Interesting. I like that they all get together in the middle of the pacific ocean.  People call the place they meet at the white shark cafe.


Yeah pretty cool. Wouldn't want to work in the warehouses though and walk 15 miles a day.


I know that's right!  Sharks are very interesting!


True, but it would be great exercise!  Just think, amazon started as an online bookstore and now look at it!


Yeah, Bezos has enough money to build a clock into a mountain that runs for 10,000 years.


That is so odd! I wonder why he did that.


No idea. Netflix is another internet success story. They make up 33% of internet bandwidth in the evenings.


Yeah a lot of people do watch Netflix.  I heard that Blockbuster had the chance to buy them once and passed on it.  That was definitely a bad decision!


Yeah, only $50 million at the time. Now they're worth over $2 billion.


All that money from a guy starting a company due to getting late fees on a movie rental!


Nice. They still spend like 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth still though.


How do you think our government is doing?


that is awesome! not once, but twice! Someone had to have gotten fired over it lol


I agree. Do you know much about Einstein?


I know he was some super smart guy and scientist. I think his estate gets a ton of money still


He was very smart. Looks like his estate gets $18,000,000 annually.


wow that is a ton of money, literally! I wonder what for. I am sure he has a ton of patents


I bet. Einstein was a member of the NAACP.


that is awesome, he didn't discriminate. He lived during those times. I think he was asked to be the president of Israel also once


That's pretty cool. Did you know he charged $1 for his autograph?


that is awesome! I hope he donated the money to charity or something. It was nice chatting with you!


It was good chatting with you too. Did you know the emperor of Japan is a scientist as well?


Hi, I think they are doing pretty good right now. What do you think?


wow that is pretty crazy stuff! What a smart dude! Enjoy your day!


I think so too, lots of drama with it, but as long as they are doing their job I am fine with it


For sure. I saw Wikileaks once published the government's plan to shutdown Wikileaks.


that is awesome, that is really sticking it to the man. I wonder if they released why 86% of Nevada is owned by the government


That's a lot of Nevada they own. I bet there are tons of secret bases and things like that out there.


I am sure there has to be. It is all desert, but I am sure they are doing some crazy things there


I bet they are. In 2008, the Norwegian government donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.


Wow, that is something! I wish we did that but I think we donate billions already to other countries with aid.


Yes we do donate a lot. A man in France once impersonated a government official and was able to sell the Eiffel Tower twice


Hey there! Are you an Amazon user?  Can you believe it's been existence since 1994.


I'd love to get some exercise while working.  That's sounds like a great time saver.  Sadly, Amazon is just my source for spending money.  Considering how much I spend, I'm surprised they're not the largest internet retailer in terms of sales.


I hear you there. I spend quite a bit on their site too. I spend a lot more than the first customer who only spent $27.95.


I heard about that.  Didn't he get a building named after him?  Guess Amazon's rich enough to do random things like that.


He did and they are. Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


That's insane.  But for the most part, Amazon's pretty practical for me.  I managed to buy a lot of Christmas gifts from Amazon for the kids like  toys and video games.  Did you get anything on your Christmas list from Amazon?


I did. I got some home decor stuff I had been wanting.  You know, Jeff Bezos founded the company on July 5th.  Clearly he was not tired from the 4th of July celebrations.


Ha! Amazon did save me from Super Bowl celebrations.  I'm not a big football so watch some Amazon shows like that Jack Ryan series instead.  Dang it. Forgot the actor's name.


I think I know what you're talking about. The guy used to be in that show the office I think.  What I need now is an Echo so I can ask Alexa!


Yeah that would be helpful.  I usually go to Wikipedia or IMDB.  I read somewhere Amazon even owns IMDB.  Man they're everywhere.  Wonder where their headquarters are?  Think I need to get a job there.


They are based in Seattle, Wa but have offices in some other towns.  I think they are about to build an office this year maybe somewhere.


Hi, I am an Amazon user.  I didn't know it had been around for so long.  Personally, I think Jeff Bezos is brilliant for starting that company.


Seattle huh?  Don't think I'd get a lot of sun there. Would miss the bright yellow sunshine.


I would too.  Even though the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy it is still big and bright to me.


Wow, that make me feel so small. A billionth of the biggest star huh? Still pretty darn strong considering it can produce enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years!


Did you know it started off as an online bookstore?  What kind of stuff do you get from it?


I think I had heard that before.  It even has it's own publishing company called Amazon publishing.  I get all kinds of stuff from it.  What do you get?


Kinds know it for its tech stuff.  I get Prime so I'm usually doing video streaming or downloading.


I use Prime too and do a lot of streaming.  I store stuff in the cloud and had no idea until recently that Amazon's cloud is the world's largest.


Yeah, I had heard that.  That's pretty surprising.  I would've thought that would be Google.  I haven't delved into it yet but have you tried their Echo devices?


Not yet but I do have a fire tablet and fire tv.  I've also tried their grocery side and gotten food from them too.


I heard there are Whole Foods benefits for being a prime member. I have to check that out.  So Amazon delivers the food to your door?  Heard they have a contract with USPS to deliver even on Sundays?


They do and it's so convenient.  Those warehouse workers really do a great job considering they walk between 7 and 15 miles a day during shift.


Are you aware of these Cinderella ball done for kids with special needs.


Are you any better on the basketball court, or just a dangerous?


Better on the basketball court. I haven't played in years though. You?


I grew up in England and never played.  I got dragged to a game somewhere in downtown DC once and made  complete fool of myself.


Basketball has historically been a US game. Now things have spread. Probably people in England play a bit, too, nowadays.


I'm 6'4", everyone thought I was going to be great, until I got the ball that is.  I think my height is a disadvantage with the dancing too.


Could very well be. Maybe you could play for the Washington Generals. They played the Harlem globetrotters over 13,000 times but only won 6 games.


Well I couldn't make them any worse. I might be able to perfect a good granny shot.


That granny shot could make you famous! Nobody uses it anymore.


It seems the  money is in coaching, maybe I could coach and nobody would know I can't sink a three throw.  All you have to do is yell at the players and draw X's and O's


True. Just dress well and be loud. Get angry at the ref. It's a plan!


I have never heard of this. When and where does it happen?


This one is in Downtown DC, once a year for military connected families.


That's great! Help the troops, I say. Do many people attend?


That I can't tell you.  Still, some personalities get involved.  It's organized by a Virginian charity called Student Leadership Center.


I've never been one much for dancing, I avoid the dance floor at all costs, I wish I could though.


I can't dance either. People would probably pay to NOT dance in front of them. It would not be charity but a form of insurance.


I learn a waltz for my wedding, the instructor said I was the most improved he'd seen, he didn't say I was any good, just most improved.  It sounds like a participation award to me.


That's true, but it's still nice to hear something good. I would not even try to learn out of fear of hurting someone.


Poetry is an art that is getting forgotten


That sounds really racist, theres a wiki rank of fictional characters according to power and abilities,  I wonder who is the strongest hero


Maybe like a Superman type or Hercules?  Funny thing, future emperor Julius Caesar actually wrote Hercules based fan fiction when he was younger.  I wonder what that was like.


I bet it was pretty good, it was about Hercules and Oedipus, I wonder if he was good.


Game of Thrones author, George RR Martin, might not have cared for it.  Maybe Caesar would get a pass, but Martin doesn't care for fan fiction at all!


Yeah I heard he hated fan fiction, he doesnt care about it at all so changing the subject a bit do you use computers a lot?


It seems like that is what I do the vast majority of my day.  I'm not ready to upload my mind to a computer or memory stick like transhumanists, but it is like an extension of me some days.


I agree theres so much we dont understand about the human mind, Transhumanist must be missing key elements of the human essence.


Are you a PC or a Mac?  Be warned that being a smoker an an apple computer user could actually void the warranty as they see it as a biohazard if someone smokes by it.  I am neither, but that's beside the point.


I have a mac and I dont smoke but its good  to know, seems kind of random to void a warranty because of that,


Maybe they should have tried to make a water-based computer, which apparently the Russians were able to make in 1936.  I do wonder what sort of "computer" that was though.


It is one of those that I feel like I don't always understand, but love to hear the analysis of and see how deep it can get.  For instance, there is a poem where if you read it one way it's sad, but read it in reverse and it's actually inspirational!


I wonder if they still make computers that ran on water, not sure is the best idea to mix water with tech


Wow, I bet that poem required a lot creativity, wrtting a poem with completely different meanings, oposing genres, genius


There is one guy that wrote a poem of over 220 words in palindrome (where it is the same backwards and forwards -- like "nurses run")!


Sounds really hard, did you ever read one of Edgar Allan Poe's poems?


I think I read a couple.  I feel like I know them so well because of horror and Halloween stories.  I know "The Raven" was pretty popular.  Do you think he made a lot of money with that poem?


Not really in fact he only made $9 for the publication of that poem, seems really underpaid


Wow!  That is crazy!  I hope he had a good day job.  Maybe just regular fiction works would have been better financially.


I hope he did as well, the raven is like his most popular poem and selling it for $9, business was slow, he also wrote cyborg fiction,


That's pretty cool.  If he'd had a black character in it in the 1950s that was worthy of banning a science fiction comic!


Yes and has already released three albums


I do sometimes. Linkin Park payed 324 concerts in 2001


Nice. ANd the Ramone toured for a whole 20 years


Yes and they played 2263 concerts during that time


Yeah. A creed concert was so bad once that people sued them


Yeah. In Croatia there is an ancient theater where bands can have concerts


Yeah and they have one like that in Pompeii as well


Yes Pink Floyd played there once I believe


Yes they did but there was no audience at all and it was a live concert


Some stuff. DO you know who the wealthiest three are?


Yes that is JFK Washington and Jefferson


Yeah. Do you know the name of the first president of Zimbabwe?


