Yeah that's crazy, and you said you been over there?


Yes.  And we were told "Do not take a cab from the airport"  We had to be picked up by someone we knew.  At the time, 20% of the population was HIV positive.


Wow... So  that whole flame-thrower being legal is true?


I don't know what to say about that.... I guess it's cool? What about you?


No doubt.. The gated communities were surrounded by walls with constantino wire. Intruders would crawl through the gates behind cars when they would enter.  I need to go now.  Thanks for the conversation.


I say let people do what they want.  If people want to enter and people will pay to watch, have at it.


What gets me is that when I was a teen, the contestants seemed to be sophisticated women, now they seem to be children.  Of course, that has to do with me.


Yeah you're right about that.  I guess the times are different now. Back in the 60s they wore sexy swimsuits  but now a lot of people aren't as interested in that


It does seem like there are some girls who still want to participate in pageants now.


Yeah you do have a point.   So why do you think people are attacking it now?


Social media gives people a platform to attack almost anything.  It is just a matter of which stories the national media picks up.


Tell me do you think if we had social media back in the 60s people would still attack the Miss America pageant?


I like him somewhat. Do you know when he graduated high school?


Hmm I am not sure actually, was it recent?


Yes pretty recent, it was in 2012 when he was 25


Yeah better late than never I guess for him, he was busy otherwise


True . DO you know his real name or full name?


Yes his name is Aubrey Drake Graham and he is Canadian


Yeah. Did you know the beat for Hotline Bling is sampled?


It is the song WHy can;t we live together?


Did not know that, pretty cool an actor as well. Nice chatting with you


Me too. Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


Wow that is amazing. How did they have time to rest?


Exactly. The ramones also toured for 20 years straight


WOw that is amazing. Did you know ABBA turned down an offer to have a reunion?


Yeah they played 2263 concerts during that time. They did, why?


Wow amazing. Yes, they turned down a $1 billion offer


WOw. A Creed concert was really bad that people sued them once


Hi, did you know there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on our planet?


I guess that makes sense, since the same is true of humans. Homo Sapiens are probably the most interesting of all animals.


I agree with you, humans are definitely unique, you know we cant burp in a zero gravity environment, not that thats amazing but just thought it was an interesting fact


I think I remember seeing an astronaut mention that. Humans are unique, there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans, although the same can probably be said for some other animals.


Yeah I guess that same frequency can also scare animals away, you know, goose bumps are actually an evolutionary trait!


Evolution is such an interesting thing. Humans have so many good traits but we are one of the few that cannot synthesize or own vitamin C due to a defective enzyme.


I guess we also have our flaws, we are the only mammals that can breath and also swallow at the same time so that is a good thing.


and we invent things. If humans weren't so smart we wouldn't have things like telephones.


The telephone sure is one of our biggest inventions, I mean communicating with others at large distances, that is simply amazing


Yes, the phone and data cables that go across the ocean floor are only 2.7 in diameter, yet they are so essential.


Yeah I can imagine how important they are, although 2.7 inches in diameter seems too thin, specially for cables that important, I guess they are made out of a super strong material


That many? wow!! quintillion animals that sure is a big number,


and built to last! repairs would be a real pain I would think. Phones are so advanced now. A iphone has more computing power then the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent, and phones are only getting more advanced.


Wow, im not sure if im surprised or worried, our nuclear deterrent should be updated and be more safe or maybe the lack of power is what makes it safe


Yes. It's crazy. Anyway I just remembered I have to make a phone call. It was nice chatting with you.


yes it's crazy to think about. It's also crazy to think that there are an estimated 7 million species but only 1.5 million have been described. So many unknowns!


I know! so many animals to be discovered many in places that are really hard to reach without tech, you know animals also have a dominant paw.


Yes. I'm quite interested in zoology (the study of animals). There is just so much to learn about them.


If you're interested in zoology then you will find interesting that there are animals that could live forever such as a type of jellyfish and a type of lobster.


Wow! I knew about the jellyfish but I did not know that about a lobster. In Scotland the loch ness monster is a protected species.


I guess thats fair as its probably a scarse species, there is a lawyer in Switzerland that represents animals in court


I don't think they really exist, a fruit fly just flew by me. Did you know there are over 1 million described species of insects. No way to tell what it was that just flew by me.


No I didnt know that, over 1 million species, wow that is a lot as well, you know animals speak different languages according to region


Did you know that pilgrims only wear black on special occasions? I do the opposite!


Well, the type of clothing people wear can be based on their social or geographic location.


There is also a store in Alabama that sells items found in unclaimed baggage. Are they even allowed to do that?


Well, I think they should be donated to charity, but that is also a good alternative. Are all the clothes they sell made of textiles or are some made of animal skins?


I am assuming that some of them will. Apple also had a clothing line back in 1986. I wonder if they were 'high tech'.


Why did Apple, a technology company, create a clothing line? They should be helping African tribes that are still wearing Victorian era clothes.


Well, Amazon also started off as an online book retailer. Not every technology giant started out as one.


I wonder if Amazon had anything to do with the elementary school replacing desks with "reading bicycles".


Who knows. Enders Game was read my many military organizations. I wonder why, as it does not have too much to do with the army.


It could have been possible that congress passed a bill saying the military had to distribute that book.


Yes, did you know that the symbols are usually visual but are sometimes in braille?


Possibly. There are three subway lines exclusively used by congressmen. That is way too many for a select few individuals.


Ya I think you're right, I agree that three subway lines is too many.


Anyways, thank you for your time. It was nice chatting with you!


Really? The original braille letters were just the regular letters but in large fonts. They took up a lot of space!


Oh that's too bad, I think that's why they improved it over the years.


Yep, and that was why they introduced the 6 dot format. Braille was invented by someone named Louie Braille who was frustrated on the old format.


That's nice, I would've want people who are visually impaired to read books to sharpen their knowledge as well.


Did you know that the world record for the fastest reader is at 4700 words a minute!


Really? That's pretty good compared to Louis braille, the inventor of braille.


Yep, it is help by someone named Anne Jones. I wonder how she was able to read that fast!


Some people just have a natural ability, those people often are exemplary people.


I am a fan of Disney, but it was sad to hear that Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after one movie failed.


Anyways, Tom Hanks' movies gave Disney 8.5 billion!


Wow, that is a lot, I didn't know Tom Hanks did that many Disney movies.  He is one of my favorite actors though, what is your favorite Tom Hanks movie?


Well, he did Toys Story 1 all the way up to Toy Story 4. Toy Story 4 was my favorite. It made me cry. I heard there was a Toy Story 5 coming up.


That is true he was the star of all of those movies.  I saw the first two Toy Story movies and they were really good.


To be honest, the movies were pretty good from the start to current time. Watch the last two. They will be worth it.


Yeah I think it is worth it to check them out when I can.  Did you ever watch the Lion King when it came out years ago?


Lion King was amazing!!! They have the 2nd and 3rd movie. They also had a 1 and a 1/2 movie as well with Timon and Pumba.


Holy cow, I never knew any of those movies existed!  I bet they are all pretty good.


They are. It was sad that Simba lost his father in the first movie. Good thing Timon and Pumba helped him to be more independent.


Yeah I think you are right about that.  I wonder if my nephews have ever seen those, I am going to ask them next time I see them.


Yeah I usually like most Disney movies myself.  I didn't hear that, do you know what movie it was?


I think I will if they haven't yet!  Well it was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good night.


What was your favorite movie? Well, it was the sleeping beauty movie. Looking back at the childhood days when I watched Sleeping Beauty, I did remember that I kept falling asleep in the middle of the movie.


That is funny, I'm not too sure to be honest.  I think Rookie of the Year is a Disney movie, I think that movie is hilarious.


It is true and sad, in Disney's animation studio's perspective, that I fell asleep in the middle of it. I have not watched that movie. Is the hilariousness worth the watch?


Yeah I think it's worth it, especially if you are a Cubs fan!  Did you know Disney's Treasure Planet was one of the most expensive flops ever?


Sorry, not a Cubs fan. That is crazy. However, it was a great movie, I think they had two movies of "Treasure Planet."


Oh don't be sorry I am definitely not a Cubs fan myself.  I never saw that one to be honest, I'll have to check it out.


Is that baseball related? If that was related to baseball, then I am a Giants fan. That movie was worth the money.


Yeah it's all about baseball, the kid joins the cubs as a pitcher after breaking his arm. There are some really bad but funny lines they are so bad it's great.


hello hows it going?  Do you like animals?  I just read that the dodo bird is related to a pigeon,  interesting because they don't look a like!


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


Yeah... but I got 10 pounds that just wont come off. Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


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


OK... Im good with that! Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing


Nice!  dogs also cant see as many colors as we do!


Google prefers dogs to cats. their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company. Its probably why theyre the best and AOL is gone,they were cat people...


Oh really?  AOL is a cat people company?  Thats funny,  although I am a dog person and I have to say dogs are awesome!


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


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


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


I do like animals. Indifferent to birds... Using raptors to keep away nusance birds is brilliant.


Thats a nice paycheck !  Too bad for lebron lol Its been good chatting!


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


That's so interesting. It says they use a rotation on 5-10 birds. That's weird. Where do they keep them when they are not working?


Maybe the pet store or maybe they created a bird habitat for them?  I also didn't know that when birds migrate they don't sleep!  That's insane!  No sleep!


Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests. What thiefs!


lol Right!  Those spiders worked hard on their webs!  So unfair!  But you gotta do what you gotta do for your babies!


There are wild birds in australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws. Can you imagine being around a bird that makes a chainsaw noise? So creept!


