I know right? It has been around awhile but seems to always be changing.


It really does.  People use it a lot and like it.  Combined with netflix it makes up half the peak internet traffic in the country.


I'm not surprised. I like to look up music on there myself. Interesting at how much bandwidth it uses too.


Music is one of my favorites to look up as well as do it yourself videos/educational videos.  Did you know the police have their own youtube?


Really? I didn't know they did. I do like to use youtube to look up do it yourself videos especially in fixing emergencies.


I hear you there!  Yeah, the police have a youtube called blutube.  They share their videos on it with each other.  I'm not sure if people other than them can access it.


That's pretty cool. I would of never guessed it. I have noticed though craft videos seem to be on the rise for youtube.


I guess people like them more than they like Justin Beiber. His video, baby, is the most hated on youtube.


I really can't stand Justin Beiber. Could you imagine if youtube had been created during the time of the boybands? It would of broken the internet probably lol.


There definitely would have been a lot of traffic on the site lol!  Not only would there be a lot of watching music videos but a lot of videos uploaded paying tribute to the bands.


lol I am sure there are somewhere on there by die hard fans that still exist. Years from now I am sure kids will be looking at the stuff on youtube that is popular now and wondering what was wrong with our generations.


They probably will wonder why we wanted to learn how to do so many things ourselves!  I mean, especially since only 7% of people read the full terms when buying something online.  It would seem like people care but then again they don't.


Everyone is in a rush. I am guessing the videos make it go faster. Although youtube is helpful as a visual aid. Did you know there is one children's show that is done by a retired airforce serviceman? His show is widely popular especially among children with autism.


No I didn't know that.  That is really great! I'll have to look that up later.  That's what makes youtube great.  The fact the people can upload their own videos, even though some could be weird- tribute to boybands for example, others like the children's show are wonderful.


Yeah it is amazing. That show is called Blippi. From the comments on his videos he has really helped children and seems to be a good addition to the youtube site. Hopefully youtube will continue to be more helpful than harmful.


Hopefully so.  It's things like that that make people glad the internet exists.  And it's a perfect example of why the current library of alexandria has a copy of the internet saved.


That is amazing they have a copy of that. I didn't even know they did that.


Yep, they have one saved in case the internet is destroyed.


Did you hear about April, the giraffe, who might be pregnant again?


I heard a little bit about that. She is a YouTube star.


Her owners decided to live stream her pregnancy.  That was why she became famous because many people viewed it.


Yes. Some people complained about nudity and sexual content.


Now I want to see what it is all about.  April is supposed to be nude anyway - it is an animal.


Right. Animal rights activists were probably behind it. Though I wonder why it wouldn't be good publicity to bring awareness to giraffes.


They might be religious people not animal rights activists.


They couldn't stop April from being broadcasted. Millions of people tuned in and it was called the most anticipated birth since Prince George.


That was funny that the media compared it to the birth of Prince William's oldest child. I am more interested in the giraffe, actually.


Her park was makng money off her fame but it still went out of business.


Where is April now? Where is Oliver who is 10 years younger than April?


Sorry, actually, it was Toys R Us that went out of business (they had tried to profit off of the giraffe), not the park. I wonder if the giraffe was actually pregnant again?


Oh, okay.  It had 870,000 views. That was a lot.


It's funny how much we live stream random things these days.


Because of YouTube.  I did not know that YouTube was created in California.  I thought it was created in England because of the word "tube".


The first YouTube video uploaded was a guy talking about an elephant. Boy, we do love our animals!


I guess so. I also did not know that Youtube is owned by Google.  Do you know?


No, I did not know that. And also three PayPal employees created it.


There are so many smart young people out there.  Three employees getting together?


Right. It seems like only a few large companies own everything.


I agree with you.  Google owns almost everything.


It will be interesting to see what kind of sectors they go into next.


Hey do you like dogs? I think they're awesome!


They are man's best friends for a reason


They're also related to wolves. Dogs are the most widely abundant carnivores too.


It must be because human and dogs have evolved together for so long that we are incredibly in sync


Yeah I just didn't know that there were 12 different dog blood types. That's incredible and so is the fact that they do dog blood drives


I mean dogs are unique to human in that people are willing to go through surgery and blood transfusions to keep them alive unlike flushing goldfish


Haha that's a good point. I like the idea of using stray dogs to grab recycle bottles and giving them a treat for that. That's a good use of stray dogs haha they do that in Istanbul


Does the us have a lot of stray to do the same thing?


I think it does. Especially in big cities. I like knowing that Google prefers dogs instead of cats. They put it in their code of conduct apparently


Did you know that dog can learn thousands of words and can reason better than chimps?


Oh that's great. What is weird is that dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to understand pointing


I can see why dogs understand after being with humans so long but elephants? Perhaps they do it in the wild with their noises


Maybe humans lift with elephants and use them as dogs back in the day haha. Did you know that dogs are not actually colorblind?


I still don't think they can see as many color as people though


No you're right. Do you ever watch dramas? Have you ever seen the show House


I do like it a lot. I guess Hugh Laurie was paid like $700,000 per episode. I can think of a lot of fun things to do with all that money haha


Wow, I bet he bought an expensive pet with all that money at the very least


Haha maybe he did. Do you have any pets? We used to have a dog


Haha tell me about this jumping spider? currently in Colorado you don't own a pet you instead are there Guardian. That's a negligable difference


Hello, I sure do. Have you ever seen House MD, the tv drama?


Oh I love that show and I really like Lauire, he was making $700 000 per episode


No wonder, he was great in it. Do you like Jim Carrey, the comedian?


I love him he is so funny. Do you know why he does not do dramas anymore?


Yes it has to do with the fact that they do not portray positivity . Good for him


Yeah he knows what he wants it seems. How about Michael Caine, do you know why he became an actor?


Hahaha yes all the pretty girls were in drama class, what a guy really


Yeah. And Jon Hamm , who is so funny, used to be a drama teacher in a high school


Yeah and one of his students was Ellie Kempes. SHe is just too funny


Haha I guess he was good at passing his charisma to the students. Do you have any pets?


I have two cats and a dog. Did you know dogs have 12 types of blood?


Wow that is a lot. I had heard there are blood drives for dog blood


That is neat, dogs helping dogs. In Istanbul they have a machine that if you feed it plastic bottle dispenses food and water for strays


Wow that is so creative. Dogs and elephants can both understand pointing, so smart


Yeah so cool. Google is also a dog company, they have it in their code of conduct.


I like that, they are awesome. Did you know dogs are not colorblind as we are made to believe?


Yes they just do not see as many colors as we do, but not colorblind


Exactly. Did you know the first cloned pet was named copy cat?


Hahaha how fitting. Roosevelt has 20 pets and among them a bear and a hyena


Wow good for him. I wonder if they roamed around the white house


I used to play nintendo when I was younger. You?