Yeah. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Yes I guess they get a lot of guest there and need the room


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


Yes that was the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah. Did you know the president of indonesia is a pop star


I didnt either, men, woman, trans, I cant think of more,


I am glad that they are being inclusive and allowing people to describe themselves as they see fit.


I think its a great thing as well, did you hear about that whopper promotion?


Yeah, where you unfriend 10 people?  That is pretty awesome.


Yeah getting a free whopper sounds like a nice reward, theres a lot of people I dont like on my page so a lot of free whoppers for me


It could definitely feed me for a week.  lol.   Im pretty addicted to the internet, how about you?


I am adicted to it as well, crazy how novelty clicking can cause an addiction


It is, when the internet is out, people can feel lost.  I know I do, especially at work.


I agree, its like a basic service now, can you imagine if that copy wasnt available and the internet got deleted? I bet a lot of people would die, a lot of riots and really serious consequences because of that.


Yeah.  So much happens online.  In 2001 neopets was the 4th most trafficked site, even more so than google.


I do, I am on Facebook so much!  I am one of that 30% who uses it as a news source too.


Neopets? I dont know anything about that site, but if it beat Google then thats something, I might check it out after we finish this chat.


I dont know if I rely on Facebook that much, its worth $104 billion dolars now, that is a lot of money


It has become very prevalent in society even a third of divorce filings in 2011 included the word Facebook


wow, a lot of unhappy couples because of Facebook, its ironic considering many of them probably started their relationship using Facebook


The original facebook engineers wanted to call the like button the awesome button.  That didnt catch on.


Yeah seems too much trouble, like button is a lot more simpler, wonder why its illegal in a German town though


I dont know, but it sounds kind of strange that that function would be illegal.


It does sound weird right, Facebook influences a lot of things around us, like Iceland, they are rewritting their constitution using Facebook


Wow.  Did you know there are 56 gender options other than male or female.  I didnt even realize there were that many genders


There are a few. There was a soccer player that donated his entire proceeds from the world cup to pay for the surgeries of two dozen kids back home


Really?!?! I wish I could be that generous! Steph Curry, who won mvp in 2015, only had the 4th highest salary on his team! I wonder why he was not paid more!


Perhaps when it is time to renew the contract, he will be paid much better


I agree, and if they do not pay him more he should go and join another team. I am sure many other teams would be willing to pay a lot of money to get Steph  Curry.


True, but I think he does a good job achieving synergies with his current team


I agree, he does perform very well with his team. Did you know that 60% of NBA players go broke 5 years into retirement?


That is a shame. Perhaps they should teach retirees how to use their money properly?


I agree, although most retirees  do not have that problem. I believe NBA players have that problem because they are used to earning lots and spending lots.


I agree. Thanks for taking the time to chat.


Thank you too, but before you go did you know that Tim Duncan stayed in college instead of going straight to the NBA?


I am. My favorite team is the golden state warriors. What about you?


I did. It is a difficult feat and it would help him considering so many retirees get into financial difficulties so soon after retirement. Thank you for your time.


Thank you for you time too, it was fun chatting with you!


Ah. Who is your favorite player on the lakers? I like Stephan Curry for the Golden state warriors.


Did you know that Steph Curry did not receive any major scholarships when he went to college?


Yet some consider the best shooter in nba history


I believe that he IS the best. Steph Curry started a foundation where he donates mosquito nets to families in africa, three for every three pointer!


I agree, I cannot think of many other athletes that do what Steph Curry is doing right now.


I think you started when he was only 19 years old right? It was a 1981, do you remember what movie that was?


Yes in fact I do, it was the movie Endless Love.


Yep you're right. I also like the movie risky business, came out in 1983 and has that classic scene of Tom Cruise in his underwear haha


That was funny. Ha Ha!!! Do you know by any chance for which movie did he win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor?


I think it was the movie born on the 4th of July? Wasn't that made in 1989? I know that you said you like the movie Rain Man and that did win best picture


You're correct for both of the movies that you just mentioned. Earlier you mentioned that he does a lot of charity work. Do you happen to know which specific charity is he involved in?


No I don't know what the charity is called. But I do know he works with Christopher McCrory who is a director, do you know what the charity is called?


I read somewhere that he is involved in for the end of motion smoothing. Do you know what motion smoothing is?


I think it has something to do with framerate. They want to increase the frame rate and movies which makes them look smoother, but I think it makes the movies look worse, like they were shot on home video, what do you think?


I agree with you. I'm not sure but I believe it will make the movie look like a soap opera than an actual movie with this frame rate.


He is one of my favorite actors of all time?


Yeah I hate when motion smoothing is enabled on TVs by default, I always change it on my friends TVs, it is funny to me that Christopher Nolan actually wrote a letter to TV manufacturers to tell them not to do this haha


I agree I think he's really awesome! And apparently he does a lot of charity work too which is very nice of him


I agree with you. He is true awesome. What is your favorite Tom Cruise movie?


Well I really liked him in Top Gun. But he's in a lot of other good movies like Mission Impossible. What do you think?


I liked him in Top Gun as well and also in Rain Man.


Are Rayman is good. It's crazy that Seinfeld has a net worth that is more than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined, because I guarantee that those two guys are already loaded LOL


Rain Man is very good movie and also Dustin Hoffman was in this movie as well. I didn't about this regarding Senfield. Wow!!!


Yeah that is shocking. It's also shocking that Tom Cruise spent years learning Japanese in order to be in the movie The Last Samurai, I personally did not like that movie


I didn't like that movie either. Do you when Tom Cruise started his movie career?


Why do they say that.  Is it because dogs are loyal, good, friendly, and man's best friend?


I don't know, I am a conservative so I don't understand liberals.  It is in their code of conduct.


I'm a liberal and I don't get it either.  I know dogs aren't color blind.


I have heard that.  I also have read that a particular type of shrimp has 27 basic colors it can see compared to three for humans.


Hmm.  Must help them find food or spot predators.  So do you read mysteries?


I do.  However, I read mostly on airplanes.  What authors do you like?


Karen Slaughter isn't one of my favorites though her new books sounds interesting.  I like Louise Penny, Becky Masterman and Elizabeth George the best.


I suppose I like adventure a little more.  I like Clancy.


Clancy is to dense with endless descriptions for me.  I also like Linda Castillo.


She writes these mysteries set in Amish country which sounds like fluff, but honestly it's not.  Hey great chatting with you.


Oh, how interesting.  Fiction or non-fiction?


Non-fiction.  For example, dogs have 12 different blood types


I didn't know that.  That's amazing.  If they need a transfusion do they have to get the same type of blood like humans?


I never heard of such a thing.  I did read though that dogs and elephants are the two animals that instinctively understand pointing.


That is interesting.  I'll remember that if I am ever charged by an elephant.


Exactly!  Did you know that Google self identifies as a dog company?


Hey how's it going, you know who Ving Rhames is?


Wow, that's nuts, I wonder what he does with all that money? What would you do with 75 million?


I would be like Tom Cruise and do crazy things like climbing to the top of the Burj Khalifa!


True, I'm sure he could pay for the damages he did when he climbed it though, I heard that he vandalized it in 2010.


That's something I wouldn't do though.  I would do crazy things though like that if I had that much money to throw around.


For sure, I'd probably buy all the dogs in shelters and make a huge dog shelter where they would all have so much fun. Do you have a dog?


That would be nice.  Yes I do have a dog.  Wish I had an elephant too because I see both of them can understand pointing.


Haha. That would be pretty awesome. It's so cool how we've seen them evolve from wolves to house pets.


I agree.  I see that google prefers cats to dogs and their code of conduct even states it.


That'd be a deal breaker for me honestly, not a big fan on cats


I don't like cats either.  I'll pass on cleaning the kitty litter boxes.  Hate the smell of them.  Did you know that dogs are not color blind?  They just can't see as many colors as humans.


I never knew that, guess we can't believe everything we hear without researching it.


Yes.  I see in Instabul they have a machine where if you put in a plastic bottle it will release food for the citys stray dogs.


That's pretty neat, glad the dogs can get fed too. I'm going to head out, hope you have a great rest of the night good chatting with you!


I agree and it was good chatting with you too.


For sure, take care and have a great rest of the night!


You too!  It's not letting me close it for some reason.


Me neither, I'm not sure why it is taking so long.


Yah, he is, a pretty famous actor. Did you see he got held at gunpoint at his home?


Oh my gosh.  I didn't know that.  I'm going to have to look that.  I hope he is ok.


Yah, it was crazy. One of the officers kept a pistol on him as he walked outside, that's pretty messed up.


Oh my.  That would scare me.  An officer held him up at gunpoint?  We're they crooked cops who robbed him?


Right? It's almost as implicit bias is a real thing, think about how many people this happens to in the US and you never hear about it.


I read about it in the paper every day.    Does he also play basketball?


No he is just an actor I think. Do you like Tom Cruise?


I've heard of him!  Yes.  He is a one egg short of a full basket.  He made $75,000,000 from Mission Impossible 3.


Do you like to travel?  You may want to reconsider Iceland.  They have no public rail service and most are without cars.


I wonder if he liked Busta Rhymes do the voice for the Reptar wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie?


A judge rapped her ruling in a suit filed against Eminem.


I would have thought he would be disbarred just out of lack of professionalism.


The library of congress has Tupac's music because of it being culturally significant


If he is, so is Lady Gaga. Did you know Sir Elton John chose Lady Gaga as his son's Godmother?


Lets talk about lady Gaga, iron maiden is her favorite band


Lady Gaga was on an MTV show called "Boiling Points" before she became famous.


She has been asked by the LAPD before to let her followers know about upcoming road work


That's clever.  She would have the list... Funny her name came from a glitch that changed the word "radio" to "lady"...


She has had a long career even before becoming a huge star, she had a def jam deal, and was a song writer for Sont/ATV.