Haha that's is weird.  I have been to Australia,  I never saw anything like that.  Maybe it;s just in certain parts.  They should put that bird to work,  it would make a lot of money lol


In most birds, bones are so hollow that the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers. I wish I could have hollow bones to shed a few lbs...


hey did you know that the second largest online search engine is actually Youtube?


ya, definitely certain places are, japan apparently does have free highways they all have tolls! That would be so annoying !


Yeah no kidding. Japan does seem like an expensive country to live in. There are some places though like Mackinac Island that have banned motorized vehicles and you have to use bikes or carriages. How crazy is that?


ya that is crazy I've been there, the whole place smells like horses and horse dung! It's kind of gross actually and i'm allergic to horses haha


How terrible. Allergies are the worse. They seem to be getting worse for everyone I think due to the Earth having more and more issues with the environment.


ya I could see that, I know that over 4/5 of the earths forests have been destroyed, that will definitely take a toll


Not to mention our planet is supposed to run out of helium by the end of the 21st century. Not sure how that will affect the planet.


well I know that they need helium for a lot of electronics, so running out could make all that more expensive, it's wild that when earth was first made it only had a 6 hour day as opposed to now


Yeah that might explain why scientists think of time in billions of years back then. It is interesting how much things have changed for the earth.


that's true, adn I wonder if the days get longer over time? Like in a million years, will we have a 40 hour day?


That would be such a long day lol. Have you heard how the united nations has an official ambassador should aliens ever try to come to earth?


No I didn't. I actually thought it was google lol. YouTube is pretty popular though.


I have! I bet that guy has really long days because he doesn't do anything! Like what could he actually do in a day? I want his job haha


lol I imagine he probably spends his days trying to research ways to be peaceful in a first time meeting or how could be a crazy guy that looks up fake alien information people made up lol.


haha well hopefully he has something good to do! That could be the easiest job in the world!


haha ya Youtube is huge apparently, youtube and netflix together make up over half of all internet traffic


That is really cool. I have heard that police have their own youtube called blutube. Apparently they share law enforcement videos.


huh interestings, I haven't heard of that, do you listen to music? what do you think of Justin Bieber


I do listen to Christian Contemporay music. I can't stand Justin Bieber though. He is very obnoxious.


ya he is a lot to take in for sure, did you know his video for the song "Baby" has the most dislikes on youtube?


Sort of. I have heard of many not liking that song at all. I know many like Psy's Gangnam style especially if you look at the view count.


ya that is crazy, they had to upgrade youtube to properly pressent the view count for that video! Would you ride a bus that goes 160mph? The dutch are making one


I'm not sure. That sounds a bit scary lol. But still very impressive they have invented that. Transportation seems to be changing all over the world.


I just got done watching the Incredibles 2, have you seen it?


ha that is awesome! If only he knew about nintendos and how much fun they would be!


haha that would be fun to see them play for the first time. We live in a great time period. So much entertainment and comedy. Did you used to watch Comedy central? It was created in 1989.


I love Comedy Central, but all my favorite shows are being cancelled left and right! You?


Yeah true. My favorite was Chapelle's show. So funny. But like you said, that channel has cancelled over 100 shows.


So funny! I bought all the seasons for that. That was great entertainment.


Really was. His Netflix special was pretty good too. Have you seen the movie Kung Fu Hustle? I never have but am wondering if I should.


I have not, I think I should. I heard it was comedy gold!


Yeah according to Bill murray who has it was a supreme achievement. Sounds like a good recommendation.


I will have to check it out too! Good chatting with you


You as well. Have a great day! The green lantern film may also be worth watching. It was originally supposed to star Jack Black.


Oh nice. No I have only seen the first one. Looks good though, I think Brad Bird is a good director!


It would have been so much better with jack black!


For sure, he definitely did a good job with this one. I recommend it!


Oh cool thanks! Do you like video games? 13 years before incredibles 2 came out there was a video game about it!


That is crazy, I did not know that. I should pick it up and play, have you played it?


No I never have but sounds interesting. I like Nintendo though, even though it originally only displayed 54 colors lol.


I agree, that is interesting! They just stopped making them in Japan in 2003


Oh wow, RIP! I think it's cool how entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale!


For sure and how the colors and graphics come about in the newer systems. I thought nintendo had great graphics back in the day!


Yeah for it's time it was revolutionary! When Caesar visited Britain he was surprised to learn they used chickens for entertainment!


Have you heard about Wikileaks publishing the Governments plans to destroy Wikileaks? I'm guessing that plan was foiled.


That would be nice. I'd like to move to Norway, their government donated $1 BN to help save the Amazon Rain forest.


That's really nice of them! I was thinking about how often our government actually shuts down, apparently in the past 40 years that happened like 17 times, so it's not that unusual of a thing


Yeah, I think now we just have more media coverage that makes us more aware than in times past.


Yes I agree. How often do you wear clothing by the way? I wear clothing almost everyday haha I'm wearing some right now


I wear it most of the time. I'm mostly a nudist undercover though. Haha. Did you know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that once a man wore 70 pieces of clothes on top of each other to avoid paying a baggage fee that's awesome LOL


That is awesome. I recently saw where somebody broke the record by wearing like 140 shirts.


That's a lot of shirts! I'm just glad that people dont put their clothes in a geyser anymore, for cleaning them anyway that sounds dangerous haha


I agree that does sound pretty dangerous.


Would you ever wear clothing made of asbestos though? Apparently the Greeks would do that I wonder if they got lung cancer


Yes they leased the plan haha. I also like knowing that Justice prevailed when a us Marshal killed that gang member in court, did you hear about that?


Yeah, the dude was about to stab a witness testifying against him. That was wild!


Yep I'm glad that US Marshal was able to save him, itd be really painful to be stabbed with a pen


That wouldn't be a good feeling at all. They say the guy was a member of the Tongan Crips. The gang is made up of descendants of the Polynesian island nation of Tonga.


Well I'm glad he was put away. It's one good thing the government did. Scary how the government of China has actually censored the word censorship though


That is pretty scary. Did you know that in 2006 the US government passed legislation that would protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating The Geneva Conventions?


No I didn't. I wonder why they felt that was necessary? It's scary that JP Morgan bailed out the USA in 1895, I wonder what the whole situation was where that was necessary


It is very crazy. Wasn't that around the time that Guantanamo Bay scandal was going around? That sounds sketchy with JP Morgan bailing the government.


I agree that does sounds sketchy. Maybe I should move to Monaco. They got rid of the income tax back in 1869, too much revenue coming from casinos made it unnecessary I guess


I resemble that remark!  I may have to unfriend you. If I unfriend 10 people on FaceBook, Burger King will give me a free Whopper. I jst hope I don't see any of those former friends at BK...


Why, do you have a PhD?  I wonder why BK is doing that? It seems antisocial.  Meanwhile the Dutch are being productive with their 160 MPH bus...


Yes, I have a PhD and I am from NY...and I am lazy... Maybe BK is joining the fight against FaceBook addiction.  I wonder if we can ride that Dutch train with our heads sticking out the window?  Weeee!


I'm PhD ABD... Ah!  What is the concentration area?  Yeah maybe on the BK thing.  It seems a little evil.  I would like to go to Mackinac Island.  If I had to never use a car again, I would be fine with that.


Biochemistry.  I wouldn't mind going to Japan!  Would have to fill my pockets with quarters though...all highways there are toll roads.


Mines Systems Engineering... Yeah, $300 worth if you are going across.  You may want to consider a sub-300 MPH rickshaw.


I would mind a Buzz Lightyear jet pack! Your rickshaw must be pulled by quite an athlete!


It is Godzilla-powered.  It's good to hear something positive about FB.  Iceland is using it to rewrite their constitution.  I really would like to go to Iceland...


Sure, but be aware that Iceland does not have a public rail system, to get ready to fly from city to city... Give me a slow canoe ride through the everglades and I am in heaven!


I do love to canoe and raft.  Maybe Iceland will legalize rickshaws of llama for the short hops with their new constitution. Mopeds?


Somewhat, mostly domestically.  Have you ever heard of U2's song, "With or Without You"?


Just don't make the mopeds in Iceland solar-powered!  I travel the globe by internet cables. I can get anywhere in the world online in seconds. The toughest part is squeezing through those 2.7" cables that traverse the ocean's floor.


Yeah, I bet that's problematic.  Fiber optic ones are painful and embarrassing.


Right? No privacy!  Nice chatting with you my friend!


Yes, everyone can see your plight! Thanks to you as well.  You were excellent as well as entertaining!


A figure skating duo used it in their act.  It was perfect since the two were parting ways after being successful together for so long.  A tear jerker...


That is touching!  Speaking of touching, just wanted you to know that UNICEF has a thing going where they will donate a day of clean water to a needy child for every minute a person does NOT use their cell phone. This is a great thing they are doing. It helps the children and encourages less exposure to cell radiation. Win win!


That's great of UNICEF.  I guess that song by U2 affect the skater's life a great deal and helped her through a breakup.  It later somehow got her donations to attend the Olympic Games in PyeongChang.


Nice!  Traveling to the Olympics is a trip of a lifetime! Maybe not as historic as King Kalakaua's trip around the globe, but still, a nice vacation!


Hawaii has a king?  Did you know the iPhone has more computing power that the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent?  Scary!


King K was the first King to travel around the world, but that was some time ago... I have an iPhone, and it has more computing power than I have...


I think my phone has a PhD because it often outsmarts me... Did ya know NY's area code is 212 because it was easy to dial with a rotary phone.


I wonder why they had to be married?  What was the reasoning?


Wow, in 39 out of our 50 U.S. states, the employee that is paid the highest wage as a "State Employee" is either a college football coach or a basketball coach.


