Yep people would probably riot in the streets haha. Unless they switched over to blue tube, it's like YouTube but only for police, maybe they could get their fix there


The police would need to consult Bluetube to figure out what to do about the riots when YouTube and Netflix went down.


Yep I agree haha I would use it for training for dealing with the crowds LOL. How often do you listen to rap music by the way?


I'm not really into rap. I prefer melody and harmony.


Yeah I don't like rap that much either, I know that Tupac Shakur has music in the Library of Congress, I don't think his music is that good and it doesn't have cultural significance either


He probably appeals to enough people and represents a segment of American society. Not mine, but someone's.


Yep that is probably what it is. Also, Busta Rhymes did a voice in that Rugrats movie, I like Rugrats but I don't like Busta Rhymes LOL


I guess he is good with his voice, perhaps good with voice overs. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting with you!


Yep it's been fun. And watch out for Eminem, his favorite superhero with Spider-Man, very strange I would not have guessed that


Thanks you too, and I hope if you're ever in legal trouble the judge does not give the ruling as a rap like she did with Eminem!


I love YouTube! I'm actually listening to music on youtube now haha Do you?


I listen to music, watch videos, just about everything!


Same here, i am on a horror fetish right now on youtube too haha


I cant say Im with you there, I dont care too much to be scared.


Yeah not everyone is i just like that Youtube offers horror movies!


It is really cool!  There is something for everyone, even for people who like Justin Bieber.


Yep, that is even how he got noticed was through youtube!


Although, people didnt care too much for his Baby, its the most disliked video.


Yea, do you blame people but they still wanted to watch his youtube video though haha


Did you also know that there are 70 full episodes of The joy of painting on youtube also, i loved Bob Ross


There is?  That would be awesome.  He is pretty iconic, painting those happy little trees.


Yeah, he has his own channel dedicated to those happy trees!


I might have to check that out, see if I can paint along with him.


Cool, i'm sure he will be happy if you did!


Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic.


That's pretty interesting since Youtube and Netflix are internet based companies!


I am always contributing to that, one way or the other!


Yeah me too and did you know that Youtube first started out as a dating website? Of course that makes sense since its name youtube


It is also the second largest search engine.


It has been great chatting!  I have to get going.


Ok, it was great chatting with you too! Have a great night, take care!


Hello. I like to dance in front of the mirror sometimes. Lol. I havent done much dancing otherwise.


I am a terrible dancer. it is better if i do not dance in front of others. i could do them harm. LOL


That makes me think of bruce lee. He was a very good dancer, winning the 1958 cha cha championship. Plus he could also do some harm to people.


Yes, i hope he didnt do any harm on the dance floor. i am sure that i would have done some harm LOL


Lol. Tupac was also a dancer in high school. He danced ballet. Not exactly what I would have pictured from him.


me neither. he was a guy with a tough image. but i bet he was graceful too. he was a back up dancer for a band.


I didnt know that. I did hear that michael Jackson has a patent on a device he used in his dancing.


that is smart. michael was an innovator. it is important to hold on to clever ideas. I bet i would have trouble using those shoes though. LOL


He really was. On another topic, are you a baseball fan.


Yes, i do like baseball. i dont get m,uch chance to watch it though. i try to watch the world series.


I used to collect baseball cards when I was a kid. I heard about this guy that found 3 million dollars worth of old cards in his grandpas attic. That would sure be nice.


that sure would be nice. LOL i would probably sell a few of them, and keep the rest for the future. those things would appreciate.


# million dollars is a lot of money though. I think I could find some better investments to put that money into.


Yes, i would look for better investments to. baseball cards are cool, but money is better.


Were you aware that baseball managers wear team uniforms?


I thought about that, and i think that in the old days, one of the players was chosen to be a manager too.


Actually its because the manager is able to play if he needs to. I have never seen that happen though.


it would be funny to see that happen nowadays. all the managers playing at the same time. LOL


Or if they just had one manager pinch hitting and the other pitching. They could face off for the last out of the game. That would be pretty awesome.


Yes, the old guard out there, do or die! Anyway, thanks for the chat


I used to be a really big one when I was younger. I watched WWE all the time. How about you?


I never really got into it. However, I have heard of Bruno Sammartino. He had a heart punch or something.


A heart punch? You mean when he died? He had some heart problems if I remember correctly.


I thought he had a patented heart punch. Then again, I really don't know wrestling. He died at age 82. A long life!


Yeah, It was a great loss in my opinion. The again most wrestlers don't live to the age of 82, so I give him all the credit in the world.


He must have been pretty health. Abe Lincoln was a legit wrestler.


Really? I never knew that. Sammartino got started in wrestling by weight training to prevent bullying.


A lot of guys take up martial arts or lifting to ward off attackers. It's good for your confidence as well.


I agree with that, you never know where you'll end up. Bruno ended up being a world champion for like 8 years in a row.


Have you ever seen Turkish wrestling? Covered in oil!


Never have. That kind of wrestling seems odd to me. I wonder how popular it is.


Probably big in Turkey, but not many other places. I am skeptical about Plato's ability to wrestle.


Plato was a wrestler? I doubt he would stand much of a chance against a guy nick named the living legend.


I guess wrestling was the Greek form of athletics back in the day.


Possibly, it is a combat sport after all.


It involves strength, balance and speed.


I've always seen it as a who is stronger thing, but there is a lot more to it. Parts of it have been adapted by other martial arts.


Have you ever wrestled? I never have. It seems like a challenging sport.


I've wrestled one time when I was a kid. It never really interested me personally but it did get me into martial arts. A lot of what I learned were wrestling techniques.


I am not sure I like restaurants that try to be something they are not.  A Los Vegas  place has little reason to emulate the Amalfi Coast.


I agree. the food seems enticing though, like Florentine style steak and brazino. And ricotta cheesecake for dessert


The restaurant, Osteria Costa does not serve anything but dinner.  I find that annoying.  If I stay at this hotel, can I get lunch or do I have to venture out onto the strip?


Haha you are right. I guess you would have to venture out or order a pizza or something.


The margherita pizza does sound good.  I would like to try it.  Not sure making a pizza requires a executive chef with a fancy name.


True. The waiters seem overly enthusiastic though. I do not want my dinner to be interrupted too much


Waiters can be annoying.  Dinner and a show with Mariah Carey to sing would annoy me as well.  Sure, its a 200 seat restaurant.  Lets have some one famous sing to distract everyone.


Ha, but would you not want to have a selfie with giant frosted trees and Christmas ornaments the size of igloos?


Ah, the selfie.  I would like a selfie with lemon ricotta cheesecake from the restaurant.


Yum. They have pleasing fish and seafood. I wonder if it's served in an aesthetic manner. I prefer to observe fish rather than eat them though. Seahorses are cool, they are the only fish to have a neck.


So, you like to eat fish that dont resemble fish?  I get that.  That is an interesting thing about sea horses having a neck. Is a seahorse really a fish is a question for someone that loves systematic biology to answer.


I actually do not like to each fish at all. I just love aquariums. My mother forced me to eat salmon (first world problems) when I was a child, way too often. Right, is it a fish or not a fish, that is the question. I'd love to observe a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.


If that jellyfish could learn, would it care that 84 percent of genes in human diseases have counterparts in  zebrafish.  That is the ultimate fake news.


Ha, I think I will stay away from that zebrafish just in case. I'll also steer clear of the black swallower fish which can eat ten times its weight and prey twice its own length.


The black swallower fish seems like a problem.  I know that fish only drink through osmosis.  Good for them.


Interesting, though saltwater fish also drink through their mouths.


I wonder if Bill Nye the science guy knows these kinds of fun things about fish?  Is he more entertainment or science?


I love Bill Nye. Do you think he looks like Steve Martin?


He does in my opinion.  If entertainment is a persons goal, watching Caesar visit Britain in 50 BC would have been entertaining.


Well I guess others think so as well since he got his break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest. What did Caesar do in Britain?


Caesar made the remark that people bred chickens for entertainment, not food.  I think Steve Martin is more entertaining than a chicken.


Hello there, I do like fish and I like to fish, how about you?


It is interesting how the labeling of fish taxonomically isn't as specific as say mammals or reptiles.


Yes, that is very interesting.  Do you know what the only fish is to have a neck?


A seahorse? I am still not sure if a seahorse is a fish though


Yes good call!  That is true, that is one interesting fish if it actually is one.


Is jelly fish also fish? If anything it is at least immortal


Yeah I think they are considered fish, and isn't that incredible!  I think I watched a program on tv once about them.


Well fish are very interesting since human scientists not only use mice for genetic experiments but fish as well. 84% of genes associated with human diseases can be found in zebrafish


That is very interesting as well, I hope that we can come up with new ways of fighting those diseases using zebrafish genes.


I mean it was while doing such research we have the glofish of today


That is true, did you read at all about the black swallower fish?


I saw a picture of one where it ate something so big it's stomach had burst


Yeah that is truly amazing, I guess they can eat prey 2x the lenght and 10x it's weight!


I guess that prey was simply 1% too big and too heavy


Lol, you are probably right, i wonder if us humans could do such things, I wonder what the Nathan's hot dog competition would look like?


Is that the one where people eat as many hot dogs as they can?


Yeah usually they do it on the fourth of july in New York City if im correct.


Wow they must look like the balck swallower fish with their stomachs bulging out. Strangely enough, I remember than many winners of such championships are really thin since they train themselves for years


Yeah that is some dedication and commitment those people show that do those competitions.


I wonder if that is healthy though. In any case, thanks for the interesting chat. I may go look up some more information on binge eating after


HI, I love to go to the theater. I really hope to see Hamilton someday at the Kennedy Center.


Getting tickets to see that show is crazy. But worth it if you get the chance


Yeah I heard that it turns in to a frenzy and can sort of diminish the overall experience a little bit.