Yes I do, because of that Icelanders without cars fly to travel between the major towns


Maybe they should be like the Dutch and use a 160mph bus?


King Kalakaua of Hawaii was the first kind to travel the world


I wonder if he ran up $300 in tolls while crossing Japan?


I would like to visit Mackinac island where they don't use cars but use bikes or horse drawn carriages instead


That would be cool.  I bet rap isn't big there.  Or the Korean "Compliment Battle" style of rap.


lets talk about rapping next, there are three components to rap which are delivery, content, and flow.


To me, there are two.  Really bad  poetry and a totally worn out backbeat.  Not a fan really... Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


I have heard that before about him, Spider-man is his favorite superhero.


Hello Friend. Do you enjoy jazz? Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans in the US in the late 19th and 20th centuries.


Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


I like it. Everything can't be about money. You have to do what you truly want to do.


Physicists proved that shooting "granny style" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but NBA players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.


Did you know a hockey rink stays beneath a basketball court when they have to switch stadium sports?


Yes, I knew that from going to the games. Did you know that when Allen Iverson reaches age 55 he then receives a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000.


I did not know. No wonder he's always so happy. I don't know how Reebok has so much money though.


NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player. They are all probably happy.


Did you hear about the hockey player that was traded for $1? I'd never want to play for that team.


Yes, and then he went on to win four Stanley Cups. That was a mistake to trade him.


Sometimes you need somebody to light a fire under your butt. That's what probably happened to him.


I don't know if I like jazz, but I respect it. I know jazz has roots in West African culture.


Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression.


In the 1940s, bebop emerged and jazz became more fast-paced and less popular.


Bebop is my favorite jazz next to Cool Jazz which developed near the end of the 1940s, introducing smoother, calmer sound and long linear melodic lines.


Did you hear about the woman in Harlem that held free jazz concerts at her apartment?


Yes, for over 20 years and top performers occasionally stopped by. Cool.


Are you a basketball fan? Did you know Air Jordan shoes were originally barred by the NBA?


Yes, and that Nike was willing to pay the fine each game for them being worn.


I heard that Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement with Reebok in 2001. That's so crazy.


That's pretty cool. My son loves Thomas. Did you know it's illegal for kids under 16 in South Korea to play video games past midnight?


I had heard that somewhere. Strange stuff


Very strange law. It has been calculated that we play three billion hours of video games a week as a planet.


That's crazy. That industry must be making a fortune


I bet they are. The US Department of Defense used 1760 playstation 3's to build a supercomputer


For sure. Playstation 3 was used to research black holes.


Yea it is. The last game made for Playstation 2 was Fifa 14.


Its amazing what they can do with video games. Terrific graphics


I'm doing pretty good. Did you know video games were initially called cathode ray tube amusement devices and were used by the military?


Yes I have heard that before. They have come a long way.


Yes they have. Stephen Fry narrated the little big planet, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, and Harry Potter for their video games.


Its amazing how many hours people spend every week on video games


For sure. Tom Hanks brother does Woody's voice in the Toy Story video game and also on the merchandise that is voice activated.


Thats surprising I thought it was Tom Hanks himself.


That's what I thought too. I guess he only does the movie.


Also surprising that Ringo, Alec baldwin and George Carlin narrated thomas the tank for a number of episodes


We're getting into alex jones and joe rogan territory here lol you should watch that on youtube so you can have a good laugh


I'll have to check it out, for sure.  On a side note, I hear that the Hudson Bay region of Canada has less gravity than the rest of Earth. Wonder why?


Might have something to do with magnetic fields we need to get neil degrasse tyson on the case he'll figure it out


Lol, I'm just wondering, will I be lighter on my feet there?  And will the weight of the world not feel like its on my shoulders?  Asking for a friend.


LOL these are the real questions the people want to know


Exactly!  I read that Jupiter saves the Earth from getting hit by so many asteroids.  That's very nice of it.


Poor jupiter its basically a giant shield for our great ball of water


True and poor old Pluto lost its designation as a planet!  Wow!


Pluto will always be a planet in my heart lol they can't just suddenly change something like that


That's how I feel too, about little ole Pluto.  I feel like the bullies are picking on him and I need to stand up and defend the little guy.


Yes I do.  I don't think we are all alone in this universe.  What do you think?


Listen Pluto will always be a planet there's probably support groups for this kind of thing lol


I hear ya!  Well, it's been fun chatting with you, friend.  I bid you good night.


Have an awesome night go watch alex jones and joe rogan real quick on youtube and have a laugh


To be honest it has to be possible think about all the species of animals especially the ones we don't even know about in the ocean. Dolphins are already smarter then us so how could aliens not exist


I so believe we'll eventually find some.  But, I feel kind of like Stephen Hawking, it's dangerous to be communicating with them.


But what if people like stephan hawking understood things we dont' he is on another level of intelligence kind of like elon musk they are the human versions of aliens with their brains


I agree with you about that.  If we found some aliens, I'd say let's watch them for a good long time before any attempts at communication and they probably feel the same way about communicating with us.


Exactly if aliens wanted to harm us they could have easily already have done it, they don't want to interfere with us we shouldn't interfere with them


I agree, there's something to it, though when the UN has a contigency plan in place should aliens ever attempt to contact the Earth.  So, somebody knows something, they just can't alert the masses and create panic around the world.


So true and don't you find it wierd how drones were first military technology and then a couple of years later it becomes available to the public. Where did the military steal their ideas from drone technology from?


The same place they stole a whole bunch of their other "ideas".  It's just a matter of time, but hopefully Trump will have his Space force up and running by then. Lol


Hey there do you ever watch soccer AKA association football? It's interesting that they're both the same thing, I only ever call it soccer


Good Morning. I'm glad to see you are on today.


I suspect they would be rolling in the $2billion Netflix is now worth.  (Or they would have mismanaged it, created issues with late fees, and tanked. LOL)


Ha ha I am thinking the latter would be more realistic. I definitely love having an iPhone. It has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


Me too. On that note, I heard that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone, but I wonder how they track it.


Yeah I would really like to enroll in the program sounds like it does a lot of good. The cables caring phone and Internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter, I feel like it should be more protected.


Yeah, and they just lay on the ocean floor, right?  Aerial's pets could clip those in a heartbeat. LOL!


Yeah I would think so. Do you remember the days of phone books? It is impossible to separate to find books that simply have their pages overlap together. I believe it.


I heard that.  On Mythbusters they used 2 trucks to try and pull them apart.  A telephone might convert sound into electronic signals and play Netflix, but it can't hold up to a truck.


Very true. Speaking of telephones, the New York area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on the rotary phone.


Speaking of New York, their neighbors to the north require at least 40% of the music on their radio stations to be Canadian.


Wow that is pretty cool I guess. There's also a radio station that broadcasts are weekly news program in Latin. All the way in Finland.


Good morning to you too how are you doing? Are you a big Netflix guy? I personally love it along with many other people in North America.


Doesn't Finland have a radio station that broadcasts Nuntii Latini?


Yeah that's the one. I don't think I would get much out of listening to it. Soldiers once made radios using only a razor blade and a pencil.


Oh goodness yes.  I'm all about Netflix and Chill.  I saw Hannibal Buress on a 2016 Netflix panel.


No see other guys funny I've also seen him on that YouTube show with the other guy but I can't remember what it's called. It's interesting that he reignited the bill Cosby debate.


Yes, he is very funny.  Even before the Cosby firestorm, he had already made a deal with Comedy Central for his own show.


That's good. I also enjoyed watching Joe Rogan on his Netflix special. Netflix spends 20 times more in postage than bandwidth.


I wonder if the cost of postage was why Blockbuster didn't buy Netflix?  At the time, they made a lot of money on late fees, and streaming wasn't a thing yet.


That's a really good question. And actually the $40 late fee is why read Hastings was inspired to start Netflix.


That's right!  I wonder how many times he had to watch Apollo 13 to wrack up that kind of fee? LOL


Ha ha yeah must've been hard to take. I wonder what would've happened if Blockbuster bought Netflix for 50 million?


hey there, do you know much about politics?


No I really cannot imagine that. did you know the guest house is larger than the white house


Yep.  Many visitors... I guess when Obama wasn't traveling too much, he had the world come to him.


yeah I guess so. Do you know what wikileaks is?


Yeah.  I'm not sure it should be shut down as does the gov't.  It may be a valuable asset to the people. We need more visibility into the gov'ts actions.


Yeah. the governent is repeatedly trying to shut them down and they keep publishing the documents on how they are trying to do it


I think a lot of pols deliberately leak stuff to further their own selfish needs.  I don't remember them leaking that the White House still uses floppy disks.


I guess that is not that important. do you know that in Nevada the government owns 86% of the land?


Yeah, it's BLM land - mostly for ranching.  What I can't believe is that Norway donated $1B to save the Amazon rainforest.


I know what an investment. A man managed to sell the eiffel tower twice.


Wish I could pull that off.  I can't believe G. W. Bush had to put solar panels back on.  Who took them off?  Would that be Obama or Reagan.  Dunno.


About average but I do stay informed.  For example, Trump seems to be following precedent in regard to mixing business and recreation on travel.


I think it was Reagan because Obama came later on. Nice chatting with you.


Did you know Trump is not even the wealthiest president?


Yeah, JFK, Washington, and Jefferson are the top 3.  Sure that was adjusted for inflation!


yeah still at the time they were sop wealthy. did you know the president of zimbabwe was called president banana


I heard that.  Wonder why?  A party thing? I'm not a fan of political parties.  The pres has enough to do without being the head of the party.


that is true. and the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums


I think that's cool.  I can't see most presidents in the US pulling that off.  Maybe because they are too busy traveling like Obama did.  The RNC actually filed a formal complaint.


wow. do you know how the vice president was elected prior to 1805


Yep.  It was the "runner up."  Can you image Hillary and Trump working together?


Do you know a lot about the sun and moon?


