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?

I have heard that name.
it is a silly name.
it is not a hamburger.
the shape is something else.
sandwich?

No, it looks like a hamburger to me.

Did you know that only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the Internet?

My hamburgers are wider in the middle.

The burger must stick out of the buns!

I am a purist about my buttons.

The ToS are too long and dry for most people.

Yes, and the constant novelty from clicking links on the Internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain.

i am already addicted, as far as i can tell.

i figure that years of usage has rendered me helpless in the face of a computer.

Me too.

The current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns down.

is this true?
how could the internet burn down?

I know, right?

The Internet consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks but they are all physical networks, so theoretically they could burn down.

The whole thing though?

i figure each part has its own backups.

How could the whole thing get backed up?

It's complicated.

They are talking about the links.

Speaking of burning, did you know that the Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System?

It's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field va a dynamo process.

The sun is a great force of attraction for so many planets in our vicinity.

I am amazed at its force.

The Sun's diameter is 109 times that of the Earth and its mass is about 330,000 times that of the Earth.

Wow, that's big.

Yes, it is gigantic.
Cosmic.
Stellar, even.
I envy its size.
So much energy, so much mass.

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

We need a place to store it all and I dont have any room at my house.

That would be one big battery.

Anyway, great chat!

I don't have any room at my house either, and yes nice chat.


Do you like Drake's music?

Not so much.
How about you?

He is ok.

I didn;t realize he was an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early 2000s.

I did not know that either.

Interesting!

Maybe his music career/acting career was in the way of his schooling because I did recently read that he graduated high school on october 2012 at the age of 25.

Thats a little late.

Maybe.

Better late than never, I guess.

He quit the show in 2007 to pursue music.

Very true.

I guess it doesn't really matter the age when you are at least trying.

I know he has a lot of music fans!

Did you know the beat of drake's song "hotline bling" is actually sampled from timmy thomas' 1972 hit "why we can't live together"?

I didn't realize that!

"Hotline Bling" received Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Rap Song.

That is pretty cool!

Rap music these days has definitely changed compared to what was playing when I was growing up!

Same here.

I grew up listening to Tupac & Biggie.

Tupac's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance".

Pretty cool!

That was who I grew up to, as well!

Those were definitely the days of rap music!

Here is an interesting fact about rap music!

The word rap, which predates the musical form, originally meant "to lightly strike", and is now used to describe quick speech or repartee.

Wow, neat!

I always liked Eminem too.

Before he became a rapper, eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.

Yes, he was one of my favorites as well.

Check this out.

In 2001 a michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem!

I bet that was a sight to see!

Haha.

She was a good sport.

After hearing eminem's verse on drake's song forever, kanye west took two days and cancelled appointments to rewrite his.

I did not know that.

While on the subject of rap, did you know, Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle, it's called "compliment battle"?

Interesting.

Not sure I have ever heard a Korean rapper.

I never have either!

For this year's Grammys, half of the recordings nominated for the album of the year qualify as rap.

Wow, really?
I wonder why so many?

I'm not sure.

No rap album has won since OutKast won in 2004.

Didn't Bruno Mars take the big prize last year?

Yes he did.

There are a lot of female nominees this year.

On the ballot for album of the year, four of the eight nominees are women.

That is awesome to know because we could use some more women in the industry!

At least I think so, anyway.

I agree.

For best new artist, it's six out of eight who are women!


Have you heard about Julia heaberlin?
she is a famous writer apparently

I had not but I do see she was able to combine geography and poetry

Yes she is very talented.

speaking of geography, how often you travel?

Not as often as I'd like to.

It must be cool getting to do work like hers.

Yes her work does an interesting.

I actually just got back from Florida because I was there for work, I wish that I had riden a bus that the Dutch are creating, it's going to travel at 160 miles per hour, instead I had to take an airplane where I got searched haha

Thats an amazing speed for being on land.

It is a long way from travel 100 years ago with horse-drawn carriages.

Yes I agree, as long as you don't live on Mackinac Island, they still only get by on horse and Buggies

That a bit different from iceland where most icelanders just use flights to travel from town to town.

Yes that's definitely different, also it's interesting to know that the first king to travel around the world was not from England, but rather it was the king of Hawaii

King of Hawaii would not have been my top guess.

Like the US almost placing a UN flag on the moon instead of the American one.

Guess I don't know about that.

I'm glad that they chose the United States flag.

What do you think about the Highway tolls in Japan by the way?

You know I'm not sure if that is a high amount or not.

I have not traveled much by land so I can not be sure how it compares.

What do you think?

I think it's very expensive especially considering that Japan is super small.

Especially compared to United States, you can travel from Ohio to Pennsylvania for only about $10 in tolls

Yea that is a big difference.

Like you mentioned it is a much smaller place.

Yes I agree.

What do you think about dogs by the way?

I like them way more than cats

I'll second that vote I am not a fan of cats.

Did you know though that there are about 12 different blood types for dogs?

And that owners will even do dog Blood Donor drives?

How does that work.

Different blood types but still universal.

No they are all different blood types.

But perhaps there is one universal blood type, like with humans, I think it's type O in humans

ok I see, I think its cool that Istanbul has vending machines to help stay dogs.

yes that's a great idea, its helps the dogs and also the city, btw did you know that dogs are not actually colorblind?

Yes they just can not see as many colours as humans.

yup you're right, do you think we will ever send a dog to the moon btw?

I think that should be the next step haha

no doubt


Hi there, do you enjoy music?

Hi!
Yes, I do enjoy music.
How about yourself?

