Hey there!

Are you a fan of Ariana Grande?

How about that whole incident with the pastor at Aretha Franklin's funeral "grazing" her breast.

Crazy!

I'm not a huge fan, but that is crazy!

Also, Clinton staring at her backside...yuck!

I think the pastor was probably no intentional.

He did not even know who she was!

I found out about her from her brother being on Big Brother lol!

I never knew she was Italian though!

I did not know her brother was famous too.

She started so young.

At 10 she already had a youth singing group preforming at charity events.

Ya, she seems super put together at times, but then does crazy things like licking a donut display.

Yes, and the whole thing she had going with Pete Davidson was quite interesting too.

Very!

Have you ever watched the simpsons...Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.

That's one long resume!

I love the Simpsons.

Bart is my favorite character.

There is only one episode where he does not appear or is not mentioned!

Crazy!Did you know Daniel Radcliffe was the voice of  Edward Cullen on the Simpsons treehouse of horror 21 episode?

I thought he only did Harry Potter!

That is wild!

One show I have never watched is Pokemon.

Can't believe there are over 750 episodes of that show!

Me either!

Maybe I should contact a noogler to see what they can tell me about it.

Haha!

Did you watch Thomas the Tank Engine growing up?

They have quite a roster for celebs that have done the narrating!

No, that wasn't really my thing.

Have you ever tried typing "askew" into google.

Apparently it makes the page tilted?

Wow, I need to try that!

Google is quite innovative.

They even once tried using goats to mow the lawns at headquarters!

Crazy!

Did you know garfield use to have a website and g-mail was his email service before google's email?

That is wild!

Now we can't live without it.

In 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and 40% of the web traffic went down with it!

I believe that!

It's crazy that PhD students invented Google...seems like someone much older would do that

Yea, it does seem like it has been around forever.

Now they are calculating traffic by seeing how fast android devices on the road are moving.

I don't think they made phones when they first existed.

I wonder why only Android since many people use iPhones?

I wonder what else is fake on google since their first versions of google moon used cheese for the closest zoom?

I think they own Android right?

I bet there is a lot we don't know!

It was a pleasure chatting with you today!


Hi, how are you?

Great!
and you?
Do you like to eat popcorn?

I do like to eat popcorn!
The buttery the better!

Yes, I agree.

I can't image eating popcorn with chopsticks!

lol

That would be interesting.

I prefer using my fingers though.

If chopsticks brought happiness though, I may give them a try.

That's what they say, doing something new brings happiness.

lol

I think I may try something new then!

I have tried using chopsticks with sushi and it only brought me humiliation.

I am not good with chopsticks.

lol, I know you have to enjoy it if your trying something new!

Doing something different with water is interesting.

But, lapping it up like a cat doesn't sound fun.

Although if I walked in on you lapping up water like a cat, that would bring a ton of fun to me.

I would loose it!

Ha, ha, ha.

I know, right!

Restaurants are taking advantage of the novel idea with serving hovering in the sky or lying in beds.

Who knew!

I wish I oculd lose myself in the fun and be more fun.

I take myself too seriously.

Yes, I do too!

Do you like travel?

I didn't know air travel is saving on fuel cost since the 1960's by slowing 10%.

I do like to travel but am afraid to travel internationally.

Although if there were a bus that went 160, I might have to give it a try.

That would be exciting!

I feel the same way.

Oh no, google has a self driving car that has an aggressive mode!

I feel like everything has an agressive mode nowadays!

And Im from chicago, possibly the most aggressive area in the nation...

Really, I'm in Fla. we have our areas.

But self driving is scary!

Since you live in the cold, why would it be illegal to warm up your car in Ohio?

Cause Ohio is crazy???

Florida has it's share of crazy!

Where are you in FL?

South florida has a bunch of stuff like bath salts turningn people into zombies!

Yes, I saw that with the bath salts.

Crazy people everywhere.

I live on southwest coast.

Much calmer.

Less crazy.

Speaking of crazy, India must have crazy drivers to make Audi's horns extra loud!

I know, right!

Imagine having a car horn that is not effective enough so you need to supercharge it!

I can just picture how bad it must be there!

Going to check my car for the little arrow next to the pump symbol.

Never noticed it before!

Great chat!

Nice chatting with you!


Hi, how are you today?

I am well.

What do you think about Davidson being bullied online and online bullying in general?

I think that part of being famous opens the door to a larger amount of criticism.

Don't you think the internet to make it much more immediate and harmful than bullying in pre-internet times?

Yes, I do, do you?

Oh, I do.

I also think it feels much more personal when it comes to your phone or your inbox.

Yes, it is as though they are in your home, car etc.

Which in a way they are.

I really think that people who bully online should have their social media sites shut off.

I don't know how to keep them off the internet totally but shutting off those sites would do something.

It sounds good in theory but who would judge what constitutes shutting down a persons website.

I think a court.

I think realistically if someone feels like they are being bullied and are unhappy with things being said online they should just not partake in the sites.

I don't think too many people would agree with you.

Since they know it's out there and about them.

All those sites are supposed to self-police and ban people who are abusers and if they don't they should be taken off-line.

Again, sounds good in theory but everyone has different things that may hurt them or make them feel a certain way.

Everyone could be banned if you look at it that way

No.

I don't agree.

But changing focus here, did you know the UN appointed an official ambassador to extraterrestrials in 2010 in case we ever have contact?

I wonder who it is.

No, I did not hear that do you have any guesses as to whom?

None whatsoever.

I will have to find out though!

Today is the shortest day of the year, when earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long.

I guess our orbit changed (?)

Me, as well.

I could go for 5.5 hours for my work day!

Something changed that is for sure.

I have to delve into that a bit more.

Well, you'd have a short night too.

5.5 hours of sleep as a steady diet would be tough.

We only have so many hours in a "day" how would it be divided up if the days get longer?

I guess if the orbit is irregular you could have much shorter days and longer nights or if the axis was tilted differently.

Yes, and the gravitational pull can be changing as well.

Right!
Nice chatting with you.


did you know that we will run out of helium on earth by the end of this century?

I guess we'll have to find another source if we're going to have balloons at parties!

We could probably get some from fusion reactors, if we ever create them.

haha that is true, also kind of scary is that we've already torn down 80 percent of earths old, natural forestry though too

We have an insatiable appetite for resources!

When the aliens show up, they'll be shocked at how we've treated our home.

they will be, did you see that the UN has a person appointed as the ambassador to extra terrestrials?

I want that guy's job he must do nothing all day

That sounds like a great job!

I wonder what qualifications were necessary.

If we ever get to Mars, the ambassador might have to go.

haha yes maybe he is an astronaut, whats wild is that if earth's history were a 24 hour day, humans would only occupy about 1 minute of time

We are truly newcomers to this world, yet we have changed it so much.

The day was only 5.5 hours long when the earth formed.

I wonder if the day will continue to get longer.

that is crazy, do you think that days get longer over time?

like will we have a 40 hour day eventually?

A whole work-week within a day!

People would go on strike.

Plus, what would they do with their time?

Are there enough shows on Netflix to keep them entertained?

haha good point, I do like knowing that mount everest has cell phone service if I ever go, that way I could stream netflix from the summit

Stuck on the summit with nothing to do?
Netflix!
I'd hate to be the Everest IT guy.

ya that would be annoying, also annoying that only 7 percent of people read the online terms of service, i'm shocked its that high honestly

That's true.

I figure most people don't worry about the terms because they won't run into problems.

Only big companies have the money to sue usually.

Do you believe that there is a backup copy of the Internet at Alexandria?

It sounds like bogus news.

ya I don't know how that's possible, and how often is it uploaded, like think of how much storrage that would take, the interent is crazy though apparently clicking links can become an addiction

I think it would take an entire Internet to backup the entire Internet.

Anything can become addictive.

I bet people get addicted to things like Amazon Turk.

The clicks on the Internet sometimes provide pleasure, kind of like gambling.

haha I could see that, do you know that 3 line horizontal button that you see all over the internet is called a hamburger button?

That makes me hungry and is probably addictive haha

Vegans and vegetarians and PETA probably call it something else out of respect for cows.

lol yes they call it a beanburger button, Judge Judy makes over 100k per episode, I wonder how many beanburgers she could buy with that haha

She's been doing that show forever.

People love her sassy personality.

I know that Hugh Laurie makes a ton for his work on House.

ya I think he made like 700k per episode or something, I can't blame him I would do that for as long as I could haha


I love to read.
Do you enjoy reading?

I do!

My favorite genre is non fiction, especially self development books!

I read non-fiction from time to time but I prefer fiction.

Do you know who wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg?

Was is Asimov?

It was actually Edgar Allen Poe.

That is really cool.

I didnt know he wrote about things like that.

I have his complete works and I missed that story as well.

Did you also know that Caesar wrote fan fiction?

I heard about that!
Happy Ides of March, BTW.

You too.

His fan fiction was about Hercules and Oedipus.

Wow, I bet that was interesting to read.

Do you know what the largest fork of fiction is?

I don't.
What is it?

4 Million word Super Smash Bros fan fiction.

I like Super Smash Bros but I can't imagine writing about it let alone writing that much about it.

Neither could I , I wonder how long it took?

It had to be a huge amount of time.

Did you know that Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel to be on the reading list for 3 military branches?

No, Ive never read it?
Is it good?

I only saw the movie.

It's shocking to me though because it's set in the future and they are fighting alien bug creatures.

That is kind of like Enders game, they fight the buggers.

Maybe the military knows something we dont...

I heard that's on their reading list also.

I would have expected more sophisticated reading for the military.

I agree.

I wonder what they expect people to take from that and apply to their job in the military.

I can't imagine it's helpful.
It was nice chatting with you.


It says Eminem has won more Oscars than Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray COMBINED.

Does Eminem have them for 8 mile?
Not sure the others have any.
Seems weird and unjust.

DeCaprio definitely has one for The Revenant - does Eminem have more than one?

I am not sure...

I think he probably has a few for his music!

Im on it!

Yes, he has one for the best Original Song for 8 mile - you were right.

That's the only one though.

A bunch of AMAs... Did you google it like I did?

Yea, I found only one Oscar.

Me too.