It is still one of the best new Broadways released in a while


Yes, very true according to many people. I really love comedy too. Bill mUrray is one of my favorite actors.


I like Drew Carey. He was a marine for 8 years and told jokes that helped start his career


Wow, I never knew that about him that's cool. Bill Murray thinks that Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of all time in terms of comedy in our modern age. I want to see it after a recommendation like that!


That movie is pretty far out there. It would help Bill's case if that movie had won for best picture. A comedy hasn't done it in 37 years


Did you know that the movie joke of slipping on a banana came from slipping in manure? I would take the banana any day


Oh really, gross. I bet that was sort of funny in a gross way. I really enjoy watching dramas too. Jim Carrey doesn't make them anymore though because of his belief system, he says.


Maybe he should think of dramas as Greeks do. It means action


Yea, good idea! Hugh LAurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama. He earns more than $700,000 per episode for the show House.


Did you know soap operas are named that way because originally soap companies sponsored the shows?


Ha what a trip I never heard of that before. Cool! That finally makes sense to me.


Theres an Ikea in Burbank Ca that has a show filmed there. The actual store doesn't know about it


Oh really, thats wild. I was just learning in class recently that Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time in history and only died one year apart. That is a wild fact.


He was such a great writer. maybe the greatest of the english language


Yes, Shakespeare coined many phrases that we use today. Some things we say are ,"good riddance", "brave new world", "laughing stock".


Some words even take on a different meaning when using era appropriate accents compared to modern day ones


That is a good point, I agree. I also like the phrase," wild


It was nice talking to you. Have a good day!


Man...a no-deal Brexit could throw the UK and world economy into chaos


Wow, officials have long suggested that the possibility of  a no prearranged pacts on trade, travel and security with it one-time partners would be unlikely.


Yeah, but here we are anyway. I bet Theresa May wishes she wasn't PM, or that PM didn't exist...like it doesn't in Austrailia


Well, according to Frances O'Grady's tweet, "these papers confirm that a #NoDealBrexit isn't a credible option. It would be devastating for working people. Government must pull out all the stops to get a deal that delivers for the whole UK."


They should take another vote. Governments job is to determine policy and enforce it in a manner that reflects the will of the people


It is and it is a mechanism that determines policy as well.


Yeah. Too bad they are all surfing the internet instead.


Hah, no doubt. Typically, the philosophy chosen is some balance between the principle of individual freedom and the  idea of absolute state authority (tyranny).  Looking back on our history, prevalent forms of government include monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, and tyranny.


Don't forget catocracy. The cat in 10 downing st has a government title.


I loved that one.  Do you surf the Internet a lot?  Did you know that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?  Is that hilarious or what?


Glad the app maker wasn't eating a Big Mac.


Did you know that the constant novelty from clicking links on the Internet can cause a real addiction that's measurable in the brain?


Makes sense. I'm so addicted I'm gonna move to Alexandria...just in case the internet burns down.


Yes, and then you could go to Mt. Everest because they have 3G cell service and the Internet as well.


Cool. That means there are indeed hamburgers on Mt Everest.


Good one.  Yes, the current Library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns down.  Pretty ironic since the Library of Alexandria burned down during the days of Caeser.


Yeah...maybe they should move to the Amazon rain forest. The Norwegian government might help.


Yes, that could be their saving grace. Speaking of government, did you know that the US government owns 86% of Nevada?


Wow. Did Wikileaks reveal that...or just the Governments plan to destroy Wikileaks.


I think just the plan to destroy Wikileaks, but very funny.


Well, I better leave before they hatch a plan to destroy me. Nice chatting with you.


Hey there what do you think about the government? Apparently governments are different all over the world and can often have a constitution


hi how are you? I dont think about govt often. it can be depressing.


Well one thing that is not depressing is that the Norwegian government donated 1 billion dollars to the Amazon rainforest so that is at least something nice that they did


It is great that they made such a gesture. i wish the us govt did those things.


Yes I agree. But I'm just glad that we didn't have someone like the guy in France who tried to sell the Eiffel Tower twice, I can't imagine if someone tried to sell the Statue of Liberty that would be crazy LOL


I want to meet the people who bought it. i would love for that guy to sell some of the USs govt land.


Yes you should ask Nevada if you can have some of their land, because apparently the US government owns 86% I'm sure they would be happy to sell some to you haha


Yeah, what are they doing with that land anyway. are they putting it to good use? i doubt it.


Yes I don't think so. Unfortunately. what do you think about prime ministers? I think it's funny that in 1995 a radio station prank call Queen Elizabeth LOL and pretended to be the canadian prime minister


Yeah, that would have been Chretien as the PM, they probably used an outrageous accent.


Haha they must have. Do you ever watch the Harry Potter movies by the way? Apparently Bellatrix from those movies is actually related to the prime minister of the United Kingdom during World War 1


Bellatrix? I dont remember her. who played her?


It was Helena Bonham Carter. She was also in the movie Fight Club and I think some other movies that I don't remember haha


Oh, yeah, she was great in Fight Club. She was also in movies with johnny depp too.


Yes I forgot what that movie is called. I'll have to look it up on the internet haha. By the way, do you ever use the hamburger button on the internet?


uh, no, i dont think so. the hamburger button?


Yes it's the button that has three horizontal lines on it, it is nicknamed the hamburger button but the name makes me hungry LOL normally it's used for menus online


Oh, ok. i never heard the name for that. hamburger? i would have said sandwich.


Haha well let me ask you this have you ever been to Mount Everest? Apparently they can even get 3g service at the very top which would be used Snapchat haha


I guess. Why else would you use internet at the top of Everest? Anyway, great chat!


Yes thank you for being an excellent chat partner! And also make sure to read the terms of service online, apparently only about 7% of people do


Hello, im good, what do you think about the 19 year old who devoped that 430000 code


I think he has a lucarative career ahead of him! I wish I got that money!


Me too, it sure is a lot of money and at 19! to think it all started because he bored.


I know. And when I get bored, I eat. What a waste! Can you imagine what you would have done with that money at 19?!?!?!?


Probably spend it on something stupid lol, that kid must be really smart though, he trained a computer to rap, that must require mad skills


i know. Most kids that age use it for inappropriate viewing. And they thought it would go for $10,000....


Yeah, but it seems like the kid is mature as he is working for the Standford University Lab, many wouldnt do that and just take sabatical


That's true. Those are usually the really good kids that, when given that kind of money, put it in a slow growth mutual fund.


Its amazing what can be done with computers now a days, how they can follow sets of operations, programs.


I am not sure. I would be worried if i were an astronaut though. The space shuttle's computer runs on 1 mb of ram. Doesn't seem like a lot!


My phone has like 2000 times more ram than that lol! that is really surpising.


Right? I mean wouldn't you be worried? I feel like nothing else, at least get . me a game or tow so I don't get too bored...


Yeah I can see your point you knw that a computer at Stanford had a housing made with lego bricks


Wow! What if someone took a brick. WOuld it ruin the computer?


I think it wouldnt as its only a component of the housing, it would make it more vulnerable for sure


Whew! My son is into legos and nothing is worse than stepping on one barefoot!


It hurts a lot I know the feeling lol! you know that in Finland everyone has the right to an internet conection, it seems like its a basic service now


Really! I feel like Starbucks is our finland. They always have free internet. Plus good drinks.


I think everyone should have the right for a free cup of coffee lol, I love starbucks!


Hey there! Read anything interesting lately, I sure did! I read about a 19 year that developed a code for an AI to design portraits! Crazy to think someone so young could do that.


That is crazy!  Do you know how the 19 year old did it?


I'm not sure how exactly he did it, I guess if I did I'd make one as well! But I know he was only 17 and bored when he did it, he started off by feeding it rap lyrics so it could generate random rap songs. And than he fed it random portraits from the internet to teach it how to make art!


That is really impressive!  So, did he get a job or a college invite for his talent/success?


He sure did!  He's now working at the Stanford University AI Lab. He didn't seem to think anyone would pay much attention to his portraits, so much as sell something based on his work!


I'm glad to hear that!  So, how did the program work?  What does the artwork look like?


The man in the portrait has no noise, people even say it can look like frosty the snowman! Mario Klingemann says it can't believe how much the portrait sold for, he thought it was terribly done even for an AI. And he would know being an AI Artist!


I guess people bought it because of how it is done.  How much did it sell for anyway?


A French Art collective known as Obvious downloaded the code, and their AI portrait sold for 432,500! The auction house didn't seem to think it would go for so high!


That is amazing!  Is it possible to tell if a human painted it or a computer?


It depends on the program! Programs usually are put through rigorous trials, to make sure the art is convincing and that it looks like it was human-made. It's only a matter of time before it becomes so good and well-trained no one can really tell.


I wonder what that will do to the art industry not to mention museums. I mean if a computer can fake the mona lisa so well that no one can tell then what happens?  You know, computer innovations are moving so fast.  The russians made one that runs on water if you can believe that.


That's crazy, it's almost scary to think about the future and what it will hold for us as humans. Not everyone feels that way though, some people call themselves "Transhumanists" and they want to upload their minds into computers one day!


I've heard about them!  They remind me of an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation where a man did that. I wonder if they want to live forever.


Probably, I can't blame them for wanting their minds in a computer. Nothing on a computer is gone forever it seems! There is a library called Alexandria that has saved an entire copy of the internet!


In a way that can be a good thing.  Important information will never be lost.  It can even be uploaded from the tallest mountain peak in the world- mt everest.  There's internet on that peak.


That's amazing, but let's not forget who the King of the Internet is. Google went down for just five minutes one day, and 40% of web traffic vanished with it!


Hahaha!  Google is definitely the king of the internet!  Did you know that doing a single google search uses more computing power than sending neil armstrong to the moon?


Google is nuts! I heard they once a hundred live goats instead of people to mow the lawns of their headquarters!


I heard that too. I guess they were trying to help the planet.  I was a little disappointed to learn though that they calculate traffic by seeing how fast android phones are moving on a road. I thought there was a satellite in space giving them information.