Same here.  I go all the way back to the original Atari. lol  It's illegal for kids 16 and under in South Korea to play video games past midnight.  Weird law.  lol


Perfect!  A parent-frindly law if I ever heard one!  Video games used to be called "cathode ray tube amusement devices."   I can see why that name never caught on...


I never knew that!  A game desinger named Jane McGonigal calculated that as a planet we play 3 billion hours of video games a week.  Wow that's a lot of time.


If we played while on a stationary bike, imagine how much healthier we all would be!


Right!  I never knew that Tom Hanks' brother Jim does Woody's voice in video games and merchandise.


Awesome! Spread the work around the family!  Stephen Fry did the narration for little big planet, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, and harry potter video games... I wonder if he has a brother too?


Nice!  Did you ever play Mario Brothers?


Absolutely!  I started playing Supermario Bros back when Mario was too small to have a mouth, and thus sports his prominent mustachio!


Awesome!  Super Mario Brothers remains the highest grossing non-bundled video game!


Yeah, I heard it grossed about $1.7 billion... Not bad for game!


Cha-ching!  I remember Mario first showing up in Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. is the only game in which Mario appears as the villian.


Must have been a bad hair day!  Did you know that the same guy has done  all the music for all the mario bros games?


I didn't know that.  There is a screen shot on the Super Mario Brothers 3 box that isn't in the game.  I never noticed that.  I think if I remember right there was a lot of yellow on the box.


Lots of yellow everywhere in that world!  It is hard to believe that the game first came out in 1983 for arcades. Things certainly have changed over the years, in both video games and television!


Makes me feel old to think it's been that long.  I used to love watching "That 70s show" when it was out.  Now I'll watch it on Netflix.


Have you ever watched the UK remake? I heard it was awfull...


I haven't seen it.  What was the name of it so I can look it up?


Thanks!  I'm going to go look for it now.  Thanks for chatting!


Hi, how are you? Do you play video games?


Hi! yes I do! love them. Have you every tried virtual reality games?


No, not really I tried some playstation games long ago. I never played FIFA, which is a game that has longevity.


I haven't tried virtual reality yet, seems like it would be very strange lol. But I hear they are fun.


The old headset units gave people headaches. The resolution was low. I would rather play the old-style games, like Grand Theft Auto


True! I love Grand Theft Auto, it has come a long way since it first came out. I liked how the original one could be popped into a cd player and it would play the soundtrack!


The game had great music. The PS has a lot of flexibility and power. The DoD build a supercomputer about of 1760 PS 3s. The cheaper solution chosen by the DoD! Surprising.


Wow, that's interesting! Playstations are used for so many things, like how the Ps3's are used to search for black holes, pretty crazy. Not surprising how popular they are seeing how the Ps 4 sold 80 million consoles in only 24 hours.....


Soon PSs will have the ability to do everything, maybe even be a smart phone. Do you know why New York has the area code 212?


I would not doubt that Playstations could eventually be used as smart phone, they do so many other things lol, I love my smart phone when I got a new one recently....I did not know that, I wonder why?


NY's area code is 212 because it was the shortest one to dial on a rotary phone. The only place to find rotary phones now is in a museum. The cables carrying all the data across the bottom of the oceans are less than 3 inches thick!


Oh wow! That's interesting for sure. Telephone have come a long way in just a few years, I remember the rotary dial phones and using phonebooth's lol seems like a lifetime ago. Just like iPhones, they have major computing power.


People spend a lot of time on their phones now. I wonder how effective UNICEFs program to get people off their cell phones has been.


I know! Everyone is always on their phones and it's kinda sad. I hope that UNICEF is getting clean water to those kids in need! Hopefully it is working.


If people can control themselves, I see little water going to the kids.Are you a fan of comedy?


The kids deserve fresh water, I hope it is working. I was just talking to someone on the phone about a comedy movie I saw recently, which is older but very funny. I love Jack Black! I guess he was originally going to be in The Green Lantern!


Jack Black as Green Lantern? I guess it would have to be a comedy. He has done a range of roles though.


He does, and it was originally supposed to be a comedy. But I guess someone had a better idea! I like older comedy like Saturday Night Live back when Bill Murray, Dan Akroid and John Belushi were one it. Do you like Comedy?


Comedy is a great genre. I think it's difficult to be funny. I like the fact that the programming language Python is named after Monty Python.


Comedy s the best, I agree. And wow, that is really interesting! I love Monty Python. I really like 3rd Rock from the Sun there for awhile but don't watch it much anymore.


Comedy is great when done right. Too often, it's done wrong. Comedy Central has canceled over 100 shows since 1989. Well, it's been nice chatting!


That's interesting! It has been great! Bye!


Hello. I am doing good and yourself?  Do you have an iphone by chance?


I'm doing good too. I do have an iPhone. What about you?


i don't, i have an android but i've heard that iphones have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


I've heard that too which is kind of scary stuff.


It really is.  Phones are wonderful inventions though.  Just think about it. They convert sound into electrical signals.


I can't imagine not having a phone. New York's area code is 212 because this was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


Is that right?  I wonder what the rest of the country thought about that when area codes were decided.


Not too sure. The cables carrying phone and data lines across the ocean are only 2.7 inches thick and just lay on the ocean floor.


That's incredible that all of that information travels in lines so small!


I agree! It's impossible to separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together.


You know, I've actually heard that before. I guess it would have to be too very thick phone books for that to be.


I saw that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


That's a great program! I'd like to find out more about it. Do you know how to sign up or anything like that?


I do not. Do you like the movie Jumanji?


i like the original with Robin Williams and Bonnie Hunt.  It was good!


I do too! The boy from Jumanji was the voice of chip in Beauty and the Beast.


I didn't know that.  That's cool.  Oh, hey, I do know that Bradley Pierce did the original voice of miles on sonic the hedgehog.


I didn't know that. Jumanji had an opening weekend in the US of $36 million.


That's pretty good for something that started out as a children's book in 1981!


I think so too. Tim Curry is the voice of slick in the Jumanji cartoon.


I like him.  The movie is taken from a book by Chris Van Allsburg and he also wrote the movie so I bet that's why it's so good.


Hi yeah I did, I liked it too. The guy who did the voice in the movie is also chip in Beauty and the Beast


Nice that is pretty cute. TIm Curry does the voice of Slick in the cartoon version


Oh awesome. The movie paid The Rock 20$ million, that is a lot of money


Wow that is and the total budget was $91 so he got a good chunk


Yeah that is true. Do you use your phone much?


All the time. Did you ever use a rotary phone?


No I did not but I guess it took forever just to place a call with those phones


Yeah and that is the reason why the NY area code is 212, quick to call


Yeah exactly Did you ever use a phone book too?


No I have not but I heard if two of them get stuck together, you cannot separate them


WOw I want to try that actually. Unicef donated clean water when you don not use your hpone


Wow that is amazing. iPhones have more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent


That is a lot but they do need a lot of it to get so many things done at once


I do . I heard they have a secret room where only celebrities are allowed


That is kind of unfair. Do you know who makes the most money among celebrities?