It is shame though that moon dust is a hazard to humans, able to cut through kevlar and causing moon hay fever


That's why it may be helpful to send more robots on solar exploration, rather than humans. Although, there is something quite remarkable for humans to accomplish. It's sad, but also amazing, that the Mars Opportunity Rover is finally "dead." It was only on a 90 day mission, but lasted over 15 years. NASA is amazing.


I guess that is why so many people are interested in drone and AI research.


Yes, the world is quickly changing, with new technologies always on the horizon. But, part of me misses "old things," like vinyl albums. I still have my record of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, but I don't have a record player anymore! Crazy, right?


I guess many people have the songs transcribed into digital files instead. I think there is a value to the classics as well. I mean the dark side of the moon is still among the best sellers despite being released decades prior


Absolutely popular, which I understand, since it's still musically great. That's what makes me wonder how Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century. I mean, really? Not that I am a fan of Taylor Swift, but I would think she could outsell Linkin Park any day of the week.


Perhaps. Nwa's straight outta compton is another great contender as it has reach platinum status without even a major tour


A really strange fact is that a set of identical twins from Japan released a rap album in 1992 at the age of 100 years old.


That must have been meaningful for those twins. I applaud them.


You mentioned that most people have digital files of their music. It seems that even that is going by the wayside with apps like Pandora, Spotify and the like where everything is in the cloud. Independent artists can use Soundcloud too to showcase their talents.


I know a little bit about both bodies. The moon is Earth's satellite and is tidally locked to us, resulting in us seeing only one face of the moon as it reflects the sun's light.


I think it is because it is much easier to carry around data with the speed technology is advancing than carrying around physical albums. I admit however, that generally it is a bit inferior in quality to the physical copies, but you can find equal quality as originals but just with much bigger file size


It's unfortunate that the United States is so behind when it comes to fiber-optic technology. It caps our data speeds, especially uploading. It would be nice if there was more concerted effort to increase this capacity. Too bad Google Fiber didn't work out.


I agree. Hopefully, the US will put more effort into updating infrastructure and technology across the board rather than doing meaningless political shows. In any case, thank you for the intriguing chat.


Did you know we almost put a un flag instead of an american one on the moon?


Although such a thing might have been considered by the U.S. government, it certainly was less of a priority than showing United States supremacy during the height of the Cold War against the U.S.S.R. Speaking of the sun, if only we could harness more of the energy that comes from the sun to power the earth. The sun produces enough energy in one second to supply all of the earth's energy needs for 500,000 years. Really amazing!


And the sun is only 1/billion the size of the biggest star. Imagine how much energy that produces


With the sheer amount of energy the sun produces, all that energy must come from somewhere. The sun is 1.39 million km in diameter, which is 109 times that of earth. It also is 330,000 times more massive than the earth, and, in fact, makes up 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.


True, yet a lightening bolt is still hotter than the surface of the sun. How on earth do people survive?


Well, the earth does have a lot of surface area, and since lightning needs a ground to attract its strike, most people are smart enough to get out of the way, and into cover. Regarding the moon, I just learned that its highest point is 1,938 meters higher than Mt. Everest on earth. For comparison, it's hard to imagine, Mt. Everest an addition 25% higher.


Given less gravity, I wonder if it would be harder or easier to climb given all the gear and limitations on the moon


I would imagine it would be harder in the sense that normal earth climbing gear would have to be adapted to the moon's unique challenges. It's a good thing the moon has a dense core; it's the second densest in the solar system, unlike Phobos, which is hollow.


I agree those are really good shows, cant believe the services has 137 million subscribers all over the world,


What amazes me is that it has 137 million subscribers, yet not a single ad anywhere, it is a really refreshing feeling not to have an ad thrown at your face every 10 minutes, like you do on regular satellite or cable tv. Cutting the cord from sat and cable was the best thing I ever did. I only use Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon prime video now.


I only use Netflix and Prime video and will use the Disney streaming service when it comes out- and yeah, a lot of subscribers, mostly in the US


Have you seen the Expanse? It is on prime video, and its probably my favorite thing on there.


No I havent, how many seasons now? Im looking for a new show to watch, the name seems great


It has 3 season right now. It was on syfy first but it got too expensive for syfy to continue to make so Amazon took it, so now you can watch all the season on prime video, fourth season will come out sometime this year.


Ok thanks for the recomndation I will watch that show for sure, did you know Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix at one point


Yeah but I am glad they turned it down because they couldn't even keep themselves from going under, I hate to think where Netflix would be if they had bought it.


Maybe as a really expensive service, Blockbuster charged a lot of money for its serice and the late fees made me really angry


Yeah blockbuster really shot themself in the foot when they made you start leaving a credit card on file when you rent a movie or game so they can charge you the full price of it when it's late.


Yes I have, I love that show. I also just finished the last season of The Punisher.


Yeah I can relate to Reed Hastings a $40 late fee is a lot of money for a single movie


The Punisher was a great show, too bad its getting canceled or at least Daredevil, Iron Fist and Luke Cage are


It is cancelled, season 3 was the final one. All of the marvel shows have now been cancelled, and I am guessing we will see them pop up on Disneys streaming service before to long.


That makes me really angry, they were great shows, Netflix will lose subscribers with Disney streaming service coming up


Yeah plus they just increased the price of the subscription for Netflix as well. Have you seen the show stranger things? It is arguably the best Netflix original behind Narcos.


I haven't, I heard good things about the show though, is it good? have you watched it?


Yeah I have watched both seasons, its very much styled like old shows from the 80s, and I love it. I can't wait for season 3. What is your favorite Netflix show?


I have to say House of Cards or Better Call Saul, what about yours?


If I am looking for little 30 minute sitcom types of shows, probably The Ranch, or Fuller House, but for longer shows I really like Orange is the new black, also Narcos, the show about Pablo Escobar, is really really good.


I had no idea a cat had ever been cloned.


Look at it this way... imagine how overpopulated they would be if they were just running wild and mating by instinct with no spay/neutering


It reminds me of a family guy episode when they were in a dimension warp and dogs ruled lol. Dogs have become accustomed to human behavior.


haha I was hoping you knew what I was referring to.


yeah, they went through a bunch of different dimensions. brian and stewie.


There was another episode when Peter ran for a political position, I can't remember if it was president or not. It was neat to hear that the white house still uses floppy disks...I can't believe those disks still exist


these articles presented information that I plan to research further


the 12 blood types thing for dogs is interesting


Hello, that was new information to me as well!


thats a very valid point. surely there must be a need you would think


i work in dog rescue, i may inquire about that in my community


Seems a bit odd considering the overpopulation problem we have as it is lol


This is true, I wondered if the cat behaved in the same ways as the original.


I never thought of that. It also said cat not kitten so was it created with the brain and "knowledge" of whatever age the original cat was I wonder


That is an interesting point! I didn't think of it in that way. It is also interesting that cat lovers are known as "ailurophiles"


I'm a dog lover myself. I love that Istanbul has vending machines for stray dogs to get water and encourages recycling at the same time. Seems like we are slacking a bit here in the U.S


I understand, that would make you an "cynophile" according to the article. I enjoy being around animals, they have wonderful personalities. Theodore Roosevelt had over 20 pets himself apparently!


I know teddy bears are called teddy bears because of his love of bears. i don't remember the details of the story but if you google it it's actually a pretty cute part of history


I will definitely check that out. We need more cure history stories. It was interesting to read that the dog was the first species to be domesticated; it makes me sad somewhat.


Hello,  did you know the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


I don't know, lets talk about horror films next. The movie E.t was supposed to be a horror film originally.


I can see that,  It has a bit of a scary feel to it.


I agree. The voice of the dad on phineas and ferb was the writer for rocky horror picture show.


it is good. The people involved in filming the original exorcist did not think it would be considered a horror film.


lol wow how could they not,  its terrifying!


I agree. Another film that was supposed to be a horror film was inception, but eventually it turned into a heist film.


That could definitely be a scary movie, imagine being stuck in your dreams!  Fortunately,  it turned out to be a great movie.


yes, they were going to name the 1996 movie scream scary movie instead


interesting, lets talk about the president. there has been only one president that had a PHD and that was Woodrow Wilson


I was talking about the president lol Really?  hes the only one?  I know it was in political science.


yes, and the last president to be able to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR


I am not sure, the first president to be photographed during his inauguration was Lincoln.


yeah I read that somewhere,  whats creepy is john wilkes booth was in the background!  Photo bombed lol


There have been 5 presidents elected that have lost the popular vote.


Interesting.  did you know the president of indonesia released 3 pop albums!


I did not know that. In Guatemala they don't allow close relatives of former presidents to run for president themselves.


That's true. You can even access the internet at the top of Mt. Everest!


It's kinda infuriating you can get 3g service on Mt Everest and I can't get service in my basement


Haha. Yeah, that's something! There is a library that has a copy of the internet, which is kind of strange to think about.


Yea, I wonder how the Library Alexandria is able to store all the webpages


I have no idea! They're apparently storing it for if the internet ever burns down.


Well I hope they skip online terms of service, only 7% of people read them anyway


I wonder how that was measured. I don't think I've ever once read though all the terms.


I wonder if they save all the websites from newsites. I know foxnews is pretty popular and is the most watched news channel


I'm sure they did. They have more viewers than cnn and msnbc put together. Thanks for chatting! Have a great night!


Ok, you too, maybe I'll check fox news to see if they talk about their creator Richard Ailes


Yea I use to have a channel in the early days, it's amazing 400 hours of content is uploaded on youtube each minute


That's amazing! I can't believe it's been around for 14 years already!


Yea I remember when it had a few users and now youtube is the second largest search engine on the internet


Yea and now they have a paid subscription service you can pay for although I personally won't


I won't either. I find it funny that Justin Bieber has the most disliked video.