It was probably mentioned somewhere in their novel of terms and service! Did you know only 7% of people read those? I'm surprised it's even that high!


I am too. I have to admit that I very very rarely ever read them and if I do, it's not in the whole thing.    You know with Google being so dominant in our lives it's hard to believe two college students started it.


I love Google so much. A single Google search requires more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong to the moon. No wonder it's works so well.


That is crazy lol. Times have changed for sure!


Yes they have.So many people use Google that it once went down for five minutes and took 40% of web traffic with it.


wow, that is insane numbers! What would we do without google?


That's a good question.When there is a disputed border, Google maps tailors its maps to the claims of each country where the Internet browsers located.


wow, it does so much! The internet is crazy now, what would you do if the internet went down


People wouldn't know what to do. Luckily there is a saved copy at the current library of Alexandria.


That is a good back up. I wonder if they have a back up to the back up lol. Did you know you can get internet at the peak of mt everest


Yes and there's 3G cell service there as well. I guess there are people who got to make calls up there.


Wow, that is awesome. I am sure it is for the instagram people that want to show off lol


No doubt! The three horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called hamburger button.


That makes sense, it looks like one lol. Do you ever read the terms of service ever on the internet?


Unfortunately not. I am like 93% of people and I do not read the full terms when buying a product or service!


Me too, lol. I think I have sold my soul to the devil multiple times and have never known it


Ha ha that is funny me too. If you own an Apple computer make sure you don't smoke near it because it voids the warranty by making it a biohazard.


Wow, that is a good thing. They should do it more. I wonder if russia has that too for their water powered computer they created in 1936 lol


Good question, I want to buy that even made that. Some people want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks. Sounds scary to me.


Very scary and sounds like the beginning to a drama or horror movie lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


Yes it does indeed. Someone even built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic mine craft building blocks. Great talking with you too partner!


That is awesome, I need to see that computer. Have a great day!


Hey there what do you think of our current system of government? I was shocked to learn that Nevada is mostly owned by the US government


Yeah all 86% of the land, I wonder what they do with it really


I know right. Although I do know that Nevada is mostly desert, but still. Did you hear about the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower twice? That was risky.


Haha I wonder how he got away with it twice. Do you know what wikileaks is?


I have heard of WikiLeaks. Didn't they publish plans that the government was trying to destroy them? That's so insane


yeah, they must have an inside man. Did you hear about the Norwegian government's plan to save the rainforest?


No I didn't what did they do? I did hear that the u.s. Passed a law that would protect government employees from being persecuted if they violated the Geneva Convention though, that seems really weird


Yeah tha is weird and the Norwegians donated $1 billion, that is a whole lot of money.


I know right! How often do you travel by the way? Have you ever been to Norway?


I have not actually but would like to visit at some point. In Iceland as well but would have to get a car


Well apparently Iceland doesn't have public service rails, and so you just fly between cities, so maybe you don't need a car LOL


Yeah if that makes it cheaper sure. Or maybe they will get one of those Dutch buses that go 160 mph


Haha I would definitely ride that. What I wouldn't ride is a highway system in Japan. All of them are private and all have tolls


Yeah and it would cost you $300 to travel the country


Yep exactly. That sounds really annoying. Have you ever been to Mackinac Island in Michigan?


I have never but would like to go how that works without any motorized vehicles, must be so peaceful there


Oh I agree with you. But it also smells like horses everywhere haha. I have been there and there are no Cars, just horses.


Yeah I guess that might be the downside. DO you know who was the first king to travel the world?


Wasn't at the king of Hawaii? I wonder what made him do it. What do you think?


Yup that was him. I am not sure though why he did it. Did you know that Venus does not tilt?


Wow I didn't know that. I miss Pluto is a planet by the way! Also apparently Venus rotates clockwise


Yesh he is funny. Did you ever watch House MD?


I did some episodes. Jon taught high school drama and one of his students was Ellie Kemper


Cool. Laurie made $700 000 per episode in House MD


Wow that is a lot of money but it was a well received show


Yeah that is true. Do you like Jim Carrey?


I sure do, he is the funniest guy ever, love his movies


Yes and he does not do dramas anymore because they do not project positivity


He is right on that. Patrick Stewart also taught master classes in drama in the UK


Pretty cool. Do you listen to radio dramas?


I listen to them sometimes, but not as often, do you?


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


Yes and I love to shop on Amazon and you?


Me too. Did you know they have created a font called bookerly?


Cool, it is for a special reason? Jeff even built a clock on a mountain


Yes it is to be used for kindle and similar devices? A clock?


Yes and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years


Hmm interesting, good for him I guess. Did you know they have the patent to 1-click buying?


Did not know it was them that had it, pretty cool.


Have you heard of The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven?


I just heard about it. It was supposed to be a true account of a boy who died and went to heaven but years later he admitted it was made up.


That's cool, do you like cars?  I heard the drive thru was invented in 1975


Interesting. Too bad drive thrus have contributed to my laziness. Haha.


same lol Im not complaining though,  its an awesome convenience


Trunks are pretty convenient too. I wonder if they were broken into frequently when they used to actually be wooden trunks on the back of cars.


hmmm I think they have locks on them though.  I remember seeing a bunch in my grandmothers house lol


And speaking of breaking in to cars, in South Africa you can put flamethrowers on your car to prevent carjacking.


lol wow,  they must have a lot of those car jackings then.


Yeah, I guess so! It's surprising to think that if we lived just over a century ago that we probably wouldn't have to worry about carjackings as we would be walking or traveling by horse!


Yeah traveling by horse seems rough!  like where do you put the poop when it goes? lol


Haha. Reminds me of a horseback tour I took on the beach. We all had to stop for a pee and poop break for the horses before embarking on our "romantic" trip. Awkwerd.


oh my lol theres nothing more romantic than the smell of horse poop.  Have you ever seen them pee?  I took some lessons awhile back and it pees like a water hose!!  Like a lot of urine!


Yeah, well, I tried not to look but yeah it sure created rivers and the sound of it was interesting. Hahaha. Yup, sounded exactly like a water hose. So I'm glad we get to travel by car now. Do you know what the brand Cadillac was named after?


Probably someone with the last name cadillac?


Exactly, after the French Explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded Detroit.


No, I mostly use YouTube. How about you?


I use pandora and goodle music mostly,  but I hear spotify is just the same lol


Crazy that a musician needs to get 130,745 plays per day on Spotify to get minimum wage.


Did you know that they launched in 2008? It does not seem like that service is over 10 years old.


I did not know they launched in 2008. I had thought they launched in 2013. Interesting the CEO was the CEO of uTorrent in 2006.


Oh I remember the days of UTorrent ha ha. I did not know it was the same person. Did you know that 20% of all of their available songs haven't been played once.


I had no idea either but not surprised. No, I did not know that either! I do remember the Taylor Swift drama.


I remember that also. I wonder why she only took them off Spotify but not Pandora. She coldn


She actually has her music back on Spotify. She just did not put her newest album on there for a month or so. I guess that was her condition?


I guess so. I'm surprised they put them on there since in order to make minimum wage an artist has to have 130,745 plays per day.


Now I see why they do not want their music on Spotify. Who is getting anything from the service other than the customer??


I have no idea. I suppose they get exposure for concernt tickets and endorsements which seems to be where they make their money now since album sales are down so much.


That is true. Their merch and touring definitely has to be the cash cow. I wonder how many people were shocked that that Alex kid admitted everything was fabricated..


I'm not familiar with Alex Kid. What was the scandal there?


He was one of the children who "wrote a book" about dying and seeing Heaven. "The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven". It was published in 2010.


I do remember that scandal now that you say it. I'm thinking the parents had a lot to do with that and shame on them. While we are talking about crazy facts, did you know that you can put flame throwers on your car in South Africa to prevent carjacking?!


I did now that actually! I did not know that Google's self-driving cars have an "aggressive" mode though. Sounds disastrous.


That sounds very dangerous. Do you know why the trunk of your car is called a trunk?


I do not know. Why is it called the trunk?


It's because old cars had actual wooden trunks in the back. That seems like a huge pain to deal with.


I had no idea! A wooden trunk sounds like a ton of splinters waiting to happen. Thank god that changed.


I agree. I also can't believe that the drive-thru was invented by McDonald's in 1975. That's so recent. I can't imagine fast food places without drive-thrus.


No, I don't like television. I prefer to watch movies once in a while. I love Music. To play and sing!


That's wonderful! You may be interested in watching the Rom com Sierra Burgess is a loser. Noah Centineo is in it!


I din't know Netflix released 126 original series in just one year! Isn't that amazing?


It is! I wonder how many of those have Noah Centineo in them!


I guess you are a fan! I'm surprised to learn that Netflix and YouTube together use half of the internet traffic in north america


I am! That's a crazy amount of traffic. I heard netflix has about 137 million subscribers.


That is a lot of people, and, a lot of money!!


Netflix isn't available in Chine or North Korea though.


Like a song said, "everybody wants to rule the world". I don't think Netflix need those markets to survive.


Probably not. From 9pm to 12 am they are 33% of the bandwidth used in NA.


Did you realize that after a bad experience something good could happen? netflix started after someone had to pay a really high late fee for a movie!


Isn't that cool! Wish I had had that idea! Netflix also still sends out DVD's!


Anyway, technology is always changing, so companies have to adapt to new technologies as soon as they can. DVD's are not going to last!


I thought that too. 5 years ago. But they are still going strong.  You said you like music. What kind do you listen to?


Right now I'm listening to Lenny Kravitz, New York city! Music it's awesome. And these companies know music is powerful. Youtube is making a lot of money from music!


That's true. Music is a wonderful form of entertainment. A lot of people listen to music.


Talking about entertainment, did you know Ronald Reagan was an actor before to be President?