That was new to me.  Why would they (the coaches) want to be state employees though.  I would think that they could make more money doing something else related to sports.


true, also did you know that in 18th century England, people played Bat and Ball games and later the game became popular in the U.S. and was called Baseball?


Thank you for your info.  That was interesting.  I thought baseball was originated in the US.


So did I! Also NBA player Allen Iverson actually signed with Reebok in 2001, a lifetime endorsement contract that would pay him 800,000.00 per year and I big lump sum final payment at age 55 of 32 Million!


That was a lot of money.  Is Iverson retired from basketball?


Not sure, probably close to retiring. In Texas, the San Antonio Spurs team player Tim Duncun passed up an NBA contract but chose to go to a 4 year college first.


Perhaps college is more important Duncun.  I would not pass up lots of money though since the opportunity might not happen again.


Me too, Did you know that the FBI revealed that it had findings of corruptions among shoe companies and agents and a few big time college coaches, I guess some sort of money scheme to endorse or kickbacks?


Yes, Condoleezza Rice is now fixing the NCAA, helping to reform College Basketball.


That was news to me but I would not be surprised to know.  Anyway, I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


She was the secretary of state.  I did not know that she was involved with the NCAA affairs.


I didn't know that was she was either, I think the best bet is using the ruling for basketball, that baseball is already using...young players have a choice to choose to go pro straight out of high school or go to college and stay a minimum of 3 years. I'm all for higher education.


So, please tell me what she is trying to accomplish?


Well I think it's restructure of the process of young athletes that go college and barely "skirt" by on their grades, it doesn't help the student at all, so the choice I described above would give the student a choice to go directly to NBA from high school and not have to pretend to like college


I'm pretty sure that Condoleezza Rice, is just now starting to work on this issue, Did you know that in the game Baseball, the manager wears a uniform at the game just in case they may be asked to play for their team?


I did not know that.  I am sure that not all managers are eligible to play though.


That is what I thought, Up until 2005 a couple that is married, scheduled all 2430 major league baseball games for each year,


Hey. do you like basketball? I wish the hoop wasn't 10 feet high!


Oh interesting. Remember the conical hat? It was derived from dunce caps!


Yea, it's interesting that they were worn at parties to encourage foolish behavior.


I think it's cool hats have so many functions from protection to celebrating ceremonies like graduation.


I think it's interesting that the hat that you wear during graduation is called a mortarboard.


Yes. I also didn't know the chef hat is called a Toque.


I think it's interesting that a Bishops hat is called a mitres.


Lots of funny names! Do you like shoes as well? A pair of Air Jordans were once banned from the NBA!


I did and I know that Michael Jordan wore them anyways because he knew that Nike would pay the fine.


Very good publicity for Nike. Well lovely speaking with you today!


It's been a pleasure. One last thought though NBA players should really use the granny style shot on the line.


I do it's a very good sport. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't seem to have a problem with dunking on the hoop though.


According to physicists you are absolutely right! Great note to end on :) Bye!


Yeah you're right. I wonder why his dunk got banned in college basketball?


I'm not sure, but I'm curious why there is actually a basketball court in the supreme court building.


Yes I am too. They must like to play after work. Or they just wanted an excuse to call it the highest court in the land.


It's probably the fact that they were able to call it the highest court in the land. Speaking of courts did you know that tipping of ones hat started because of the knights that would raise their face visors to show friendliness.


Very cool. Now it is a gentleman thing to do! The most popular hat in the old west was the bowler!


I'm really surprised that it's not the cowboy hat.


Agreed! Do you know what suffragettes are? Apparently long ones were banned in 1908.


Suffragettes are women who were seeking the right to vote and for fear of using their hatpins as a weapon they limited the length of it.


Hello.  Are you aware of the situation with the public schools in the Washington DC area?


It really does.  I know they still do DVDs on a more limited basis, but their streaming services have huge amounts of use.


Oh I thought it was discontinued. Yeah the streaming is the bulk of their business. It's funny blockbuster didn't want to work with them and look at them now.


What's really interesting to think about is that the streaming has become so big that it alone accounts for a third of the total bandwidth usage in North America.


With higher and higher quality videos that number is probably only going to increase, and of course with more stuff to watch. Last time I looked netflix had almost 150 movies with 100% score on rotten tomatoes.


That's quite a few, and with good quality streaming, I could see the bandwidth go up as well.  DVDs are smaller than HD versions, and more are being produced as HD now.  Between Netflix and Youtube, we almost need new telecom infrastructure to handle the load.


I agree 100% I think 5g is the future since everyone is mobile these days. The speeds will be in the 1000s of megabits! While it's not as cool as being a movie critic, I applied for a job at netflix as a tagger. If I get it I'll get paid to watch movies and tag the content!


That would be a fun job.  5G tech isn't all that different than the existing 4G.  The biggest difference is that 5G requires a fiber optic line to every cell tower where 4G was more of a compression algorithm for data transmission.  It won't hurt to have a 5G network, but I'm not sure how much it would help.


I could do it from almost anywhere too, well except China and a few other places. I went to China last year and was surprised to see Netflix doesn't exist there. They block all kinds of stuff but I figured there would still be a Chinese netflix since it's in most countries.


I've heard that part of the video flagging also has to do with the region it's being watched in.  So, some videos are available in Europe, some not available here, and none in China.


Yes. The regional differences are interesting at times. When I go to Canada they have all kinds of different shows and movies on there that we don't have, but they are missing lots of stuff too. You might find it silly but I noticed they don't have the hour long fireplace video.


Hi, not really I know there is a school lottery but I'm not up to date on the situation.


That's an odd one to not have.  What do they have running on the tv over the holidays with family over!!  :))


It seems that the area engages in an open enrollment type of setup.  This allows families to choose which school the kids go to, but it also ends up causing huge disparities in school quality.


It's interesting there is such a disparity in the quality of schools, in the nations capital no less. The lottery should be fun, not like this.


The problem with a lottery, though, is that the top schools get chosen by most people, and only the lottery losers get stuck with the lesser schools.  Since the most engaged parents are the ones who fight for the better performing schools, it ends up being a self fulfilling prophecy and the lesser schools just get statistically worse.


Not sure why they don't just send you to a school based on your zip code. That way kids are not bused all over the place too and can spend less time traveling.


But, the zip codes are part of the problem as well.  If you limit a child to the school in their zip code, they may be in a school that underperforms.    Since many parents believe that the school itself is entirely responsible for how well their kid does, they start feeling like they are zip code losers and are either stuck in a bad school or need to pay thousands for private schools.


That is true, but at least where I live where you go to school is based on your geographical location. This seems like such a complex issue in DC though. Something netflix should make a documentary on.


If one was done, I could see Netflix producing it.  They seem to be spending more effort on producing their own shows recently.


The content has come a long way since they started. Remember when they used to mail DVD's out? That seems like it was so long ago.


Do you follow Elon Musk?  He bet OpenAI could be a human pro gamer at a complex video game.


There is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.  For me, that's the sound of an accordion....


I didn't know that, interesting. I don't know what my frequency would be. So do you own a computer or do you use your phone? I like my laptop.


Laptop.  Funny humans can regrow ribs in only 2-3 months.


I heard about that, I wish we could regrow limbs. I was reading on a Google search that Transhumanists think it would be a good idea to upload their minds to the computer....very strange!


I'm old enough that I would be happy just to regrow hair.  I hope these Transhumanists have more RAM than the Space Shuttle did.  Only 1MB!


The space shuttle only had 1MB of ram? Wow, that's crazy! About as nuts as the Russians made a computer that ran on water....


Also crazy is a 16-bit computer that was build out nothing but basic Minecraft blocks.


Right? So many interesting facts. I was just reading on Google that the AI bot playing games was trained daily and the information it received was equal to 180 years of playing time by humans, I am so interested in those bot now lol....


Coo.  Do you remember on 08/16/2013 that Google went down and took out 40% of web traffic?  I don't...


Nope I don't remember that but that is huge! I love Google, looks like many others do too!


Hi, I don't follow Elon Musk, wow I think AI is pretty amazing!


I use Google... I may not in the future.  I don't like their politics and how they censor people they don't agree with like conservatives.  Thanks for the chat! You were excellent!


He's a real rich guy.  Some say he's the basis for Iron Man.  His bot will compete and have to show great intuition.


Oh wow, that's awesome. I guess the bot is going to take on a team of 5 players who are professional!


Yes, OpenAI already has a track record of beating all levels of humans. It uses 5 of 115 characters.


Oh wow, that can be kind of creepy lol, I know bots are programmed by humans but it is so interesting how they act and think. They say this particular bot is changing the way humans are using strategy and thinking and how they look at strategies, very interesting!


It is and it is kinda scary.  The bot in the article learns from expert humans -- even some really unorthodox strategies.


Really? So odd in some ways, it seems this bot has independently hit on it's own strategies....


I wonder if bots will ever grow hair?  Humans lost most of theirs 240,000 years ago.


If bots grow hair I will be severely damaged lol, But humans are also the best distance runners among all running animals, that is crazy. I need to use Google on my computer and look this AI stuff up.


Howdy! Are you a fan of comedy movies? Some of the best have comedians playing on the starring roles, like Bill Murray or Dimitrius Martin.


Nice. I bet they set the studio on fire. You know Van Halen literally set the studio speakers on fire when he recorded the guitar solo for the song, Beat It?


Sounds like a problem with the speakers too haha. Are you a guitar fan?


I play a little. I'm no van halen or mathew bellamy. Did yo know bellamy holds the guinness world book record for most guitars smashed on tour? I am too emotionally attached to my guitar to do that.


Wow, more than emotionally attached it sounds very expensive too. Guitar is difficult and takes some great minds. Did you know Brian May had a phD in astrophysics?