Yea but not surprising. Psy's gangnam style is still the most popular video on youtube and forced them to upgrade the view count


That's pretty funny! Three guys who worked for Paypal made the site. I wonder how that came about.


I don't know but it was such a great idea even though youtube probably isn't good for internet addiction due to the constant novelty you can find on it


I think they want only the best shows and probably test shows and get rid of them if there is no fan support.


Yeah.  I think some things that were funny before later become offensive to most people and are politically charged in some way.


yes, there is a concern about political correctness. i think that south park is a great show because it doesnt care about that stuff.


The show "weekend update" is the longest running skit on SNL.


i havent watched SNL in a long time. SNL = still not laughable. i guess sometimes they are good. i figure that they need new writers.


The show "weekend update" I think naturally is able to last so long because there is so much room for innovation in it.  Also, news is a part of daily life.


yes, that is true. making comment on current events can keep the humor current. i dont know who does it now. it used to be dan akroyd long ago.


I never realized that Homer SImpson had so many jobs on the Simpsons.  Numerical information can be interesting if you can devise it.


putting him in a new job sets up a good gag. Numerical information? yes, i guess so.


The Simpsons, in my opinion, is a very successful comedy cartoon.


Yes.  I think the movie green lantern was hilarious.


yes, i have not watched it recently. i usually stick to south park. i liked the first 8 seasons of the simpsons. conan obrien was there then. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, thank you for the chat.  Have a good day!


i never saw the green lantern. who was in it?


Jack Black originally was supposed to be in it.  Did you know that Evan almighty had a budget of 200 million dollars?


that is crazy. why so much? for the actors? special effects? too much money for a comedy. usually action films do well in the international markets.


Comedy is something everybody can value.  Who doesn't want to laugh?


yes, but it does not translate to other languages and cultures well. the japanese like some comedies but not others. they like mr bean but not the cohen brothers. i dont know about bruce almighty.


It's not surprising that most deals on shark tank are not enacted..  Negotiations of business deals are complex and are not always final


yes, a quick deal on camera for a ton of money after a brief presentation? not likely.


Comedy central had to cancel so many of its own shows.  I wonder why exactly.


hey do you like Fantasy movies at all? Like Lord of the Rings, etc?


oh wow that is very interesting, good to know though, can you believe Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain? Like why? haha


Yeah, apparently Target matches amazon pricing too. I guess these days they have no choice. As for the clock in the mountain, when you have so much money you gotta find creative ways to spend it!


haha I guess, I don't see the purpose of that, or the fact that it will run for 10,000 years, but to each his own!


It's become so easy to shop on amazon with 1 click shopping. Too easy really, and then with prime it's at your door 2 days later.


ya that is so easy, thats how I'm getting my valentines day stuff ordered, amazon will even deliver on sunday!


It's great! I often wonder why other places can't make it that easy. It turns out amazon holds a patent on 1 click buying. So I guess most places don't want to pay them licensing fees.


ya, amazon is taking over, they have the one click thing, they have a publishing arm, a film studio and a tv studio too


They are, but maybe that's for the best? Apple does license the 1 click buy for itunes but I'm not aware of anyone else doing it.


ya I don't usually see that, would you get a job at amazon? I guess during your shift you could walk up to 15 miles for work


I actually wouldn't mind trying. Everyone and the news talks about the horror of working there but I don't think it would be so bad. I was once an order picker at another large distribution center. Most people drive machines anyway so it's not all walking. Plus maybe discounts on kindles!


Hi, I do! but I prefer fantasy books over movies. That way you can use your imagination. There is actually a univerity where you can study fantasy literature. I'd love to go there.


that would be cool! Plus I could lose the weight! I love that amazon delivers on sundays btw


ha that is interesting, do you ever do fantasy football? I guess they have fantasy spelling bee too haha


I know some people who are really into fantasy spelling bees actually! People will be interested in anything if there are prizes or cash to be won. You can even buy books on amazon about playing in fantasy leagues.


ah that is cool, and ya like fantasy football there is also fantasy congress! What will they come up with next?


Who knows? I should check out those books. Remember when amazon only sold books?


ah ya I think that is how they started right? Started by Jeff Bezos back in 1994


yeah, who knew it would become the largest internet retailer in the world. I still buy my books from them though.


ya I buy stuff from them, I also like how they sell low-end products called AmazonBasics, I've used that brand to buy cables


They are good for that and pretty much everything else. Something interesting happened the other day I was at best buy looking for a tv and when I saw the price I said I'll just buy it on amazon it's cheaper there, they said they price match amazon. I was shocked.


I saw that. It's pretty cool because it's in exchange for plastic bottles so it also helps out the environment.


Yes, amazing. Dogs are also not colorblind, they just can not see as many colors as humans can.


I always thought they were colorblind so that's interesting and good to know.


So have you seen Amazon in the news? They were founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994.


Yep, I've been following it with all the scandals going on with Jeff Bezos.


They are the largest internet retailer in the world.


I'm a prime member and use it at least once a week. What about you?


I have ordered things too. It started as a bookstore.


Did you know IMDB has been owned by Amazon since 1998?


No, I did not.Holy cow! The first Amazon customer had a building named after him, but only spent $27.95!


Hi, I'm good. I was just thinking about how spoiled I am. I have Netflix, media services headquartered in Ca. It's a subscription. Have you heard of it?


I have heard of it. I actually use Netflix myself. We get it for free through T Mobile.


Oh, nice! Netflix has 127 million subscribers! People almost everywhere can get it. Initially it was a DVD rental via mail.


That's crazy! I saw that from 9pm-12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all network bandwidth throughout America.


I have heard that too. Along with Youtube together they make up 1/2 of peak internet traffic in north america.


That's a lot! Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth which is interesting.


I agree. So, in other thoughts I have been thinking about dogs. It amazes me that the dog is related to wolves. In fact the dog and wolf are ancestors.


I love dogs. I can't believe there are 12 different blood types for dogs.


Wow! I did not know. Some places have dog vending food machines for homeless dogs.


the author of the game of thrones called the patrionts the lannister of the nfl


That's funny! I wonder how Bill belichick would feel about it with his status of winningest coach of all time.


yeah go figure. he even won once when he was coaching the cleveland browns


The Bills have the same number of superbowl losses as the patriots. The patriots have no trouble getting to the superbowl, but they don't always win.


true. did you know the patriots let the giants score a touchdown during the superbowl 46?


Why did they do that? It seems like a bad idea.


apparently increased their odds of winning but the giants avoided scoring


You can't deny that Tom Brady is talented. He has been named MVP in four superbowls.


that is very true. he is so popular and yet his wife makes way more modelling


She gets involved in football too much. Maybe if they ate more strawberries they would be better off. He has never had one!


I do! Of the 32 teams, the dolphins are my favorite. We haven't been good in years.


That is really strange. I wonder if he is allergic. it was nice chatting with you


did you know women can also play if they make the cut?


I do! I would like to see the chips from their shoulder pads that records their movement. I bet results would be different in women.


I am sure they are different even from player to player. do you know how long a game lasts in terms of playtime?


Not very long. About 11 minutes. Crazy to get paid as much as they do for such little play. However, engineers make more money.


I know right and we are glued to the tv for so long when you think about it.


The cheerleaders for the Saints can't eat in the same restaurants as the players. They keep them separated.


I wonder why that is and the even have to leave in the middle of their meal if the players walk in


As a dolphins fan, I don't care for the patriots. They play in the Gillette stadium in foxborough.


Hey there do you drive a car? I use mine almost everyday


LOL or you could take on picnics and use it to make your food. did you know that Karl Benz created the car? He did it back in 1886


wow that is awhile ago,  thats pretty amazing.


Yep the car has been around for a long time. Even the Model T started in 1908. It was created by Ford and the car definitely replaced carriages and horses


Thank goodness for that!!!  I cant imagine having to commute on a horse lol


Nope that would be absolutely terrible especially in the snow haha. Do you ever listen to the radio by the way?


Yeah I used to listen to it all the time,  not much anymore I usually do audible or pandora, how about you?


Yep I mostly listen to you to myself. Sometimes Pandora or Spotify though. I would never listen to Canadian radio. You need 40% of the music to be of Canadian origin. I can't think of any good Canadian music haha


That is a lot of canadian music lol I cant think of good canadian music either,  I hope for there sake it doesnt consist of a bunch of justin bieber.


Haha yep Justin Bieber and Celine Dion LOL. I would rather listen to the classical Latin station from Finland LOL


No I don't. But it sounds better than listening to Justin Bieber LOL what about you do you speak Latin?


Yep me too. I also use a drive through a lot. Apparently they were designed back in 1975


Yeah the drive thru was a great invention,  to think it was created for soldiers and now everyone can enjoy it.


Yep that was really nice of McDonald's to do that. Do you know the story behind the trunk of your car?


Has something to do with when people use to carrying around trunks. Those things were ridiculously heavy,  I cant imagine traveling with trunks lol


LOL yep it was wooden trunks. They would put them on the back of cars. And I guess the name just stuck


Yeah I guess that makes sense.  I think its funny they have to ban people from equipping their car with flame throwers in south africa.


Haha that sounds awesome. I could use that to defrost my driveway right now LOL did you ever play the video game Gran Turismo by the way?


Yeah I think if they can make a flame thrower attached to a car safe,  it could be better used in places with snow.


People in Indoenesia do not like crocodiles.  They killed 300 after 1 killed a villager.


If Bigfoot is in the US, that one may not happen. Although if he has a white patch on his forehead, it's a sign that he's domesticated


Apparently humans looked like bigfoot many years ago.  Then about 240 thousand years ago we lost body hair


One thing we didn't lose are hiccups. It's a leftover result of when land animals had both lungs and gills


That is insane to think how species evolved.  Now that are 20 quintillion different animals on earth


And yet among all those, we are the best distance runners due to persistence during hunting


Yes, but we have to buy our vitamin C.  Most other animals and plants produce it naturally


True, but I wonder how many other animals can regrow a rib in 2-3 months after it's surgically shortened


That is true.  And we can use tools.  Let's see a crocodile do that


I wonder if there's a sound frequency that can cause fear in them like there's one that does in humans


I can see how the crocodiles can be dangerous though. For them, it's about human safety


Maybe that is why we build fires and make weapons.  To guard against the fear


I understand, but the guy that was killed was in a protected croc sanctuary. It was kind of his fault.