Yeah me too.

Do you have a favorite album by an artist of a band?

I don't really have a favorite band or album.

I like rock, pop and jazz.

You?

Nice.

My favorite I think is Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Isn't that one of the best selling albums out there?

I don't know LP, I hear good things.

Yeah they are amazing and it is the best selling album of this century actually

That's great!
I know that their singer died.
A shame, really.

Yes it is too bad.

Did you hear about those twin artists in Japan who are over 100 and released an album?

Thats astonishing.
100 years old and rapping?
They must be fierce.
I wonder what they rap about.

Hahhaha good point but wow good for them.

Do you like Tupac now that we speak of rap music?

I never really got into his stuff.
He was a legend that died too young.

That is true and I guess that is why his music is in the Library of Congress

He speaks of the American experience, and is a representative of the rap culture.

Very true.

How about eminem, do you like his music?

I don't really know rap.

I know that he was in a movie about rap.

Did a good job, if I recall.

Yeah it was a movie about his life.

Apparently he wanted to be a comic book artist originally

That's a creative profession!

He would have done well at that too, I suppose.

I think so and his favorite character was Spiderman.

Have you heard of Compliment Battle?

No, I haven't.
That's a strange "battle."

Yeah I think so too, just complimenting each other.

Did you hear of that judge who delivered the ruling in the form of rap?

That's a laugh.
Why would a judge do that?

Because he was trying a suit that was against eminem


do you listen to albums at all?

Yes I do Thom Yorke is mentioned in the Radiohead albums as the guy that played the laptop

Wow what a credit.

Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the century

Nice.

THe album Legend by Marley was on the charts for 914 weeks

Wow.
Do you know who Reel Big Fish are?

I have heard of them but do not know much in detail

They lost the rights to their music and rerecorded their hits

Wow dedication.

Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any other music

WOw that is amazing.

Twins in Japan released a rap album when they were 100 years old

Wow amazing.
Do you like rap?

I like the old stuff from Tupac and some of Eminem's and you?

Me too.

Do you know noclue is the fastest rapper in English language?

Cool.

Tupac's music is in the library of congress for cultural significance

Nice.

DO you know how Childish Gambino got his name?

Hmm not sure.

Do you know EMinem wanted to be a comic book artist?

Cool.

Gambino got his name form an online name generator

Cool.

Eminem really likes the character of spiderman

Wow.
Do you like Drake?

I do , Do you know when he graduated high school?

Hmm no idea.
Do you know what his real name is?

Yes it is Aubrey Drake Graham.


Hey what do you like about the musician Drake?

Do you ever listen to his music

Yes I really like rap music.
Drake is one of my favorite rappers.

Yeah I never knew that Drake's real name was Aubrey Drake Graham, at least Drake is in his actual name

Me neither.

It is kind of an unusual name.

I really liked him in the show Degrassi: The Next Generation did you ever watch that?

No I never saw that show.

Is it any good?

Apparently he finally graduated high school when he was 25

Yes it is a great series you should check it out on Netflix some time.

Wow I didn't realize he didn't finish school at 18.

My favorite album by him is Thank Me Later.

What's yours?

I don't know any of his albums but I do like his single hotline bling, it actually received a Grammy award.

That is a great song!

You should really check out his mixtape  More Life.

It is kind of like a playlist.

Ok I'll check it out.

What do you think about the fact that hotline bling was sampled from a 1972 song

That is cool I really love old school stuff.

He has had produced some really famous songs and albums.

The dancehall influenced album was at the top of the Billboards for weeks on end.

Yeah absolutely, and I always wondered if Drake visited Drake University LOL and he actually did!

He did in the middle of the night

I heard about that.

He is so cool to surprise his fans like that.

I guess he has a lot of money and likes to spend obscene amounts on some of his favorite books as he travels on tour.

Well let me ask you this what other rappers do you like?

I listened to a lot of Eminem back when I was in high school

I love Eminem too I still listen to him!

Lil Wayne is cool too.

I think Drake's career really flourished after he signed with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment.

Yeah I think he did.

One thing I like about Eminem is his choice and superheroes haha I remember that he really likes Spider-Man as a kid

I wonder which superhero's Drake likes?

I don't think his Comeback Season or So Far Gone albums mention superhero's.

Yeah I'm not 100% sure on that, I do also know that Eminem was in a court case and the judge read her verdicts to him as a rap LOL

Wow that's weird.

I really prefer Drakes rapping myself.

Drake does such a good job turning his poetry into music.

He is so on point with the timing on his tracks.

Yeah he has a great beat going.

Have you ever thought about suggesting that he do a"compliment battle"that was our apparently All the Rage in Korea

No I haven't but that is a great idea!

I hope that one day his music will go into the library of congress like Tupac Shakur's did.

I could see that happening.

What do you think about the 1998 Rugrats movie, I bet no one knows that Busta Rhymes did the voice for Reptar in that LOL


do you travel much?

I do.

Did you know air travel used to be faster in the 60s

Wow cool.

The dutch are making a bus that goes 160 mph

Wow cool.

Do you know why the baggage claim is so far?

I have no idea, there is a purpose for that?

Yes because that way they decrease the complaints from people

Nice smart.

Did you know in Japan all highways are tolled?

Are they expensive though?

Yes it can cost you up to $300 to travel by car around the country

Wow.

Did you know you can find places to crash inn when travelling?

That is convenient.

In Mackinac island cars are not allowed anymore, just horses and bikes

Nice must be really peaceful there now

It sure sounds like it.
DO you like dogs?

I sure do.