I know that Judge Judy makes a ton of money, over $123000 per episode


Yeah that is a lot but LeBron makes more than her so I wonder how much more that is


Yeah, the guy is everywhere now. Do you know who Carol Burnett is?


yeah she is the first celebrity that actually appeared in Sesame Street


Good morning!  Have you ever heard of the game called cricket?


I have, It is a game played by two teams with eleven players on each team. They use a ball and a bat to play the game.


Nice!  Australia have won 45% of all cricket World Cups!


they have also been in 63% of all the finals and have won 71% of those appearances.


Awesome!  The longest match in cricket history took place in 1939.  Do you know who the two teams were and for how long it lasted?


I do, it lasted 14 days and was played by South Africa and England.


Whew.  That has to be one of the longest games of all time.  lol  There is a pro indian cricket player named Napoleon Einstein!


interesting. There used to be a team from Compton and they won the British cup twice.


What are the odds of that?  Do you follow any celebrities?


Some, lets talk about celebrities next. The movie Aladdin and robin Williams started the tread of voices being performed by celebrities.


I loved those movies.  Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.


Judge Judy makes a lot of money per episode, she receives 123,000 per show.


Nice!  Have you ever heard of the celebrity TV chef from Ehtiopia who believes he can combat his country's hunger problems by encouraging everyone to eat more diverse foods?


I have not. there is a secret room at Pixar studios that celebrities like to visit.


I have't heard of him either.  lol  I wonder what they keep in that room?  Did you know that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone?  Sounds like a good thing to do.


I did not, lets talk about the Telephone next. The reason why New York's area code is 212 is because when they used rotary phones it was the fastest number to dial.


That's an interesting fact.  It's impossible to separate 2 phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together.  I don't think I've used a phone book in years now since I have had a cell phone.


I would think they would be huge, but the cables used on the ocean floor are only 2.7 inches in diameter


I'm surprised one of the cables haven't been pinched by a lobster.  An iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm deterrent.


interesting, the cables not only carry phone data but they also carry internet.


Yes, I am He has a great Tv show called Atlanta have you ever heard of it?


No but I recently saw one of his videos and immeidately became a fan


He's a pretty good rapper, He definitely knows how to make a stage performance fun.


Yes I definitely am what about you. Whats your favorite film in the serious


Me too empire strikes back is most definitely my favorite its an absolute masterpiece.


Eight of the movies in the Star Wars series have been nominated for Academy Awards


Are you a fan of any of the newer ones that have recently been released?


Not so much. As I have gotten older, I have found a greater appreciation for the classics.


This is very true, even though film technology keeps getting better they will never be able to recreate the same magic from the classics


I think Empire Strikes Back was the best one of all time


George Lucas made history and has influenced many film makers


The Force Awakens gave the series a new identity in 2015 I think


Solo: a star wars story didnt receive as much promotion last year as many of the other releases


Yeah, it was seen as a flop in comparison to other Star Wars films among some of the critics.


Do you know what the total value of the franchise was estimated at in 2018?


I would think it would be in the billions?


It was estimated at right around 65 billion


Do you believe all the reporting on the Russian nerve agent used to assassinate a former Russian spy? Don't answer that. Who knows who is listening?


ha ha, Not sure Russia claims they were framed. if thats true they would be the perfect patsy since it's only made in Russia.


Who can believe anything the media reports these days?  The Russian state media have been ending over backwards trying to explain it away, Putin said they had destroyed all their chemical weapons, so it couldn't be them, and conspiracy theories abound. Makes one's head spin from all the media spinning!


I feel you! Some spokesman for Russia claimed that other countries had it as well but who really knows. On a different note Astronauts in space (they say) apparently have faster internet than most Americans.


How would they know? Who measures this stuff? Sounds as phony as the excuses Russia gave for when they denied shooting down a Malaysian airliner in 2014.


Well people are out numbered by software as far as the inter-web is concerned. Finland believes all its citizens have a right to the internet.


Yeah, but what will they learn? There is a concerted effort to overwhelm the airwaves with digital pollution, it makes finding the truth ever more difficult.


Apparently the word Censorship is banned in China. I guess that's one way to go!


The best place to find truth these days... is the hamburger button, those three-line menu icon on most websites and in many apps. The truth is out there...


X-Files....haha. This Government shut down is ridiculous. Nothing new though it shut down 3 times in one year once.


In Texas, the government only meet every other year, so Fed Government shutdown is over-hyped.  If the government shuts down again, I'll just go climb Mount Everest and take a selfie and upload it to my Facebook page, after all, there is 3g service at the top of the mountain!


Too Funny! Apparently Harvard scientist stored a gif animation in the dna of bacteria, and they say our tax dollars are going to waste. this is just what we need.


Oh, it is mystifying! And it is ironic that the Library at Alexandria has a save copy of the internet in case the internet burns down, yet I cannot find my library card, so, I'm out of luck.


Queensland values it's rabbits so much that you can't have one unless your a magician/licensed.


I guess rabbit fritters are a no-go then?  Oh well, I;ll have to stick to clicking links...I'm addicted to link-clicking. My wife wears a computer mouse as a necklace just to keep me interested.


I gotta speak to wife about this maybe i'll start clicking some links. Apparently theres a coach in the NFL who use to be a Rocket scientist.


Yeah, but his team was always out of fuel! I guess this is not the same scientist that walked on the moon?  Once you walk on the moon, being a football coach would seem like a let-down...but it probably pays better.


I was not aware the J.P Morgan bailed out the government.


He should have left them in jail, in my opinion. They are not as productive as other world leaders. Akihito, the Emperor of Japan is a scientist who still publishes papers. I think he wrote an article of how, ever since the nuclear reactor meltdown in Japan, there sushi stays fresh longer...


Thanks. Good talking with you my friend.


Do you follow the Earth? It has been around for a long time. Longer than the govt. Longer than the Bible.


I've heard that the first day only lasted 5.5 hours. I'm glad we have much longer than that in a day now


I think the work day will soon get to be 20 hours if the day keeps getting longer. Maybe we could go back to 6 hours. That would be good.


Or more days off. I've heard that by the end of this century, we won't have helium anymore


That will be a bummer for kids parties. No balloons? No funny voices? Then what?


Maybe it'll be available on the black market for a high price. Like a walk through the forrest will be since over 80 percent have already been destroyed


Forests are disappearing. We will soon. Its fate.


Maybe the aliens will contact by then. The United Nations has an ambassador in place if such thing occurs


Goodness, what a silly job. I wonder what that person does all day.


Maybe he/she has an interesting in astronomy. Or maybe they research the earth's history


Just stare at the heavens and wonder. Then go back to updating their Facebook page. Maybe read the Bible for prophecy.


If he/she was in elementary school in the US before 1963, they would likely have read the Bible already since it was required in many schools


The alien prophecies in the middle chapters of the Bible could come in handy then.