Great that he has a second skill set in case that music thing doesn't work out. Brian May, guitarist for Queen, uses coins as a pick. So if that music thing doesn't work out for him, I guess he can become a bank teller.


Ahah it's certainly a good side job. It must be more difficult to use coins for sure though


Yeah, playing guitar is a challenge. It takes skill and coordination to finger the chords on the fret with one hand while you pick or strum with the other. Only the best become recording stars.


Have you ever heard of the guitar legend John Fahey? He had a breakout album a couple years ago.


No. Did he play for Pink Floyd?  Their guitarist turned a houseboat into a recording studio. I don't recall his name though.


I don't think so, I think he is newer school! Speaking of Pink Floyd, the Dark Side of the Moon was one of the best selling albums a few years ago.


Hi! I am definitely a comedy fan, I think Bill Murray is an amazing comedic actor!


Still a classic! Hey, nice chatting with you!


I watched the old movie, Stripes this week. Classic! Did you know Bill Murrar think "Kung Fu Hustle" is a supreme achievement  in comedic film. I haven't seen that one, but I plan to!


I didn't know that! Comedy is always surprising to me. 3rd Rock From the Sun actually beat Seinfeld and Friends for best comedy.


Surprise to me! A lot of comedians are drop-outs--class clowns with better things to do than school. Like Ryan Stiles, who dropped out of HS to pursue comedy.


That's a huge commitment, he must have been very sure he could be successful with it. Have you ever seen Harold and Kumar? Those type of movies with multiple male leads are called bromantic comedies/


Bromance? I can dig it.  Like the movie, The Hangover?


Exactly! On another point, do you have an opinion on rap music?


Not much of a fan. My mind doesn't move as quickly as the lips move sometimes. The comedian Demitri Martin has a mind that seems to always spin out of control. Have you seen his comedy special? Another classic! He dropped out of Law school because he was bored. He plays the guitar too. I wonder if he raps...


He definitely could with all those talents! Although anyone can make a rap album, did you know two Japanese twins made an album at age 100?


Thats nuts. I was never a creed fan though. It would have to be pretty bad to be sued over though.


Me either. Pink Floyd once recorded a live concert at an amphitheater in Pompeii.


I heard that. There was no audience at that concert either.


Yep. I've actually seen that concert on video. It was really good.


thats cool. On another note. Did you know that tom hanks is the highest box office grosser


Wow, did not know that. I did see that he has earned over $8.5 billion in film earnings.


Agreed. Disney once considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleepy Beauty flopped at the box office.


That wasnt as big of a flop as treasure planet though.


Yea that was a bad one. Almost seems impossible to believe.


I havent really been to very many. The couple I have been to were cool though.


Did you know that Linkin Park played 324 concerts back in 2001?


Thats a lot for one year. the ramones toured non stop for 20 years.


I agree. Wow that's a lot of touring over 20 years as well.


Holy cow! In Croatia, there is an ancient Roman amphitheater that is still used today as a concert venue.


Thats sounds like it would be neat to check out.


I agree. Creed played a concert that was so bad back in 2002 that four people who attended the concert file a lawsuit against the band.


Hi there! Do you live in a state that legalized marijuana?


I know, Zuckerberg says it started out with just 400 - 500 users. one thing I didn't know is that Zuckerberg is color blind!


Yeah, that is why the color of Facebook is blue, I wonder if Facebook will expand its services like Google ?


Google is huge now! it seems they have fingers in everything. I like that they mow their lawns with goats!


Yeah, Google is huge, I used google maps and google Traduction so often that I don't know what I would do if they disappeared.


My major use is Excel. I love that you can create your own spreadsheets so easy. Did you know that google went down once? in 2013


I wonder how much of the traffic went out with it. Google has a lot of the top 100 most visited sites.


It's really crazy. I wonder how much money they make on a daily. Do you watch TV?


I watch TV, on an old plasma screen, they don't make those anymore.


No, they don't. Do you watch south park or the simpsons?


I did watch them when I was young but not anymore, but I have watched the South Park episode that made the Simpson's crew send flower to them.


Yeah, It has been legalized since October.


I thought that was so much fun. How nice for them to do! Did you see the episode that Bart wasn't in? I haven't seen it.


No, I have not, do you think they forgot or is was challenge they made for themselves ?


Probably a challenge. Something to stir it up! Were you a pokemon fan?


Did you know that facebook and google so not allow advertising for it?


Yeah it is strange, since it is legal. Maybe they are getting to big.


I imagine they wont allow it til pot is allowed at the federal level. It's interesting that we can even talk about it now!


This duality legal at the state level and illegal at the federal level only profits for lawyers. Meanwhile, medical cannabis cannot be advertised to those who need it.


It's crazy. The only way for people to find what they need is to actively seek it out online for themselves. Facebook says it doesn't want it advertised on their sire since their user age starts at 13.


They are forced to use traditional campaigns, like using billboards where anyone can see it.


I'll be interested to see a bill board with it advertised. I'm in a very rural area so need to go to the big city to see it! Do you know today is facebooks 15th anniversary?


It did not know that, I thought it was more 9-10 years old.  But at the start, it was not for everyone, mainly Ivy league schools.


It sounds like the driver might have rear-ended the other car because she was putting the necklace on, but I'm glad she was saved from the accident.


Yeah -- too much IMO. Since WWII they plan cities around the car so that work and shopping are no longer close to where people live -- people without cars can't survive.


Yes, you are right. So I presume you like classic cars? A man in New York bought a property and was surprised to see a barn full of classic cars.


That must've been a surprise. I'm guessing it was part of an estate being sold off and the seller wasn't aware of the contents?


Yes, I do wonder how the barn could just be left behind like that. It's sad to think that we made cars faster and more efficient but these days there are many more accidents than there were when cars were first invented.


Yeah, cars have a lot more engine capacity mainly just for a tiny fraction of driving time, to accelerate around other cars. People abuse that extra power.


Some people aren't so lucky to have a hero like Burch, or sometimes there isn't even a chance since they die instantly.


If that kind of thing ever happens to me I hope there's somebody to help -- and that I have the courage to do the right thing myself if I see something.


I agree. And I hope that I would be humble, just like Burch.


Yes, he does. With all the accidents that cars and drivers cause, I still am hesitant about self driving cars.


It's heartwarming that such a young person would take action


It is -- probably put himself in danger.


He knew to look for children first, too.


No, not really, though I do like them to get from one point to another.


I'm just interested in the design history. The original Model-T was built in a small shop. The giant Detroit factories only became necessary because of the much larger engine blocks, and molded body panels that required gigantic stamping presses.


It's amazing to think that before the Model T in 1908 that cars were not available to the masses


A big part of the reason for the change was interchangeable parts -- Ford introduced carbon steel that would hold its shape through the cutting process and be identical to other parts, so they didn't need hammerers to make the parts fit properly and custom assemble each one.


I think we have our own unique president though... The guest house is bigger than the white house!


Hey that is a good call, he sure does seem unique!  And that is pretty wild, I wonder what the guests that come to stay think.


I wonder if he will ever make a pop album?


I would be pretty upset if my president had enough time to make 3 albums while in charge of the country.


Me too! Plus, who wants to hear their president sing? Did you see where in 1805 the runner up was the VP?


Agreed, and yeah wouldn't that be something if we went back to that system.  Talk about a reality show.


I am not sure if we would be able to function as a government in today's society with Trump and Hilary, but it's worth giving them a chance.


Yeah I think I would agree, but who knows, maybe it would work better than what we have now.


Do you listen to the radio? There is a website where you can listen to old classic radio... kind of cool.


Yeah I do when I am in my car.  That sounds really cool, I'm sure there are a ton of good ones.


Hello there, I am well thank you, how about you?


I am well too, thanks. Did you know Trump is not a top 3 president, in terms of wealth?


Yeah I think I had read that, I bet he thinks he is though.  Do you know who the top three are?


I think it is Washington, Jefferson, and JFK. I wouldn't have guessed those three.


I think you are right, yeah I wouldn't have either.  Do you know who the last president to speak a foreign language was?


I guess it was FDR, I would think there was more than just one.  I think it should something all presidents should be able to do.


Agreed. I would think being able to talk to others in their language would be helpful. At least they are not called president banana!


Yeah isn't that funny!  I think it was because his name was really close to that.


Hello there, are you a dog or a cat person?


Did you know that in Istanbul, they have a vending machine for stray dogs?


Yes!  It is such a cool concepts.  Recycle bottles for  dog food.  How neat!


Yeah I think that is really cool, and I know other countries around the world have big stray dog problems.


I think even one place in Russia dogs are trained on using the subway.


That is incredible.  Did you know the dog was the first species to be domesticated?


Wow, I didn't know that.  I would have thought it was cats.


I wonder why dogs seem to chew on shoes so much.


Same here, I know I have had plenty of shoes torn up in my lifetime by dogs!


Did you know boots are a type of footwear and not a specific shoe?


No, I didn't know that.  It was nice talking to you today, I hope you have a day!


I think I am a dog person, but I don't mind cats.  Did you know dogs have 12 different blood types?


That is cool.  I heard they also have doggie blood drives too.


Yeah that is super cool!  Did you also know that dogs are not color blind like most people think?


Yeah, I heard that they can see colors, not as well as we do but still in color


They also, along with elephants, are the only two animals the seem to understand pointing by instincts.


They are definitely mart animals.  That might by Google prefers them to cats.


That is so weird, and I guess they came out and declared they were a dog company.


Yeah.  I dont know why, but that is how they identify.


Hey there what's the best concert you've ever been to?