And I guess the species is endangered, which is part of why it's a big deal


Yes.  40 cops tried to stop the crowd, but it turned into a mob of 600 villagers.


Most of the time they try to remove the animals humanely, but those cases are also in the United States. Those villagers likely acted out of fear


Yes, in some instances animals that attack are required to be put down and tested for disease like rabies


On the other end of the spectrum, animals have guaranteed legal rights in Germany


That is good.  There is a line between public safety and animal cruelty


As long as the public is safe. In Scotland, the Loch Ness monster is a protected species


Yeah, that is common in today's NFL with a lot of screen passes or dump passes into the flat. It should be around 65% with those passes alone!


You know, someone that was not on my radar until this year is Jarod Goff.  I had never heard of him until the Rams starting doing so well.


yeah, jeff fischer held him back. With his new coach, he is doing much better. It's a better offense.


Wide receivers have a lot to do with how good qbs look too though, not just the coaches.  Take Brandin Cooks and Robert Woods for example.


Yeah, they are really good WRs. It will be interesting to see how Cooks plays against NE this weekend in the SB. That's his old team


That will be interesting.  He's really good on deep passes which can make for an exciting game.


Yeah, speed opens up the play book. Tom Brady didn't even play on his JV team. They were terrible. I wonder if he could have helped....


i heard that about him.  Wasn't he second string or something?


Yeah. Maybe they did it to save his life. Sounds like the whole team was terrible so he would have gotten killed behind that line...


Hey, have you been hearing anything lately about kellan Moore? I had no idea he was the only left handed quarterback in the nfl!


I'm doing good and yes, I am a fan.  In particular I am a fan of Deshaun Watson.  He's the former Clemson quarterback that is doing so well.


I think he is a backup. Nice chatting with you!


Yeah. I was sad to see him injured last season but he came back this year with a great season!


I totally agree.  His touchdown rate was more than double the league average in 2017!


His numbers were well beyond the rookie record. The Texans have a good one. I am not sure about Jimmy though. His injury looked bad!


I'm not familiar with Jimmy.  What team does he play for?


Jimmy Garoppolo plays for the San Francisco 49ers. I was just too lazy to spell out his last name…


Oh, okay.  I watch them every now and then.  Seems like I heard something about them getting a good quarterback. I guess that's him.  What do you think about Atlanta's Matt Ryan?


I think Julion Jones makes him the QB he is. I think he is overrated and should not have won that MVP. That might sound harsh but it's the reality...


Well he does have a stable percentage of on target passes but I get what you are saying.


Are you a fan of baseball by any chance?


It's so popular that they are shocked that it's America's past time. They had a very long lull after that until recently.


Yeah that makes sense. Did you hear about the fact that the MLB will typically use about 160,000 baseball's a year


I did not. I knew it had to be a lot but I would not have guessed that high. Do you know the alternate name for kickball in Canada?


Isn't it called soccer baseball LOL that's a really dumb name. on a different note though do you ever watch the news


It is. I do watch the news sometimes but I get more of my news from newspaper apps.


Yeah I mostly get my news online too. But it is funny to me that the Simpsons was making fun of Fox News so then they were going to sue them LOL


Wow! That's ridiculous. They would never be successful with parody laws anyway.


No I don't think so. But what is also interesting is that Fox News tried to make a conservative Daily Show television show, but it was cancelled after only 13 episodes


They certainly are not known for their comedy so I am not surprised. Did you know that it was created by Republican media strategist Richard Ailes and Richard Nixon?!


No I didn't know that. Did you also know that the median age of viewers for Fox News is 68, that is pretty old


Yes I watch baseball from time to time. It's interesting how both teams take turns batting and Fielding


I'm not surprised by that either. Especially when I see who is posting things they would do on Facebook.


It is. Do you happen to know why baseball managers wear uniforms?


Yes I do, I think it's because they can actually play in the game if necessary right? Did you know that a seventeen-year-old actually struck out Babe Ruth? I wonder what became of her


Yes it is. I did not know that. That's very impressive.


There is a rule in baseball I'd never heard about though, have you heard about what happens if a player catches a baseball in their hat?


Yes if you catch the ball in your hat then you will get three bases actually, that's actually really good they should try that more often in games


I had no idea. Did you also know that baseball in insanely popular in Japan?


I did know that I think that the stadiums are a lot more fun in Japan as well, what do you think about the Chicago Cubs by the way? They actually won the first World Series back to back


Oh wow. Did you know there is a cat mayor in Alaska?


Really, that is amazing, the cat leads them?


I do. Legend the album has been on the albums charts for 914 weeks


Wow . Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of this century


Wow amazing. Aerosmith make less money with albums than with guitar hero


Wow. Twins in Japan released an album when they were 100


Nice. Walmart only sells clean version of albums


Nice. The best album of 2014 was the dark side of the moon?


Wait, was that album released a long time ago?


Yes 40 years before that , amazing. Nice chat here


Yes I do. THere are cat cafes in Japan and Taiwan now


Nice. Many people end in the er because they trip over the cats though


Wow crazy. Did you know that cats sleep a lot?


I ave heard that and they have not an extinction in over 10 000 years


WOw, they sleep 10 years out of 15 if they live to that age


I have a dog only but would like to get a cat


Well keep in mind that white cats with blue eyes are usually deaf


Can you imagine a commuter bus traveling at 160mph, like the dutch are creating.


Haha no worries. So if zebrafish have so many counterparts, do they get experimented on often?


My guess would be "yes".  Funny, I never think of fish drinking water.  I guess freshwater fish do it through their skin while salt water fish drink through their mouths.


I wonder why the solidity of the water changes how they drink water.


I think that's a question for Darwin. Dunno... Do you like baseball?  Some guy found $3M worth of 1900's baseball cards in an attic.  Bet he's a fan...


How could you not be a fan with a find like that. Its funny in Canada kickball is called soccer-baseball.


Yeah, we just called it kickball.  I liked playing it.  Funny, baseball managers wear a uniform because they can actually play in the game.


I think it would be amazing to watch a baseball manager in the game being that they are all on the older side.


haha yeah that would get millions of views and memes instantly.


For sure... Probably even in Japan.  I think baseball is more popular there than in the USA.


That would destroy my concept of buses.  I guess it's better than spending $300+ on tolls in Japan.


I think the USA has shifted its focus more onto contact sports.


They are both things I don't think people on Mackinac island could imagine after having motorized vehicles banned for over 100 years.


Maybe I should move there.  I'm sick of the expense of cars. Iceland's a possibility too, most of them don't have cars.


I agree it might not be a bad thing to have some cars off the streets. Islanders using domestic flights to get from town to town is interesting.


It would take some adjustment for me.  Funny, the first king to travel around the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii?  Hawaii has a king?


thats funny a king never heard of was the first to travel around the world. thats like there being a breed of jelly fish that is immortal.


It would have to be something that stings... I like seahorses better -- poor things have no neck!


Im not sure the black swallower is pretty cool they can eat prey twice their own length and 10 times their weight.


I knew a guy like that.  Sorry I meant to say seahorses have a neck.  Wow, 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in zebrafish.


You can also listen to solar activity? thats impressive


yes, you could also listen to the news in latin if you lived in finland. not sure how many people actually listen to that.


I think it has some fans, its been around since 1989 so some people must love the program


if it has been going for that long, im sure that there are dedicated followers. but why latin? why not ancient greek? LOL


I know right, few people understant that language lol I hear theres a really popular site with thousands of drama episodes as well


that would be worth looking into. those old dramas involved a lot of creativity. i probalby know one or two of them.


Yeah I love dramas, and what are your thoughts on that Canadian law, the one that requires 40% of the music in their stations to be Canadian


i guess that the govt wants to protect home grown talent. how will they do that with the internet though.


I  think its a great law it also promotes local talent so thats a great iniciative


its good to give the local talent a chance. the us market dominates. Anyway, great chat!


i used to listen to the radio. not so much now. you?


I know right, support locals and its also been great chatting with you have a great morning.


Not much either, with Spotify and other services Im using it less and less.


i dont usually use spotify. i use youtube. why do you like spotify?


I like it because its free and theres also a great selection of music,


are there any commercials? those drive me crazy.


Yeah thats the downside, theres also a paid version its not that expensive, I think its worth it


that sounds good. i guess radio has to change to suit the internet world. i listened to music as a kid. when i commute i sometimes listen to the news, but i usually want it quiet.


Yeah I think it has, well there are some cool facts about the radio like the Jupiter storms and how they get picked by am radio


the radio is like an audio telescope. you can also listen to solar activity on your radio.


the black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length. how is that even possible?


i wonder what the potential "personal vendetta" could be?


Right? I cannot imagine having a strong enough vendetta to harm someone maybe put a dead fish in their car.


I don't  know. Do you not have an ex spouse with an easily annoyed husband or wife? Lol


HAHAHA... no but I think you have some stories that might be better told face-to-face, without a paper trail...


yes ha. ok so the seahorse is the only fish to have a neck? hmmm


i never think of them as fish. there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal. I wonder why scientists aren't tearing that species apart trying to find a way to make humans immortal???ha


Sorry, premature send. Right! I would spend all my time studying that fish so that I could monetize the results and sell it!


immortal. no thanks but i agree plenty of people would pay billions for that. 84% of genes associated with human disease have counterparts in zebrafish. again why is this not being studied to cure human diseases? yet we have $100 million air planes. SMH


You would'nt want to be immortal? Ok, maybe not immortal... as I write that, it seems too long but add 100 years on to my pension and I'd be good!