I did! Especially in westerns. I remember him running for election. No one thought he would win!


I guess nobody because he was even rejected for a movie role cause he didn't look like a president!


Hello, are you a car person.  Did you know 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car?


I did not know that. There is a boy who was in a car accident and claimed that he went to heaven.


Really, I want to believe him.  Cars became widely available in the early 20th century.


Alex Malarkey claimed that he went to heaven, but then admitted that he made it up. He did not die. He did not go to heaven. He just wanted attention. Now he just gets social security.


That is sad.  The Model T in 1908 was one of the first cars available to the masses.


The Model T was the car that helped make America productive. People could fix the car themselves and have it in any color as long as it was black.


That is cool.  I love classics.  A cool fact is that in 1975, Mcdonalds added the drive-thru to help soldiers.  They were not allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.


Now Americans barely get out of their cars at all. There are over 1 billion cars on the planet. In a century, I wonder if we will use cars at all, or something else.


I want the autonomous car.  You can actually put flame throwers on your car legally in South-Africa to prevent carjacking.


I think that's great! Flamethrowers! I need to check that out on Youtube.


So would I.  Do you use Spotify? They launched in 2008.  In 2018, they were available in 78 regions.


The artists probably enjoy the chance to build an audience, but can't really make much money on Spotify.


There was a band that used the money they earned from spotify to fund a free tour.  They earned 20K on Spotify.


They released a silent album. I wonder who listened to that. Artists needs to get 130745 plays per day to earn minimum wage.


That is a lot of plays. A fun fact is that 20% of all songs on Spotify haven't been played once.  That is 4 million songs.


The artists are probably hoping to get some recognition. The fact is, most people may not be as talented.


That is very true.  That includes me, lol. The main developer of Spotify also was the programmer that made Utorrent.


That guy is probably quite rich by now. Are you a fan of fantasy novels?


Yes, I love them.  Big can of Fantasy and Sci Fi. Speaking of fantasy, you can actual do a fantasy draft of the National spelling bee.


I wonder what the prize for winning the draft is.


That I do, but it seems to be more for business than pleasure these days.  Do you think the government is doing enough to keep travel safe?


Well, I am enrolled in the TSA Pre-Check program, so I get through security faster at the airports.  But I would agree that we need more vigilance with rail, bus, and mass transit.  Are you for or against toll roads?


I don't mind them, so I guess I'm for them. How about you?


I like toll roads.  I much prefer user fees (like tolls) than taxes because they are applied directly to the service rendered.  Did you know that in Japan, all highways are toll roads.  It cost more than $300 to travel the entire country.


Wow, I did not know that. That's not bad, I thought it would be more. I heard Iceland has no public rail service.


I would not have thought that considering rail is much bigger in Europe than it is here.  I recently read that the Dutch are creating a commuter buss designed to travel at 160 MPH.  I wonder how that will work.  I would not want to be on a vehicle going 160 MPH in rush hour traffic!


Yeah, that sound dangerous. I would think that the bus would have it's own lane.


That's a lot of road for few vehicles.  What are your thoughts about space travel.  AT one time it was the sole domain of government (NASA).  Now it is almost exclusively private for-profit companies.  Should NASA resume manned / unmanned flights or serve more as a regulator to make sure space travel is safe and not littering outer space with debris?


I think they should do both.  There definitely needs to be someone regulating space because it could get out of control.


That is my concern as well.  I like the way SpaceX just tested a manned capsule (with a dummy) so we can break away from using Russia to ferry our astronauts to the international space station.  Growing up, I was educated that we had nine planets in our solar system.  Not long ago, Pluto was demoted and is no longer a planet.  Do you know why?


I think it's because Pluto's own gravity isn't strong enough to clear objects around it.


Could be.  I think I will try to read up on it when I have some free time.  What I find interesting is how different planets have different "personalities".  Like Venus which does not tilt therefore it does not have seasons and it is the only  planet to rotate clock-wise!


Yeah, Venus is also the hottest planet in the Solar System because of all the carbon in the atmosphere.  Scientist are afraid that could happen to Earth.


Back on earth, do you think that Julian Assange will every leave the Ecuadorian embassy in Great Britain?   I personally think that he will remain until he is sure the U.S. will not extradite him to face trial over WikiLeaks.


That's his personal prison. I don't think he's ever leaving the embassy.


I agree.  But I do find it humorous that WikiLeaks published the secret government plans to destroy WikiLeaks!


Yeah that's funny. He's probably use to living there by now.


Did you know that the U.S. owns 86% of Nevada?  I wonder why?  It make me curious as to why it should be a state if the largest landowner is the feds.


I think it lacks natural resources. Nobody wants to live there.


It also could be Area 51.  I doubt that will be put on the real estate market anytime soon.  Speaking of real estate, I find it amusing that an imposter sold the Eiffel Tower twice!  I am not sure who would fall for that, but someone did, twice!


Yeah that's ridiculous. It was nice taking to you.


hi, que opinas del tema  'The Boy Who Came Back'


Alex, now paralyzed from the neck down, admitted he had fabricated the story. "I did not die,hi" he wrote in a blog post.


Yes, it is a very delicate information that impacted especially for all those who thought alez was different


Sorry "Alex" and what do you think about the lawsuit


I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention." The admission created a firestorm within the worlds of evangelical faith and Christian publishing


So you are very right, I think you did very badly, not only because he lied to people, but because you remember having a natural experience with God


What is your position with regard to faith you are a Christian


Ok, I am a Christian but I respect your opinion. I think this case of alex is very controversial here in this country


Ok, better discuss another article, that cars came into worldwide use during the twentieth century, you already knew this


What is the make and model of car that you admire or have


Good car, it is true that it is legal in South Africa to equip your car with flamethrowers to prevent vehicle theft


A single fold in the brain makes the difference between perceiving reality and fantasy.


If so, thank you for sharing your ideas and opinions with me


Hello, do you have a Facebook account, use social media?


I do, I love using Facebook, Ive been a user since 2012, and after Facebook a MySpace user.


I learned Facebook  is primarily blue because Zuckerberg has some color blindness, and I have a bit of the same problem. Explains alot!


It sure does, I thought it was a marketing trick or strategy to lure people, thats an interesting fact for next time im out with friends


Yea I thought it might be school or feeling related. Iceland is apparently using FB to rewrite their constituion, which is democracy (if they are one?) in action


I think thats a good idea, afterall you have to listen to your people, you know the like button is actually ilegal in a town of Germany!


I wonder how old that is? Because now they have angry, love, wow, haha etc. Have ever owned an iPhone?


I bet its pretty old and I guess those are also ilegal lol, and yeah my current phone is an IPhone, what about you?


My first smartphone was an iPhone. I have nothing against them, but prefer Android for work. Interesting to see that women are more likely to own an iphone than men,


That is interesting and when I think of it, its true, and I see so you had one of the first generations of the phone, you know Microsoft held a funeral for IPhones when they launched their own smartphone line.


HAHA! That's funny. I also see Steve Jobs had to switch iPhones during his presentation because one kept crashing.


Thats a big fail lol, you dont want your product to fail during an important presentation, did you ever play the game Send me to Heaven?


LOL I read about that, and no, that seems like a bad idea. No wonder it was banned.


It does lol, I wonder how many people actually broke their phones playing the game I bet they felt really stupid when they lost and their phones got cracked.


Seems like a good game to play while drunk, or testing your coordinatin. Of the 2.2 million apps they have available, why use that one??


I now right, I bet you can find a safer game for your phone among those 2.2 millions apps available in the app store and I think the number of apps is bigger now


Honestly, it would hurt to throw a phone as high as you could, and even to attempt to catch it with your hands. Needs some setup. Avoiding hitting yourself in the face.


Yeah, when you put it that way the least of your worries is your phone getting damaged but getting hit on the head and suffering from a brain injury.


I say that because I've dropped my big Android phone on my foot and that hurt lol


I see thats too bad, I guess Send me to Heaven isnt the game for you then lol


Hello, how are you.  I don't know about you but I am a big animal fan.  It has been estimated that there are over 7 million animal species overall.


hey there. im a huge fan as well did you know  reproduce , and grow from a hollow sphere of cells


No, I didn't know that.  I did know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on Earth.


that is such a crazy huge number so cool to think about though. i was shocked to see in 02 germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals-guaranteed legal rights.


This is cool.  I learned that when animals are domesticated, they develop white patches on their foreheads.  That's surprising to me.


i wonder how that is even possible i would love to know more about that. did you know that the Loch Nest monster is a protected species! How neat!


I think I read that.  It was under the Scottish protection animal act of 1912 if I remember correctly.


YES  it was. I think its really neat actually. I think its kind of funny that the first animal ever cloned was a cat and that's where the name copy cat came from.


Really, that is pretty neat.  I read somewhere that there are more tigers living as pets in the US than there are living in the wild in Asia.


that makes me sad. they need to be in the wild. Theodore Roosevelt had a pet bear along with over 20 other pets!


A pet bear, oh my God.  Did you know that in Boulder, Colorado, you cannot own a pet legally.  You can however, be their guardian.


a pet bear is to much i think! Legal guardian? Thats cute! In Japan there are more pets then kids haha


They need more kids or less animals, lol.  Switching topics, where you aware that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icdm deterrent.


Wow i had no idea. I'm not an I-phone fan but fun fact- It is impossible to separate two phone books that simply have their pages overlapped


Really, I didn't know that.  I think it is cool that for every minute you do not use your cell phone, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need.


That is real good energy to put the phone up i really like that! New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on an old rotary phone


I never would have thought that.  I also would not have imagined that 2.7 inches in diameter is the size of the cables carrying phone and internet data across the ocean.


Me either! Also a fun fact...Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when land animals had both gills and lungs.How crazy that sounds ahha


That sounds very crazy.  A telephone actual coverts sound into electronic signals.


I think we learned about that in school. Also Animals range in length from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres! Did  you know that?