Did you know they can learn more than 1000 words?

Nice.

They have 12 blood types and there are blood drives for dogs

Nice.

Yeah and they can reason better than chimps

Nice.
Did you know Google is a dog company?

They actually claim that?

Did you know dogs can have eureka moments?

Nice.

Yes they have it in their code of conduct

Amazing.
It was nice chatting with you.

Same here


Are you planning to watch the Grammys this year?

hello,  I am not sure.
Is that going to be on soon?

This year's Grammy Awards are in two days.

They sound like they're going to be exciting.

Oh ok that is soon,  I might watch it.

do you like music?

did you know linkin parks hybrid theory was the best selling album in the 21st century?

I love music and I'm a fan of Linkin Park, so I did know that.

Do you listen to their music?

I do!

I like all types of music.

Did you know that eminem wanted to be a comic?

He has a sharp sense of humor in some of his music and funny deadpan delivery, so I can picture that.

I hear Korean rappers invented a style of rapping,  compliment battle!

That sounds like a very positive spin on the diss tracks that some rappers make.

in 2001 a michigan judge delivered her ruling in a rap lol

That sounds like it would be very funny to hear!

Who was the ruling about?

eminem lol

I wonder what Eminem thought about that.

If it were me, I would be applauding.

Yeah that is amazing.
I hope people did lol

I wonder if any of the songs from Eminem's latest album will be nominated for an award at the latest Grammys.

Some other rappers like Kendrick Lamar have been nominated.

which song is that?

I think his songs that got nominated were the ones from the soundtrack of the Black Panther movie.

Oh nice!
that was a great movie!

It was great, and I think the music really added to how good the movie was.

absolutely!
Music adds so much to movies!

I agree, and I like the way soundtrack albums take me back to seeing the movie when I hear them.


do you like Drake?

I like him yes.
DO you know his full name?

Yes it is Aubrey Drake Graham

Yes.

Do you know when the graduated from high school?

Yes he was 25 an that was back in 2012

Yeah better late than never I guess for his case

True.

Did you know the beat for Hotline BLing is sampled from another song?

Yes that was from the song why can't we live together

Nice.

During a tour in UK he bought a lot of kids books , kind of weird

Yeah and among those were Winnie the Pooh and CHarlotte's Web

Yeah.
Do you like the album Hybrid Theory?

Yes and it is the best selling album of the year

Yeah.
Do you know the band Reel Big Fish?

Yes they lost the rights to their music and rerecorded them again

Yeah that was a good idea, better than nothing

Yeah true.

Do you know which was the best album of 2014?

Yes that was The dark side of the moon and it was released 40 years earlier

Yeh.

Twin in Japan released a rap album when they were 100

Nice.
Do you like rap music?

I like the rap from Tupac and also some of Eminem's

Me too, they are both good at it.
Nice chatting with you


Good afternoon!

Have you ever read the novel Paper Ghost's by Julia Heaberlin?

No, I heard its pretty good but I havent read it, the book is on my to read list though, what about you?

Cool, no haven't read it but definitely sounds interesting.

She has written about Texas how it has monotonous beautiful solitude.

Have you ever been to Texas?

I havent been to Texas, why do you ask'

Just seeing if you agree with Julia Heaberlin's take on it.

Do you like to travel.

Apparently the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160mph!

Yeah I like to travel, that sounds like a great invention, I would like to be on board on one of them

Yea seems like the Dutch are very innovative with that sort of thing.

Iceland on the other hand doesn't even have a public rail service and most Icelanders travel from town to town on domestic flights.

That seems a bit expensive, they must spend a big porcentage of their salaries in commuting,

Yeah seriously!

Apparently the first king to travel around the world was king kalakaua of Hawaii.

That is awesome, I would like to travel around the world, so many stories, anecdotes, Air travel used to be 10% faster in the 60s

Oh wow.

Yes I love to travel as well I want to see as much of the world as possible.

It is difficult to travel with a pet though especially a dog.

Would need to find a dog sitter.

Apparently in Istanbul they have a vending machine for stray dogs!

That sounds like a great service, it lowers costs and keeps doggies healthy, there is a tomb of the unknown dog in Russia, its a memorial for canine reaseach animals

Oh wow.

It is sad to think about all of the dogs who have research done on them.

Maybe they were studying the dogs blood.

Apparently there are 12 different blood types that a dog may have.

I wonder if a dog will ever go to the moon.

The highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than everest.

12 different kinds?

that sounds like a lot of research and also like a lot of hurt canines, dogs can be really smart.

Yeah they can you're right.

Do you like space?

Mar's largest moon is phobos, and one third of it is hollow!

That is surprising.

I do, I think space holds a lot of wonder and I didnt know that, it would be great to watch the universe from there

Do you think they will offer tourism trips to the moon?

Or perhaps Mars?

I would definitely go.

But I would be careful of the moon dust which causes a disease called moon hay fever.

That would be a great business idea, kind of expensive though, people will have to decalse moon rocks or martian rocks at customs upon return, just like the Apollo 11 astronauts

Yeah true!

Would be very expensive.

I wonder if the american flag is still there from the apollo 11 mission.

If we ever went to the moon, I have my doubts about that, why havent we returned?

one thing is certain, earth must look really beautiful from up there

Yes.
Have a good day.
Bye


Hello.
How are you?

Good, do you like rap ?

No.
I am not a fan.
I am more classic rock, country or pop

Which is you favorite classic rock album ?

Thats hard to say.
Maybe Led Zeppelin 1

When was it produced ?