Maybe those sections you're referring to are what Thomas Jefferson cut out of his version of the Bible


He didn't like the superstitious alien-invasion part. Michael Bay would like that though.


Maybe the aliens plan on returning to the Etemenanki in Iraq. Some think that's what the Tower of Babel is based on


I would like to see that place. It would be interesting. Maybe the alien visitors would start there.


It would be cool to see? Do you think they like apples? Or the confusion might be that the world is interchangeable with that of "evil" in Latin


Eve ate evil then? Is Eve short for Evil? LOL. I guess language changes. The alien visitors will straighten it all out for us, if the UN ambassador does his job right.


Only two of our Presidents haven't sworn into office on the Bible. I wonder what they used instead


Probably the Constitution. The aliens would not approve but then again, they showed up late to the party. Anyhow, thanks for the chat. Have a good night.


I wonder how long a performance of just the highlights of Wagner's Ring cycle would be?


I'm not sure but would be interesting to find out. Do you like Orchestra music?


It's okay. I like classical music, unlike those teenagers in Australia, being driven away from a shopping center because they're playing classical music!


That is crazy they were driven away for that. I love Pink Floyd. In the 70s they recorded a live concert with no audience!


That's fantastic! I'll bet the people at the Creed concert in 2002 wish they'd done the same. Can you imagine a show so bad you want to sue the band?


I can only imagine, that had to have been really really bad! I like creed though too, so can't see how that happened.


I've never seen them. I hate that I missed seeing the Ramones. They toured constantly and they never came close enough to me.


Yeah that would be a fun concert. I can't believe they toured non stop for 20 years, that is tiring.


And they often hated each other. Still, that constant touring has to be awful. I can't imagine doing a show every night, like Linkin park did in 2001. I mean, they had a few days off, but still. That's a lot of shows.


Way too much for normal people, I don't see how they do it. Very sad we won't have any new Linkin Park music with the death of the lead singer. So it's good they got a lot of concerts while they could


That is terribly sad. Do you prefer concerts in big arenas or nightclubs?


I've been to both and like the big arena perhaps a little more. How about you? Much more fun. Though a nightclub can be more close up and personal


I love smaller shows. I went to one in someone's living room once. It was really memorable and weird.


I bet that was awesome to experience. Do you like any classical music?


I do. I prefer the secular kind, rather than the liturgical. What about you?


I too like the secular kind as well. It is interesting to learn that classical music concerts really got the audience loud and wild. For classical music you would think everyone is quiet.


I'd love to see a wild classical concert! I'd quite like to hear some computer composed classical music. I've read that that's happened.


Agree I may have to find some computer composed classical music and take a listen. It is cool how they use the classical music to deter crimes  in public places.\


Music soothes the savage beast. It would certainly make me less likely to vandalize. Not that I would, mind you, but I imagine it would be quite calming.


I agree they have a study showing that it resulted in fewer assaults and robberies. That is pretty cool.


It is. I'd like to go to a place where classical music is just piped in throughout the city.


They should play it throughout every cities across every country maybe we could have more world peace.


I agree! Maybe not Wagner everywhere, though. It's quite dramatic stuff.


Probably need to stick to the liturgical classical music instead :)


Are you interested in knowing about the earth?


I don't think about the earth that much but it's an amazing place. I don't feel I have time in the mere 24 hours in a day. But when Earth first formed, a day was only 5,5 hours long.


There were also way more natural forests! Now 80% of it has been destroyed.


And that's all because of us humans right?


Well mostly yes, but it could also be because of natural reasons including the 71% of Earth's surface that is covered in water.


Okay because it's sad if it is since if earth's entire history was viewed as a 24 hour frame, humans would only represent one minute and seventeen seconds.


That's crazy to hear, but it seems a little more believable when you know that the Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago.


And we are going to run out of helium after all that time, now. Sad.


The government are trying to conserve it though. Speaking of the government, did you know 86% of Nebraska is owned by US government.


Interesting! And Norwegian government cares about land other than its own, they donated one billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.


That's better than the US Government. They passed a law in 2006 where government employees couldn't be prosecuted for violating the geneva conventions


The government makes up some scary rules. They also tried to destroy Wikileaks so Wikileaks published the government's plans to do so. Funny.


The government often do questionable things. Like Thomas Jefferson, one of US's presidents created his own bible by using a razor to cut out parts.


That sounds worse than Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams electing not to use a Bible at their swearing in ceremonies.


The bible is very important, it has an estimated sale of over 5 billion copies!


Before 1963, students in the US would often read from the Bible as a normal part of their elementary education


That would explain why the bible is considered the most influential book of all time.


Indeed. It's interesting how different Christian denominations can't agree on what should be included in it though.


They disagree about what should be included in the canon.


Yes, there are overlaps between denominations though.


Well that was a good talk, have a nice day!


the wonder woman film was really good I felt


I enjoyed it. I can't believe that she debuted in the comics as a secretary.


yea me either and I cant believe the movie was the highest ww1 film


That is shocking but while I can think of a lot of WWII and Vietnam films, I am at a loss for other WWI films.


same and it is pretty cool Gal Gadot served in the military.


Yes I had heard that. She was a combat trainer even which is impressive. I did not know that the inventor of Wonder Woman was created by the same person who created the lie detector test.


that makes sense for the character and her lasso of truth which is a cool feature of the character.


That is an interesting connection. I did not know that the Lego Movie was the first movie to feature Wonder Woman. I fond that shocking with her popularity. Everyone already knew who she was.


yea I hope in the next film she goes against cheetah and I am glad the films seem to be more contained now


I did hear that that character was going to be in a new film and I think it's a Wonder Woman one. Here's a silly fact. On april 1st, 2015, the smithsonian had a special one day viewing of wonder woman's invisible jet.


that is cool to know did not know they had that I kind of miss her driving that plane.


I think it's an interesting concept but it would have been pretty silly on screen.


yea it would have I like her origin better just being pretty much the daughter of zues.


Yes it is very interesting. Speaking of entertaining things, The "e" in chuck e. cheese stands for entertainment. charles entertainment cheese.


that is cool to know I use to go there as a kid and loved the pizza


It is very popular with children. The Olsen twins became so rich and famous as children. They purchased sole ownership of an entertainment company in 2004 and turned it into a billion dollar enterprise.


know what is a cool fact that myspace turned down buying facebook in the 2000s


Wow, that was a terrible idea. Facebook is so popular. There are actually more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.


yea it amazes me because myspace use to be the go to place but then facebook just took over


Yes and I don't even really know why everyone went along with switching over. Here's a distressing fact. 30% of American adults use Facebook as they primary source of news. That's upsetting. I don't know how many times I've had to tell people that memes are not valid sources of information.


yea that is true but also the fact that zuck is colorblind


Let's talk about Capital One Arena for Game 5 of the Stanley CupCapital One Arena for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup


Sound good.  Where do you think I could get tickets for that game ?