No I didn't know that that is interesting though. It's interesting too that there hasn't been a president hasn't been either a Republican or a Democrat since about the year 1853


The use of red and blue for the parties didn't start until 2000. I thought it was around longer than that.


Did you know Harry Truman wouldn't get his picture taken with Dumbo, because Dumbo is an elephant which represents the Republican party?


Who can go to Disney and not get their photo taken? That's as crazy as Fox news wanting to sue the Simpsons.


What seems weird to me too is that 15% of the tea party claims to be Democrats. That doesn't seem to add up.


I don't think so either. It's weird that up until trump, there hasn't been a republican elected, that wasn't named Bush or Nixon.


That is strange. Also strange that Ronald Reagan used to be a Democrat and what campaign for their causes such as corporate profits and low wages


Sounds like trump and Reagan have a lot in common with that then. I didn't know Teddy Roosevelt was a third party candidate.


Yes he ran for the Bull Moose Party. It's interesting that he did that back in 1912


Maybe we need another third-party candidate. I do wonder if FDR's New Deal would be passed today.


Hello! I loved Linkin Prk, even though I haven't seen them since 2001.


Yaks politics today is really weird so I wouldn't hold my breath haha.


Yes Lincoln Park is great. They actually did about 320 concerts in a year which is awesome


That was 2001. It was crazy. Not as crazy as the Ramones schedule.


Yep they did 2200 concerts in a span of 20 years that's insane


That sure is, they couldn't have had much of a personal life. Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the amphitheater in Pompeii, that would have been awesome to hear.


Yep I love Pink Floyd, it's crazy they did that back in 1972 to a completely missing audience LOL I hope that they video recorded it


I don't know if they did or not. At least they didn't have any fans suing them for a bad concert, like Creed.


No I would feel horrible if I were sued because my concert was so bad LOL that's funny that happened in 2002


well, It IS Creed lol. Did you know that every president who has had a beard, is a Republican?


If nothing else, he can release 3 pop albums. That would be a good hobby.


Hey, nothing is beyond his ability.  It wouldn't shock me a bit.  He won't retire like all the other ex presidents and write books and do speeches.  People are going to see something different with him.


You think so? I think he hates being president and can't wait to be a civilian. Do you think he will just continue the trump empire?


No, I think he's putting the US back on the right track and he's doing so for his kids and his children's kids.  He realizes the quagmire that it's become with all the career politicians and lobbyists and he's trying to make it right.


Do you mind the way he does it? I lean more republican, based on being financially conservative, and I do not like how he seems to lie and pervert the truth.


Nah, not a bit.  People are so quick to criticize his every move.  He don't talk the right way.  He just lays it on the line.  This is what needs to be done, let's do it.  No, we're not going to talk about it for 10 years and then vote.  We're going to do something now.  Lots of people respond to that.  Career Washington doesn't know how to take him, but I can guarantee you, Main Street America, the working man, knows exactly what he's talking about.


I appreciate that perspective. I do like how he has tried to eliminate some of the red tape.


You know, people vote their pocketbooks and poor people don't want a handout, they want to WORK.  I truly believe he's working hard to help America.  In the end, history will tell the tale.  We couldn't have got him at a more critical time.


He increased my taxes so I am not a huge fan of his right now.


Hey, thanks for taking one for the team.  Us poor people appreciate it.  Lol


I would rather not take one at all, I am poor too! I am not on here for the fun of it... Nice chatting with you!


Well, thanks. Did you know JFK, washington and Jeffferson were the three most wealthy presidents?


That's a shocker for me, I would have thought the Clintons or Trump would have made that list.


JFK was the one that stood out for me. I knew he had money but I thought his dad grew up poor. Do you know if that is right?


His dad was poor, but built an empire and placed all his children well.  Made lots of enemies along the way and that's probably how JFK was assassinated.


I thought I was remembering that correctly. Zimbabwe has president banana and we have president orange. Seems right...


You know people either love Trump or hate him, there's no in between it seems.  Up until 1805 the runnerup in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.  Could you picture Hillary and Trump trying to run the government together.  Too funny!


Oh my gosh. That would be so miserable for both of them. They would get nothing done!


It would be more cutthroat than it is now for sure and it's bad enough already.  But he's rooting out the moles and weasels and draining that swamp, like he said, so good for him.


That's awesome. Police actually have their down YouTube called BlueTube which is a way to share law enforcement videos.


I will have to look that up! I wonder if a private citizen can watch it?


I highly doubt they can. The Gangnam Style song got so many views on YouTube that they had to upgrade the view count to 64-bits....LOL>


Oh wow! That is so awesome to know! I once read that constant clicking of the internet buttons can cause addiction.


I bet it can. Did you know the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?


I had no idea. How fun! Did you read that Pixar has a secret room for celebs? How odd!


That's really cool. I love Pixar. They make such high quality movies.


I think so too. Did you ever watch Sesame street?


I used to watch it back when I was little. What about you?


i did. Seems funny to see Carol Burnett on it. She was one of the first celebs to be on sesame street.


That's awesome. It was good talking with you!


I love YouTube. I pretty much watch it everyday. Did you know it is the second largest search engine on the net?


I did not know that! I was watching last night and someone named Pewdiepie was on. Something about fighting with his brother!


LOL that's funny. Justin Bieber's baby song is the most disliked video on YouTube.


I have no idea lol. Did you know Netflix and YouTube make up half of the peak internet usage in North America?


I have read that. Do you watch Netflix? It's a great platform.


I love Netflix. I have an account through T Mobile. What about you?


I love it too. I'm one of the original cord cutters and they are the reason why! I usually just watch it thru my internet.


Hello there, do you watch much television?


Same here, I think it is in one of the later seasons of the show because I have seen most but not that one.


I like that the crew of the simpsons sent flowers to the south park guys


Isn't that funny!  I bet they all got a good laugh out of it!


Im glad none of them take tv jokes too serious. I think that our current president might have a problem with this


Geez yeah I can't agree with you more on that, I don't like the way he handles jokes.


How do you think he would take it knowing he's not one of the 3 wealthiest presidents


Well knowing him, he would be super jealous and probably claim it's fake news and he really is the most wealthy.


You know what would make for great tv. If Hillary was VP with him.


Yeah wouldn't that be something if they went back to that old system.  It would be a reality show.


Not great for our country. But great for views


I use too. I stream a lot more now due to advertisements. How about you?


And I'm sure that's what the big tv exec's want.  Nice chatting with you today, I hope you have a good day.


I think you are like a lot of people in that sense. I watch a lot of sports programs myself.


Thats one of the few reasons to keep normal tv. Animated cartoons are my thing


That is a good point.  Did you use to watch cartoons on Saturday mornings growing up?


I did! Pokemon was one of them. There are now over 750 episodes


That is just crazy how many episodes of that show they have made, wow.


If you watched 50 a year. It would take 16 years


That is crazy, I wonder how much it cost to make that many shows?


I really wonder if it would take longer than 16 years to find the one episode of the simpsons where bart is neither mentioned or appears


That was a great movie, cool fact but Black Panther is the richest superhero


Yes he is worth more than 5 times what Bruce Wayne is worth $500 billion


More than Stark and Wayned combine twice, thats crazy rich for a hero, I would travel around the world and let Captain America deal with Hydra


I found very interesting a great part of Black Panther's cast is black


Thats a good thing, many of the actors are really talented, the main actor Chadwick Boseman owes great part of his success to Denzel Washington


It is so cool he too advantage of the chance he had and he was able to publicly thank Washington


I agree he invited him to the premiere of the film, Black Panther was not named after the Black Panther Party, what a coincidence though


That is right, also, the character appeared in a Capitan american movie in 2016, I would definetely check that one too.


Yeah I loved his role in that movie, he did a great job and nailed the role


There are some symbos used in the movie that date back to the 4th century , cool details. Well nice chatting with you. Have a good one


Hi, no have not seen it but I would love to. What about you?


Wow that is really interesting, I might watch the movie again, its a great film.


Not really, seems its like a good movie, I might watch it too, has an interesting plot


I think I will also enjoy the music, jazz -blues from a composer Terrence Howard!


I havent heard of Terrence Howard before but I bet he is a great composer, do you use the phone much these days?


All the time, I remember many years ago when rotaty phones were used, and there was only one phone in my house.


I remember that! you know that New York has the area code 212 because of this phones


Yes, I would not have thought there is a reason for that but It is because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah, its amazin how much phones have advanced in the years, an Iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear deterrent, scary


That is crazy! You know another movie I want to watch is the Black Panther of 2018, it is based on Marvel character


I didn't know that either. I love Tupac music. I still listen to some of his stuff today.


He was one of the best, that's for sure.  On a side note, Eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.


That's interesting I had no idea he wanted to become a comic book artist. He's a very talented rapper.


He has multi talents.  Busta Rhymes does too.  He voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie.


Oh wow I didn't know that either about Busta Rhymes. In 2001, a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in rap form when trying a suit filed against Eminem.


That would have been cool to hear that judge rapping.  Do you know the Koreans have invented a new type of freestyle, it's called compliment battle?


Haha never heard of that style of rap before. I wonder how it sounds?


No telling what that sounds like, I can only imagine. Do you own a car?


I do.  I hear it's legal in South Africa to mount flamethrowers on your car to prevent carjacking's.


I'm doing good too - thanks for asking. Did you know Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century?


I like Linkin Park and I did not know that about them. Did you know that after 40 years, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best selling albums in 2014?


Linkin Park is my favorite band. That's pretty amazing it's still one of the best selling albums after 40 years. I love Pink Floyd.


Me too. the classics are the best.  NWA's Straight out of Compton was one of my faves and it was the first album to reach Platinum status without a major tour or any support of airplay.