The late 60s

So it was a vinyl release, do you have the album in vinyl format or a CD or... a cassette tape ?

Yes.
I have the vinyl Album

Do you like the vinyl format ?
I like it, it is like a ritual.

I do but I can find mostly any old rock song on you tube, Beach boys doors, three dog night.

They are all up ther

Old rock is the best, it is often sampled in song, Drake as sampled songs from the 70s.

Yes.

Its hard to find a good rock band today.

There are a few but not like the 60s and 70s

Yeah, Reel Big Fish is not a band that will pass the test of time, even more since they have lost the rights of their songs.

Yes.
Thats tough to deal with.
All that work

They re-recorded they songs, they got the rights for that version.

But the guy who cheated them could easily make a best of album.

Yes.
He can make make out well on their work

So you like rock, but do you tolerate rap ?

If not it must must tough for you, it is very popular, even in Korea.

No.

I don't listen much.

Once in a while I hear something that I will listen to.

But I mostly turn to a classic rock  station

Yeah, you probably stopped looking at the billboard top 100, when was the last true Rock hit ?

Linkin Park ?

I rally am not sure.
There are not many anymore

Well, keep on rockin' in the free world, have a nice day.

you too

have a good afternoon.


Hi!
How much do you know about Drake?

I know he is from Canada and hangs out with Steph Curry near my house in Alameda!

I didnt know he graduated from high school at 25.

Thats interesting.

I think its cold they call him Waldo at Warrior games.

At least he has Rihanna lol.

He also spent a lot of money of first editions of Charlottes Web and Winnie the Pooh, I didnt know he was into childrens literatrue.

I wonder if he will actually let his kids read or touch the books haha.

With the cost of a new paperback, I highly doubt it.

I wonder if the timmy thomas 1972 hit song that Hotline Bling sampled from gets any royalties.

I would hope so, so many rappers use older songs in their music and just call it a remix.

Maybe that is a strategy since the originators maybe gone already.

Have you ever used vinyl record or cassette tape?

I have.

Up until a few months ago, my car had a cassette deck in it.

I still have a record player at home too.

That is awesome.

That lasted over 30 years, from the 70's to early 2000s.

Hold onto it.

I even have old 78 and 33 1/3 albums

I see people selling tape players for 100 and record players for several hundred dollars!

That is crazy, now MP3 is the new craze, I really wonder what the next development will be.

Instant streaming any song anywhere you want without storage.

Even just regular streaming is pretty incredible.

Music certainly has developed in terms of formats.

I wonder how rapping will evolve?

It all started from the West African griot tradition.

I wonder they developed it to make sure people were paying attention so they could disseminate traditions that way.

That would be a pretty effective method.

It has been great chatting, but I must go.

Same here take care of those records and tapes!

Have a good night.


What types of music do you enjoy?
Rap?

I like all music but country and classical.

How about you?

I have been listening to rapping lately as it is a form of music that focuses on vocal delivery and rhythmic speech

Nice.

I like classic rap a lot.

Like Tupac Shakur.

He had a large impact on our culture, so much that he is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."

I like that while rap share parts of hip hop, its history predates it and occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing

It's interesting that the word rap has been part of British English since the 16th century.

It is also interesting how rap continues to develop even to this day.

For instance, Korean rappers have recently developed a new type of freestyle called a compliment battle.

That is funny.

Rap is sometimes used in very surprising instances.

A judge delivered a ruling in rap for a suit filed against Eminem.

Speaking of rap, how familiar are you with Aubrey Drake Graham?

Who is that, Drake?

I did not know that Aubrey was his first name!

Initially finding fame as an actor in Degrassi, he pursued rap and released Comeback Season and So Far Gone before debuting with Thank Me Later with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment

He is full of surprises.

During one UK tour in 2011, he spent an "obscene amount of money" to buy children's classic books, first editions.

Having achieved quadruple platinum status and success, he is a man with money to spend.

He must have really fond memory of children stories and want the very best for himself.

I like the song "God's Plan," which is one of many number one singles.

I like Hotline Bling, which even received a grammy.

The beat was actually sampled from why we can't live together tho.

His debut album was even number one on the US Billboards and went platinum.

He has had a lot of success from early on in his rap career, it seems.

It makes sense he has money to spend on first editions, especially considering how many hits he has released

I am also a fan of Linkin Park.

Their album "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling album of the 21st century

I think what makes an album great is its persistence.

For instance, the dark side of the moon is still a best seller despite being released 40 years ago.

Straight outta compton by NWA was the first album to get to platinum status without airplay or a major tour.

Wow it was very interesting to talk about rap.

Have a nice day.

Yes, I think I'm going to look up the rap album by 100 year old twins next.


Hi, do you listen to Drake?

I have in the past.
I haven't heard "Scorpion" yet.

Me either.
I am not a fan though.
I do listen to him at the gym though.
I am more of a rock fan.
What about you?

I enjoy many types of music, including rap and country albums

If you enjoy rap, did you know Tupac is in the library of congress for cultural significance?

I have heard that.

I wonder if Eminem is also in that category?

I would think so.
He has done so much to help the genre.
It would be a shame not to be.

Too true.

He even inspired Kanye West to improve his verse for the song "Forever".

It worked out for Eminem.

He wanted to be a comic book artist though.

I think he's doing ok.

I would agree, although perhaps not as well as Linkin Park who have the best-selling album of the 21st century!

Have you ever heard of a compliment battle?

It is a new kind of freestyle.

It is!
I had not heard of it until todya.
It's from Korea.

Interesting that something that started in West Africa is so global now!