The oscars were nominated for emmys????

9.... seems like the emmys mailed it in...

The Oscars award show was nominated for emmys?

Yeah... John williams has been nominated a lot for his musical scores.

He's done a ton!

Yea, he's done Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, to name a few.

Seems like he's really talented...

Ever wonder what it's like to be THAT talented?

I can barely dress myself in the morning.

Haha, seems like it's just a passion that people have that ends up being their profession.

I hope I can find that in my life but at 40, I am not sure I will find it.

Unless I can turn drinking whiskey into money...

Yea, you never know.

But a lot of people didn't hit mainstream success until later on - like Hugh Laurie from House.

He made 700 grand per episode...

Nice!!!!!!

I wish I could make that per glass of whiskey.

Id be so rich!

Like the Facebook engineers who wanted to call the like button "awesome"

That's not bad - I'm sure millennials would like that.

Did you know the Facebook's "like" button is illegal in some state in Germany?

Not sure why though.

That seems like an odd thing to sensor...

I wonder why??

Hmm apparently its not the like button itself but something about how it was sending user data without consent.

Oh, that could be bad in a place that may have had some issues with authority...

Yea, Facebook seems to be having a rough year

Yeah.
Nice chatting with you!


hey there how often do you enjoy reading fiction?

Hey yeah quite a bit!

I like George RR Martin a lot for his creation of GOT!

ya I do too, I'm just shocked that he doesn't approve of fan fiction, I think its harmless

Yeah I agree.

Apparently he thinks its copyright infringement which is a bit extreme.

ya I agree, I wonder if he would be mad that Caesar was writing fan fiction about oedipus when he was young?

Yeah I bet he would.

People are weird like that.

A judge back in the 50's banned a comic because it featured a black character.

ya that is really dumb, kind of like the wikipedia page that ranks fictional people by how powerful their abilities are, that sounds like a waste of time haha

Yeah definitely does.

But I definitely enjoy reading because it involves so much and is shaped by prior knowledge, experience, atitude, and language.

well what I want to read is the cyborg story by Edgar allen poe that sounds awesome haha

Yeah sounds very interesting.

Enders game and Starship Troopers sound interesting too because the military suggest it be read by it's service members.

have you read that book?

I only saw the movie but it is definitely anti-military, maybe the book is different?

Haven't read it yet!

Maybe thats why they want their people to read it?

Reading is powerful like that.

Back in the 18th century it caused a moral panic.

That is pretty funny.

You would never hear that today, have you ever heard of the world's fastest speed reader though?

She can read at 4700 words per minute

That is hard to believe!

There is no way she can have a deep exploration or interpretation of text like that!

No I agree with you.

But speaking of reading, have you ever read the book Ender's Game?

That is also highly recommended by the military

No, but like you said the Marine Corps suggests it highly.

Do you watch any drama on TV?

Have you ever seen the show House with Hugh Laurie for instance?

Yeah I love that show.

He is so good and deserves to be the highest paid tv drama actor ever!

I agree!

He is the best person for that role and definitely deserves the $700k he makes per episode

Yeah that is well deserved.

Jim Carrey used to do dramas as well but not anymore!

ya he said that he only wants to promote positivity, but I don't agree with him I think you can spread positivity through drama and not just comedy


Do you use Facebook often?

I use it a few times a day, you?

Not really.

I didn't realize you only have to be 13 to join!

Seems very young!

I was just reading that, and found it odd as well.

Although I have seen younger kids join (they just use a fake birthday).

Scary!

I didn't know Facebook only started in 2004.

Seems like it's been around a lot longer!

It seriously feels like it has been around forever!

I remember creating my facebook account, back when myspace was still a big deal.

lol

Haha.

They could have bought facebook for $75 million in 2005 but they missed out!

I know they are regretting that decision BI

Yup!

In 2012, Facebook was worth $104 Billion!

Sorry, hit the send message before I meant to in the last round.

I wonder why it is illegal to use the 'like' button in Schleswin-Holstein.

I might have to google the answer later.

I'm not sure, but that's interesting!

I didn't know Facebook is blue because Zuckerburg is colorblind!

Interesting

All the little bullet points are so interesting.

I wonder why Burger King would want you to unfriend people.

How would that benefit them in anyway?

I think it was just a catchy promo to get people talking about BK.

Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements so BK probably made them a lot of money!

Very true.

I don't remember that promotion, but I can definitely see how it would get people talking.

Iceland are rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.

Imagine if America did that!

I thought that was an interesting way to do it.

On one hand it makes sense since everyone seems to be on Facebook anyways so its a good place to talk.

On the other hand EVERYONE is on facebook and likes to make suggestions.

I can't imagine being in charge of going through and sorting all the suggestions.

Maybe they don't have a lot of citizens?

Still a huge task!

I didn't realize Facebook was only for Harvard students at first

That's true.

I knew it was started at a college for the students there, but for some reason thought it was started at Yale, not Harvard.

I learned lots of interesting things about Facebook today!

So did I, the facts section was very interesting!

Thanks for chatting!


Hello di you watch the Academy Awards?

I sure do.

Did you know Day Lewis won it three times for best actor?

Yeah he is that good I guess.

Even Blazing Saddles was nominated for three Oscars

Yeah.
Do you know who has the most oscars?

Yes that would be Walt Disney, tough to beat that

I know.

Even Eminem has more oscars than some notable names in the industry

Yes more than Leo di Caprio, Johnny Jepp and some other big big names

Yeah.

Even Oscars were nominated once for 9 Emmys

Yeah that was back in 2013, did not know if that was possible

Yeah me either.

Do you know how many awards are handed out?

Yes there are 24 awards in total for various categories

Right.
DO you like drama?

I do Did you ever watch House MD?

Yes, Laurie made $700 000 per episode in that show

Yeah he is good though and the show was a huge success

Yeah true.
Do you like JIm Carrey?

Yes.

Do you know he is not making dramas anymore?

Yes because they do not project positivity at all

Yeah.
Do you ever listen to radio dramas?

I do sometimes, there is a free website where you can listen to them

Yeah that is convenient.
Nice chatting with you today.


Hello,  how are you doing ?

There's a wiki which ranks fictional characters according to their powers and abilities.

HI, I'm good.

Oh really I didn't know that, thats interesting.

Did you know that in the 1950s a judge tryed to ban a comic because it had a black character in it?

Thats ridiculous!

I had no idea.

This is interesting :Edgar allen poe wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg in fiction.

I had no idea he wrote about a cyborg, thats awesome.

Speaking of writing, a fiction story that is 100 words long is called a drabble.

Wow,  I always thought that word was just slang.

lol Julius caesar wrote fan fiction of hercules and oedipus in his youth.

I had no idea fan fictions been around for that long!

George RR Martin began writing by selling stories for pennies to other children.

Thats awesome,  he knew what he wanted to do at a young age and even made money!

George rr martin despises fan fiction, saying that it is copyright infringement and a bad exercise for aspiring writers.

Wow, I never knew!

I don't think I agree with him on it being a bad exercise though.

Actors Jon Hamm and Patrick Stewart each were drama teachers at one point.

No I dont agree either.

Thats cool,  they seem like they would be good at it.

Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches

I didn't know that, I'll have to check that book out sometime.

The name soap opera came from the dramas being sponsored by soap factories in the past.

Thats cool,  I guess I've always wondered that,  just never enough to look it up lol The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute

Thats crazy and I used to think I read fast.

The longest piece of fanfiction is four million words and is about Super Smash Bros.

haha that can go on forever,  so many characters!

Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry

Haha, i would have loved to see one of those competitions.

In the middle ages only the most skilled readers could read silently.

me too.
hmmm don't most people read silently?

Thats what I always thought but apparently its a new phenomenon.

Ender's game was suggested reading for many military organizations, including the united states marine corps

Good book, President Andrew Johnson never attended school, his wife taught him.

Wow.

I don't even know how home schooling works,  can you get a degree that way?

I think you can but I'm not sure either.

I'll ask my friend who was homeschooled.

Great talking to you, have a good one.


Hello!
Do you like to travel?

Hi!
Yes, I love to travel.

Where's your favorite place you've traveled to?

I love Europe.
I have never been to Asia though.
Have you ever been to japan?

Europe is beautiful, but I am really wanting to check out asia too!

Especially Japan!

I want to go to one of those claw machine arcades!

That would be interesting.

Have you heard about the tolls in japan?

Yes, apparently you would end up spending over 300$ to travel the country!

That is crazy!
Have you ever been to iceland?

I haven't, but it looks pretty awesome.

I hear they have no public rail system though, bummer.

I know.

No public rail service which means more people take domestic flights.

There is an island without any motorized vehicles.

Sounds peaceful.

I guess they just travel by horse-drawn carriages and bikes.

Sounds slow.
Do you like Science?

I do like science.

Do you know the only scientist to walk on the moon?

There was only one?

I would have thought they would have been almost all scientists of some type.

I agree.
I thought that would be a requirement.

There was a scientist who could divide by two 8 digit numbers in his head by the age of 6!

I believe his name was John Von Neumann.

Very impressive

Yeah, it seriously is.

I can't imagine how they parents felt when they found out their kid was a genius.

I think he also knew ancient greek!

So crazy!

I wonder if his parents taught him that or if he just started learning it on his own.

That is a great question.
I am going to go look into it.
It was nice talking to you.


Hi.

I thought it was interesting that Harvard scientists managed to store a gif animation of a galloping horse in the dna of bacteria.

That is very curious, I'm not sure I completely understand.

How did the scientist insert the gif?

I do not know.

I wish I did.

The article doesn't tell me.

What did you think of the date lab article?

I thought it was an interesting concept.

do you think the people really liked each other?

Kind of, I suppose.

The Eric dude was moving away and Talia wasn't ready to settle down.

Yes they both seemed to be at times in their lives when it just "wasn't right".

How do you think they each rated the date?

I would have said a 3.
What do you think?

It says they both rated it a 4.

Would you let your professor hook you up with someone?

I think not.

I thought it was interesting that he thought that finding that job hunting was similar to finding a partner.

I can see the similarities.

I like the idea of the professor's book - comparing economics to online dating.

What do you think of that?