Not really. I like to go to games every few years and I like to play, but I dont really follow it.


Cal Ripken Jr is planning to auction off his Baltimore county estate.


Really wonder why he would want to do that.


He has tried selling it but was not successful


Maybe he was asking to much. I bet it sells at an auction though. He might not get what he is wanting for it though.


Yeah he tried listing it originally for 12.5 million. Then lowered it to 9.7


Well that is a lot of money. Im sure it is a nice house though.


It really is. It has more than24 acres of land. The main house has 13,000 sq ft


That does sound nice. I heard about this guy who found 3 million dollars worth of old baseball cards in his grandpas attic. Wouldnt that be nice.


It really would be. It would be a nice collection to have considering its americas pastime too


Yeah. Apparently the cards were hidden in the attic since the 1940s.


I wonder if the original owner forgot about them


I would say so. Im sure he had a hard time or two in his life when a bunch of money would have helped out.


The sun produces enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years


Thats amazing, but did you know that a lightning bolt is actually 5 times hotter than the sun.


We need to learn how to harness all this available energy and heat!


Yeah I think they are trying to with solar power. Itss just not there yet.


How interesting. I might look up more info on that. Have a good one.


Hello.  Are you into science much?  I recently learned that the sun is actually white and not yellow.


that is pretty cool. do you know why we see it as yellow?


No I don't and to answer your question from a minute ago I do like baseball. My apologies for not paying attention.  I am counting the days for baseball to start back up.


nice. as far as the sun appearing yellow it is because of the atmospehric scattering


Well that's interesting.  So i guess that means that are atmosphere is scattering the sun's rays and making them appear yellow?  I am a layman as far as science is concerned so to me it really seems like it would be the exact opposite.


Yeah it is interesting. and the sun is so hot we only need 1 second of its energy to last us 500 000 years


That is exactly why I am a huge supporter of solar energy. I think everything should be solar.  Imagine this, our sun as powerful as it is, is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in the galaxy!


that is insane. as hot as the sun is though, a lightning bolt is much hotter


I've heard that before.  It is a little frightening when you think about it. I mean, something here is stronger than the sun?


exactly, five times stronger to be more exact


That makes it even worse. Our atmosphere and weather patterns are stronger than the sun, a star in the galaxy.


yeah. maybe we should look into options to harvest that energy


I didn't think about that but you are right.  If our atmosphere can produce lightening that powerful who knows what all it can do.  It's so hard to believe though.  Neptune just completed it's first full orbit around the sun in 2011 since it was discovered in 1846 so you know the sun is huge.


that is just crazy. the universe is full of mystery. back to baseball, do you know managers can play if needed?


No I didn't know that.  I have never seen a manager enter a game before or heard of one doing so.


yeah apparently that is why they wear the uniform


You know I just always assumed they wore the uniform to show they are part of the team.  Maybe they play in Japan.  Baseball is super popular in that country.  Most people over their are surprised to learn it's our national pastime.


Yeah, talk about preferences. do you know what kickball is called in canada?


No I don't.  Honestly, I didn't know they played kickball in Canada for that matter.


Yeah apparently they do and it is called soccer-baseball


Soccer baseball?  I guess I can see how it's soccer but baseball does seem weird.


Hi, Do you like to read the harry potter books?


I like Harry Potter movies but haven't read the books. I did read Ender's Game.


Yes, it was also suggested reading for many military organizations including the US Marine Corps.


So, do you play an musical instruments like the guitar?  Brian May of Queen uses coins for picks.


I don't know how to play guitar. But I love the guitar. I think he uses a sixpence coin as his guitar pick.


Well at least you won't be setting studio speakers on fire like Eddie Van Halen.


The coin may uses only had silver in it until the 1940.


Interesting... Did you know Tupac danced ballet in high school in the Nutcracker?


Yes, i know. Mouse king in the Nutcracker.


Speaking of dancing, babies spontaneously dance when they hear music and smile when they hit the beat!  They are naturals!


Sometimes.  Michael Jackson has a patent on a device to make him lean extremely while he dances.  I would like to try that.


Yep. I would still like to learn guitar. I could float around with Pink Floyd on the river Thames.


I know two: acoustic and electric.  What is the other?


classical guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, archtop guitar.


OK, Thanks.  Since I can't play any of them, I'll stick to reading.  I wish I could speed read like Anne Jones.  She holds the record at 4,700 words a minute.


Big time.  Did you know that Brian May from Queen uses coins as his guitar picksZ?


ive seen him do that in footage. a big round metal pick. interesting. i guess he gets the sound he wants.


It would give him a different sound.  I was surprised to find out that he also has PHD in atstrophysics.  He must be a genius.


he is a smart guy. guitars are interesting. most guitars have six strings, but some have more.


Yes...I've seen the 12 string guitars....and of course bass guitars only have 4 strings.  lol


there are also seven string guitars, with one additional bass string.


That's interesting. Didn't know that.  Matthew Bellamy from Muse holds the record for most guitars smashed on tour.  He must have a good endorsement deal. lol


i dont know why anyone would smash guitars. artisans spend time making beautiful instruments just to be destroyed.


I'm thinking the ones that smash aren't the real high quality ones or the normal ones they play.  Just a guess though. lol


i hope not. that would be terrible. have you ever seen an es175? they are beautiful guitars.


I might have...lol  I once had a Gibson SG.  That was a sweet guitar wish I still had it.


gibson guitars are usually pretty heavy. lots of sustain. beautiful instruments.


Yes...that SG had a great sound to it.  When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for "Beat It" he literally set the studio speakers on fire.  Wonder what that was all about?


he cranks up the voltage to the amp past the normal level. that overdrives the amp and gets a powerful sound. overloads the amp, causes a fire.


Ahhh...ok. lol  Do you know much about dancing?


I do not. i do know that i am a terrible dancer. You?


Hhaha I stink at it.  I was surprised though to read that Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


Bruce was a legend! He was great at martial arts, and dance. I  bet he could do a lot of things that we would not suspect.


I agree!  I have to get going.  It's been fun talking guitars with you!


How would you love to have your own home theater and baseball diamond?


I'd love if it I could just afford my own home theater, much less my own baseball diamond! What about you?


Definitely! I can only dream! I wonder how much Ripken will get for his house in an auction?


What kind of house does he have up for auction?


It sounds like his personal home, on 24 acres of land! The house itself is 13000 sq ft with an additional 8000 sq ft devoted to a gym, locker room and a living space. Geez!


Well, I definitely wouldn't say no to living there, provided I could have a maid. I don't like vacuuming enough to want to do it for over 20000 sq ft!


Haha that's true! Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms because technically they can play for their team if needed? I did not know that!


Do the managers spend time practicing too? I think the team would have to be pretty desperate to let them on otherwise!


Haha I'm not sure, I would hope they practice in the odd chance they are needed to play.


Not really, more of a football fan. But my dad was really into baseball so I grew up watching a lot of it on TV. Are you?


I played baseball as a kid so I have a soft spot for it, but I prefer watching football too.


Nice! I played a bit of softball but never felt I was any good. I preferred playing soccer or volleyball. And of course kickball during recess haha Did you know kickball is also called soccer-baseball, I think in Canada? Sounds weird


I wonder what gave it that name. I don't know any formal kickball rules though, so maybe they have bases or score runs like in baseball.


Yea it seems like a more complicated name than it needs to be haha I just remember having fun playing it. Did you ever collect baseball cards?


I actually did, because they gave us a pack of cards at one baseball event when I was playing. I wonder if I still have my old collection that I started after that.


You should check, they could be worth a lot of money! I guess some guy found old baseball cards in his grandpa's attic that were worth $3 million dollars in the early 90s!


Wow, hey, if I found some worth that much I might be able to bid on Ripken's mansion!


Haha exactly! I can't imagine what they'd be worth today.


I doubt mine are worth that much, but it's fun to think about. Do you think they use baseball cards in other countries the same way? I know baseball is popular in Japan too.


Yea I would think they'd use them the same. I had no idea baseball was so popular in Japan, that's really interesting.


I think it would be interesting to see American teams play against Japanese teams, since both countries are such fans of the sport!


Do you know anything about Freddy Mercury?


I saw the movie last year! Rami malek was great. Freddie loved his cats so much that he would call and speak to them.


Did you know he treated them like family?


He had 10 even though the movie only showed 6.


Did you know he shared 2 of them with his romantic partner?


He did! And Rami is now dating his costar from the film.


I did not know that.  Did you know that one time some of Mercury's cats peed on a set of curtains?


Gross! I appreciate that he rescued most of them. I have a rescue dog.


That is cool.  He reacted to it like it was just some spilled bleach and not a big deal.


Cats are furry carnivores. They make great companions.


Yes they do. Did you know the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska has a cat named Stubbs as mayor?


That is too funny. The Godfather cat was a stray. What a lucky guy to wander onto that set!


That is cool. Did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


That makes sense! Those rotary phones were a pain in the butt. I love today's iphones with their strong computing power.


Did you know an iPhone has more computing power than the whole of the US nuclear ICBM deterrent?


It's very impressive! I appreciate the tech of phones connecting two or more people to communicate with ease.


Did you also know that the cables that carry phone and internet data across the oceans are 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor?


That is a lot more complicated than using a phone book! Although overlapping pages can't be separated.


That is true. Did you know that under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species?


I wonder how many of the 20 quintillion animals on Earth are protected.


No idea.  Did you know that when animals are domesticated they start to develop white patches on their foreheads?


That is odd. I wonder why. Nice chatting with you today!


It depends on the type. I find some soap operas to be a little cheesy, but they're good enough to have been sponsored by soap manufacturers


Yeah they can be too exaggerated sometimes. I don't know if they were always meant to be that way, drama actually came from the Greek word meaning "action".