I hope they do not freestyle court rulings!

Some judge in Michigan did that.

Not very professional.

I don't know.

If a rapper like Busta Rhymes can appear in Rugrats, anything goes!

That's true!
Hasn't he been in a lot too?

I don't know.

Do you know the names of any of his albums?

No.
I just know he raps really fast!

Did you know that NWA was the first act to have a platinum album without airplay or a major tour!

I did not.
Nice chatting with you!


Hi, do you like to Travel, if yes where would you like to go?

I have always wanted to travel to asia

Do you have any favorite scenes that you would like to see in asia?

Probably Japan but I would likely take the train everywhere

That sounds great.
Have you ever travel by airplane?

A few times.
How about you?

What was your first time like?

was you nervous or had someone to comfort you?

A little bit but overall I enjoy taking the airplane.

I hate the bus though.

I was a nervous wreck my first time also.

The bus is very relaxed but too long and too much changing.

I like the sound of the Dutch bus though, it is superfast!

Wow, I have travel several places, but never heard of the Dutch bus.

Is this International bus?

I don't think so.

Mackinac Island is a great place to visit if you like biking.

Yes, it sounds like a great place to visit because I love biking for exercise.

The first king to travel the globe was from Hawaii but I have never been to Hawaii myself.

I have family and friends to visit Hawaii, I never been but will like to go to see their lifestyle.

I have been to Japan but never realized how expensive the tolls are!

What is the tolls and did you find out so expensive?

I think its about $300 one way cross country.

Can you Imagine traveling a bus or any on ground transportation traveling at a speed of 160 mph?

That would be amazing.
I think I need to go walk my dog now.

Ok, It was good talking with you.

Do you have a dog?


Do you use facebook?

Yes I do.

It is such a part of my life that I still can't believe it's been around since 2004 or that I've been using it for so many years.

What do you do on it?

I guess the same things that most everyone does.

That is,except for people in the german state of Schleswig-Holstein.

In that state the like button is illegal.

What do you do on it?

I only really use it for messaging people

Cool.
How do you like the blue color?

My favorite

It does seem calming.

I never questioned it but the whole reason it's blue is because Mark Zuckerburg has red-green colorblindness.

Well in any case, great choice

It must be well liked since the company is valued at $104 billion.

To the exasperation of myspace

I know what you mean there.

Didn't they turn down a chance to buy facebook?

I mean I understand.

I happens much like neflix and blockbuster

Yep, companies sometimes make bad decisions.

Not sure if it's bad or not but Burger king had an odd promotion on facebook where people had to unfriend others to get a free whopper.

I guess facebook rubbed them the wrong way somehow

Perhaps so.

Facebook gets most of it's revenue off of advertisements.

They may have charged Burger King too much for their ads.

Or maybe they posted something that offended burger king.

I wonder how FB retaliated

I don't know.

Maybe they liked the publicity in a strange way.

I guess any publicity is good publicity?

So they say.

Facebook has the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company so they are not hurting.

I guess you make a fair point.
Anyway, thanks for chatting.


Hi!

Have you followed the Parkland shooting?

I'm not sure.

I do use Facebook a lot.

So if its on there I would follow the news.

I catch most of my news there too.

It is crazy that myspace turned them down in 2005.

LOL 1/3 of all divorce filings of 2011 in the US contained the word Facebook.

Wow, people getting a bit to personal on there I guess.

I would think.

30% of all adults use FB as their primary source of news.

It is true.
Even companies use it to market.
Did you hear about Burger King?

No what happened with them?

They ran a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people you got a free whopper.

Oh, haha-no.

That's funny.

Did you know FB has 56 gender custom options, and with the traditional male or female that makes a total of 58.

That is incredible, props to them for being all inclusive.

Although I dont think I could come up with all 58.

That's what I was thinking!!

There are more people on FB than there were in the world 200 years ago.

Wow, that just shows you how heavily used it is, and how much the world has grown.

It really does.

Well since 2006 anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old has been to become a registered FB user.

Iceland is even using it to rewrite their constitution, allowing people to make suggestions

That's a good idea!

So far the FB company  has the valuation to date.

It makes most of its money form ads.

I bet.
I like that it is an American company.

It is neat that it is.

It  started with just colleges and universities.

Oh, I did not know that.
Was that at the very start?

Yeah back in 2003-4

Oh wow.
That was a long time ago.
Good chatting with you.

You too!
Have a great day!


Do you have a favorite celebrity?

Hmmm....not really.
I know I'm not a fan of Paris Hilton.

Judge Judy makes $123k per episode!

Not too shabby!

Jenna Marble on youtube makes $346,827 annually from her channel.

Crazy!

I think Lebron still has them beat lol.

Oh yes!

I wonder how much he makes per year?

Funny.

I don't like Paris Hilton and I see that in 2007 she was in the guinness book of world records for most overrated celebrity!

lol

Well deserved, she can still get into Pixars secret room though.

What room is that?

Pixar studio has a secret room just for celebrities.

How neat!

I wonder why it's just for celebrities?

John Cena holds the record for wishes granted with the make a wish foundation.

He has granted over 400 wishes!

I have seen him at Make a wish.

Nice.

Ethiopia has a celebrity chef who combats hunger

That is pretty cool.

I can't believe they have hunger issues there still.

I remember in the 80s how hunger was an issue there.

There was a guy named Justin Bieber who was banned from facebook for sharing the same name with the celebrity.

That's not right for them to do that to that poor guy.

Agreed, if he is older, he had the name first!

Yes.