Well, 'positive assortative matching' sounded like it would be a good idea.

But, people still make their own decisions.

that's true, and positive assortative matching kind of goes against the old adage of "opposites attract"

I never considered that it costs so much to travel across Japan by highway.

I can't imagine having to do that here.

that is crazy, but it is believable.

If you travel the span of my state (PA) it is ~$30 worth of tolls!

I can only imagine what the whole US would be...then again the US is WAY bigger than Japan

Yes but they still can start this to 'improve' local roadways.

I am glad that I don't live in Iceland where they have to sometimes use planes to get around.

true.

how would you feel about a bus going 160 mph?!

That seems way too fast for me!

Yes!

I don't even want to go 65 mph.

I would not want to live on Mackinac Island either.

Do you know where it is or how big the island is?

I've never even heard of it

It is somewhere in Michigan-in the lake because it is an island.

It said that it bans cars and that they use horses/bikes.

I see that.

Do you think the island is pretty big or is it small?

Probably a small island because I cannot believe that I would ride a bike that far.

thanks!


Hi there do you use the phone much?

I do its interesting how phones have advanced, now most phones are smartphones

Yes, back in New York on rotaries, 212 was their area code

212 why is that?
that seems a bit random

They thought it was the fastest number to dial

Oh that makes sense, did you ever had a rotary phone?

it took a century to make a call on those

I have played with them.

Did you know phone cables just lie on the bottom of the ocean?

I didnt know about them, they must be really big, do you know more about them?

I hear 2.7 inches in diameter.

That is thin!!

those cables must be really strong, amazing how much power phones have now a days, iPhones are really powerful

More power than the us nuclear icbm deterrent.

Yeah I have an iPhone and I can't believe im packing so much power in my pocket, do you like to travel?

I love to travel...foot, car, plane, bike, boat, train, any!!!

Sounds like you really like to travel lol did you hear about the commuter bus the Dutch are creating?

How fast is that?

The bus is designed to travel at a speed of 160 miles per hour so thats really fast.

Do they stop for tolls?

I dont know, but I did hear tolls are really expensive at Japan.

I heard 300 dollars worth to travel the country.

Nice talking to you!

Good night.

Yeah, that does sound expensive and it was great chatting have a nice night bye

Bye


Good evening!
Do you have a chance to travel much?

Hi,

I don't travel a lot.

I am certainly no King Kalakaua of Hawaii who actually traveled around the world and was the first king to do so.

I hit enter too soon!

Sorry.

Yes, I have been fortunate to visit Italy in 2018 and Iceland in 2017.

This year we are going to Africa.

I was surprised that tourism in the US is down!

Do you think it is the political environment?

It could be.

When you were in Iceland did you take flights to go from city to city since there isn't really a rail provider?

No, we rented a car because we had two weeks and getting all the way around is doable with a car.

Driving was good and we went in October so didn't have to contend with snow.

Where have you traveled?

I have been to Hawaii and Germany, but it is usually just in the continental US.

I wouldn't mind going to Japan, but i hear the tolls are very expensive!

Yes, $300 to travel across the country!

In Italy, we took a toll road and had to hunt for the 28 euro when we finally exited the road.

We were in the Amalfi Coast in October and I was really surprised how crowded it was.

I can understand what the article is saying about overcrowding.

While tourism is usually a good thing, countries really have to plan and prepare for it.

If they don't plan appropriately, they will definitely have trouble dealing with an influx of travelers.

We are seeing that in California.

Places like Big Sur have had so many tourists taking selfies at iconic places and then leaving trash or doing something dangerous just to get that perfect picture.

Maybe it is time to go to a simpler place like Mackinac island where they still use horse-drawn carriages and cars are banned.

People will eventually find all the great spots.

The article mentions Emilia-Romagna or Extremadura.

I have never heard of either of those places.

Well maybe you will go there sometime soon.

I think I'd take that over a trip to any of the Walt Disney themed parks though.

Not a Disneyland fan?

Have you ever been?

I went about 2 years ago with daughter's family.

It was a zoo.

And it was March which can't be the most popular time.

I think I just have issues with Disney in general.

I can't deny their success though.

I find it interesting that they would choose a celebrity like Bill Nye to work on the Flubber movie.

How about their business model of reinventing something?

Beauty and the Beast as an animated film, then a Broadway musical, then a live action movie.

I find making hits out of already hits to be lazy.

I guess they do have some original content like Big Hero 6 where they used a big supercomputer to render the whole thing.

Right - but not sure how successful Big Hero 6 was.

Interesting facts about the telephone.

It sounds like fake news that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone.

How would they know?

Why not just give them the clean water anyway?

if we can male an iPhone with more computing capabilities than our US Nuclear ICBM armament, you think they could figure out better ways to  give kids clean water.

Good point.

Well, I'm looking forward to hearing more about a bus that will travel at 160 mph.

Not sure I want to ride on it though.

As long as it is safe and efficient, but I doubt I will be seeing anything like that near me anytime soon.

nice chatting with  you!

Same with you.


Are you familiar with walt disney?

I am and love the Walt Disney Company.

In fact, Minnie Mouse aka Minerva Mouse happens to be my favorite Disney character!

It is strange to think of the company as a multinational mass media conglomerate rather than films and theme parks

You are right about that.

After all, it didn't even establish itself as a leader in American animation until before it diversified into live action tv, movies and theme parks!

Did you know there is an entire subculture of finding hidden mickey mouse images in all things disney?

I did not know that.

That would be very fun to participate in!

Wonder if there were any hidden images in movies like Flubber?

Speaking of Flubber, Bill Nye actually served as a scientific consultant on the movie!

I love flubber.
it was hilarious.

Agreed!

What about Wall-E?

I loved it as well.

In fact, the name itself was basically a hat tip to Walter Elias Disney!

Aren't easter eggs always fun

They truly are!

I also found it interesting that Big Hero 6 was rendered on a 55,000 super computer.

That is simply put amazing!

They sure have come a long way from simply drawing by hand

That so true!

A very long way!

Ha!

I wouldn't mind traveling to see Disney Studios one day.

But hopefully by then, we will have created a commuter bus that can travel at 160mph speeds like the Dutch.

Ha!

Do you travel often?

As much as I can?

How about you?

I've always wanted to travel across Japan but it sounds expensive seeing as how it costs over $300 due to highway tolls!

I enjoy traveling, but I wouldn't go to mackinac island.

They have banned motorized vehicles for over a century

It makes you wonder what they do about emergencies?

That's so weird, isn't it?

Sounds as bad as Iceland where they have to travel by air between major towns due to having no public rail service.

Indeed.

I prefer japan's highways despite the high tolls

Wonder how Hawaii's King Kalakaua (who happened to be the first king to travel the world) would feel about those tolls today and having to pay  $300?

Ha!

Well as a king, he probably flew first class by plane

Maybe so.

I'll have to look that up on the iPhone.

Speaking of iPhones, did you know they have far more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent?

Yes, technology such has come a long way.

In any case, thanks for chatting.


What do you enjoy for entertainment?

I like to travel.

I find it interesting to see different things.

I want to go to Japan and travel on the free ways.

How do you like to travel?
by car, plane, etc?

I do ok with planes.

I think the best is by motorcycle.

I understand it will cost me $300 in tolls to travel across Japan.

I would rather pay and move in comfort than be like in mackinac island where motorized vehicles are banned

Mackinac Island is very popular with tourists.

No one lives there year round.

People that work there bike in the summer.

Tourists pay for horse drawn carriages.

If you like that sort of thing it is nice.

True, but I would rather travel with friend rather than just calling them over the phone

I have never thought to compare travel with phone calls.

Telecommunications permits two users to conduct a conversation.

Well I feel while it makes the world smaller, conversations on the phone simply isn't the same as traveling to meet your far away friends

The first King to travel around the world was Kalakaua of Hawaii.

I wonder if he ever phoned home?

He, Bob, am I still king of an island or have they stole it from me?

I wonder how he traveled the world

In his day, probably steam ship and trains.

I bet the King has some luggage.

Great big trunks filled with flowers and grass.

I wonder how wealthy he is

The King is no more, I am sure.

I bet you do not know why New Yorks are code is 212.

Why?

With a rotary phone, 212 is the fasted area code you can dial.

In any case, I am surprise by the all the perks of using the phone is afforded by a cable not even 3in across laying on the ocean floor

I wonder about that.

The sound of the voice is converted into electric signals and transmitted via cables.

Way to go technology.

Phone technology has advance so much a iphone has more computing power than the entire nuclear icbm deterrent

I wonder how smart a nuclear deterrent needs to be.

Less than an iphone apparently.

I hear Bill Nye was the science consultant on Disney Flubber movie.

That is probably why flubber was such a great movie.

In any case, thanks for chatting.


Hello!

Did you hear about the Florida school prom and the live tiger?

That sounds pretty inhumane.
I had not heard of that.

Yeah seriously.

They also had a live lemur and live macaw.

Hard to believe the school approved such a thing.

The fennec fox looked limp as it was passed around.

Yeah that doesn't sound very good.

I love animals and it's hard to believe there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth-they far outnumber us humans!

The poor tiger looked scared, as someone in the crowd noted.

It did not seem to like the light show as it curled up in a corner after it realized there was nothing it could do.

Yeah I feel bad for the tiger.

Luckily the prinicipal of the school ended up apologizing after seeing the reactions from everyone.

Yeah, at first they seemed to defend the show.

some people have called for a ban of live animal entertainment at schools.

Yeah not a bad idea, no real reason to have live animals at school.

They should be more worried about getting into college.

And learning about animals!

Germany was the first country in the world to give animals constitutional rights in 2002!

Yeah, maybe they should consider doing that here.

Poor tiger showed telltale signs of being stressed out.

Yeah I totally agree.

Even fairytales are protected in Scotland-the 1912 scottish protection act included the Lochness monster!

Yeah I wonder if anyone really believes we will actually find the monster one day.

Probably the same people who still believe in bigfoot.

Do you ever get the hiccups?

People think it is a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.

Haha, yeah, hiccups are annoying!

Apparently animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.

I'm not sure if that's evolutionary or if man has engineered it that way?

Oh that is odd yeah I want to know more about that.