I think that it is better option that Admission is free and Game 5 will be shown, with sound, on a 9-foot-by-12-foot screen.


I heard about that it's supposed to start at 6pm and there are drinks.


The Vegabonds will perform from 6-8 p.m. All drinks are $5, which is very nice


Oh it will be great opportunity to join them. What about U.S. Navy Memorial ?


That looks interesting.  I've never seen Anchors Away before.  I've heard they are screening that.


Yes me too, i have heard about that too. The Wharf Game 5 will be shown on a large LED screen on the waterfront at 33 Pearl Street SW. The folk-funk band Goose will play a free show starting at 7 p.m. Did you know about that?


Yeah.  I knew about that.  Is Goose any good?


I think yes. Maryland Bethesda Row Fans are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to watch on the big screen on Bethesda Lane and it will be cool I guess


That sounds like a sweet time.  #ThisIsHowYouHarbor.


Yes , I agree with you. Tysons Biergarten Every TV and projector will be showing the game, with sound. It will be nice


Yeah I heard the game was playing at Tyson's.  I also heard it was playing on the Town Green in Vienna.


Yay, i am so happy that According to the announcement on Facebook, the Lovettsville Lions Cub will provide free snow cones and popcorn


I was not aware of the free treats.  I was actually looking forward to spending some time at the tasting room.  That sounds like a great time.


I didn't knew Vienna Fans are invited to watch Game 5 on the big screen on the Town Green. Alcohol is not permitted, but don't know the reason why lol


It's probably caused problems in the past.  Our there is some kind of blue law.


yes I agree with you. What do you know about Wonder Woman?


I've seen it before.  It's an interesting film.  I think we're done here though.


yes me too, Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, this is the main info lol


hey there what are some Celebrities that you like?


Hello! I'm a fan of Sylvester Stallone ever since seeing Rocky. Funnily enough, I heard there was a recent hoax he was dead!


oh wow ya I hope not, he's a great guy and its good he didn't have prostate cancer!


It's sad people spread a hoax like that, but celebrities have weird associations with fans. I remember a dude named Justin Bieber was banned on Facebook because he wasn't the celebrity.


ah that is true, its funny that they had to go to his brother Frank Stallone to confirm though


Oh for sure, best to find the most reliable source possible though. Who's the most overrated celebrity you know of?


hmm I think I would say Jennifer Lawerence, I don't think she's a good actress and I don't see any appeal to her, you?


I can see so! I think Paris Hilton, I don't really see what she does particularly well. She actually was in the guiness book of world records for most overrated celebrity.


nope I'd agree with Paris hilton too, I don't see her appeal, do you know who Carol Burnett was?


I think I've heard of her but don't know too much. Who is she?


she had a variety show in the 70's, but she was actually the first guest on Sesame street


Oh wow, that must have boosted her career for sure! It's interesting how people start out, like Jenna Marble is a celebrity just from making YouTube videos.


ya the internet is so awesome, crazy to think that you can get 3g service on mount everest


It's crazy how many areas have better service than it feels I do in general haha. I think even the ISS has faster Internet than most people have.


haha it wouldn't surprise me, did you know that there is an addiction you can get from clicking links? I think I have that haha


That's scary honestly, probably how celebrity hoaxes get started in the first place, people just love clicking and sharing everything they see.


ya I coul dsee that, also scary is that only 7% of people read internet terms of service


It makes sense when you think about it actually, we're actually the minority on the Internet technically, and we're outnumbered by software programs, it's scary to think.


yup that is scary, good thing there is a place that makes backups of the internet every day, jsut in case it ever goes down


Can't imagine how much work that takes too, at least no matter what places like Finland will always guarantee everyone the right to Internet.


ya, have you ever seen that button with 3 horizontal lines, its called a hamburger button, that makes me hungry haha


Oh, I listen to the news about them every now and then, but try not too get too carried away in celeb worship, you know?  How about yourself?


I don't really follow any in particular.  I was reading up on them just now.  Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.


Yeah, I've heard about that, he did the famous voice of the Genie.  They got Will Smith portraying him in the upcoming live action version...


Nice!  I didn't know there was a new one coming out.  Judge Judy makes $124,000 per epidisode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after LeBron James.


Wow, that's a lot of money!  Wish I was a celeb so I could visit the secret room Pixar has that they often hang out at.... :)


I wonder what they are hiding in that room? lol


I won't even speculate!  LOL.  Do you use the Internet much?  I'm addicted to it.  It's just amazing how people and info from all over the globe is connected together!


I do use the internet all the time! lol  I also suffer from constant novelty from clicking links on the internet, which can cause real addiction measurable in the brain. lol


Yeah, it's that release of dopamine! It can be get quite addictive.  Heck, you know they even got 3g cell service and internet at MT Everest?


Awesome!  If I ever climb it I'm going to snap a selfie and send it out to the internet!  lol


Just make sure you read the full terms of whatever platform you send it to.  Never know what you might miss!


I agree.  I don't want to be part of that 7 percent who doesn't read them!


Admittedly, I skim through it.  I mainly just look for pertinent phrases like "Give up your soul" or "harvest your organs." :)


lol  The current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.  Good thing they have a backup plan.  lol


Yeah, it is good, although I don't see how the ENTIRE internet could "burn" down... that'd be quite a feat!


I know right? lol  Do you watch fox news?


Yeah, sometimes, I honestly try not too watch too much of ANY news (except local channels) because it tends to be a bit depressing...


I don't watch it.  I was surprised to see though that it is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.  It's been fun chatting!


hey, you too, been great chatting with ya!


Hey there do you use Facebook? I use it almost everyday myself


Yeah me too. Do you know why it is blue?


I think it's because the Creator was colorblind? I don't know why they didn't put that in The Social Network movie haha


Yeah that is a good point. Did you ever use Myspace?


I did for a hot second back in the day haha. What about you did you ever use MySpace? I know that Facebook blew them off the map


Oh they sure did and the worst part is Myspace could have bought Facebook back then but did not


I know I bet they're kicking themselves haha! So should the German state that banned the like button actually. That seems so stupid to me. Why do you think they did that?


I really cannot see the point there but yeah Myspace could have bough ti for $75 million and make billions now


Oh they would have been worth so much haha. I wish they still had that Burger King Facebook promotion going. I would gladly unfriend 10 people for a Whopper


That I do not understand at all. In Iceland they are using Facebook to rewrite the constituton


Yeah I don't know about that. That seems really dangerous to me! Although I guess it is good that the public can see and make suggestions to it.


I do like YouTube. I guess Google bought them in 2006 for 1 billion dollars. And now YouTube is the second largest search engine


Yeah that is true. Do you know the most disliked video in there?


I think it's Justin Bieber song"baby", and one of the most liked songs is Gangnam Style. I never really liked that song myself


Yeah and they even had to bump up the view count because of Gangnam style


Yeah that's crazy. They changed it to 64 bits apparently. What school is that registered YouTube users are able to upload an unlimited number of videos. That must take up a lot of space


Yeah that is insane. Did you know police have their own youtube called bluetube?