I can't believe it's been over 15 years now since Facebook was founded in 2004.

Mark Zuckerberg is near me in Menlo Park, Ca!

Nice!

30 percent of American adults use Facebook as their primary news source.

Oh boy...we're in trouble.

lol

Maybe BurgerKing should have them unfriend more people for whoppers?

Burger King?

I dont know why but they had a promo for a free whooper if you unfriend 10 people!

Oh yes.

I would have been all over that promotion.

I would have gotten a bunch of whoppers.

lol  Here's a different fact...there are more people on Facebook now that there were people in the world 200 years ago!

haha good one.
take care

Have a good one!
It's been fun chatting!


Are you a fan of the Harry Potter series?

yes I am, how about you?

I saw all of the movies on the big screen but I had not read the books until recently.

Did you know that Harry Potter series was the most banned book in the thus far?

I wonder why?

I'm not sure, but the translation of the first harry potter book is the longest published book in greek

Given its popularity, I sure its been translated into multiple languages.

What I did not know is that the Harry Potter books I just read were translated to American English from British English!

oh wow, the author wrote an alternative ending to the series.

I did not know that!

Was it picked up by a publisher or is just out there, floating on the internet?

Somehow, I can't see Rowling being pleased about that!

she continuously edits the books to fix errors.

Since its been a while since the Harry Potter books were published, I would not have expected a very active Harry Potter FaceBook page.

But it seems its still being updated regularly.

Do you use FaceBook?

I do, there are more people on facebook than there were in the word 200 years ago.

I personally do not - too concerned about privacy and fake news.

But occasionally I see where it might have value.

Like with Iceland using FB to rewrite its constitution and allow the public to make suggestions and alterations.

yeah that's new.

well talking about fake news, Facebook is considered the primary source of news for 30% of american adults.

I find that a bit disconcerting - anyone can be a "reporter" and put anything out there.

I also find the FB (and other social media) created a new type of celebrity.

Some, like the Kardashians are famous simply for being famous,

yeah just like YouTube and Instagram, they have a lot followers and they are called influencers because they post reviews and everything but their opinion is often biased.

I don't trust them, do you?

Neither do I.  I like real celebs, like Lebron James.

He deserves his celebrity status with skills on the basketball court.

I recently learned he is the highest paid celeb, with Judge Judy coming 2nd at $123,000 per episode!

woow, that is interesting, there is a celebrity on YouTube called Jenna Marble that makes $346,827 from her channel.

Wow!

I never knew you  could make that type of money on YouTube.

On a more somber note.

What do you think of celebrity status being given to some of the students from Parkland High School after the shooting incident?

oh no that is horrible.

I appreciate that the media would want to interview them.

And I respect that they are entitled to their opinions on gun control.

But we also need to look at mental illness being at the core of the shooting.

I just hope that in their involvement in the school and social media that they also address that factor as well.

exactly, that is a serious issue.
I enjoyed talking with you today.
have a nice day.

The MacArthur Foundation provided 10 guiding questions to help them in their public involvement.

Like knowing the difference between having a voice and having influence, and getting from being a voice to being an agent of change.

I hope they use that guidance well in their civic engagements.

Take care...

I hope so.
have a nice day


So what do you think of Maria Butina appealing to men with guns?

I don't get it at all.

But I know there are men out there who think guns are just the best thing ever.

They can identify the models and the add ons just by looking at a picture.

Seems very weird to me.

I'm a gun owner and like to shoot.

I don't hunt.

I would not be turned on by a girl holding one.

I think the NRA isn't thinking about how scary that may be.

Especially those that went though a bad divorce.

I think there's more to Butina than just the guns.

She also portrayed the willing woman who would never disagree with her man and lead him on an enjoyable ride.

Yeah, I'm not buying it.

She has a Facebook feed and many think she's a fraud that would lead someone on then ask for $5k wired to her.

I guess she got in tight with the NRA leadership.

That's even odder to me.

The NRA are supposed to be so patriotic and all and then here they are falling all over her.

Yeah, a Russian at that.

Of course WaPo would make it a political thing (e.g., feminists nonsense).

So sick of American being so nasty and political.

The Washington Post was just reporting when the Michigan GOP told them she was friendly and flirtatious.

And I guess she was, the classic cold war honeypot.

Maybe we'll see the movie soon.

Dunno.

She's on Facebook.

I didn't realize that Zuckerburg was color blind.

He probably has the bucks to be fitted with robot eyes.

I'm sure facebook and all that fantasy helped Butina make her way.

I was actually thinking more like it is the Star Wars style fantasy that she feeds off of.

After all Princess Leia handled a pretty mean blaster and was cute also.

Back to your previous comment.

Can you seriously image WaPo saying anything positive about the NRA?

I never got the Princess Leia turn on...

It's been featured on Friends and The Big Bang Theory.

Just think if Leia had facebook in that future.

Imagine all the stormtroopers standing around looking at their phones!

That would be a hoot.

I knew about Zuckerburg's color blindness.

I used to wonder if any Facebook employee would make a fake page in all green and see how he would react.

One would probably get fired.

I think it's very interesting that one fold in the brain makes the difference between perceiving fantasy and reality.

I wonder if people like Van Gogh had something going on there as opposed to most thinking he was schizophrenic.

I guess it's thoughts like that explain why I had to keep changing jobs.

I am a big fan of fantasy literature.

I've got a long list of authors that I am working my way through.

Terry Pratchett is one of them, I guess he's British.

I like William Gibson.

I'm pretty sure he wasn't the Chicago janitor that wrote a 15,145 page manuscript.