I see a lot of funny animal videos on facebook.

Apparently the facebook like button is illegal in a German state, wonder why...

I wish all of Facebook was illegal because I spend too much time on it.

Wish Burger King had a promo where if you unfriend ten people you get a free whopper.

haha.

Wow I would totally do that.

I have friends who I don't even talk to anymore.

Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind so that's why Facebook is primarily blue.

I did not want to switch to FB from Myspace because I thought FB looked so boring.

Now I know why!

Also Myspace turned down an offer to buy FB for $75 million and now it's worth $104 billion.

Holy cow.

I bet they are kicking themselves for not making that purchase.

It is a good form of entertainment.

But I also liked Nintendo-which originally only displayed 54 colors.

Yeah, I did too.

Crazy to think it only got discontinued in 2003.

Yeah agreed.

Was a big hit!

I always wondered how Bill Nye the science guy made it big-he doesn't even have a doctorate.

Apparently he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest.

Interesting!

So I guess he's not really a science guy!


do you use the computer a lot?

Yes all the time.

The space shuttle computer was only 1 mb in ram

Yeah that is so small.

Russians once made a computer that ran on water

Yes that was back in 1936 but not sure what happened to it

Me either.

They once built a computer using minecraft blocks

Yes it is a 16-bit computer so pretty good there

Yes.
Do you have a PC or an Apple

I have an Apple and good things that I do not smoke near it ever

Yes otherwise you will void the warranty of the computer

Yeah.

Did you hear what transhumanists are trying to do?

They want to load their mind into computers but I do not see how

Yes me either but maybe with technology there is a way

yeah you never know.
DO you listen to the radio/

I do actually.
Do you ever listen to Canadian radios?

Yes I do.

They play an awful lot of canadian music in them though

Yes but they are required by law to play 40% canadian music

Yeah.

Do you know how soldiers made foxhole radios during WWII?

Yes they used razor blades and pencils to make them

Yes that is creative of them .
Do you listen to radio dramas?

Yes I do on that free website online.
Great chat!

Same here have a good one


I love working on my computer.
I got my first one back in the late 70s

I got mine sometime in the late 90s!

I was in grade school and it was exciting to own one.

The first computer algorithm was written by Ada Lovelace.

Yes Ada did a lot.

I was lucky we never smoked - it would have voided the warrenty on our macs.

Around the time my family got their first computer, Windows 95 was the 2nd most installed piece of software.

The first was Doom.

I'm pretty sure I had 98 though.

Nice.

Did you know that someone once built a working computer using the building blocks of minecraft?

crazy

I didn't know that and that's very interesting.

The first Google compute at Stanford was housed in custom made enclosures made from Legos.

I love Legos!

The Russians even made one out of water - I have no idea how!

I love Legos too!

And how did they accomplish that?

I have to look into it.

I just learned that CAPTCHA actually stands for something- completely automated public tuning test to tell computers & humans apart!

That's a mouthful.

Wow that is a mouthful.

Maybe I should just upload my mind to my Mac like the transhumanists want to do

That would help me remember things!

Radios are amazing technology too.

There's a radio station that translates solar activity into sound, so you can listen to music from the sun.

That is cool.

I was surprised to learn that Jupiter has radio storms so loud you can pick them up on AM radio

That's amazing.

Did you know Bill Murray voiced Fantastic Four's Human Torch in the 70s?

No I had never heard of that.

I knew soldiers in WWII made radios using a razorblade and a pencil - very creative

That's extremely resourceful.

a song by Hanson became the most requested song on a radio station because the DJs didn't reveal the artist!

ha those are the Mmmbop guys.

Smart djs!

I love going to the website where I can listen to old classic radio dramas for free.

War of the worlds is a great one

Oh yeah that's the one where listens who tuned in late thought aliens were actually attacking the Earth right?

Thats the one!

A big deal!

Sounds a lot better than the finish station which broadcasts in Latin

I meant "listeners," sorry.

It must have been really believable!

One of the most popular radio acts was actually a ventriloquist in the 30s.

A ventriloquist?

On radio?

That is unique..

I wonder if he was Canadian - their stations have to have at least 40% of music be canadian

Yep, that fact even baffles contemporary critics.

I'm a big fan of poetry and there's a 274 line poem called Chaos because there are 800 irregularly pronounced English words.

Wow!
That is insane.
That is a lot of words.


A lot of strange things happen in Florida.

I have heard, that people take bath salts and eat other people's faces, a woman attempts to murder her parents for not taking her to Outback Steakhouse...and apparently, a high school had live animals at its prom!

Yes, I heard about that too.

And the boys and girls passed around an African Fennec Fox like it was a corsage.

How crazy is that?

Foxes bite!

I think walking in and seeing a, uh, LIVE TIGER would have made me to do an immediate about-face.

Absolutely, me too.

I would have ran out of there, fast!

The principal did apologize for thinking that the tiger could entertain the students.

Apparently the tiger was in a small cage and wheeled through the prom accompanied by spotlights and a thud of drums.

Wow, what a spectacle that must have been!

It kind of makes me sad for the animals, in that case.

Poor babies shouldn't be trapped in cages!

Apparently, everyone was exclaiming "Oh MY God" when seeing the tiger.

Then, people dresses in tiger body suits held torches and danced while they juggled their torches.

The tiger was scared!

Sounds like the students enjoyed it, then.

Still, it was not a smart move to bring live animals, even if their handlers were always with them.

Anything could go wrong.

True, very true.

I heard as the show went on that the tiger eventually stopped circling its cage and just circled up in a corner of the cage.

Later, people described him as being in a "relaxed" state.

As if they could tell how the tiger felt.

Maybe it was tired!

Maybe it was scared and just wanted to check out of the situation.

Ugh, Florida!

At least the kids came away from that situation with cool pictures for their social media :=

That's one prom that they'll never forget.

They even had fake rocks as a backdrop and a TV that looped video of real grasslands to make it more realistic for them.

They even had geysers of sparklers exploding on every side the tiger in his cage.

One guy told a Washington Post reporter that he thought that the tiger had fun.

Then, by definition, the school provided entertainment, I guess, as long as someone had fun

They said that the tiger was never harmed or in danger and was not forced to perform.

This was written by his handlers who wrote to Miami Herald.

Did anyone report the tiger had white patches on its head?

Some animals develop those when they're domesticated

Apparently, the tiger wasn't having a party, he was just stressed out.

I don't think anyone reported that the tiger had white patches on his head, though.

Did anyone say for sure if the tiger was male or female?

No,not that I heard.

They always spoke about it as though it was an "it" and neither male or female.

They did say 'Its tail is slashing back and forth, it's ears are going into helicopter mode,' but nothing about its gender.

I was just wondering because I think male tigers can be more aggressive.

I think generally when animals are used for entertainment, females are used because of their lack of visible genitalia

Yeah, that's a good point.

Well, in general animals form the biological kingdom call Animalia.

It's estimated that there are over 1.5 million living animal species in existence today and 1 million are insects.

In total, there are over 7 million animal species.

That is astronomical, I think.

1.5 million species?!

That explains why there are so many cute/funny animal videos on-line.

Did you know that (per Julius Caesar), Britains bred chickens for entertainment, not food?

No, I didn't know that.

Hey, I just found out that the study of animals is called zoology.

Imagine that!

Under the 1912 Scottish protection of animals act, the Loch Ness monster (affectionately called "Nessy") is a protected species of animal even though no one has proven it's existence.

I think Alfred Kinsey studied zoology before he specifically began to focus on human sexuality.

I didn't know that.

But did you know that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when primitive land animals had both gills and lungs?

I don't believe that one at all.

But it's been cool chatting with you.

See ya' and thanks.

Bye!


Hi do you like animals?

I sure do.

Did you know in Switzerland there is a lawyers that represents animals?

WOw that is amazing.

Did you know there are 20 quintillion animals in the world?

THat is a number that I am not even sure how many zeroes it has in it

Exactly.
Do you have a pet?

I sure do.

Did you know there are immortal animals out there?

There are?

Like what animals?

And if you have a pet check for a white patch on their forehead

A jellyfish and a lobster.
Why should I look for that?

Because domesticated animals tend to have them, pretty cool

Oh nice good to now.

Did you know some animals like us have a dominant paw

Neat.

In Germany they are protected by the constitution

Wow nice, we should have laws like that here too to protect them

I agree.
Do you know why we have hiccups?

Hmm I am not sure of that.

I know in Netherlands they are building crossings for them over streets

That is nice and we have hiccups from when animals had both lungs and gills

Oh that is amazing.

DId you know animals have different dialects too depending on the region

Wow I guess that makes sense.

Did you know the Loch Ness Monster is protected?

WOw but has anyone ever seen that creature in the water .

Nope , no one yet.
Do you use Facebook much?

I use it from time to time.

Did you know it is mentioned in one third of divorce filings?

WOw that is a lot.
Do you know why it is blue?


How's it going?

It truly is fascinating how computers transformed society with the wide range of tasks they are able to perform

Yeah,  computers are amazing,  I hear the russians made a pc that ran on water lol

That is pretty cool, all the way back in 1936.

I guess when their computer froze it did so literally

Haha true.

smoking near an apple computer voids the warrantly

Apple's warranty sounds like bs, how does smoking cause a computer to become a biohazard

lol I have no clue

I wonder how the 16 bit computer built in minecraft is suppose to work and what it does

I dont know much about that either lol I hear transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks lol

Well if the transhumanist smoke they better not upload their minds to an Apple computer

Yeah that wouldnt be good!
They might get erased!

Yep, hopefully the 1mb of ram used by the space shuttle can withstand human smoking

I doubt they let you smoke in the space shuttle lol Do you like the radio?

Yea, I love AM radio, I wonder if I can get Jupiter's Radio storms from where I live

That would be really cool to hear!

I wish they still did radio dramas,  that would also be kinda cool.

But like a modern radio drama lol

Anything sounds better than a new program in classical latin like Nunti Latini in Finland

lol Yes I agree,  That seems like a very specific audience they are aiming for.

Yes, either dead Roman ghosts or pretentious Finns

lol do you like poetry?

I enjoy some of the Homeric epics, you?

I know some poetry.