I think even the Greeks enjoyed exaggeration. Some really enjoy drama though, especially Patrick Stewart. He still teaches master classes in the UK


That's interesting, I didn't know he'd still do that. I know Michael Caine actually joined drama class only because the prettiest girls were in it.


I know many boys who did that in high school/ I want to check out the show called IKEA Heights. It's filmed in one of the stores without the store knowing


Huh that certainly seems like an interesting drama. I wonder if it's free to see, I listen to a lot of classic radio dramas because they are free on a website.


That sounds interesting. Sometimes I get enough drama in real life, like when my roommate's fish died. Have you ever had that experience?


No, I haven't! I've always wanted to own fish because they can be interesting, but never have.


I would start with a goldfish because they tend to be easy. The oldest one was 43 years old before it died


Perhaps you should have gotten a jellyfish instead! There is a brand that is immortal I believe.


Wow! If you're not careful, they can evaporate in the sun since they are 98% water


That's crazy the percentage is so high, especially considering they only drink water through their skin through osmosis.


That is pretty crazy! Another fun fish to have would be the barreleye fish since the head is transparent


That must be some sight, just don't put it in the same tank as a black swallower fish, because they can eat over ten times their weight.


You would need a big tank to hold that one! I've heard koi are good fish to have. There was one that lived 226 years


Still not as good as the immortal jellyfish though! I think I could best relate to seahorses though, at least they have necks like us.


Except that male seahorses are the ones who get pregnant. There is a species of fish that spends its adult life on land


Just like humans then! I wonder if they can synthesize their own vitamin C, that's something I know we can't do.


We also can't breathe and swallow at the same time like other mammals can!


We also can be scared by a certain sound frequency, seems we're inadequate in many areas. Anyways, it was nice chatting to you, have a good night!


I do and have since it's inception. They have come a long way.


From my limited understanding, Netflix is a subscription based services that has dominated the previous market occupied by Blockbuster. How do you think the company is doing in producing quality content?


Well there in 190 countries so they should be doing very well. My personal opinion is that they are on the rise even with the debt.


What do you think about their recent original content, Maniac?


I haven't seen the previews for that one. Is that the one with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill?


Yes, I hear it is a retro futuristic show centering on subconscious love between Owen, a schizophrenic and loner, and Annie, a addict finding relief by knocking herself out with a psychotropic drug.


She finds relieve from addiction by using psychotropic drugs, ha! Let me guess it's a top secrete three day drug thing, i think i read that some where.


They both are part of a test group for a experimental drug aimed at curing mental illness or mental negativity.


If Only! Is there some type of artificial intelligence involve in this story?


Well a computer monitors the subject's subconscious activities and since it is sentient, unexpected complications arise s it acts on its own grief over a recent death within the lab setting.


Is there anything in particular that happens with their subconsciousness?


i recently read that the participent's minds are allowed to experience a variety of characters, accents, and appearances in their subconscious state. While normally each subconscious was to its own story, the grieving machine melds Owen and Annie's subconscious so they mutually share their subconscious experience.


Wow! can you imagine sharing a conciseness with the opposite sex? Blockbuster rejected Netflix aquirment for 50 million, now Netflix is worth 2billion.


I bet Blockbuster regrets that choice kind of like how Myspace rejected buying Facebook. Wait does blockbuster even still exist to regret that choice?


If they are they have to be on there last leg. Reed Hasting got the ideal after racking up a late charge of $40 bucks.


Reed Hasting and Marc Randolph did a good job planning, executing, and founding Netflix given its userbase of 137 million subscribers. Did you know Youtuble and netflix together account for half the north american internet traffic?


That's deep. Apparently Netflix spend more on postage than bandwidth, times more.


From what we have discussed, I think netflix is currently doing and will continue to well in the foreseeable future, especially since it entered the original content production industry recently.


Yeah they released  original content in 2016, it's like another series or movie every other week.


In any case, thank you for the enjoyable chat. I look forward to seeing Netflix's Maniac.


You got it i enjoyed it have a wonderful week.


The Dr Sun Yat Sen garden must be really nice, I will sure visit it if I ever go to Vancouver


You're not an otter by chance? If so, please don't eat the fish there. They're quite expensive!


Im not an otter I think fish are safe with me lol, wow much are they worth? do you know?


Don't know the price, but usually their decorative, so rich people buy them. Did you know that freshwater fish drink water through their skin? Only saltwater fish drink through their mouths.


Ok so I googles the info and some koi fish can be sold for 10 thousand dollars, apparantly people in the park didnt always knew the value the fish had.


I understand their ignorance. After all, it's just a fish. Can they just breed new ones to replace the old ones? There is a breed of jellyfish that never dies of natural causes. I bet it gets tired of watching reruns on TV.


Yeah theres a lot we dont know about fish, for instance there is a breed of Jelly Fish that is immortal


I would get so bored. What does it do all day? Can it make new friends? Can they get divorced and remarry? So many questions! I wonder whether jellyfish can synthesize their own vitamin C. Humans can't.


I think its a really boring life, we should study them, those jelly fish might be then answer to many health problems and diseases.


I wonder whether jellyfish experience fear from hearing a frequency. Human beings feel fear when they hear a certain frequency.


I think they might feel it as well, humans are amazing though, we can regrow ribs in just 2 to 3 months and they will be as strong as the origianal ones.


And yet we still cannot synthesize vitamn C. It's amazing that we are the best distance runners among running animals. I guess that's why we've spread all over the planet.


I guess thats one of the mian reasons, we have also adapted for persistnace and that makes us a unique specie


We certainly are a bald species. We've lost our body hair, and that makes us distinct among mammals.


It definetely does to think that was 240000 years ago.


I do like listening to the radio, I like drama shows, what about you


I used to listen to the radio when I was younger. There's a web site with an archive of classic radio dramas. I wonder who listens to them. People from three generations ago would know these dramas, but I wonder how  many use the Internet.


I see thats interesting, I might have to search for that site later,  I like to watch TV drama better but theres some decent ones on the radio


Well, I've enjoyed chatting! Have a good day, and enjoy the radio dramas!


Hope you have a nice weekend and I will look for that website, that would be a fun weekend activity.


I am aware of that person but could tell you little else about her.


Apparently,  she used to be Paris Hiltons personal assistant.


She must have learnt everything she know from Paris.  I'm a little vague on what it is she does right now.


I am not sure as well.  Her family has a show keeping up with the kardashians and she is married to kanye west.  She might not do anything really.


Do you think they both purposefully went the route they did to get famous on purpose?


lol probably.  Anything to get famous I guess.  It's really sickening that her family and herself have had so much fortune and success and it seems like they dont do anything.  I have never seen their show or bought any of their products,  I dont want to contribute money to them.


You and me are on the same page here.  The whole reality TV thing is scrapping the bottom of the barrel.  Have you heard of the Bad Girls Club show?


No I never heard of it.  Another reality show,  rewarding bad behavior?  lol


I don't really get what the point of the show was other than to show some women being mean to each other.


Sounds dumb lol I dont know why shows like that make so much money,  something is wrong with america lol I understand if its actors and fiction like a show or movie,  but these producers are encouraging these women to talk about each other,  ridiculous.


On these shows people just go over the top to get screen time.  They don't really act that way, but everyone has to out do the other and be more shocking.  The more shocking you are the better.


Yeah,  Ive seen like a documentary on it,  the producers encourage them to act like that.


So I guess one of these people went too far and starting committing crimes.  Stealing a dead man's identity!


My understanding is that she acted as an escort, and when the guy died from an overdose she kept his debit cards and used them for her own means after his death.


Yeah,  pretty scandalous!  Geez I cant believe what some people will do.


I think we should forget about these people.  Here's something positive instead, UNICEF will donate a day of clean water for each minute you don't use your phone.  That feels better.


Thats amazing!  I hope that I contribute to that,  I dont really use my phone that often lol Definitely a positive story!


I just wonder how they would monitor it, I suppose it would have to be on the honor system?


hmm not sure.  its been great chatting though,  have a good one.


Hello!  Would you rather eat a fish or have one as a pet?


I think I'd rather eat them, although goldfish are known have lived up to 43 years! That is one old pet!


A 43-yr old goldfish would turns some heads. And since the seahorse is the only fish with a neck, is could turn their heads too.


Speaking of seahorse, have you ever seen a barrel eye fish. This fish has a transparent head. It should be called a "no-see horse".


Nice! Jellyfish are pretty transparent, and there is a breed of jellies that is immortal. So you can forever never see-ums!


That would be crazy to live forever. Jellyfish just have to make sure they don't get stranded during a tide. Since they are 98% water, they evaporate in the sun.


The very thought makes me thirsty' Yom know, freshwater fish only drink through their skin, but saltwater fish can also drink by mouth. But even if the fish is fully hydrated, if they wash up on the beach, they stink.


That's interesting that they only drink through their skin. That would be an interesting trait for a human. Apparently, humans are the only mammals that cannot breathe and swallow at the same time.


That would be a callange. Here is another challenging puzzle: the black swallower fish can eat prey ten times it's own weight. The trouble is, black swalower fish don't know how to weigh themselves...


The Black Swallower fish is essentially approaching infinity! That is a large amount! Speaking of large amounts, if you consider the entire history of earth as a 24 hour period, human history would only make up 1 minute and 17 seconds.


And since humans lost their body hair 240,000 years ago, they have been embarrassed for over a minute.


I never thought of it that way. Early hominins are in several ways more similar to ancestral non-human apes, are less often referred to as "human". I wonder what their hair was like.


One of the eternal mysteries of life. Here is another: There is a sound frequency that induces fear in human. How is it that my wife can sustain that frequency for days at a time.


It sounds a lot like my wife. It must be a female thing. I bet that's why goosebumps evolved. Goosebumps are an evolutionary trait used to make fur stand up to make an animal appear larger.


That thought gives me goosebumps. Fortunately, humans are also the best distance runners in the animal kingdom. So, when something big enough to give you goose bumps crosses your path, you can high tail it out of there and put some distance between you and the offender. This tactic does not work with wives. They know where you are going before you do.