Can't snakes do that too? Did you read about the fighter jet that crashed? Luckily the pilot ejected to safety but still, that's scary!


I'd get bored I think. And if only I was immortal I'd have to watch too many people die and that would be sad.


can you imagine ejecting from a seat and flying throught the air? luckily he landed safely


Yeah. If im that pilot, I have to wonder if crashing a $100M plane is worth me ejecting over. I would feel like I couldn't eject if it meant crashing. Sounds weird but I would think twice, in case I got in trouble over it. It sound slike the plane has had issues before though.


ya i wouldnt take a $100 million plane lightly, but what can they do to him its not like he has to pay them back lol. it does seem like the F-35 has had some problems but it was the first crash in 17 years so that says something


HA! Good point! Try to get $100M from a gov employee, especially sine it's shut down and no one is getting paid! Imagine going through oxygen deprivation while you're flying the aircraft.


I would think you would pass out with oxygen deprivation. maybe thats part of the problem!


Great point! I think I might inquiry about the navy if that happened to me. And this isn't the first time a pilot has been forced to eject from an F-35.


its a class A mishap which can be the total destruction of the plane... $100 million in a pile of twisted metal. it seems such a waste


At least he wasn't the airline exec who was shot in the streets of of Memphis... Man, that's sad. Seemed like a good dude.


How's it going, do you like Hockey? Unfortunately there was a fatal bus crash involving a Canadian Junior hockey team


Yea, only a few places have teams were it's colder. It's crazy the average pro hockey player will lose up to 8 lbs in one game


That is a wild fact, they do wear a lot of heavy gear and skating is no joke!


Yea, I wonder how much weight the 1924 Canadian team lost since they scored 132 goals


Holy cow, that is a crazy amount of goals for a hockey tournament.


Yea it is, Canadians are serious about their hockey, and lacrosse too


Yeah they sure are, aren't they the only country to have two national sports?


I have no clue, it's possible. I didn't know there were multiple types of hockey like bandy and field hockey


Yeah I think there are some different versions that sound really interesting, wonder what they look like.


I don't know, I do know they play hockey in the US, Finland, Lativa, Czech Republic, and Slovakia too


Very interesting, I'm sure there are Youtube videos of those other countries playing.


Yeah I remember reading about that, so sad.  I heard 15 people died.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea, it involved the Humboldt Broncos team, it was horrible


Yeah my prayers go out to all of their families, such a tragic incident.


Yea, it has affected a lot of people in the NHL like Capitals Coach Barry Trotz who played Junior Hockey a while back


And it sounds like those boys were from small towns were everyone is really close and knows each other, so sad.


Yea, a lot of the players were from small towns around Western Canada


Yea, I like the NY Rangers. They share an arena with the Knicks and the ring is under the basketball court when they aren't playing


That is interesting, I don't follow any pro team but I would start to if my home state had a team.


If he had the 10% would be worth 8.62 billion!


OMG, that is awesome. I'm surprised reebok gave Iverson so much money!


He will probably need it eventually. Apparently 5 years after retirement 60% of NBA players are broke. That is just sad.


That is terrible, but I suppose with expensive mortgages it can happen.


but NBA players are the highest paid professional athletes. Yes their careers are short but once they start making real money they really should use a small portion to hire someone to manage their finances.


Yeah, that probably happens, I wonder if they end up on that 30 for 30 show.


If they are lucky. The NFL is even worse though 78% of NFL players either go bankrupt or are under financial stress just 2 years after retirement.


Not that much really just into the NBA. I just went on a tour of the head office in NYC it was really cool.


I do, but unlike people in the UK I call them pants.


That's awesome, well nice chatting with you!


Hilarious. The romans saw wearing pants as a sign of barbarism.


Now that is hilarious. Really I can't imagine wearing anything other then pants, well shorts too. It's crazy there were so many rules and taboos about something like pants.


Nice! Did you know that the NBA banned Air Jordans initially?


I remember that. Michael wore them anyway and Nike paid the fines he got after every game.


Surprised Jordan doesn't have a stake in Nike. Spencer Haywood was offered 10% of Nike but he took 100k instead. Oops.


Hi there do you have a favorite quarterbacks? I like Tom Brady because he's so awesome at football haha


Yeah they can definitely take some hits. There are chips that they put in the shoulder pads to measure things like position and velocity. They can also use it to detect how hard players get hit. I'm sure that's a lot of good data


That would be interesting data to examine.  Apparently the NFL also puts chips in footballs to record rotation and location data.  That seems pretty cool.


It does seem pretty cool. what are yur thoughts on a female playing for the NFL


If she can compete at that level, I have no problem with it.  There's no rule against it.  I don't know if we will ever see that, though.


Nope I don't know if we'll see that. Maybe a kicker or something would be possible. do you know any engineer's? Apparently an engineer will make more than an NFL player on average over their lifetime


Nope, I don't know any.  I guess being smart is where the money is.  They make more lifetime money than MLB players as well.


Yep that's true. What do you think about the New England Patriots? They're based in the Boston area


Some people don't like them because they win so much, but I don't mind them.  Belichick is a pretty accomplished coach, even if he is slightly grumpy at times: 15 AFC East titles is nothing to sneeze at.


Nope I agree. I like people who win haha. And I guess the Buffalo Bills are equal to the Patriots, in Super Bowl losses, that's kind of sad but you know not everyone can have Tom Brady on their team haha


It's hard to believe that Brady couldn't start on his own winless JV team in high school and now he is one of the all-time greats.  That's saying something.


Yeah, Brady is good, but I always liked Peyton Manning.


Yeah definitely is. Do you watch Game of Thrones by the way? Author of Game of Thrones says that the Patriots would be the Lannisters in that show. The Lannisters are definitely the bad guys in the show haha


Peyton Manning is awesome too. What do you think about Kellen Moore?


As a leftie myself, I like the fact that he is the only left-handed quarterback in the NFL.


Haha, do you think that gives him an advantage or a disadvantage? Also do you think that you have an advantage or a disadvantage in life in general hahaha


It's probably a little of both for him.  Some defensive players might take a few snaps to get used to the difference.  As for me, it's both as well, but overall, it is a right-handed world.


Yes the world is definitely geared towards righties I think haha. Do you ever watch the NFL, or at least the cheerleaders?


When I get time I watch a game or two.  Those cheerleaders can be a bit distracting.  Apparently the Saints think so too since cheerleaders and players can't even be in the same restaurant, which seems kind of extreme.


Yep I agree that seems really dumb. If I were the cheerleaders I would be pissed haha. I do think football can be boring though because apparently they're only about 11 minutes of actual live gameplay for every game. I believe it


Those guys get paid a lot of money for 11 minutes of gameplay.  But I guess they take a lot of hits during that time, so maybe they earn it.


I think it's a great movie too. Do you like 3rd Rock?


It's a comedy show. Hard to believe it beat out Friends, Seinfeld, and Frasier for a Golden Globe back in 1997.


Maybe its as good as those other shows, strange first time I hear about that show, must be  a great classic


I do, I subscribe to the service, what about you? do you subscribe?


Yep, I have Netflix through T Mobile. Did you know from 9pm -12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America?


No I don't know that those are impressive figures, I guess they make sense taking into account the volume of subscribers, 137 million


59 million in American alone so yeah, lots of them,


I  also love comedy, the emphasis of the genre is humour and I love to laugh, a good comedy film can cheer anyone up


I agree. Demetri Martin was accepted in Harvard law, but left to pursue a career in comedy.


Seems like he made the right decision, leaving Harvard like that is a hard decision


I agree. Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy as well.


Dropping out of high school for comedy, now I dont agree with that and I bet his parents didnt either


Yea I think it would be smart to at least finish high school. Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy.


I agree with him, King Fu Hustle is a great movie, a real work of art and he is also one of my favorite actors


Have you heard of Johnny Weird and Tara Lipinski?


I have not seen that episode. That's pretty funny about Homer. When South Park aired its family guy episode their producers got flowers from the Simpsons crew. I haven't seen that episode but the Simpsons crew must have liked it.


That is really awesome! Have you seen the Simpsons episode with Daniel Radcliffe? I guess he plays Edward Cullen in that episode of The Treehouse of Horror haha


I think I have seen it! I also like to watch Pokemon. There are 750 episodes!


I used to watch Pokemon a lot as a kid. Do you like Shakespeare at all? I guess only one play of his has never been adapted to either film or television


Interesting. Shakespeare always gave me a headache. Speaking of authors though, Suzanne Collins, author of the Hunger Games, got her start writing for Clarissa Explains it All on Nickelodeon.


Wow that's really cool. I definitely didn't know that. Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank? Most of those deals are fake apparently. That kind of kills the show for me


Bummer. So if you go on that show you should just expect that your deal won't actually happen? But at least it gives you publicity.


Yep I think it's all about the publicity unfortunately. How often do you use Facebook? I never use it anymore


I rarely use it. Too bad BK doesn't have the promo anymore where if you unfriend ten people you get a free whopper. I could get rid of all my friends that way and get free burgers. Ha.


Haha I would totally do that right now. I'm so hungry LOL. What's sad is that a third of all divorce filings mention the word Facebook in them. That must be a bad sign of things to come


I guess they were in the Olympics right? I don't know why they're important though. Do you know anymore? I think they're figure skaters though


Maybe we should make FB illegal. Facebook's like button is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-holstein.


Haha maybe they're onto something. It's crazy there are more people on Facebook then there were people at all on the world 200 years ago. That is a crazy statistic


Sorry, I meant Johnny Weir. Yes, they were figure skaters and hwo they are NBC figure skating analysts. Some say they are a great duo and others say they are just obnoxious.