I hear theres a poem if read normally is depressing,  but backwards is inspiring.

Nice.

Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


What are your favorite animals?

hello,  I love dogs, dragons, orcas, sharks and octopus'.

How about you?

Yes I love dogs chimps and dolphins myself haha.

I wish that dragons existed because I would love them too.

Did you know there are 20 quintillion animals on planet Earth right now

That is a lot,  I dont even know what quintillion is lol Yeah I wish there wer dragons too,  miniature ones lol other than the kimodo dragon,  that thing is scary.

Yeah you're right I don't know how many zeros that is actually haha.

It's crazy that animals can be millions of a meter up to about 30 meters long.

I wish I knew more about animals.

Then I would have started to become a zoologist

I wish I knew what meters is haha.

I hear theres a lawyer in switzerland that represents animals.

How can he do that?

Can he talk to them?

A great question.

Also great question, Germany gave constitutional rights to animals.

I wonder what those are.

That was done in the year 2002

I didnt know animals have a dominent hand or paw.

ill have to see which one my dog uses more lol

Well I didn't know that.

Do you know the story behind hiccups as well?

No whats the story with the hiccups?

Did you know there a type of lobster and jellyfish that are immortal?

That's pretty awesome!

Although I would like to eat a lobster right now haha.

And yes hiccups are a holdover from When Animals had both gills and lungs apparently

Oh right!

I wouldnt mind having gills if it meant I can swim longer and deeper though.

Wow that sounds awesome!

Maybe we can both have y'all's and swim together haha have you ever seen the movie Waterworld though?

They definitely hunt those people down haha can you believe that the Loch Ness monster has a special protection against it.

The Scottish government did that back in 1912

Oh right waterworld that was a cool movie!

Yeah throw in some webbed feet too!!!!

That sounds good,  Id rather have gills and webbed feet than a tail lol

Sure that sounds awesome LOL.

What about Facebook do you use Facebook at all?

We need to make a Waterworld Facebook page with only Gill people

Yeah I used facebook!

we should see if there is one already,  that seems easier lol You never know..

Well apparently Iceland is rewriting their constitution on Facebook.

So I think we should write a constitution for Gill people only

That probably saves a lot of paper for them!

Did you know there are more people on facebook that there were people in the world 200 years ago?

Wow that's crazy.

What do you know about the Burger King Whopper promotion that they did on Facebook

I think they offer a whopper for unfriending people.

Is their friendship worth a whopper?

Haha yep that's what it was.

You would have to unfriend 10 people though.

I can definitely find 10 people I would unfriend though

lol well its been great talking,  have a good one.


Do you like basketball?

Not really.

I know some about the Wizards though, you?

Dwight howard use to play for the wizards

He did.

I used to follow him, he was the best they had.

I was a very dominate center before the injuries.

You've been injured so many times, why do you still play?

If the team wants you and thinks you're still worthy why not.

Its really good money.

The wizards have a weakness in the pick and roll

Why do you have such a bad relationship with your coach?

I feel the media has over blown that.
John wall says "he is still athletic"

You are the best rebounder in the league, but you need to work on your offense.

Still was able to average 16 points.
Can still catch lobs and dunk

True.

Are you going to stay with the NBA?

Have you ever played against Reggie Miller?

Maybe if I can get a lifetime shoe deal like allen iverson I would stop playing

800,000 a year is all you need?
Shoot, let me send you a check!
You should start shooting granny style!

I don't like how it looks

But it works!
Do you wear air jordans?

Yes I do.

MJ and nike made those things a global icon because of the ban "advertisement"

The dunk shot was banned for awhile too thanks to Kareem.

He was so dominate with it.

It would be crazy if it was still banned today.

I love dunks

Would you like me to tell you a poem?

Please do


Hello,  do you watch basketball?

Did you know granny style shooting is the best way to get points.

Yes!

I watch Basketball.

I've been following The Wizards especially their guard Bradley Beal.

Oh yeah,  you are a fan of the Wizards?

I really like the Golden State Warriors.

Yes.

Team member Howard completed 36 of 51 shot attempts .

He's a really awesome player.

Who's good on the Warriors ?

Stephen curry is my favorite.

Oh yeah !

He is good.

I never knew the NBA had a team in Canada.

There are 30.

29 are in the U.S. and one is in canada.

That is really interesting.

I didn''t realize Canada played basketball lol

I recall you said that granny style was the best technique.

So , I read up on it and the reason they don't do it is because they think it looks stupid.

wow.

Yeah!

The goal of the game is to score points,  who cares if it looks stupid  They are getting paid crazy amounts of money to play effectively.

Although it would be pretty funny to see a silhouette of a granny shooting on a side of a shoe lol

That would be funny!

Speaking of shoes did you know that Jordans were banned by the NBA?

Yeah lol luckily Nike paid the fines!
Good way to get advertising!

Heck yeah .

I would imagine the amount they paid wasn't nearly the amount the made from the brand itself.

Did you know the inventor of basketball is the only losing coach in the history of kansas university?

I did his name was James naismith.
That's pretty ironic.

Yes!

lol I hope he gets royalties or something because this sport generates a lot of money!

Yes even New Zealand has a team called the Tall blacks.

That is very weird lol

Even the supreme court buidling has a court on their top floor.

Basketball appears to be big everywhere .

Right!

That is nice and convenient for people who spend too much time at their job.

Wonder if they are playing now during the shut down .

Lol Anyway, do you read any poetry ?

Not really.
I dont mind it.
Its been great talking to you!


Do you like basketball?

Of the 4 professional sports leagues in the US, I'd have to rank it at number two for me.

I'm not such a sport fan but I'd have to say basketball is my favorite!

It is fast paced but easy to follow.

I remember Jordan sneakers being such a craze many years ago.

Nike even paid the fine for Jordan to wear them in the NBA when they first came out.

I still see people wearing them today.

Speaking of shoes, Aleen Iverson has a lifetime endorsement contract that will pay him $800,000 a year until he is 55.

After that he will get his final payment of $32,000,000.

Do you remember as a kid shooting "granny style?"

Well, apparently that's been proven to be the best way to score on the foul line.

Players just don't want to look weird doing it.

Yes, I remember that was the first way I actually made a shot!

Would you give up all the money to stay in college for 4 years instead of going pro in the NBA like Tim Duncan of the Spurs?

I probably would not, if I had the chance, honestly.

Speaking of college, the dunk was banned for more than ten years in colleges because Kareen Abdul-Jabbar used it too much!

Wow, I guess it made a comeback!

Which of the 30 NBA teams do you root for?

I root for the Golden State Warriors since I am from the bay area.

How about you?

I favor the 76ers but used to root for the Bulls.

I wish I were a coach though of college basketball because I'd be making big bucks as the highest paid worker in most states.

Speaking of college coaches, James Naismith, the person who invented basketball, is the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas.

That's a shame he couldn't win at games, but he won at inventing a sport!

Yeah, too bad he probably didn't get to profit much off of it

I wonder how much the US Supreme court uses the "highest court in the land?"

Did you ever hear of their basketball court on the top floor of the building they are in?

I hadn't heard of that.

That's interesting.

When you aren't watching sports, do you like to watch movies?

Yes, I like Netflix.

I watch some superhero shows like Flash.

Have you seen one of the newest Superhero movies "Black Panther?"

I haven't seen it.

I really should see it since it was so successful.

The Black Panther is the richest superhero!

I wonder if that is due to inflation or if people just like it so much more.

Black panther was "black leopard" for a short time so they wouldn't confuse it with the other black panther group.

I wonder if it will have a sequel?

I'm glad they changed it back to Black Panther.

Black Panther sounds so much cooler.

Denzel Washington helped fund Chadwick Boseman's learning at Oxford University's summer theater program.

Good thing for the future of Black Panther talent!

Nice talking with you.


Hi there, did you watch the Oscars?

I didn't, but I heard Black Panther won a few awards.

I didn't either, but I'm happy that it did win a few.

Marvel movies are always so enjoyable.

Yes, I can't believe it's their 18th film in the Marvel universe.

Black Panther is actually the richest superhero, even moreso than Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown to be a big thing!

It's neat how they've built the worlds, like building the Wakandian script around Nsibdi.

It's an interesting fusion of futurism and history.

Even the name Black Panther by Marvel predates he Black Panther party.

Yeah?

I know that Jack Kirby created the character, but didn't know it was before the party had formed.

I thought Michael B. Jordan gave an excellent performance, definitely better than another Michael Jordan's performance in a fantasy haha.

Hey, I liked Space Jam!

Haha.

Jordan seems to be above the rules sometimes though; like when he kept wearing Air Jordans in his NBA games.

If Nike was willing to pay his fines, why not?

It's not as ridiculous as Reebok signing AI to a deal for $800k a year back in 2001 when he ended up having such a short shelf life--and they have to pay him until he turns 55, when he gets a lump sum of $32 million (although I'm sure there was a breach of contract at some point along the way)

NBA players are some of the world's best paid athletes, going off of the annual player salaries.

I wonder how much deals like that skew the numbers.

I think it helps that the head count is so low compared to other teams like football...all of the players are basically stars and there are only 30 teams, so they all make bank so long as they're in the league.

High pay goes all the way back to college basketball too.

Not just the players either!

The highest paid state employee in nearly 40 states coaches either football or basketball.

And that doesn't even take into account private colleges with big legacies like Duke or the Big East schools!

Did you know that James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is the only coach in the history of KU with a losing record?

Oh no.

I guess it takes a different kind of mind to create a game, versus one that can refine the same game.

Sometimes it just takes time, right?

Tim Duncan decided to play 4 years of college instead of going pro right away, and it seems to have worked out pretty well for him!

That was a wise decision on his part I think.

Plenty of other pros got their start in college, like Kareem Abdul-Jabar, so it's not like he was missing out on too much.

Yes, although Abdul-Jabbar's prolific use of dunking hurt other players by getting the shot banned by the NCAA for over a decade.

Seems hard to imagine the game without it today!

Well, sometimes it's all about style over function.

The highest scoring technique is actually shooting granny style, but no one does it because it looks dumb.

It is a super up-close visual game when you put it on TV--the NBA even has its own TV studios in Secaucus, NJ.