That's true about wives. Did you know that human fingers contain no muscles and are controlled by muscles in the arm and palm by tendons? My wife must have very strong palm muscles because she is always pointing the finger at me.


Goosebumps again. Despite all our dialogue on wives' abilities, it is still true that women motivate us in positive ways also. Like the actor, Michael Caine, who only joined drama because he thought the girls were hot. The things we will do for a good woman.


I guess that's why they call it "Mad Men." John Hamm used to teach drama at his old high school. One of his students was Ellie Kemper, who played Erin from the office.


Nice. It is good to be a paid actor on a sit com, getting a regular pay check. Hugh Laurie, star of the show, House, pockets a cool $700k per episode. I need a new job...


That's a lot of money. My wife would probably spend it all. I would have to get a second job such as teaching. Patrick Stewart teaches master classes for drama students in the UK.


Make it so number 1. It's been nice chatting with you!


I'm good.  How are you doing this morning?


I'm doing pretty good, I just woke up a little bit ago and did some reading. I'm trying to learn to speed read. I want to beat Anne Jones record of 4,700 words per minute, but I don't think I'm going to get there.


That's cool.  I can speed read, but nowhere near that fast, though.  I'm trying to learn Braille, right now.


Oh wow that's pretty neat! Did you know that in the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels?


That's wild.  I was shocked to learn that silent reading is a recent pehenomenon and only the most skilled readers of the middle ages could read silently.


That's kind of weird, could you imagine going to the library with people all reading loudly. I would go insane!


It would drive me crazy too! Have you heard about the schools that replaced desks with "reading bicycles"?


I have not heard of that, but I think that's a great idea. It brings a new meaning to active learning!


It's a very good idea, they need more of them in every school. I read it made their test scores skyrocket.


I agree, that is amazing. Did you know that CS Lewis and Tolkien held "You Laugh You Lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry?


That would have been hilarious to see. Have you been to any concerts recently?


I haven't in awhile, but I am going to one next weekend though. I wish I could have seen the Ramones. They played a total of 2,263 concerts. That's touring almost non-stop for over 20 years!


That's alot of concerts.  Wow! I heard Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour.


That's pretty wild, I wonder why they turned that much down?


Some people have principals and can't be bought for any price.  I guess when they were done, they were done and no price would make them change their minds.  That's ok, I'm the same way. On a different note, do you like piano music?


I do, it's such a beautiful instrument. The hospital I work at has a piano in the lobby and people will come in and play it from time to time and I love just standing there listening to them play.


That's awesome, I love it too.  Did you know Richard Nixon wrote a piano concerto and performed it live on the Tonight Show?


I didn't know that. That's pretty amazing. Did you know that Freddie Mercury used the same piano to record "Bohemian Rhapsody" as Paul McCartney used to record "Hey Jude?"


What a priceless piano, probably just as valuable as a steam piano.  Did you know those once existed?


I didn't know that. That seems really interesting. I have heard that there was a grand piano built for the lounge of Hindenburg, it only weighed 356 lbs!


I didn't know that, I guess it got burned up in the fiery crash.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I've got to get to work, now.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


I don't really play music. I've heard that there is a song used for testing auto-pianos. It's too hard for human beings to play.


That what they said about Chopin's song... that only him could play and it was simply too difficult for anybody else :)


I wonder whether it's true that there is a piano on the top of Britain's highest mountain. That sounds hard to believe. Who put it up there, and why?


There is only one way to find out ;) when we're going ?


We can replace the piano with an aluminum one, like the one they used on the Hindenburg.


I guess that the lightest metal that cheap enough for building a piano. The piano was only 356 pounds. I wonder how much the piano at the top of the mountain in Britain weighs, and who tunes it.


I wonder if they transported that piano there in whole one piece or in smaller pieces and then assembled it ?


That's a good point. They could assemble it piece by piece. You'd have to have a piano expert climb up there as well. Maybe a helicopter? I wonder how high they can go.


I think the main question is... why... ;) lol :) why ! Who the hell wants to play piano after mountain climbing :) put a bar over there with warm wine ! :)


The piano is an old instrument, dating back to 1700. I think there must be some quirky fans out there. Why did they put the piano on top of the mountain? Because it was there.


"Why did you climb Mt. Everest?" "Because it was there"


yes, quite famous ! because their first album was so popular they played 324 concerts in 2001 alone :)


I can't imagine doing 324 in one year. They must have been pretty young to maintain that pace.


I bet they didn't tour that much in later years. It's quite grueling. The fans love it, but it's hard to have a normal life on the road.


I guess so, but who said famous musicians have normal life :)


That's true. I see that the Ramones did over 2000 concerts. 20 years of touring? That's tough. They would live in hotel rooms.


Wow... they probably didn't know any other life... it was one huge party ;)


I surprised they didn't just die from the constant stimulation.


I agree ;) all that booze and drugs after the concerts were probably not helping :) or were they... ? :) lol


I don't think they would remember the first 19.5 years of touring.


lol :) You're probably right !  Hey it was really nice chatting with You ! :)


I did not watch Oscar. I was indisposed. Did you watch them?


I watched here and there, they are getting worse and worse. I usually watch comedy central during that time


Comedy Central should host the Oscars. That would get rid of the Oscars once and for all.


For sure, it would actually be funny to watch. They would probably cancel it like 100 other shows were cancelled since 1989.


I think CC has probably had it in for comedy since the beginning.


My favorite show was Chappelle Show, they need to bring it back!


I think Dave ran off tp Africa or something.


Yea for sure, poor guy. Fame does that to some people they can't handle it. Ever seen Kung Fu Hustle?


I have never seen that movie, though I heard it is quite funny. Is it a comedy, right?


I heard that too, Bill Murray said it was comedy gold, I will have to check it out


I think Bill is puling somebodys leg. Bill is a kidder, he really is. I never met him but I heard things.


Ha, it is the ultimate joke! Ever seen 3rd rock from the sun?


Is that a reference to earth? I have seen the earth. LOL


lol! it was a show in the 90s that beat seinfeld one year at the golden globes


The fix was in then. There aint no way that Seinfield could lose that show. No WAY.


For sure, I think they won too many in a row it was time for another show to steal one year. It was funny from what I remember, but I don't know what it was about.


I think it was something about space aliens and two FBI fellows that hunt them for profit and sport.


I wish it was on netflix, I would watch again. That makes sense! Good chatting with you!


It has been a time, it has. I enjoyed the chat, thank you.


I love cars. Do you know when the drive thru was invented?


because soldiers were not allowed out of their cars in fatigues


Yes. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes because n the old cars there used to be wooden trunks


Yeah. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


Yes, Do you know how Mardenborough became a professional driver?


Yeah. In South Africa you are allowed to put flame throwers in the car


Yeah. Do you have a favorite king of shoes?


I love runners. Did you know shoes were better 5000 years ago than now?


Yeah it seem. Ballet dancers spend a lot on shoes


Yeah. Do you know how you can keep your shoes fresh?


Yes you can actually put tea bags in them to keep them smelling fresh


Yeah. Did you know Steve SMith leaves his shoes on the field after the games?


Yes to raise awareness for the homeless without shoes


Are you familiar with MS-13?  I can't believe someone filmed the slaying of a 15-year-old-girl.


yeah heard that horrible incident . Cant imagine the torture the girl went through


It's sick - MS-13 is all one needs to realize we need to control our southern border better.   Ms. Romero should never see the light of day again.


Iraheta didnt even regret for what happened she stabbed Damaris 13 times


I know, that's hard to absorb.  I really feel for that girl.  No one should EVER go through that.  So sick.  How about a new topic?


how about cars  do you know that Bent invented Car


I don't think so.  I am grateful that McDonald's invented the drive-thru in 1974.  It helped out soldiers as well as lazy people like me.


yes US adopted Cars much faster than the rest of the world


I can see that... The US has lots of space to transverse,  It's funny that trunks are called that because back in the day, people literally but trunks there.


back in days polo shirts are invented for tennis ..  some things have weird history


Yeah, they should be called "tennis shirts".


In china they once wore as many shirts to pop the collars ... was fashion that time should have been very stuffy


Funny.  I like the business attire in Hawaii - aloha shirts.


sure fun and relaxing work costume indeed .. they can celebrate vacation in office


I feel for ballet dancers... They can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week.  Poor feet...


it may cost of fortune . Sometime old shoes perform better than modern ones


Ii heard that a pair of 5,000-year-old shoes actually performed better than modern shoes.


5000 is pretty much antique  and may smell really bad , may be a truck full of tea bags needed to remove the odor.


Hah.  Yea.  Well I've got to go have my car fitted with a flame-thrower like they do in S, Africa to prevent carjacking.  Give a whole new dimension to road rage.


Hi there! I do! I love watching the Olympic events. How about you?


Same here. I do not swim that much but I occasionally go to the pool every once and a while. I also enjoy watching swimming in the olympics;


Did you know Cornell students are actually required to pass a basic swim test before they can graduate?


I think that that is a good idea! Native Americans also introduced the British to the front crawl.


Yeah because they were faster at swimming. The Brits only knew how to use the breaststroke.


Yep, I bet that they were very surprised when they got beat by them!


I'm not, though! I don't know how swimmers in the Olympics can swim so fast doing the breaststroke. Have you heard of the one where athletes actually swim with the hands and feet bound?


I have not but the only stroke that they could do would be dolphin kicks!


Yeah, it's a competitive event where they basically swim like dolphins!


There is also a banned swimsuit that 94% of all swimming race winners wore it!


I think it was 94% of the swimming events at the 2008 Olympics were won in it, so they chose to ban it. That's crazy! Must be super light weight.


Or they might feature some high tech technology. America has as many gold medal swimmers as the rest of the world combined.


Did you know humans can hold their breath underwater within weeks of birth?