That's a pretty weird story but I've heard other similar ones.

There was a French mathematician, named Able who committed suicide and when they searched his apartment they found reams of research work that he never submitted.

That's weird.

Also weird is that Burger King offered a free Whopper for unfriending 10 people on Facebook.

That's pretty anti-social.

Seems a little unnecessary doesn't it.

We could just get along, would that be so hard?

I don't think so... We should all just chill.

Maybe Iceland is the place for that.

They are rewriting their constitution on Facebook to get feedback.

I doubt Facebook is the place to decide on something like a constitution.

Most comments on Facebook are negative at least in my limited experience.

When I worked in S.F.

I used to walk by the last Myspace office on second street.

Usually pretty empty.

Weird how they couldn't buy Facebook.

Nice chat...


Hi.
Are you by any chance a dog lover?
If so, what breed?

I do!
I like Huskies.
Have had them the majority of my life.

Such gorgeous dogs!

Do you & your dogs live in a northern climate?

Yes!

Extreme North East Ohio so they are adapted to the cold.

Did you know that there are 12 different blood types that a dog may have?

Yes, and dogs can donate blood to other dogs.

Do your Huskies resemble wolves in any way - to you?

Yes they do.

Did you hear about the vending machines they have for dogs in Instanbul?

No.
What do they dispense?

They release food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles!

That's a good program.

Sounds dog-friendly.

Know that dogs have been selectively bred over millennia, but do all Huskies have those intensely blue eyes?

No they do not.

I had a Siberian Husky growing up and his eyes were brown.

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

Found that out when I tried to teach my cat to recognize the spot she'd dropped a favorite toy!

Understand dogs can't see as many colors as humans.

Yes!

They are not color color blind.

Google prefers dogs to cats.

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

Interesting.

Sometimes watch Westminster Dog Show.

Know Huskies are not herding or hunting breed.

Are they considered "working dogs" - like St. Bernard's?

No.

Somewhat if you consider how they pull sleds.

They are a tough dog to have if you have a lot of people coming around.

Very territorial.

Do you know any facts about the moon?

Sure!

Know it's our only natural satellite.

Know also that SpaceX and other private companies plan to take passengers there in the future.

Would you go?

To Mars?
No.
I couldn't leave my family behind.

Of course.

Three year journey one way.

But SpaceX and others plan to take people to the moon in a few days- faster than Apollo mission flights.

Would that tempt you to be the next Neil Armstrong?

I wouldn't go to the moon either.

The only thing there of interest for me would be to view the Earth.

lol  Although I might be tempted to climb the highest point on the moon which is 1938 meters higher than Mt.

Everest!

I won't have to worry about falling!

Yes!

If I were going, I'd enjoy putting together a playlist of my favorite albums, like Apollo 11/NASA did.

Any album you'd insist on for your playlist?

I would have to put Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory on there since it's the best selling album of the 21st century!

It's been fun chatting!

Only song I wouldn't include is "How Much is that Doggie in the Window?"

Aliens might think Earthlings are still slaveholders!

Enjoyed our chat, too.

Cheers!

Have a good one!


Good morning!
Do you like facebook?

Yes, I love it!

Can't believe I've been using it since 2-4-04!

I know what you mean.

It's hard to believe it's been around for so long now!

Mark Zuckerberg and his friends definitely knew what they were doing when they created it.

Yes, and I bet they are happy they expanded it to include not just college students, but anyone in 2006 that claimed to be at least 13 years old.

I imagine so.

The company was valued at $104 billion back in february 2012.

That's a lot of value.

I bet Myspace wishes they would not have turned down the offer to buy FB for $75 million in early 2005.

You know that's right!

Hey, you know you mentioned that anyone claiming to be at least 13 could register with the site a bit ago.

Did you know that that depends on the laws where a person is at?

Oh, that makes perfect sense.

Also, I guess FB makes most of its profit from the ads that appear on screen.

I've heard they do.

I'm glad they do too.

I would hate to have to pay to use the site.

I would not want to either.

I wonder how much their stock costs now.

They started selling it fairly recently.

That's a good question.

They are probably expensive.

Have you heard about that state in germany making the like button illegal?

No, but that is half the fun of it!
Burger King had a fun FB promotion.
Did you hear about it?

I agree!
What was the promotion about?

Burger King was offering FB users a free Whopper if they unfriended at least 10 people.

It sounded pretty funny.

That does sound funny!
I would do it!

I think I would too, just because of the humor.

Did you know founder Mark Zuckerburg is red green colorblind?

That is why FB is primarily blue.

I didn't know that.

To be honest i just accepted it as blue and really never thought about why it was.

I can't imagine it any other color really.

Some places are using FB for business.

Iceland is giving people the chance to rewrite their constitution via FB.

i'm not sure how i feel about that.

To me, facebook is entertainment.

I don't know about using it for something so important as that.

What do you think?

Same.

I like the entertainment aspect.

I am not sure I like the idea of putting my opinion on such a public venue associated with something so important.

That's a good point too.

Being so public with political opinion may not be a good thing for people.

Well, it looks like it's time for me to go now.

It's been nice chatting with you!

Have a great day!


Have you ever heard Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" album?

Yes, I have!
That's a fantastic album

It is said to be the best-selling album of the 21st century, but I have never heard it.

You think I should give it a listen?

Absolutely.

It's Linkin Park's first album, so if you've heard any of their later stuff, it has a more rock vibe than the recent things have had.

Apparently there's a trend to match a cocktail to an album, so now I'm wondering what drink would go with Hybrid Theory.