They office out of the Olympic Tower, right?

It's a very fitting name!

Well, it is an Olympic sport, although it seems like an unfair fight when 29 of the NBA's 30 teams are in the US and it's the premier league in the world haha

It really is unfair when you put it that way.

It's been nice talking to you!


hi how are you?
do you like basketball?

Yep, out of the 30 NBA teams the Knicks are my favorite

the knicks.

that is the team that spike lee likes.

they had a really big guy from georgetown.

Yea, they have a pretty rabid fanbase, I think it's because the NBA was founded in New York City

that makes sense.

i bet basketball is a huge sport in that setting too.

football is big in texas because they go lots of space.

in ny, its basketball.

It's crazy how much basketball players can make off their shoes, Allen Iverson gets 800,000 a year from reebok

there are so few big stars that the endorsement deals are disproportionate.

i think he will be happy when he reaches 55.

Yea, no one can bead Michael Jordans deal.

Funny thing is air jordans were originally banned in the NBA

I think the nba wants to show its power.

they don't want the shoe companies doing whatever they want.

Nike was happy to pay the fines.

I'm surprised Tim Duncan of the Spurs never signed a shoe deal.

he went to college instead of the nba, right?

odd choice.

i would never have done that.

Yea, I guess Tim Duncan really wanted a college degree before going into the NBA

i would worry about injury.
suddenly a bright future ends.
that would hurt badly.
you can always go to college.

Yea, i guess so.

Apparently the best shooting style for free throws is the granny style

it looks goofy but rick barry used it.

i think he shot over 90 per cent at the line.

Wow, I never knew that, I gotta youtube that.

Did you know the dunk was banned in college basketball due to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

I think that was a mistake.

the shot is fine, I think that Kareem dominated and other teams didn't like that.

he had a sky hook also.

they didn't ban that.

Yea, Kareem was such a dominant player, so was Cheryl Miller who once scored 105 points in a game

reggie millers sister?
LOL.
he must have been quite jealous of her.
Anyway, great chat!

I'm sure Reggie was, he only scored 40 points in his game that day

only 40?

that is still good.

he must have been frustrated that his sister overshadowed him.

I think he ended up taking out those frustration on the Knicks.

Well have a good night


Hi, how are you?

Hi I am wonderful.

I wanted to learn more about basketball facts today.

Well do I have some knowledge for you!

There were many things I did not know and I am sure many more things I need to learn.

David west was an intimidating man.

Not many tried him and he was not afraid to knock peple out of his lane.

He was also feared off the court.

I heard he always told the truth to all the reporters while he was in the locker room.

He did.

He was not afraid of any consequences.

He left sanantonio to chase rings and finally got one with Golden state.

He then retired.

Did you know he walked away from a 12.6 million contract the Pacers offered him?

That to me is crazy.

He's always been different.

He really wanted that ring!

I think that's why he went to San Antonio in the first place.

and why he did what he wanted and he just did things his way and offered no apologies to anyone.

For sure.

he didn't get that allen iverson money though...

These NBA players get paid way too much money in my opinion.

Did you know that Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reached 55 then they would give him 32 million!

Supply and demand!

I hope they all get their money!

Tim Duncan stayed in college for all 4 years and gave up millions!

This is something pretty interesting did you know that Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA but Jordan didn't care and always wore them and Nike paid the fines.

I did not know that.
Do you know why?

No I don't know why.

Between his shoes and Abdul-Jabbar's dunks, the NBA is ban happy!

?Have you ever heard of the granny style of shooting basketballs

I have.
Rick Berry was a huge advocate of it.

Cool fact that I didn't know is that there is a basketball court on the top floor of the Supreme Court.

Really who is up there playing basketball.

The notorious RBG is posterizing kennedy... Nice chatting with you!


hi how are you?
are you interested in basketball?

Yea I'm a knicks fan but keep up with all 30 NBA teams.

You?

I like golden state.
they have done well in recent years,

Yea, they've been doing great and really took over after The Spurs.

It's pretty cool Tim Duncan decided to finish college instead of signing right away to the NBA

I guess he wasnt worried about injuries in college.

i would worry about a career ending injury.

Yea, that's always a concern.

He could always recoup loss income by signing a shoe deal

If he is a superstar, there will be plenty of endorsements.

What do you think of Allen Iverson's deal?

Relative to the deals today I think Iverson is under paid a little, he probably could of made more that $800,000 a year

Yes, but that payoff when he is 55.

I think it must be for tax considerations.

Maybe so but Iverson isn't making anywhere close to what Jordan is making.

Even when the Air Jordans were banned Nike just paid Jordan's fines lol

Nike got so much cheap publicity from those shoes.

they got a good deal there.

Yea, it be pretty funny if the air jordan logo was just an outline of a granny style shot since it is the most accurate shooting technique

The granny shot!
the perfect free throw style.
only rick barry used it.

Lol, I remember Will Ferell's character used it in a basketball movie he made.

I think it was Semi-Pro.

That sounds right.

He looks like he could play a goofy basketball player that doesnt care about form.

Yea, he played the owner of a team in the 70s that only bought the team to play on it lol

That sounds funny.
i will have to check that out.
I enjoyed him in Anchorman.

Yea, I think Kareem Abdul-Jabbar might have a cameo in it, but none of his famous dunks though

He also had a cameo in Airplane.
He was a great player, a legend.
they should have let him dunk.
anyway, great chat!

I never knew that, I gotta see what other movies Kareem has been in too

He is a fun cameo.
so distinct.
much better on the screen than MJ.

Sounds like it, have a good one


Cats or dogs, which do you like more?

I love dogs.
They're great companions, loyal.

For sure, I agree also!
Google prefers them also!

You know, I don't think that has a place in a corporate code of conduct.

Cats are good, too.

True, they should not be biased, I agree with that statement

Dogs are smart though.

They understand pointing.

Which is something only they and elephants can do.

that is an interesting fact.

I think a lot of people think they are color blind, but really they don't see as many different colors as we do

I didn't know that.

I did know that they have 12 different blood types.

And there are dog blood drives.

wow so many interesting facts!

I like playing catch with my dog with a soft baseball.

Do you like baseball?

My grandmother loved it.
I don't like it as much.
I'd rather play than watch.

For sure I played in college, it was fun.

Coaches wear uniforms becasue they can technically play if the need arises.

I didn't know that.

I don't think the need arises often.

And I don't think most coaches will be scoring many runs.

In my semi pro team the coach did sometimes when we were short players.

He was like 50 so it was interesting to watch!

Sounds like fun.

Do you usually go to games?

I know some people do, like that couple who went to all of the games in a year.

I got to maybe one per year.

I go to a Cubs game even though I am not a fan.

Maybe get some baseball cards signed.

You?

I don't go, no.

I do know that baseball cards can be valuable, though.

Not so much for the newer ones, because so many people collect them, but the old ones, like from the 1900s, can be worth millions.

For sure, some guy found some in his attic worth like 3 million dollars, insane!

Yeah, that's a lot of money.

I've heard that the game is really popoular in Japan.

I have heard too, I liked Ichiro from Japan

I don't watch baseball often enough, I don't recognize that name.

He was really good and short, good chatting with you!


Hi!
Are you a fan of dogs?

I love dogs.
What's not to love?
They are man's best friend.

I agree!

I like how they are able to be used to help disabled people and therapeutic roles.

I have soft spot for those issues.

Me too.

Russia has a tomb of the unknown dog which is a memorial for canine research subjects.

It's sad to think that they get experimented on.

I agree.

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

WowThat is more than I expected.

Dogs can also learn over 1000 words and can reason better than chimps

That's incredible!

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

Interesting.

Did you also know that dogs drink with the underside of their tongue?

I didn't know that!

Google prefers dogs to cats.

They included it in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.

lol

That is a very interesting detail to include.

Some dogs in Russia have learned how to use the subway!

That's pretty neat they are smart enough to get around like that.

lol  Dogs are not color blind...they just can't see as many different colors as humans.

I was not aware they were colorblind.

Dogs even have eureka moment and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.

How interesting is that!
Do you use facebook?

Yes I use Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg was a genius for creating it.

It launched back in 2004.

I can't believe how the time flies!

Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million only a year after it was created  in 2005!

Wow.

I bet they wish they could go back in time.

There're more people on Facebook then there were people in the world 200 years ago.

Isn't that a crazy stat?

Did you hear about the Facebook promotion that Burger King had?

No what was the promo?

Was it related to the fact that Facebook has 56 custom gender options?

Nope...if you unfriended 10 people on Facebook, Burger King would give you a free whopper!

I've had fun chatting!

Oh wow I would for sure do that!

Also the like button was almost called the awesome button!

But anyways great chatting with you too!

Have a great day!


Good morning!

Did you know they have doggy blood drives?

That would be so cool to see, the next time I donate myself.

Good morning!

No, I didn't know that.

I would love to take my dog to one and see all the other dogs there too!

Dogs are so awesome.

Google thinks that way too as they state in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.

I am impressed that they do that.

I love dogs and google is one of my favorite sites so I like knowing that they love dogs as well.

Talking about the blood drives earlier, did you know that there are 12 different blood types for dogs?

I did know that, because one of my own had to have blood several years ago.

That was also when I found out that dogs aren't truly color blind, they just can't see as many colors as we do.

I've heard that before and i believe it.

My dog loves to watch tv, especially baseball games so i know they can see things.

if you don't mind me asking, how where they able to match your dogs blood type?

Mine watch t.v.

too.

They keep waiting for one of the celebrity chefs to drop something on a cooking show.

My vet has a daycare/boarding facility.

When  you sign up, they type your dog and stress how important it is for them to be donors ...as it is also an emergency clinic.

i wish our vets around here did that.

I also wish that we had vending machines like in Istanbul.

Those give out food and water for stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles.

I live out in the country, so they see a lot of accidents, unfotunately.

I would like to see those here, as well.

I'm always amazed at how many new "jobs" they find for a dog each year, they truly are our best friends.

It seems like the vets in my area are still living in the past where dogs are not cared about and just get standard care so i've never even been asked about typing my dog.

I know what you mean about the jobs.

Dogs can do so much and they love so much that they are just wonderful!