Wow that's an awesome accomplishment. Two identical twins from Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old.


How cool, rapping grannies. Do you like Rap music?


I listen to a little bit of rap, but mostly rock and country. What about you?


I kinda like all genres of music.  I do know that rapper Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of Congress of "cultural significance."


I see. do you watch the world cup? i find it is a lot of fun.


I do sometimes.  Did you know that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined?


Yeah, i believe. how many billions of fans are there? it is insanely popular. people play it as children.


Yes it is, and they do.Did you know there is variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time?


no i did not. that sounds almost impossible to play. how do you win? how many referees are there?


I have no idea,  I honestly just heard about it recently.


what about the world cup? did you know that the 2022 cup is in qatar? isnt that one of the hottest countries on the planet?


Probably.  I know that the city that it is in does not exist yet.


that sounds like an expensive cup. why would they want to build a whole city just for a tournament? seems extravagant. Anyway, great chat!


I am good, how are you?  Yes I do.  Do you watch soccer at all?


i try to watch the world cup. the play is so high at the world cup. well worth the time and attention.


Yes it is.  Do you know of the debate between Americans and the rest of the world?


no, what is the debate? i have not heard of this.


In most other countries, soccer is referred to as football.


Yes, the name football makes much more sense. soccer? odd name, odd origin.


It is a British word that was used until the 1980's.


Oh, i thought that americans made the word from "association football."


Nope, apparently it is a British word.  Part of it is Americans do not want to relinquish the football as it is an American sport.


I would love to go on Lockheed Martin's virtual reality tour of mars. seems like it would be a lot of fun.


It does sound fun. Up to 40% of VR users get motion sickness -- me included. So make sure to take your barf bag if you go, just in case.


I never thought of that impact on people. Have you ever gone on 4D rides at like disney? They move and shake but then they also spray water on you for when you go through water tunnels or something like that. Pretty fun.


Yeah, I took my daughter on the Stitch ride and she FREAKED OUT! She thought it was real. I felt so bad. But that's proof that 4D can ramp up the experience.


HA! How old is she? My 7 year old went on a roller coaster for the first time and freak out until the end and then I could not get him off the rides.


She was 11. But she has a really active imaginations and she loves Stitch -- so I think a part of her wanted it to be real. Wonder how she would do on that Lockheed Martin VR space bus you mentioned earlier?


I am sure she would do great! Are you on Facebook?


Yes, I'm on FB. Used to be on MySpace too, which offered to buy FB for $75 M in 2005. That would have been the buy of the century.


I know! Wht dopes! Like Iceland rewritting its constituion using ti.


There's a German state where it's illegal to use the "like" button on Facebook. Wonder what's that all about?


Good! Did you know Kristen Stewart from the Twilight movies helped author a paper about AI? Not just a pretty face!


Wow, I had no idea! That's pretty cool. Isn't that one lady from Bri bang also like a pHd?


I'm not sure but wouldn't doubt it. Facebook is developing AI designed to better understand emotions, identify objects, and predict user actions. Yikes.


Clifford seems to be a great way to augment teaching. I would like to see a pre and post test with a control group to see how well the AI works.


Interesting. At Stanford they use Google Hangouts to teach AI more effectively.


That's interesting. I teach college courses and would love to see how that works. I wonder if the non-for-profit has more info on it.


Good question. How about this one -- there's a NASA scientist who believes our world is just a computer generated VR. Maybe he's been watching too much of The Matrix.


That's nuts. I sometimes wonder if the ultra-intelligent need things to maintain their sanity...


Haha. Definitely. Overthinking can be a torture, I'm sure. The first Virtual Reality game was created in 1968. How far we've come!


Do you like to play the piano, I love the video recorded on the same piano as Paul McCartney, Bohemian Rhapsody.


Its not hard, you just have to love it, I love the Cadillac brand, I would like to have one, to think it was name after a french explorer.


Yeah, I guess I just like my cars to work.  That's why I prefer Toyota ... they are very reliable.  do you drive often, for work and such or travel?


Yeah I drive often, I usually take my dog with me, do you have a pet?


I have a dog. He loves "rides" in the car.  He likes short trips, mostly, not cross-country.


Mine does too, if we get into an accident now I know there are 12 different types of dog blood, I will make my dog a donor.


I'm a blood donor myself.  I don't think there are that many for humans.  Do you give blood?


Yeah dont think there are that many for humans either, and no, Im not a donor myself Ive always been afraid of needles.


My dad introduced me to donating blood, so seeing him do it, not that it's all that brave, was a big help.  You should try it sometime, as a sacrifice for people who get into accidents.


Yeah  I might try it out, I know it can help people and so its important to me.


Yeah, we all have to do what we can.  I think it's a great thing we all have that ability.


We used to have a piano, but I could never wrap my head around using both hands.  I didn't play all that much, though.  That piano was probably in a famous studio.


Yeah it sure is! well im taking my dog to donate blood and then think I might do the same myself.


I see, I didnt learn to play the piano either, my grandma used to told me BBC broadcasted piano music instead of news back in the 30s


Oh, playing classical music like NPR does today?  Like a dedicated channel?


Yeah seems like it, my grandma told me there were no news worth reporting so they had to play the piano instead


That's probably true today too, but it's not profitable enough to do.  Have you played any instruments regularly in life?


I used to know how to play the guitar, but im more of a car person, did you know you can equip cars with flame-throwers in South Africa and its totally legal.


Wow.  Do you do modifications on cars, even not so extreme?


Yeah, my car is all modified, I would like to be a professional car driver just like Jann Mardenborough.


I wish I knew more about how cars work.  I went to a "car school" of sorts, but it was never my thing.  I'm more fascinated by car manufacturing. It is far advanced from even Ford's assembly plants.


Hello, did you know it is illegal to own pets in Boulder? You can be their guardian, though.


Yet, most people use it to look at porn and cats. New York's area code is 212 because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.


Really? I figured 111 would be the fastest to dial on a rotary phone. Ha! So have you ever tried separating two phonebooks that have had their pages overlapped together? They say it's impossible.


I wonder who thought to try. Same thing with Scotland, I have to wonder who thought of giving the Loch Ness Monster a protected species label?


That is bizarre, isn't it? Ha! But isn't it bizarre how telephones even work? How it converts the human voice into electronic signals that are then transmitted by cables and other channels to another phone? It's fascinating, really?


It truly is. Vanilla Ice once lost a goat and a Wallaroo in 2004. Can you imagine the police report?


I'm wondering how he managed to lose both? Ha! If we were like Germany, those animals would have constitutional rights. They were the first country to do that as a matter of fact!


That is weird. We have hiccups because we used to have both gills and lungs. Must be why babies get hiccups inutero.


Maybe so! That makes sense, though! I mean, with a few exceptions, most animals, including humans breathe oxygen, move, grow from a hollow sphere of cells, reproduce sexually, etc. anyway, so the hiccup origins should come as no surprise.


true. I was talking with my daughter, and she said she wanted to major in zoology, and for whatever reason, my son thought the study of animals was called "animalogy. He's 17


That's a great term for it, animalogy. Flows better than zoology to me. That's an interesting field to enter considering animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms from the biological kingdom called Animalia!


That is crazy. Well I couldn't live there, then. I'd like to live in Japan where there are actually more pets than kids under the age of 15!


I told him he played too much Mortal Kombat. Thank you for chatting with me, have a nice night.


I would like to live there too. I would turn into Teddy Roosevelt though. He had a zoo, with over 20 pets.


That would be me as well if I had the money. Ha! Can you also believe there are more pet tigers in America than there are wild tigers over in Asia? Like, I'd be terrified of owning a tiger.


That is interesting. The first cloned pet was a cat. They named it "copy cat". How original lol.


Ha! That is funny! Since there are roughly 20 quintillion individual animals on the planet, I wonder how many else have been cloned?


I only remember the sheep. Dolly, I think. I'm a cynophile though, so I don't keep track.


I understand. I also think it's crazy that animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they become domesticated. I need to check my dog's head now. Ha!


I need to check my horses and cows, lol. I wonder why that is? Do you know how to enroll in the unicef program that donates a day of clean water for each minute you don't use your phone?


Wow! That's actually the first I've heard of that! Speaking of phones, I do know that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent. Can you believe that?


Marvel and DC are spectacular in their own right. It is especially interesting that marvel universes for the cinema take place in earth 199999 while the original comic earth is in earth 616


True. I was a DC fan, but I keep going back and forth between the two. That is insane.


Speaking of DC comics, did you know dc stands for detective comics so their name is redundant?


No wonder. Their movies are so relatable.


If you like comics you may want to visit Michigan state university someday. Their library has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world.


Wow, if only I had the money to travel. I would be down to go. What is your favorite comic book?


I enjoyed the series called marvel zombies. The story and depth of character was amazing


The reason I asked if you enjoyed reading in the first place is because I think reading helps promotes the deep exploration of texts and allows you to create worlds within your mind


Wow, I know you like reading. Besides comic books, I'm trying to read books that relate to reality. Something to motivate me. Comic books are different. It's a source of entertainment.


Well, I do not like reading, if there are no pictures.


That is true. I would recommend books like the short history of nearly everything as well as books by brandon sanderson. Both are great choices if you ever in a reading mood. Thank you for this wonderful chat.


Did you know that while comics have origins in 18th century japan, comics in the US became popularized in the 1930s?


Did you know that American comic books were once a compilation of humorous comic strips, not stories?


That is interesting, well, it ends up being a story though.


If we are talking about comics Stan Lee is a must. Did you know he ends every phone call with "excelsior!" which is why the phrase is so iconic


Yes! Stan Lee is a must for sure. After when he appeared in Spider Verse. Wow, that teared me up a bit.