That's wild!

100-yr-old Japanese twins put out an album recently.

I would guess the drink that goes with their music is juice.

Haha, basically!

Or maybe some wine.

Speaking of albums, did you know that Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero then they did on any album?

Isn't that crazy?

I would not have predicted that one.

I would also not have predicted that in 2014, Dark Side of the Moon from Pink Floyd would still be one of the tops albums sold.

Are they still touring?

I don't think so?

Cover bands still play all their songs all the time.

Speaking of the moon and the darkside, I can totally believe that some NASA interns stole moon rocks and then tried to sell them!

Personally I'd just keep them

I wonder if the rocks from Mar's largest moon, phobos, look differnt that the rocks from our moon.

And why doesn't our moon have a name?

Hmmm... maybe they're just different kinds of astroid or whatnot?

Probably because we couldn't agree on a name!

It's a shame.

We name everything.

But the moon just gets howled at... Saturn's moon, Titan, shows evidence of methane-based life forms.

It got lots of media coverage.

If the life forms are intelligent, maybe we could develop some trade with them.

We could send them all that methane produced by cows.

Win win.

Ha!

We name things and the internet renames them... Ah, Boaty McBoatface.

The best name never used.

Well I hope they don't discover/announce oil on it.

Otherwise we'll have our first space war before we even get to Mars!

I wonder if the dust on mars is as dangerous as the moon dust.

Have you heard of this> Moon dust is tiny, an extremely sharp  shards of rock that are so dangerous, they even have an ailment named for them: moon hay fever!

I had no idea!

It makes sense though.

Wouldn't that have to be kicked up though?

Since theres no wind on the moon?

Speaking od rocks, Apollo 11 astronauts actually had to declare their moon rocks to customs!

They probably got taxed for the moon dust on their shoes too.

Moon dust is supporsed to be so dangerous, it can penetrate kevlar.

Thiere has got to be a use for this stuff.

Soon we will be mining the moon.

But who owns the moon?

As sad as it is, you're probably right.

Kevlar?

That's wild!

I'd like to think no one is so brazen to think they own the moon.

Although it's probably considered international property or something stupid like that.

Yeah.

When Apollo 11 was preparing for their voyage, they had discussion as to whether they should plant a United Nations flag instead of a US flag.

If I planted a UN flar and someone asked me "whose flag is that?"

I would answer, mine…

No kidding!

Not to mention even the moon is sick of us humans since it's actually scooching away from us!

It moves away at about the same rate as our fingernails grow!

I mean, it's not much, but it sounds like it's consistent.

So much we don't know or understand.

Like, did you know the highest mountain on the moon is almost 2000 meters higher than Mt Everest?

I would live to ski down that puppy...in slow motion for like, 5 hours...

I had no idea!

Just don't try and jump and do tricks since I'm pretty sure you'd just float off into space!

At night, I point up at the moon, and my dog instinctively looks up at the moon and smiles.

Now I know why.

Dogs and elephans are the only animals that understand what pointing means, but I have never tried pointing around an elephant.

So much to do, so little time.

That's a cool fact!

Not even my toddler always understands pointing.

Three year olds are so frustrating to me.

My dog, for all his pluses, just doesn't care.

Do you think wolves understand pointing then?

Good question!

I'll ask Google later.

After all, Google has stated that they prefer dogs over cats.

So they should know...

When did they do that?

I know that dogs can learn over 1000 words and they *say* dogs enjoy problem solving.

I call crap on that though, my shiba just doesn't care like I said!

We'll have to Google that later too.

I have to fly, but it has been nice chatting.

I will leave you with this question: If dogs can donate blood at a doggie blood drive, what kind of snacks do they serve afterwards?

My dog want to know.

It has been, nice talking to you!

Hmm...

Probably doggie treats and dog-safe human food!

Leaving as I sing, "All and all it's just another brick in the wall."

Chao!


Are you on facebook?

hi how are you?
no, im not on facebook.
You?

I have a profile but rarely use it anymore.

Myspace had a chance to buy it years ago but didnt

I guess they didnt see the potential of FB.

I think that i would have made the same mistake myself.

Huge mistake, I wonder if myspace even exists anymore.

Did you ever have a profile?

No, i did not.

i looked at facebook and thought about persistence of info on the internet and decided against it.

You were very smart, I should have followed your lead.

I did participate in a burger king promotion about unadding friends for free whoppers, it was great!

That is a bonus.

I could have just made friends to unfriend and cashed in on the burger bonanza.

right lol.

I wish I could have unfriended hundreds for free food lol!

Are you a star wars fan?

Yes, i really liked the original trilogy.

You?

Me too, much better than the new stuff coming out.

The original star wars made George Lucas a billionaire!

Yeah, he was smart.

he made money on a movie in the 70s, then got to do star wars.

gave up the directors fee for the merchandising rights.

right, smart man!

Even his wife got some awards for her ideas for the films and editing

She was a clever story writer.

she knew how to create  special moments that the viewer would remember.

i was a kid when i saw it, and it changed my view of storytelling.

I can't agree with you more!

Did you ever see how much James Earl Jones made for voice Darth Vader

He didnt make much in cash, but i bet he made money in residuals.

That is a good point, I think he initially made like 7500 dollars for it, but made a ton after

Yeah, what a voice!
he did the voice for lion king too.

Man, him and morgan freeman cash good checks with their voice, I wish mine did the same thing lol.

It was so nice chatting with you!

Yes, i had a great time chatting.
Morgan is one of my favorite actors.

He is awesome!
Enjoy your night!