I think it helps that my area is full of farmers and ranchers, so the vets here stay current in the advancements of veterinary medicine.

Some of these ranches have working dogs, and their pups are pricey, since they come from good stock.

It's interesting that the direct ancestors of the dog is extinct, since they are so adaptable.

That is interesting.

I know dogs have been selectively bred over the centuries and even though they are no longer closely related to wolves I think there is still a little wolf in all of them.

There has to be, even though they were the first domesticated animal, there is still something a little wild in them all.

I agree.

You know elephants are supposed to be highly intelligent so I really think it's interesting that them and dogs are the only animals that can understand pointing.

I love elephants!

Have you seen the video of the one picking up trash in a nature preserve?

I follow so many elephant pages on Facebook, that if I were in Germany I would be more than a little annoyed I couldn't "like" anything, as it's illegal there.

I've heard that about Germany!

I can't believe they would outlaw the like button!

I mean, what's wrong with liking something?

Some countries have the weirdest laws & customs.

Like Iceland, they are actually rewriting their constitution via facebook.

Are they really?

That is weird.

I mean, facebook is great and all, but to write your country's constitution based on it?

I wonder if they know facebook was started by some college students.

Probably not.

It's unreal that Myspace turned down an offer to buy it.

I kinda miss myspace.

i never used it.

You're right about them turning it down though.

Facebook is now valued at $104 billion.

Just think, they could have had it for $75 million back in the day.

Now, we are stuck with blue everything, due to Zukerburg's colorblindness.

i always wondered about that.

So, he's colorblind and that's why it's blue?


I love dogs.

It's hard to remember sometimes that they come from the wolf family.

I love dogs too.

I can see how they could be used for therapy.

They have been used to help sports stars like J R Smith...

Oh yeah, the player from the University of North Carolina baseball team!

Have you heard of "Paws for People"?

I guess they train and place therapy dogs.

I love that organization.

They're actually trained by inmates, so I think the dogs provide a lot of different types of therapy, whether they know it or not.

Cool.

I guess the dog that helped JR was named REMINGTON and has about 100 commands... Also known as REMI.

I love that they consider Remi a member of the baseball team, and seems to help everyone with their anxiety.

Yeah.

They say if you pet a dog for 15 minutes, it will change your lookout on the day.

Therapy isn't the only jobs dogs can have, they can also assist police and military.

Yeah.

It's wild that dogs have 12 different blood types.

I know, isn't it cute that they can have little doggy blood drives to help each other?

Yeah and they deserve it.

I'm relieved that dogs aren't color blind.

They just see fewer colors than humans.

Or that they're able to understand a human's point!

I guess they have that in common with elephants.

They're definitely very superior creatures.

Google even has it stated in their Code of Conduct that they are a dog company instead of cat company.

I like cats too but not as much.
Did you ever play kickball?
It's called soccer-baseball in Canada.

I did growing up, and I'm a big baseball fan now.

Japan is too.

They are surprised that it's America's national pastime.

I guess it's theirs too,

I want to start watching college baseball more now that I know about JR Smith's therapy dog.

I wonder if Remi has a Facebook page?

Did you know Zuckerberg has colorblindness?

I didn't know that.

So I guess that 2.2 billion users includes dogs, too!


What do you do for entertainment?

Netflix hulu movies mostly i listen to audio books.

How about you?

I love playing nintendo still, do you ever play?

Not for a while, i don't get the time to.

Look how far we've come though.

Nintendo had only 54 colors.

For sure, think about how good we thought the graphics were back then.

They just stopped making them in japan in 2003

Wow that's a long run for Mario, haha!

Did you know that Ronald Reagan was turn down for movie role because they said he wasn't presidential enough.

That is too funny!
If only they could tell the future lol.
Do you know julius caesar?

I do, he's an interesting character.

Apparently he went to Britain and saw chickens being used as entertainment and was mind blown

Um i like my chicken fried with hot sauce, that about as entertaining as it gets.

Have you seen or read starship trooper?

lol me too!

I have not read it but have seen the movie, you?

Yeah but i think i blocked it out, lol!

Apparently it's required reading for 3 out of 5 of our military branches.

They must know something i do not.

wow, I should check it out.
Did you ever read enders game

No but i saw the movie are we forcing our military to read that as well?

I would, it may be needed for the new space force coming lol

Right and will let the children save us all!

do you consider yourself a speed reader?

I am such a speed reader, it gets me in trouble, how about you

Please 10 minutes later i have to start all over, lol!

You know what the speed reading record is?

I don't, what is it?

I am interested and probably won't believe it lol

The world record for speed reading is held by a young lady named Anne Jones for reading 4,700 word a minute.

NO WAY!
I DONT BELIEVE IT!


Reading all that was quite informative and interesting.

I don't personally think Ronald Reagan was the best president.

He's no Bill Nye, that's for sure.
Bill Nye in 2020!

I am with you there.

He is very intelligent.

Never knew Bill Nye won a Steve Martin look alike contest.

I don't see it.

He looks more like Bill Nye to me.

*crickets* Did you know than a lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the sun?

Holy crap!

That is new information to me as well.

Lightning bolts are certainly hot which explains how they can cause so much trouble for nature and people some times.

Nintendo was advanced I played Atari and pong before that lol.

Me too!

Nintendo was only able to produce 54 colors, but they were more than enough for me.

I prefer NES to Playstation 4.

Sadly, it was discontinued in 2003.

RIP, NES!

Yes RIP Nintendo.

Do you read much?

Do you read any science fiction.

SCi Fi in the military, interesting.

Other than for learning and reading required things, I do not see much benefit from speed reading.

I read Stephen King mostly, but I've read some sci-fi.

Back in the 1700's, they panicked, because people were reading novels.

Now, I panic, because people rarely read.

LOL yes me too.

I can not believe the ignoranceand pride we are often surrounded by.

It is sad and very concerning.

Love Stephen King, Ancient thinkers, well at least they thought.

Speaking of ancient thinkers, Aristotle had a lisp.

I wonder how that is public knowledge?

Did he record a spoken album before he died, you think?

LOL, when I read thatI was wondering the same thing.

Someone wrote this down and passed the information along.

We know how things change when they get passed along.

Socrates loved dancing, not sure what else they did back then.

Aside from dancing, I doubt there was much to do at all.

Years later, Caser visited Britain, and found they bred chickens for entertainment.

How "fun".

They certainly did some odd things for fun.

Poor chickens.

Information  from so long ago must be taken lightly because I am sure it is skewed.

As it is today, from day to day.

In 2011, Neptune completed its first orbit around the sun, since 1846.

"You're slower than Neptune's orbit!"

is my new insult.

That is a good one :) Some things never change.

Humans don't learn and I wonder if Pythagoras is alive as some other being today :)

Poor Pythagoras has probably been reincarnated as some starving kid in Africa, if so.

Have you read Ender's Game?

The movie was mediocre, but the book is excellent.

That may be so, unfortunately.

No I have not read Ender's game.

I will put it on my list.

Have to get some of my reading list done as said by Aurelius "All things fade" time is ticking.

I recommend it.

Also, Robert McCammon's Swan Song is as good as The Stand.

I didn't even know Starship Troopers was a novel, until reading that bit of info just now.

I wonder when it was written?

Thank you for the recommendations.

The Stand was fantastic!

I am not sure when Starship Troopers was written.

Reading is a wonderful thing to do.

You're going to LOVE it!

I found out Robert Heinlein wrote Starship Troopers in 1959.

He wrote The Puppet Master, which Invasion of the Body Snatchers was based on.

Sounds like I will .

I thank you and it was great chatting with you about all these new facts.

I know.

You're the most fun I've had chatting, in the dozen times I've chatted today.

King fans, unite!

Yes.

Thanks and thanks for all the recommendations.

You're welcome.

Read some CS Lewis and Tolkien, as well.

They held "You laugh you lose" challenges together.

Today, they would have been YouTube stars.

They certainly would have.
Take care.


hey there, do you know much about the sun?

Hi!

I do know a bit!

For one, I know that it's mass is comprised of approximately 73% hydrogen and the rest is mostly helium.

Are you interested in the topic?

Yes very much so.

Did you know it is actually white and not yellow?

I heard that...something about atmospheric scattering that gives off that impression.

It's amazing how something we see (almost) every day can still be so unknown to us.

I just learned recently that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the largest star ever discovered in the galaxy, and I always thought it was one of the larger components in space!

And it is so hot we technically need only one second of it's energy to last us for 500 000 years

So fascinating.

I really enjoy reading interesting facts about every day things.

Are you an avid reader?

I sure am, I read quite a bit.

Do you know there is a woman that holds the world record for fast reading?

Yes, 4700 words per minute!

I don't know how many I can read in a minute but it is nothing close to that!

I heard recently that in the 18th century there was actually a "moral panic" because of the widespread reading of novels.

Hilarious!

It is hilarious considering now we have the opposite crisis, where people are not reading enough.

So strange

That's so true.

I love to read.

Recently I have been doing a lot of reading about the ancient Olympians.

Did you know that Aristotle spoke with a lisp?

No I did not know that, wow.
DO you know Tolkien and CS Lewis?

Are those the people that would read really bad poetry and have a competition about who could last without laughing?

haha yes.

good for them, that must have been such a fun game to play

You were talking before about how people don't read that much anymore.

Sometimes I feel sad for how were are evolving as a culture.

The American culture has become one where people want more and more things.

Very true and definitely sad.
Have you ever read Ender's Game

I remember learning about it in history as it used to be recommended reading for many military organizations, but I have never read it myself.

Yeah, a very recommended and popular book for sure.

How about starship troopers?

No I haven't read that one either.

As I mentioned I am more interested in the Olympians.

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers was fascinating.

Nice,, I do not think I have read that one, maybe I should consider doing that.

There is so much we can learn from ancient philosophers.

We too often forget that worry about things that are beyond our control.

I am really interested in the theory that perception is reality.

As Hamlet said "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

Yes, I mean it all started there, we need that foundation.

Nice chatting with you.


Do you know  much about the ancient thinkers?

I dont know a whole lot.
I have heard of them before though.

I guess there a book that can fill both you and me in, Lives of Ancient Thinkers.

Not sure I'll read it.