I am a pro football fan. How about yourself?


I agree. It can make it confusing. Did you also know that the Eagles has a court set up in their stadium for six years because of bad behavior from fans? That's insane that they were acting that horribly.


Oh, I dont know.  People often behave how they are expected.  Dress a bunch of dudes up in green and silver, give them face paint and beer.  stuff happens.


I will never understand that kind of behavior. People get absorbed. In 1965 a high school team kept playing football as their science building burned down behind them.


Yes, makes you think that the players and fans had a clear sense of priorities.  I find it is better to follow a player in the NFL than a team.  What player do you like?


I'm a Bears fan so for me this year Khalil Mack stood out. Have you heard of Benjarvus Green-Ellis? He was a RB for the Patriots.


The Patriots have some amazing players.  Benjarvus is just one of them.  The Patriots have the best quarterback in the league.


He is definitely up there. Did you know that in his time with the Patriots Green-Ellis never fumbled a ball?!


Yes, that is an amazing feat.  Unless he never got to play.  Its hard to fumble on the side line. ESPN and the league develop interesting tech every once in a while.


I heard that ESPN were the ones to invent the yellow line that indicates the first down. Can you imagine watching a game without that line?


That line is amazing.  I also like it when the plays are diagrammed on the screen.  As I understand it, the team with the most points wins.


I dont know.  I find it hard to say, this is my team, there are many like it, but this one is mine.


I enjoy that as well and you are correct. Nice chatting with you.


I can see that. I like rooting for your team but some people get way too crazy with it like they have a personal investment. Were you aware that in the 60's pro bowlers made more than pro football players?


I like the idea that bowling is a sport.  The NFL draft is constructed to spread out talent and make sure no one team outspends any other.


Yes I like that they have a salary cap. It makes it more interesting than baseball where there is no cap so the Yankees win all of the time because they have more money. Did you hear what the University of Iowa did to the visiting teams locker room?


I understand it is pink.  Every thing in it is painted  pink.  I find it fascinating the lengths people go to to win a game.


I agree. That's a lot for work for a mind game. Have you ever heard what the highest football score ever was?


I am going to say it was a long time ago.  Before league play.  College ball where one team was from a tech school.


Yes it was 1916 between Georgia Tech and Cumberland and the score was 222-0!


I wonder if the band took the field at some point.  Its interesting that footballs definition changes based on location. Rugby, soccer and australian rules.


Apparently Canada is the only country with 2 national sports. I wonder how they define what a national sport is.


I don't know how many points a goal is in hockey, but in basketball most shots are worth 2 points. I wonder if they are similar.


okey.Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities,[2][3][4][5] and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum.[6] As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics.


It is interesting that babies can even perform movements like swimming with in weeks of birth. It is a very innate and natural sport.


I used to swim as a kid. I never did it competitively, even though there are even competitions where swimmers have their hands and legs bound!


Can you imagine how they swim like that? Apparently Native Americans were the first to swim using the front crawl. That is interesting.


There is a banned swimsuit so good that 94% of all swimming races at the 2008 Olympics wearing one won in it?


That is amazing. I wonder what the suit is made of. The U.S. has more gold medals than the rest of the whole world, so I wonder if they ever used it.


Freestyle in swimming technically means you can swim in any style; however the front crawl is synonymous with freestyle since it is the fastest and most efficient stroke.


That makes sense. I think the butterfly is one of hardest ones, but a Wisconsin swimmer in boys swimming swam it in 49.09. (he was the 3rd fastest though.)


Hockey is a good game. I also like basketball. They put the hockey rink under the basketball courts in stadiums.


Do you like ice hockey or field hockey? In the U.S. hockey refers to ice hockey, but in most countries saying hockey means field hockey.


I don't watch hockey, but when I think of hockey, I think of ice hockey. Interestingly it has been in the Olympics since 1924.


I think football and basketball are more popular than hockey in the U.S.. For example, the highest paid public employees in the majority of our states are coaches for these games.


I was wanting to visit the National Building Museum in the near future. I am looking for even more info than I already have though.


I know right! Sarah Vowell is the voice of Violet, shes my fav character!


Violet is a badass I agree, I must say my favorite charater lies between Mr. Incredible and Frozono, Frozono is as cool as ice is cold


Yeah, she is,lol. Comedy in general is my favorite type of movie.


Mine too, I do like dramas as well, what other forms of entertaiment do you like? maybe dancing?


Nah, I am a movie person. I was watching the Green Lantern and didn't know that it was originally a comedy with Jack Black but they changed it. Probably a good choice, I don't think that would have worked.


I agree, I'm not a Jack Black fan and besides- Reynolds did a good job. I didn't like the plot though.


I was laughing at the fact that Comedy Central has canceled over 100 shows, I wonder if he was on any of those?


I bet he was, thats why they got cancelled lol, sorry if you like him as an actor but I cant stand his movies


Yeah, I kind of agree. The other show I like is 3rd Rock. I think they won over Seinfeld one year. WOW.


That doesn't seem fair, Seinfeld is like a thousand times better than that show


It is an awesome building, really nice, I can tell you that


Yeah, no comparison. It was in 1997 that 3rd Rock beat them out.


I enjoy atriums and have heard that they have a beautiful one there. I also enjoy coffee shops and am looking forward to a nice cozy coffee shop, maybe?


There is a Starbuck and also a Port City Java, there are also a lot of coffee shops on Capitol Hill so thats the place to go for great coffee


Oh, nice. I wanted to also take my family to see the movie The Incredibles. The sequel is being released and we loved the first one. It was first released in 2004.


Its been 14-15 years since the first movie wsa released right?  I cant barely remember the first one


The director was actually one of the voices in the movie. He was Edna Mode as a stand in until they found someone but never could find anyone better than him. So he made the final cut.lol Funny fact about a great movie.


Yeah his name is Brad Bird right? I guess he is really talented did you hear about how he picked out the cast for the movie


Yeah, exactly. The Incredibles also had video game sequel before the real sequel, what a funny history that this movie has.


I know right, its a popular franchise, I hope a 3rd movie is released, they should keep going,


Good Morning! The weekend is very near. Have you got any plans?


I like to hear some critics reviews on some wines because of the way they describe the taste of the drinks.


I know what you mean. They make them sound beautiful and perfect.  I know of one that is described to have the aroma of white flowers and have an appealing waxy texture.  I am not sure how wax can be appealing however.


It sounds like they ate wax sometime in their lives! There's one I enjoyed hearing that said they 'whack you in the face with an oak two by four'


Hahaha! I wonder what that means!  I've heard of one that is described to be racy.  I didn't know wine could be racy.


For the 14th, I'd definitely recommend a Smith-Madrone chardonnay. Critiques say it wraps you in a lovingly warm blanket.


That does sound nice.  Wines sound romantic and such until you learn where you can buy them at.  Some wines are available at a store called the Wine Outlet.


It sounds so convenient and easy to decide where to get them from now too. I know they can be ordered online too!


I've heard that too.  It does make it convenient, especially since so many wines are made all of the world such as In Puglia, Italy.


All these wines from europe sound and im sure theyre good. I think I'd rather support some from USA though. I know california has a few good ones.


Definitely.  Napa Valley California is known for wine, particularly chardonnays like the Smith-Madrone chardonnay.


Good morning! No I don't as yet.  I'd like to get out and see some stars some night soon.  I don't have a telescope that is all the powerful though. I imagine mine is more like Galileo's telescope.  Do you have plans?


I feel like the west coast is where to go. California and Oregon both seem to have the better reviews.


Not so much yet. My brother is getting married though! so there's that! I am trying to find the right gift for them.


Congratulations!  Have you considered wine for a gift?  I've heard that California chardonnays are very good for challenging perceptions of what wine should taste like.


My brother and I are not much of drinkers. I do know that wines can have more alcohol content than beer though. like average 14.3%? I feel like we can make an exception on drinking this occasion though.


I think you can.  Some wines go good with food.  There is a wine, La Cabotte Colline Cotes-du-Rhone Blanc that goes good with seafood.


I have heard of white wine pairing good with seafood, but honestly I'm not sure what food they're going to have. I think maybe pasta or steak?


That sounds good.  I've heard that red wines go good with beef.  I think there is a wine out of Tierra de Castilla, Spain that is said to be a good partner for meat and pasta dishes.


I might just go with that option. I've always thought of wine to be high-end and expensive but at $18 a bottle its pretty reasonable.


I think it definitely is reasonable and with so many wines out there nowadays price is probably no longer an issue.  I mean, the bottle I was telling you about comes from Spain!


Yes only $7500. Did you know the movie was also dubbed in Navajo


I sure do. Bruce Lee was also a great dancer


Nice awesome. Emilia Clarke did the chicken dance and robot dance when she auditioned for Daenaeryus


Haha that is amazing. Yeah Bruce Lee won the cha cha championship in 1958


Wow amazing. Parrots are good at dancing to music


Nice. DId you know ballet dancers use 4 pairs of shoes a week?


WOw that is a lot of shoes and also a lot of money


I know. Babies are also good at dancing when they hear music


Nice. There are ballet shoes now that make drawings based on how the dancers move


I do Did you know 20th century fox did now think it would be popular?


Yes they were convinced it would fail originally


Yeah so they sold the rights to George Lucas for half a million


Nice. Did you know his wife won an Oscar for editing of the film?


Really I did not know she was involved in it


Yes she was, she was the once that added the leis good luck kiss scene in there


Oh wow. Did you know James Cameron was a truck driver?


Rerally? WOw. Jamer Jones spent only 2.5 hours reading the Darth Vader lines


That is it? How much did he get paid for it?