They do sound kind of obnoxious haha. But if they're good then I guess they've earned it haha. Did you ever see them on TV?


They took over the commenting during PyeongChang. Yeah, I don't really remember much about Lipinski's skating but I do remember slightly disliking her haha. I haven't seen them as analysts yet.


Yeah I don't really watch anything on TV personally. Not even the Olympics. I don't have cable so I'm more of a Netflix guy myself. What about you?


Lipinski and Weir replaced someone who had been a commentator for three decades and he is said to be more measured in his on air remarks. Yeah, I like to watch Netflix!


Have you ever seen Weekend Update? It's on SNL, which I don't watch anymore, but it's their longest-running skit apparently


Yes, I have watched it before. I prefer to watch cartoons like the Simpsons though. There is only one episode where Bart doesn't appear and isn't mentioned.


Yes I've never seen that episode, have you? I do know that Homer Simpson held like 188 jobs in the first 200 episodes though. That's crazy, imagine if that was real life haha


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


I didn't know that! Although I guess I'm not surprised- there are so many different types of bugs! Do you know much about cinematography?


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


It is! I wonder if that means its a male-dominated field. I also read that Stanley Kubrick did most of the camera work in Spartacus, but the academy award went to the credited cinematographer instead. I guess they had an easy job!


Oh, I feel bad for Stanley Kubrick, all that work and didn't even get the award.  I've heard that there is one cinematographer that has been nominated 13 times for best cinematography Oscar and has never won.


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


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


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


Good! And you? Did you find anything interesting in the reading?


He doesn't look anything like Steve Martin to me. Well, it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon.  I need to go start cooking supper, I'll talk to you later, friend.


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


Oh really? I read that there are twenty quintillion individual animals on earth. What did you read?


We must have read the same article.  I remember that, as well as that hiccups are  a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.


I read that too! Its interesting. I wonder how anyone came to that conclusion?


I have no idea.  Just crazy isn't it.  I also read that when animals get domesticated they develop white patches on their foreheads.  How odd is that?


That is strange! I haven't really noticed. Now I'll have to remember to look for that! I wonder if its newly domesticated animals or fully domesticated species like dogs and cats. I read that germany was the first country to give animals legal rights- crazy!


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


Thats really interesting because as far as I knew, its existence has never been proven. I wonder why they felt the need to protect an animal that may or may not exist?


Me too. Can be boring to mash buttons, The Eagles team had a temporary court setup for fans with bad behavior. I'm a VIkings fan and am not surprised.


I couldn't believe the music group KISS bought into an arena football team and had the plan of signing Tim Tebow to a contract. can you imagine what the uniforms would look like?


More imaginative than any other current uniforms. Spiked collars!


Ha, and I'd imagine it would be the first arena football game with live music and special effects in the end zone.


Yes, and have large stadiums like some colleges have that can fit 60,000 screaming fans. All of them more interested in the music than the football game. Probably have to have extra security.


I could see that happening between scores and waiting for kicking teams to ge ready.


Can you imagine the half time shows. Flames and light shows on the stadium LED boards. it would put an ordinary Football game to shame.


That would be sweet! To me, that's more entertaining than a marching band.


Excellent, I'll have to email Roger Gooddell the idea and see if I can get it in next years superbowl half time show. In my opinion, anything is better than it has been in the past few years.


I see the highest scoring game ever was 222-0 in 1916 for Georgia Tech. Every play must have been a score!


I saw that. wow can you imagine sitting in the stands and watching that game. I'm surprised someone didn't stop the game at a certain point because it was getting too embarrassing for the other team. the quarterback could have gone to the locker room and taken a nap and let the kicker throw the ball for a while...LOL


Might have happened. Some teams just aren't equal Happened here in the upper midwest when a team score 80 some points, but they just kept getting good bounces with third string players.


When I saw a high scoring college game,there was a deaf quarterback throwing for one team and he had to rely on hand signals from his coach for the plays or any last minute changes.


Thats pretty much how it works for an NFL QB. The microphone cuts off at 15 seconds. Anything else is communicated via screaming or hand signals


Yes i heard about that in the superbowl.Tony Romo was commenting on it and stated that Tom Brady for the New England Patriots sscreamed out "REAGAN" for a play call in the red zone of New England Patriots field position.


I heard that too. Baker Mayfield almost played competitive gaming instead of football. Apparently he was quite good at Halo 3


I've never tried Video game football.To me it just doesn't feel right to play on a tv screen. I'd much prefer to play in person with some friends at the local park university field.


Service dogs recently had an outing at Disneyland - a special day for dogs assist vets and the disabled. Great idea or what?


No, not anymore. Too much invasion of privacy and control of news content users see. Do you agree w/Zuckerberg's responses to congressional committees?


I'm not sure, he's just a kid in my opinion. He's not a business guy, that much is clear.


A smart kid. And a rich kid, since Facebook is now worth well over $104 billion. What is the best use of Facebook, do you suppose?


Yup, he is pretty smart, luck has a lot to do with it as well. I don't know, I don't use it anymore either. LOL


Somewhat, when I was younger I was. What about you?


As a kid, yes. Liked "The Lion King". James Earl Jones voiced the father lion. Plot had good message about overcoming loss; learning to accept responsibilities. Do you agree?


I didn't know that. He also voiced Darth Vader.


Right. Did you know that Lion King was the 1st film Disney dubbed into Zulu to release movie in Africa?


No, I didn't kow that. The Disney's Big Hero 6 was made on a 55,000 core supercomputer.


I think it is a pretty cool idea. Are you a fan of Albums?


Didn't know that. Wonder what they type of computer looks like. Have you seen it?


I'm not entirely sure. But it was nice chatting with you.


Yeah, did you know Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any other album?


Really? Remember the group. Did they mostly have hits in the '90s?


No, I'm not familiar with who they are. Are they a band?


Yes. Seems they released an album with a track called, "The World's 1st Ever Monster Truck Front Flip" which fans like. Song title sure is a mouth full!


that is hilarious! I never knew there was a person in it lol. I heard the us military uses an xbox 360 controller to control one of their eod robots


Oh.  Fun fact: the curiosity rover robot on Mars, built by NASA, sings Happy Birthday to itself on its birthday.  Would be a funny video to watch on Youtube.


awwww, that would be funny. I love watching youtube, any favorite videos?


Definitely the animal videos.  Today I watched one of a Waddell seal sleeping.  Their snores sound like electronic techno music.  For real.  It's funny.


awww that is awesome, I will have to check that out. Do you remember when gangnam style came out?


I do.  It's a really good and funny video.  I generallly don't like K pop, but with the dance it was fun.  Do you think Justin Timberlake is a good dancer?


I don't either really, but that song was hot when it came out. It almost broke youtube!


I haven't seen his new music video or heard any of his new music.  I liked his music around 2007 and earlier.  But I guess I'll have to check out his new robot video on Youtube.


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


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


Nice, my favorite album of all time was Linkin Park's hybrid theory.  Talk about a masterpiece!


I know who Linkin Park is but I am not familiar with it.  Is Linkin Park like rock/ska.  They were popular in the 90s right?


it is rock. they were popular in the late 90s early 2000s. They have songs like Numb and the end and many others.


Oh okay.  What do you think about artificial intelligence?


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


Same here. I think it can be really useful for scientific research for things that help humanity, but it many ways it can be used for bad purposes too.  Do you like learning about robots?


For sure, I like the idea of robots. I heard Michael Jackson was building one that could do the moon walk


Hmm, did you know Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin played chess with a wooden robot?  Inside the large wooden robot was a human.  It was like to precursor to deep blue and the robot that beat the modern chess master through AI.


Holy cow that is awesome.  I'm sure you have seen every  movie I might ever have.  Did you know Blockbuster had offers to buy Netflix years ago, but declined?


I didn't know about that, but I was sad that Blockbuster went out of business, I remember as a kid it was always fun to go there, but blockbuster did apparently laugh their offer out of their office, which shows they were cocky


Yeah I remember that too, usually with my friends' mom.  I'll always remember the late fees and her getting upset, but it was always right when your up in line renting so it never mattered.


ya, I guess netflix has around 150 movies that have a perfect score on rotten tomatoes, I wonder what they are I want to make sure they're on my server too haha


Wow, I didn't know there were that many.  Yeah I would try to get them all. I guess Netflix spends 20x more money on postage than they do on bandwidth.


that is crazy, I wonder when they will stop their shipping service, I think it's funny they look at illegal download levels to decide what shows to purchase next to see their popularity haha


That is hilarious, but I guess it would work very well.  Yeah I wonder how long the physical part will last.


Do you like Vanilla Ice? I guess the cinematographer of one of his videos also photographed Schindler's list haha


I remember my brother playing his hit song a ton when it came out.  And that is hilarious!


ya Vanilla Ice is solid haha, did you ever see the movie Drive?


hi there, yes I buy stuff on amazon all the time, although I have been buying stuff at best buy more because they will price match amazon


No I don't think I have.  Do you know what you it was released?


its from 2011, it's actually a really good movie, I didn't know until now that the director is actually color-blind! that movie has great colors in it which is weird


That is crazy, I will have to check it out sometime now and I'll keep that in mind when I do.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.


I didn't know that about Best Buy, thanks for the tip.  Do you know how much the first ever Amazon order was for?


no I don't, what was it? I think the first person who bought something on amazon did get a building named after him though


Yeah good call you are right.  I guess they spend a whopping $27.95, I wonder what year that was in though.


ya it must have been in the 90's at some point, do you like the movie the dark knight rises?


Yeah I think you are right.  Yeah I have, I think the whole series is pretty good.  How about you?


ya I do like those movies, I guess the director of that movie doesn't like digital film and is currently fighting to make sure that directors keep using actual film


I didn't know that, very interesting.  Are you a big movie fan in general?


yes I am, I built a movie server that is like my own personal netflix, it has over 4000 movies and a bunch of shows that i've collected over time