No I didn't. I wonder what they put on there. Is it just police training videos? Also kind of like Netflix, do you ever watch Amazon Prime?


I do not actually but Amazon has come a long way from the online store book it was when it started


I agree with you they were started back in 1994. Jeff Bezos definitely saw the future on that. And I bought my mom a Kindle e-reader. She loves it


He could afford to do it but wouldn't want to take the pay cut. Plus he probably has more power in his role as CEO. He also own WaPo so he has the voice too.


Not familiar with WaPo? They even offer international shipping, now.


Sorry, washington post. I cannot believe amazon was founded in 1994.


Yeah seems like it's been around forever. How did we ever get along with out it? They have a contract with usps to deliver pkgs on Sundays.


did you now they owned IMDB too? Man, they own everything!


I know right! Imagine having a building named after you for being the first customer.


All that for the low, low price of $27.95!


Right, i wonder which building it was. Apparently you can loose a lot of weight working in the warehouse. You'll walk about 7-15 miles a shift.


I know... I worked in a warehouse for 1.5 years and it was the worst. My feel and legs killed all the time. I was not made out for that..


I hear you just walking from the car inside my work place is tiring so i can'e imagine.


Although they make more than I did. And if they got stock options... I would suffer for that...


There a clock that bezos built that is supposed to last 10,000 years.


Boom! I was not aware that the owned IMBD.


Yeah. He owns like half of the US and a large portion of Istanbul. That might be hyperbole...


More than i should but i usually use it to learn stuff, like fixing my car or computer.


I use it for that too but I do not do that that much so... It has been nice chatting with you!


Yes I do. Did you know the space shuttle uses a super small computer?


Yeah so small. The russians made a computer that runs on water


yes that was i  but not sure what happened to it


Me either. DId you know someone built a computer using minecraft building blocks


Yes it was a 16-bit computer and that is cool


I have a PC. If you have a Mac better not smoke near it


Yeah, Did you know Transhumanists are trying to upload their minds to the computer?


I wonder how one would even go about doing that


no idea. do you know what the real name of minnie mouse is?


Yes her name is Minerva but I like Minnie much better


Me too. They have a culture of trying to find the hidden mickey in disney things


Yeah. Do you know how the rendered the Big Hero 6?


Yes they ysed a 55 000 - core supercomputer


Yeah. Did you know Bill Nye was consulted for FLubber?


Yes a lot, Do you know why NY area code is 212?


Yes because it was easier to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah those were not a lot of fun to make calls


Hi, do you like watching football(soccer)?


I watch it sometimes. In 1991 the women's world cup started, before that an american team has never placed below third.


That's cool.  The Hungary National Football team only had one defeat between 1950 and 1956 and that was the World Cup final.  How awesome was that?


That is really awesome! The US got 3rd place in the first FIFA world cup which was in 1930.


I didn't realize that.  I hear that there is really no economic gains for the countries that have played host to the World Cup or Olympics.  That's hard for me to believe.


That it is.  Did you know that the city set to host the 2022 Qatar FIFA world cup final does not yet exist?


How is that even a thing? I wonder what it will be.


I have no idea, I guess somebody knows what's going on. Lol On a different note, do you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama?


I did recently find that out! He makes 700,000 an episode, acting in House.


He's worth every penny of that and then some. Very good actor.


Yes he is. Jim Carrey is a good actor too, in my opinion. He has stopped making dramas though because he feels they don't project positivity.


That's got to be hard on his pocketbook.  But, when your as famous an actor as Jim Carrey, you can do what you want and don't have to take every role that comes along.


Very true. If you enjoy classic radio drama, there are thousands of episodes on a website.


You know I had heard about those classic radio shows you can listen to for free, but I just really don't have time to listen to them.


You know, getting back to Soccer, I didn't realize that Jon Stewart was such a skilled soccer player in college.


Yeah, I believe he represented the US at the Pan American Maccabi games in Brazil.


He's multi talented, I had no idea. Do you know there is a variation of soccer where three teams face each other at the same time?


I'd like to watch a game of that played.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to go walk my dog.  Talk to you later.


Good afternoon. You looking forward to the World Cup in Qatar in 2022?


I am, although I am kind of skeptical as the city which is set to host the world cup  has not come into existence yet. What about you?


Yes my thoughts exactly. I also find it interesting the host city doesn't really make any money...


In fact, it may be similar to the olympics where host cities lose millions of dollars, such as Rio.


Yeah that was a mess with the whole water quality. Very dramatic. Soccer brings in a lot of money though!


Apparently Trump is using his presidency to increase his personal assets. I think that the president of the United States should not be doing this to benefit themselves.


Yes I agree. He is already so rich. I think he should get involved with soccer because it makes more money than most other sports combined!


China is getting involved with soccer. Their communist government is pouring hundreds of millions into their soccer programs in order to have a strong world cup team. I wonder why.


Wow. Must want to impress the world with their soccer skills. Or should I say "football" since that's what most of the world calls it!


In some ways, America is weird. Speaking of the United States, they placed third in the very first world cup back in 1930!


Awesome! The woman's USA team is good too as they never placed below 3rd since 1991.


Wow! The Hungarian soccer team only lost once between 1950 - 1956 which was the world cup! Imagine that!


Very impressive indeed. The current champion is France though.


Yep, in the last world cup all of the teams that were predicted to win were knocked out early and it ended up being Croatia vs England.


For which match? I thought France won in the last world cup which was in Russia? That was their second title too.


Was it France? Oh sorry, my bad. I think I was looking at the wrong games. Did you know that soccer makes the most money out of any sport?


No problem! Yeah more than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined!


And I thought that football earned a lot of money! Americans only called soccer soccer because it was a slang for the association football!


Oh interesting I always wondered about that. Soccer is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries!


Now that is a lot of people. A german soccer player donated his 300,000 euro victory cup bonus to pay for surgeries of 23 Brazilian children! Talk about generous!


Awesome guy.. Mesut Ozil is so thoughtful!


There is actually a variation of soccer where it is three teams face each other. Essentially an Free for all!


Oh wow cool. That would be fun to watch. well nice talking with you have a good one!


Hi, do you like football? and by football I mean soccer just to be clear.


I do, I always played as a kid, and I watched the entire world cup this past summer


Cool! Me too. It's amazing America has the audacity to call their random game football as well. 250 million people play football all over the world that's more then the US population.


I know, especially where there is so little kicking in that game.  Soccer makes more money than most pro sports combined,


It's because it's played so many places. It's so much bigger then other sports. People play in over 200 countries!


I wonder how often that version where three teams face each other is played


Probably not that often, they should build a 3 team field in qatar for the next world cup since nothing is built for it yet.


They do have a little time since the last one just happened, but they should probably get on that soon, especially if construction moves there like it does in the US


They've got time. I think france will again be the team to beat even if their players will be 4 years older.