Hey there do you ever watch Netflix? I love Netflix that I watched it today actually haha


Oh that's great. I really like to show back in the day! Did you know that the first Netflix exclusive series that they produced was called Lilyhammer? I've never heard of it


I haven't heard of it. I'll have to check it out. The origin of Netflix is intruiguing. A late fee spurred a guy to start a company. Great!


It's funny that Netflix was started by Apollo 13 haha. At least the late fee to go with it. That is a great movie though!


Reed Hastings was steamed enough to get a new company going. Do you play video games?


I do play video games. Have you ever play the NES?


Yeah, I played many years ago, but just a little. You?


I played them both many years ago and also now haha. The original Nintendo could only display 54 colors. We never seem to mind though haha


The games were well-designed and challenging. That's what players wanted. Not colors.


Yep I agree. Hard to believe that system was around until 2003.


I guess people were still buying in some parts of the world. The system was probably inexpensive.


Hi, how are you? I used to watch Netflix. It's gotten so popular.


Yeah I can see that. What do you think about Bill Nye the Science Guy? I guess he he entered into a Steve Martin look-alike contest and won haha


I never saw the resemblance, but I guess with makeup, it works.


Do you study history at all? When Caesar visited Britain they were using chickens as entertainment. That sounds really lame haha


Netflix is huge now. I believe there are 60 million in the United States! Strange that it only expanded into Canada back in 2010


Probably something about playing Canadian content. The gov't wants to nurture homegrown talent.


Haha that could be. I can't believe Netflix uses 1/3 of all bandwidth in North America that is so much!


They are the Internet. But they still spend a ton on postage.


Yep, about 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth. Can you believe that Blockbuster declined to buy them back in the day?


I guess BB thought they would do it on their own. Make an online service that would beat Netflix. Oops.


Haha yeah they made a huge error. Crazy that Netflix went from 50 million valuation to 2 billion. That's insane!


They really found the demand. People wanted new shows and on their schedule. Dave Chapelle got $$$ from Netflix for his shows.


Yeah, Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Yes and has already released 3 albums while in office


Yes I do. DId you know you can catch Jupiter's storms in the am radio


I do but they play so much canadian music all the timer


Yes they are required to do that by law, 40% has to be canadian music


Yeah. Do you know how soldiers made foxhole radios?


I do. Do you know who the three wealthiest US presidents are?


Nice. Do you know what the president of Zimbabwe was called?


Yes I wonder if that means something else too in their language


Good point. Did you know that the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Yeah I guess they get a lot of people there so they need the room


True. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


Yes that was just the runner up that moved into that position


it was such a big drop off.  I do not know if this industry will survive in the near future


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


People nowaday are very conscious about their long-term health.  Therefore, I believe that products with a strong tract of safety and scientifically proven are only ones that survive in this competitive market


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


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


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


I am an animal lover.  Do you know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals in the world.  It is a lot lot lot of animals


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


I just know about this fact by now.  I think in the future there will be more animals because of evolution process.  What do you think?


There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth. Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated. did you know?


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


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


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


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


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


I concur.  For cosmetic purposes, it works wonderfully.  But, for health related uses, I am not so sure either.  By the way, do you have a deep knowledge about animal structures?


yes definitely and also did you know that it existed on the fringes of the American diet, utilized largely by vegan bakers as a butter substitute following the mid-'90s revolt against saturated fat? I didn't know about that


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


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


I love comedy and drama! Did you know they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth


I did not know that! what comedy movies do you like? I just to love Comedy Central but they cancelled some shows I liked.


i really like i love you man,  forgetting sarah marshall,  liar liar,  the hangover,  the other guys, the marvel movies.  too many to name lol what about you?


I like Meet the Faukers, Deadpool and also a lot more movies lol.


Yeah, so have you heard about the programming language python? I was always curios of the name, turns out it was named after a comedy group.


That is really interesting!  I recently read that the silence of the lambs came out on a valentines day!  That is not a valentines day movie at all lol


I agree doesnt sound like a Valentines movie, I heard it did pretty well and had good earnings.


That movie is awesome,  really crazy!  I started watching the Hannibal series they released a few years ago,  that was really crazy too.


Im more of a Disney guy myself, to think Disney almost closed their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty.


I love watching Netflix, I used to buy movies before but now Netflix is about all I watch, what about you?


I love Disney as well,  they make really great movies.  I wasnt a fan of Sleeping beauty or snow white though,  those ones are creepy to me. lol


I see, I guess they can be pretty scary as well, I wonder which movies had a big box office.


Same here!  Love Netflix!  So many good shows!  Wat are you currently watching?


I am watching The 100, its pretty cool, to think Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for about 50 million


Its a futuristic show about the earth and how it became apocalyptic because of nuclear war, survivors go to space and 100 years later return, its pretty, what are you watching noe?


I am watching Homeland right now and of course waiting on other shows.  That sounds good.


I heard Homeland is pretty good, to think YouTube and Netflix are about all that people watch now a days.


Yeah its a really good show!  yeah I know streaming has taken over the world,  we no longer have to be at home at a certain time to watch a show lol


I know thats the best part of it, so anyway whats your favorite genre, I love comedy!


Yes lol  The Hungary national team was pretty tough between 1950 and 1956....they only had 1 defeat in that span...and it was the world cup final! lol Go figure...that was like the year the New England Patriots were undefeated for the whole season and then lost the super bowl. lol


lol for sure, a good season for sure, but not good enough. Like the warriors also a few years back


Yes.  If it wasn't for the Cavs, that one year the Warriors would be on one heck of a streak.  They still though have one heck of a streak!  LOL


for sure lol they hold the record. Speaking of streaks, how do you like our president lol


Eh....I could pass..it doesn't seem like the presidents of the last 30 years have done nothing good for the local economies across the US.


For sure, we have been playing catch up this whole time. I think trump would be cool if he released a pop album like the president of indonesia lol


Yes!  lol  Did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana?


Hahaha Yes!  I wonder if president Banana ever stayed at the presidents guest house?  Did you know that it's larger than the white house?


I  wonder why that is, maybe to wooo the guests into thinking they are being spoiled?


I like soccer, mostly just when the World Cup is around, are you a fan?


That sounds probably about right! lol  It's been fun chatting!  Have a good night!


I am.  I watch it when they are playing.  Were you rooting for the current champion France in the last one?


I was rooting for Brazil, my in laws are from there and we all watched together. France was so good, did you root for them?


Nice!  I wasn't really rooting for any one team.  I just enjoy watching it.  Did you know that the 2022 Qatar FIFA world cup finals host city doesn't exist yet?  Kind of odd...


Me too, it was new to me. It is very odd, I remember they started building it years ago (the stadium) and they were going to shut it down because like hundreds of people died so far


There are no net economic gains for the host cities for the olympics and the world cup.  That kind of ties in with what you said.  I'm surprised they always pour all this money into building infrastructure for the events that it seems like a giant waste in the end.


Right, I think about the olympics also and how it just rots after it is used. I wish the US was better. They placed 3rd place in 1930 once lol


lol  The womens American world cup team hasn't placed below third in the world cup since they started it for women in 1991.  Ironic!


that is awesome lol. Women for the US are more exciting to watch becasue they make it there more!


How's it going? Did you know Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone?


Maybe, the iphone does have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent


Yes, because the internet carries far more information resources and services, like those used to take selfies in bathrooms and to send snarky emails back to your boss three doors away. All the ICBM deterrent does is protect us from, say, Russians.


But what is protecting the cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans?


Surely something top secret based off Starship Troopers, which is on the reading lists of three of the five US Military branches.


Ender's game is also suggested reading in the US Marine corps


The US Marines are a seperate species altogether. Vote MadDog 2020


Yes, I think MadDog is the only person who can separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together


His Knife Hands could easily direct people to Mt. Everest to prove if there is actually 3g cell service there.


I'll be upset if Mt. Everest has 3g service and I can't get service up a tall hill


I really wish the hamburger button on websites was like a Staples easy button, rather than a line menu. A cheeseburger sounds great right now.


I did not know that! I wonder why it is that they have the resources to do so but aren't doing it already. Maybe to solicit more donations?


Me too, I think I'm gonna go find something to eat now. Nice talking with you


Excellent. Almost quitting time here as well. Leaving my  vast range of information resources and services on the information superhighway at my desk where it belongs.


I have no idea, I wonder how Unicef even tracks how many minutes you use on a cell phone anyway


I would need Anne Jones and her reading speed of 4800 words per minute to read their terms and conditions, most likely. I am not one of the 7% of people who read terms and conditions on the internet. :)


No, I'm definitely part of the7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet.


Really? You read all of the fine print? Reading does require critical analysis. Possibly my attention span is just too short for such.


If the library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet, how often is that updated? And does it have things such as log ins and passwords? That's confusing to me.


I have no clue, maybe they use people who are addicted to the constant novelty from clicking links to help


*zing!* I'm not sitting in front of a computer for any longer than I have to and have to be being paid to do so. The idea of being addicted to the internet is above my head. Sounds like we're overdue for another "moral panic" in the 18th century upon the spread of novels.


I've been reading a lot of interesting stories these past few days.


Yeah, that one was crazy, he had a lot against him. Kinda sad. It all stayed w me for awhile. Had to take a break from the book.


I enjoy both fiction and non, however, I espcially like fiction books that have fact along with some imagination sprinkled in.


I see well did you ever play the Super Smash Bros video game? there is actaully a long fiction piece about the game


Yeah, I've played that before, I'm more of a reader though lol. I actually read two of Tommy Orange's books, he had a lot of characters!


I guess thats a great book, I heard good things about it havent really read it,


What are you more in to - literature, clothing or gaming?