Im not reeally much of a reader myself to be honest.

I did read that the suns mass is about three quarters hydrogen and the rest is helium?

I meant to say Lives of Eminent Philosophers.

Just helium and hydrogen?

I once heard this planet is running out of helium, it will be all gone one day.

I don't see it being possible to get it from the sun.

I'm not sure what we really use helium for other than blowing up balloons

Probably right, maybe some industrial usages.

Not sure I want to get too close to the sun, even if it's not as hot as a lightening bolt.

the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet our needs for 500000 years.

We need to learn how to harness it.

I guess that's the aim of solar panels.

Despite all that energy, it still pales into comparison with other stars in the galaxy.

There is a lot of work to be done with solar panels to make the cost effiecient.

It's a process, incremental steps towards harnessing that power.

As Diogenes might have said, probably not though, Rome wasn't built in a day.

Did you know that Caesar once visited Britain, and noted that they breed chickens for entertainment.

They really know how to have a good time there, I know there is a lack of sun there, raining all the time, maybe that had something to do with it.

I dont know maybe.
Did you ever have a nintendo.

No, I had an Atari back in the day, I think my younger brother may have had a Nintendo.

I loved playing nintendo when I was younger.

Did you know it only could display 54 colors.

That seems plenty to me, how many colors do you need.

I suppose it's all to do with shades of colors.

I'd have to compare then and now to see the difference.

I didnt notice any lack of color.

I just thought it was really cool to be able to play a game on the tv.

Lol.

Hey, it's better than watching chickens.

On my old Atari we had just two colors at times, I was still addicted to it.

I should have been reading as a kid but I wasn't

I remember playing atari.
I dont think we ever had one though.
i think my cousin did.
We played donkey kong.

Well it was good talking to you.

I'm going to go and read about ancient philosophers.

Goodbye.

Have a great day.


Are you a fan of the Star Wars franchise?

hi I am, my favorite movie is Empire Strikes Back, what about you?

I like the Return of the Jedi better, although Empire Strikes Back is also one of my favorites, I dont really like the new movies though

nope I personally hate all the new movies they're horrible, I just pretend they don't exist, I definitely won't be paying money to see episode 9

I agree, I feel like the essence of Star Wars has been deleted, theres no more Jedis and the plot is absurd, I hope they fix this

yup, the plot is dumb and they ruined luke as a character, I also don't know why they translated star wars into navajo in 2013 that seems like a limited audience haha

I agree lol, you know Fox convinced Gerge Lucas to take merchandising rights instead of a 500k fee, they didnt have faith in the franchise, they sure were mistaken

haha ya they lost a lot of money and he became a billionaire, kind of crazy that James Earl Jones was only paid $8 for the voice of Darth Vader in the first movie too

He was only paid $8 he was ripped off for sure lol, he was paird in total $7500 still he got ripped off

ya that is definitely a ripoff for an iconic role!

I think Lucas' wife is the unsung hero of star wars though, I know she did a lot of crucial editing to make that first movie as good as it was

Yeah it seems like a big part of the franchise success is due to her, she even won an academy award for edditing, something Lucas wasnt able to achieve

nope I bet that bothers him too, do you have an iphone or android phone btw?

I do have an Iphone, why do you ask?

well apparently the iphone has more cpu computer power than the entire USA nuclear deterrent system, so I guess thats good?

Or scary haha

I think thats really scary, I didnt know I had that much power in my pocket lol, smartphones are an amazing tech creation, I still cant get around how you can talk with others even at thousans of km away

ya the technology is very impressive, also crazy is the cable that runs across the atlantic ocean with phone and internet service is only about 3 inches in diamter, you'd think they'd use satalleties for that these days

I agree, that cable must be crazy strong though, imagine resisting all that pressure, its a really important cable and 2.7 is a really thin diameter.

Ya I agree, like what if a boat crashes into it or something?

It seems so precarious, did you hear about the trick with a phone book?

No, can you tell me about that trick please!

well so if you overlap each page of two phone books, apparently  it is physically impossible to separate the two!

must be all that friction

Wow I wonder why that happens, you know Unicef will donate a day of clean water for every minute your cellphone is without use!

what a great campaign!


Hello, so what do you think of Dwyane Wade returning to the Heat?

I think it's good for the team probably.

I think it is a good idea because he will be retired as a Miami Heat

Plus if the fans still like him, even though he's declined recently, it should still be good for the team, right?

And the team's ratings.

I concur.

Also, there is no other team that he won championship with and played a considerable amount of time

Yeah so it makes sense for him to retire from that team, I agree.

I mean, what led to his decline?

Just aging?

aging and injury, in my opinion.

All of the players go through this aging process so I am not surprise to see his declining.

I guess that's just the natural cycle of life.

Well, maybe he adds some depth to their mix of talented young players and veterans, I guess that is good for a team in general.

I agree.

Btw, did you know that about 78% of nfl players have gone through bankrupt or financial issue after retired

No, how fascinating.

You would think with all that money they would be set for life, but I guess some people just don't know how to manage it properly.

NBA players are the world's best paid athletes.

They make a lot of money but not necessary responsible spender.

So it makes sense to me

Yeah clearly not the most responsible spenders.

If you invested correctly you could live off that 12 million for life.

I see that some players like Iverson then get contracts with companies like Reebok paying them a tremendous amount of money for life, so they should be set if they work things right.

I concur.
Btw, do you know Tim Duncan

I've heard of him, what team does he play for?

He used to play for San Antonio Spurs.

He decided to stay in college and sacrified money instead going straight to the nba

Well that's admirable.

What college team did he play for?

I feel like his name is really familiar.

I believe it was something about Forest, not so sure.

But he truly is  a decent athlete and individual

Wake Forest.

Yep, that's what I thought.

It's an exceptionally good small private university in the south.

Well, that's definitely admirable and unusual.

I find it fascinating that the veteran's minimum pay is $2.4 million for the Heat.

That seems low for a ball player, but I guess as they get older they aren't as valuable to the team.

Yep, it was Wake Forest.

Older players lose their values because they are only playing a certain efficient game minute

Yeah, that's kinda what I assumed.

I mean there's no way a 36 year old man is playing at the level as a 22 or 23 year old player, I wouldn't think.

Exactly, especially the game that requires continuous running and jumping for a sustained period of time

Yeah, I mean the human body as far as bones and joints and all that just isn't built to endure that same level of athleticism for years and years on end.

That's a lot of wear and tear on the body.


Hey, do you use YouTube?

Hey, how are you?

Yes, I use it a lot.

Can't believe it has come the 2nd largest search engine on the internet!

I'm good.

Yeah, but there are people who believe YouTube has negative consequences.

Proliferating vulgar content that can be easily accessed by children for example.

Yes, my daughter watches it a lot and that scares me.

With more than 400 hours of content being uploaded each day it is hard to police well.

In theory it is a good idea to allow such an easy and convenient platform.

Maybe the argument is whether vulgar content is being enhanced or merely just opening our eyes to vulgar content that is already there.

That is an interesting point.

Since any unregistered person can watch videos on the site, maybe they should change that policy and force everyone to log in to watch or upload.

That is an interesting idea.

If only registered users can watch content, then children would only watch it when with the family and thus have supervision, also children wouldn't be so devoured by internet as well.

Yes, I agree it would be a tough change to make though.

An amazing stat I learned is that Netflix and YouTube make up about half of peak web traffic!

Yeah.

Police have their own youtube, which is interesting.

I think having youtube more user specific can enable it to be more regulated.

Use of the platform that wanders from the normal and is potentially dangerous can be better noticed, monitored, and prevented on a user specific platform.

Yes, that is an excellent point.

I honestly just use YouTube for sports videos and music.

Do you like basketball?

Yes, basketball is my favorite sport!

Awesome!

I am a Bulls fan, but live in Florida now so I watch the Heat quite a bit.

A little sad this is Dwyane Wade's final season.

At age 36 though with three championships, what else is there?

Yeah, from what he says, he sounds happy with all that he has achieved.

Yes, plus he has not been too good the last few years.

Although in the postseason he has shown flashes of himself which probably keep people thinking he has more left in the tank.

He was such an outstanding player in the Heat's history.

He certainly was.

Jordan is my favorite player of all time.

Funny enough at one point Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA and Nike gladly kept paying the fines for Jordan wearing them!

Yeah, I suppose the fines were worth paying so they could have Michael Jordan advertise their sneakers.

Yes, it was a tremendous investment for Nike!

I once heard that the Air Jordan brand was worth more than the entire Adidas company!

Basketball has always been my favorite and I grew up looking at Michael Jordan as a role model.

I can see why.

He is so powerful that a major corporation was able to get rich off him.

Yes, the NBA growing up was a big part of my life during the 90s in Chicago.

I think it is crazy the NBA was only founded in 1946.

That is nothing compared to baseball!

Yeah.
Well it was nice chatting.
Have a good day!

Thanks, it was nice chatting with you too!

Thank you!
Bye!


Hi, how are you?

Great, thanks!
Are you a YouTube user?

I use it to learn i.e.
how to fix an electrical socket.
Yourself?

I mainly use it for music videos.

Did you know it first began as a dating website?

I actually didn't.

That's funny.

Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.

Yes it is.

It was created by three former paypal employees in February 2005.

Who bought it from them?
Didn't they sell it?

Google did in November 2006 for 1.65 billion.

Bet it's worth a lot more than that now.

Yeah but $1.65B is a lot to spend in one lifetime.

I would like to try though!

Would be nice!

It's amazing all you can do on YouTube.

There are many user generated and corporate media videos to choose from.

I agree.

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

Don't think I would get much out of that one...

Me either.

Most content is actually uploads from individuals then corporations.

Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america

I think it's funny that the first video uploaded was of a guy talking about an elephant.

HA!

That's funny.

Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.

I love dancing especially choreography.

Really?
That's a unique passion.
How did you get into it?

Just always been into it.

It helps when you have rhythm.

Did you know there is an episode of Mr. Rogers where he learned to breakdance?

WHAT?

That sounds like a spoof...

I have no rythm and cannot imagine he had a ton either...

Hey if parrots are able to dance perfectly in time with music surely he has a chance.

Nice chatting with you...