They always seem to be a dominant team.  I like how they would refer to the Austrialian team as the Soccer-Roos


That's a good name. France is a great team but they are smart not to host the world cup themselves even though people would go crazy. No host makes any money and then you are left with so many abandoned buildings afterwords.


That is true, same goes for the Olympics, the Olympic villages are often left in ruins just years later due to no use.  It is too bad they dont turn those in to housing for less fortunate people


They try but sometimes the buildings are not suited for it, and lots of shady construction too. Fifa doesn't help out much too they only care about the tournament not what happens afterwords.


I can totally see that part.  trying to get things built fast, and not correctly.  While the American men dont fare too well, the American women are certainly a dominant force on the soccer scene


Yes, the women do much better then the men. Although way back at the start, the us placed 3rd in the first world cup but that was back in 1930.


Wow. I didnt realize that that was the only time they placed.


Yeah before my time. It's amazing that the women's world cup only started in 1991. Women have been playing just as long as men.


I would have thought it started sooner aw well.  I guess the large call and finding hosts didnt happen until later


You'd think they could use the same venues. There's always some kind of drama with the world cup. Speaking of dramas and I know this is off topic but I just read Jim Carrey doesn't take rolls in dramas anymore because of his belief system.


That would be smart.  Like one country could host the men one year and the women the next.  They might actually turn a profit that way. Hmm.. they should put us in charge.


They should! but it's a big responsibility. People are still mad in Russia from the last one. Anyway I gotta get going. Have a good day.


Hi! Are you into soccer or the FIFA world cup football?


I do like watching the World Cup, Did you know that the city which is set to host the 2022 World Cup in Qatar does not yet exist?


Isn't that crazy? And considereing that hosting the world cup is not considered a net positive economically, it makes you wonder why soomeone would want the WC so badly they were willing to build a whole new city for it?


I know it's crazy, the Olympics are the same way. Maybe there's an increase and tourism afterwards that may help.


Could be.  As an American, I do not think of Association football when I hear the term "football"  It is surprising to me to learn that the US got third place in the first FIFA world cup back in 1930...


I'm the same way. The US team is actually pretty traditionally good. They have never placed below third place in the World Cup since the Women's World Cup started in 1991.


The women's team does better than the men's team, for sure!  Hard to believe that France won the world cup in 2018. A sport as popular globally, and little old France beat everyone!


I know, right! They did good. Did you know that the Hungary national team only had one defeat between 1950 and 1956, and that was the world cup final.


Not bad!  I, like most Americans, call the game soccer. I played soccer as a child. But nobody ever told me that the term soccer was slang for Association Football. Do I sound bitter?


Not at all! Haha! I had never heard of soccer until I got out of high school. It's strange to me that it makes more money than all other sports combined.


It is so popular, there is a version of the game where three teams square off against each other at the same time! That has got to be a wild game!


Oh wow, that has to be wild! Did you know that Jon Stewart was a skilled soccer player in college and actually represented the U.S. at the Pan Am games in Brazil in 1983?


Nice! I wonder if he ever played against that German athlete that donated his WOrld Cup winnings to pay for surgeries for Brazilian children?


I don't think he did, Mesut Ozil wasn't quiet born then, but that still was a generous act that he did. He helped 23 families, that really is incredible!


Honorable decision. I wonder why Stewart switched to comedy? Maybe he switched for the same reason Michael Caine took up acting...to scope out the babes!


That would be a good reason. Plus he probably had a better career in television. He still doesn't hold a candle to Hugh Laurie. He makes $700,000 per episode of House!


And he doesn't have to make house calls...LOL I like Jim Carrey's view on things: He has decided to only do projects that project positivity!  Stewart could learn something from Carrey on that front...


I agree. I didn't really like Jim Carrey when he wasn't doing funny movies.


Hey, do you like old radio dramas? There isa website where you can listen to thousands of hours of programming for free.


I need to check that out, that seems pretty interesting!


Cool how are you today. Did you know that But Japan advanced because it was assessed two fewer yellow cards than Senegal. Colombia won the group by prevailing in its final two games after its opening loss to Japan.


Soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined.


Thats interesting. Do you watch any sports on tv?


Only hockey. Jon stewart was a skilled soccer player in college and represented the us at the pan american maccabi games in brazil in 1983.


Really. Do you know about the World cup?


Not much. Americans call it "soccer" because it was slang for association football.


The united states got 3rd place in the first fifa world cup in 1930. Thats a long time ago.


Speaking of three, there exists a variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time.


Oh, I just found that out. Just like The city which is set to host the 2022 qatar fifa world cup final does not yet exist.


Yea I saw that. Like I wonder exactly what that really means?


I guess the city is new. There are no net economic gains for the countries that have played host to the olympics or the world cup.


Huh I wonder why. America charges ya for evertyhing it seems.


True. Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama, earning $700,000 per episode in house


Wow and I wonder why Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity. LoL


He's changed a lot. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


It's amazing the things that are online. To me, that shows my age huh? lol


You have to be careful online. Michael caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.


Oh absolutely. Its been good talking to you. Thanks


Hello, have you ever wondered about the universe? about the wonder our planet has?


Hi! Of course! I've always wondered about that especially after watching Cosmos on Netflix. Like I learned that the moon on Jupiter would be considered a planet if it orbited around the sun.


I have to watch that doccumentary seems really interesting, there is a planet that has glass precipitations at a speed of 4500 mph!!


Glass precipitations at those speeds?! How do people survive in those climates? I wonder if those shards are visible via the Kepler Space Telescope. It was the telescope that discovered the first Earth-sized extrasolar planets that orbited the sun.


Well Im guessing its a planet without life, we would day in a matter of seconds thats a sure thing, you know astromers detected life already about 455 light years away


I'm confused about light-years, are those equivalent to a standard Earth year?


No, those are years traveling at the speed of light, so it would take 455 years to get to that place assuming we are travelling at that speed


Oh ok, I see. Thanks for clarifying that, 455 years is a lot of time! Considering that teens and a lot of people spend lots of time on social media platforms like Facebook as well. Can't believe MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for a mere $75 million in early 2005, and now MySpace is gone with the wind!


I bet they are kicking themselves in the head by now, they turn down the business idea of their lifes,


I know! Especially after Facebook went public in 2012, the company was valued at 104 billion! I think the social media giant is worth a lot more than that now considering they have about 2.2 billion monthly active users


Thats like paying a $1 to get $10000 in return!!! I heard the company makes most of their revenue by ads


That is a great investment, but rather a headache considering it has to abide to the customs and traditions of various parts of the world. Like in German state of Schleswig-Holstein, the "Like" button is actually illegal, I'm not sure why that is though.