Wow, I did not know that! Humans may have also only lost their body hair 240 000 years ago.


That's crazy! Apparently, humans are also the best distance runners of all running animals.


Really? I thought it would be another one like the cheetah's.


I think cheetahs are obviously much faster, but we can run marathons, not sprints.


True, there is also a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


Yeah, I wonder if that's why horror movies tend to use the same music? Anyway, it's been fun talking to you!


I guess that is why. Nice chatting with you!


Hi, no I'm not a huge fan. I barely watch basketball, but I do know all the famous players.


Nice. Do I am assuming you know Reggie Miller then?


I don't know about him that well, but I have heard of him.


He is a super talented NBA player but as good as he was, his sister was always better. THe woman broke 8 national records


Yes, I know! It's so cool, but kind of sad since Reggie seemed to always live in his sister's shadow while they were in high school.


Yeah that is true. How about Iverson, do you like him?


I'm neutral on Iverson, but I do have to admit he is a very astute businessman. Getting the Reebok contract was a very smart move.


Thagt is very true. $800 000 every year until he is 55 and then $32 million sounds pretty sweet


Yeah, it sure does! Do you play any basketball yourself? If so, have you ever tried the "granny style"?


I have actually and I am fine with it so I do not understand why the players think is funny and do not use it


Yeah I know! I've done it a time or two myself (I was taught how to in high school) so that is quite funny about what the NBA players think about it.


Yeah, that is true. Have you ever bought Air Jordan shoes?


No, I usually buy regular sneakers (I've actually never owned a pair of basketball shoes), but it is cool that Nike offered to pay the fine whenever Michael Jordan wore them on the court.


Yeah they must have made lots of money on sales to be able to afford the fine every single time


Yeah, that was really nice of them to offer considering that basketball players are the highest paid athletes (hence Jordan could have paid the fines himself).


True. DO you use google much when you search the internet?


Yes, Google is my primary search engine.


Cool, me too. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes, they calculate traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road. I also find it funny that they once used hundreds of live goats to help mow the lawns around their headquarters.


They are such a creative company really. Good for them. It was nice chatting with you.


I'm great. Do you follow basketball at all?


A little. I don't watch many games. Do you know much about it? I would love to learn more since I don't quite understand some things about it.


What I see is a lot of money. NBA players are the highest paid athletes on average.


That seems to make sense. I wonder if many hold onto it though. There seems to be a lot of fines in pro sports. Do you know how many teams are in the NBA?


I think there are about 30. I haven't checked in a while. The draw to go pro is strong because of the earnings. I would not have done what Tim Duncan did: sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


I think that was really smart on his part. A career in pro sports only lasts for so long and unless you become a household name endorsements aren't guaranteed. It becomes necessary to have a backup plan and he went about it in a good way.


If he got injured in college, he might never have a chance to play for money. But I bet he could get a college education later on. I personally wouldn't roll the dice.


I think everyone always plans to go back to college but few really go. I think the podcast some guys made of his decisions sensationalized the whole thing.


Seeing how much money is at stake, I understand the interest. Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok for $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55. Not everyone gets that of course, but the chance to do so is very tempting.


Money is always going to be a tempting motivator especially since most of these players are so young. At that age you think you are invincible and millions of dollars are starting to seem like a dream come true.


Do you use Google a lot? It's an interesting company.


I use google all the time. I like their platforms. They seem to be a lot more innovative than apple.


They are more innovative, but Apple understands luxury brand marketing. Google used goats to keep its lawns neat and clean. I can't imagine Apple doing that.


Not really. Apple seems more concerned about appearances. I like that they have an unofficial slogan of Don't be evil. Seems like a good company motto.


There are indispensable these days. When the search engine went down for five minutes in 2013, 40% of web traffic disappeared.


Wow. No wonder search engines like Bing are always trying to pair with popular sites and people to try and get their name out there.


They don't have a chance really. Bing tries, Microsoft tries. It's just not the same.


Not even remotely. Google always has the best results when you are looking into something. Not to mention all their productivity apps. Google calendar is fantastic.


I haven't used Google calendar. I'll have to take a look at it. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


Yes it has been quite enlightening. Hopefully we both learned quite a bit.


How's it going, do you follow basketball? There's a lot of speculation on Jabari Parker's fututre


Hi there!  Yes I follow basketball.  What is his contract status?


Well he's suppose to hit free agency next season and the Bucks have to decide if they want to resign him


Out of the 30 teams in the NBA, I wonder who he would sign with if he hits free agency?


Yea, he's a pretty good player so I'm sure he will have many suitors from the 30 NBA teams


Did you hear about the big lifetime endorsement deal that Allen Iverson signed?


Yea, Iverson get's 800,000 a year until he's 55 then 32,000,000


That is a sweet deal.  He's lucky.  Physicists proved that my favorite shot "the granny shot" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points from the free throw line.


I can see that, I did make more shots shooting granny style as a kid


lol  Did you ever own a pair of Air Jordan's?  They were banned by the NBA but Michael Jordan wore them anyway because Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game he wore them.


Yea I've had a couple pairs of Air Jordans, I guess I helped to pay MJ's NBA fines


LOL Nice!  Tim Duncan sacrificed money to stay in college for 4 years instead of directly going to the NBA.  I think he did that as a promise he had made to his grandmother.


Nice, I should Google what college Duncan went to. Did you know a single google search uses more computing power than it did to send Neil Armstrong to the moon?


That's pretty incredible.  I liked how google used live goats one time to mow the lawns around their headquarters.


I wonder how long Google used goats to mow their lawns and how many goats they had


It had to be alot.  lol  Do you use google maps?


Yes but I don't care for their traffic, I don't know how reliable it is to use other android devices to calculate the traffic


I've been led off course a few times using it.  There's a reservoir by me where they show an old road that used to be there still be active and it literally takes you right across the lake. lol  On Aug. 2013 google went down for about 5 minutes and took 40 percent of the web traffic with it.  I don't remember that.


Me neither. Did you know google maps tailors it's claims to countries that have border disputes?


I didn't know that.  Google was founded in 1998.  I could have swore I used google before then.  Guess my memory isn't that good.


Maybe. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Hey there!  Have you heard about this crazy "condom-snorting challenge?"


I have not, although it does sound a bit inappropriate. What is it about?


It's another one of those social media challenges that kids are doing now.  Apparently it involves a condom going into your nose and out of your mouth.  All this just to get more views on YouTube.  Crazy isn't it?


Ah, just another trend. I personally would never do this just for views or subscribers. I am not that desperate.


I know right?  Apparently the challenge has been around since 2007 but gained renewed popularity when someone posted a youtube video of themselves doing it to Taylor Swift'


In my opinion, the very best challenge was the alas ice bucket challenge. Bill Gates even made a youtube video on that one.


Sorry, last comment should have said Taylor Swift's song 22.  Yeah, youtube can be a positive thing.  Considering it's audience.  Heard that it's the second largest search engine on the net.  You use YouTube much?


I do. You yourself? And I believe that google is the largest search engine, although Youtube is owned by Google if I am not mistaken.


Didn't realize it was Google owned.  Yeah, I'm on it all the time.  Mostly looking up music videos.  Calms my kids ironically.  My littlest loves Gangnam Style.


Ah, I also loved that back when it came out although I was too old to laugh at it. The song baby now has less dislikes than the 15 million dislikes of the latest youtube rewind


Ha!  I'm definitely not a Bieber fan.  Maybe I'm not so hip anymore.  My kids are Swifties.  Always listening to Taylor Swift.


Ah, I also listen to her as well. Taylor Swift walks backwards to avoid having her photo taken.


That's pretty funny.  Do you remember when Kanye interrupted her at the Grammys?  Thought that was pretty rude.


Interupting anyone is rude. Her third album made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number one song on the hot country songs chart


I keep forgetting she used to be country.  Think Love Story was her big crossover hit?


Probably, I really enjoyed that. What is your favorite Taylor Swift song?


Maybe You Belong to Me?  I think she could release anything and it would become a hit!


Especially her shake it off song. I think she really started to take off from there.


I always wonder how today's stars would do if things like youtube weren't around.  I remember calling my friends on the phone to tell them about new songs.  Now days you can just electronically share things.


That is youtube, the second largest search engine, for you. Police have their own version of youtube called blutube.


That's pretty cool.  I gotta check that out.  Gotta head out.  Nice chatting with you.


Me too! I didn't realize it's the second largest search engine!


The worst video on youtube is Justin Bieber's music videos


I would agree! YouTube started in 2005, 14 years ago already!


Its amazing how far and how fast they have come. Its the biggest streaming media service on the internet


Wow! Google bought Youtube for 1.65 billion!


Smart business decision. I was the biggest and most frequent viewer of Psy's Gangnam Style song


They had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits after that video!


The police have their own version of Youtube.


I didn't know that. Or, that Netflix and youtube make up half of peak internet traffic.


Are you a fan of Taylor Swift by chance?


A little bit. She removed her music from spotify.


WIth all her grammy awards I guess she can be picky where her music is played nowadays


That's true! She owns a $40 million jet!


I always hate Kanye West for how disrespectful he was towards her


That was obnoxious and apparently he did an snl skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows... 2 years before the infamous taylor swift incident.


She is always at the top of  the charts when she releases a song


Sure is! She once accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the canadian itunes charts!


I accidentally came across it once and was left scratching my  head as to what it was exactly.


Time to go listen to some of her music now.


Yes I Love Led Zeppelin. I can't believe they formed back in 1968, that was so long ago


For sure, Jimmy Page was my favorite, he could really shred the guitar!


Yes he was the man. The drummer John Bonham was also a legend. It's too bad that he died


For sure, I liked the song black dog, it was about a black dog wandering around the studio, lol!


That's awesome I never knew that! I love the song When the Levee Breaks too, did you know that in the movie Argo they digitally altered the needle drop of the record player so that it would hit the correct spot on that record