Really its ilegal? I wonder why? doesnt seem like it can harm anybody,


Yeah, I'm not sure why, if anything it seems like a positivity button. Unlike Burger King which ran a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people on Facebook, you get a free whopper, that should be illegal


I agree thats like sabotaging a business although I would have taken advantage of that promotion, after all who doesnt like free burgers, Iceland is a country thats being influeced by Facebook at a political level


Yeah, I do like free burgers too but I wonder how Burger King would've checked that people held up their end of the bargain. How is Iceland being influenced by Facebook at a political level?


Maybe people had to unfriend their contacts in front of the cashier lol, it is a hard thing to prove, and they are rewritting their constitution with the feedback of citizens via Facebook


Yeah, I didn't hear of that promotion, I only hear promotions of concerts, but I have never attended one of Linkin Park's concerts even though they played 324 concerts in one year. Have you?


I have, I went to a Ramones concert a few years ago, they were on a big tour that lasted almost 20 years


20 years on the road, that seems quite tiring. On the bright side, it must mean that they had a performance and audience to perform to unlike the Pink Floyd who played to no audience


I wish I was in that Roman amphitheater, I wonde why he decided to record a concert without any audience, another band I used to like is Creed do you follow them?


I think it may have been for like a intermission performance at concerts, I think it's the only thing that makes sense. Yeah, I'm familiar with them but they had concert attendees sue them because of bad performance.


Yeah four of them even filled a lawsuit against the band I heard it was terrible, its a shame because the band used to be good


Yeah, I wonder what came out of the lawsuit, probably just an extortion attempt.


Yeah, I agree, I would just forget about the concert and drop it, it doesnt seem worth it to persue an action like that one.


Yeah me too, I get so hyper at concerts though.


I agree, I also get pshyched up, its amazing to be there and just listen to live music, its a unique experience for sure!


I know that if I was an early investor I would be just as psyched as well!


I agree,  well I hope I can attend a concert soon its been a long time, its expensive but I think that its worth attending one specially if the artist is good


Yeah, is there any one in particular that you enjoy?


Well I do like several artists, mostly latin music like Luis Miguel, what about you?


The most recent artist I saw live was Jessie J and it was at a warehouse venue, would be cool if it was at the roman amphitheater though.


I agree with you, the one in Croatia must be beautiful, a unique experience indeed.


I do one occasionally.  My wife is really good.  Most large puzzles are 15 by 15


Exactly! I guess there's someone offering a set of  16 puzzles called Suite Sixteen. Great idea!


That would allow for different clues than normal.  One can learn trivia from those clues.  Like two words that have the word "taxi" in them.


Right? I think it would be fun, I love crossword puzzles.


I have tried an flopped at the New York Times puzzle.  It is too tough for me normally.  Do you follow Game of Thrones?


Those are tough puzzles! I have never seen an episode of Game of Thrones and I think I am the only person on the planet that hasn't haha....I hear it is based off of a set of fantasy novels?


It is.  It is filmed in several locations around the world.  It is pretty complicated itself.  There are 7 kingdoms involved.


I have heard my friends rant and rave about it, I believ it came out in 2011?


Several of the "heroes" died in previous seasons.  There are 8 episodes left to be shown (I think) Maybe some day you can binge watch it.


So I hear the show will be ending after 2019? I guess if it is on Netflix I can binge for days lol....which I have done before.


There is still suspense for me.  I don't know if the thrones will be consolidated, if they are, who will win and how much damage the sort of supernatural creatures may do.  Have you heard anything about the stars?


I have no idea who any of the characters or stars are, but it is such a huge deal with so many I should probably check it out.


One of them is the great-great-great grandson of Charles Dickens.


Oh wow, that is interesting! I think I heard that Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter plays a part as well.


That is right.  Also, a lot of Americans are naming their daughters Arya based on one of the characters.


I love that name, very pretty. Is it a good character?


Yes.  Some of the females have been in the show for so long that they have grown from 12 or 13 year old kids to young women in their early twenties.  The show is financed by Ireland because it increase tourism there.


Wow, so it is like many other shows that I watch and you literally watch these people grow up and some go gray lol. I will have to get on my computer and get on Netflix and see if I can find it there.


It may be on HBO on demand rather than Netflix, I am not sure.  There is even a Nat Geo Wild show called game of lions that is a take off on the "Thrones" show.


Ok I will check it out on those channels. I think that National Geographic show is pretty clever by following Game of thrones like that....


It is a testament to the popularity of the show.  I will probably binge it myself someday to make sure I followed it all.  Well, my wife has a cold so I am going to leave now and fill the humidifier.  Nice chatting with you.


Oh I hope she feels better soon!  Have a great evening!


Hi im great, do you like Walt Disney Pictures?


I do. I have loved them since I was a kid. What about you?


Me too, I think Disney is a great part of my childhood for sure and I also like the new movies, did you watch Frozen?


I have a 5 year old and 7 year old so I have watched it more than I have wanted. Have you seen it?


I have a lot of nephews so I get the feeling lol, the film was directed by a woman, and shes actually the first woman to direct a disney animated film


Amazing right, I though there were at least a couple more female directors but well its a start.


I feel like a better, feminine touch was appearent with how the film was created and executed. Two females were the heros without the need of a male hero. I loved it as a strong message to my 5 year old!


I agree with you, another great movie is The Lion King, you know it was the first movie ever to be dubbed to Zulu!


Wow, I had not clue. I love that movie and pretended not to cry when I was like 13 when I saw it. I was not successful!


I wonder how far in advance they plan the toys so they are out in time before the movie is released?


Sorry I hit the enter button by mistake, and I think they plan toy production even before a movie starts, its a million dollar industry so they must have an important input on the characters of a film.


I wonder if they ever have changes to the charatcher and it hurts the toy production line. I can't believe wreck it ralph was started in the late 80s.


Wow I recently watched the movie, didnt realize the character is that old do you like computers?


I do, it is allowing me to chat with you today!


Its been nice, well you know that the space shuttle runs on only 1mb of ram


If I were an astronaut, I am not sure I would have a lot of faith in 1 mb of ram. Nor would I trust a computer that ran on water.


Yeah I agree lol, computers and water dont mix, I bet thats why there arent water based computers in the market


Hi how are you doing? Jupiter's moon ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun


I did not know that.  I am always intrigued by science.


Same here.  These are such interesting facts! The planet venus does not tilt, so consequently, it has no seasons. it is the only planet that rotates clock-wise.


That was interesting.  Scientists also think that there are building blocks of live some 400 plus light years away.


There is a planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4500 mph in 2000 degree fahrenheit weather.


That was amazing.  Is it close to our planet? 2000 degree Fahrenheit is very very hot.


No clue.  It didn't go into that much detail lol


That's okay.  I sometimes get confused because our planet and its surrounding is so complex.


Seriously!  The planet uranus actually rotates sideways and "rolls" around the sun rather than "spinning" like the other planets


Oh wow.  I did not know that.  I understand that five planets in our solar system can be seen from earth.


I have never seen it.  One must go away from city lights.  I am interested in science but I am not good at it.  I admire scientists.  Now, let's talk about something more simple, such as facebook.


Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in early 2005


I did not know that.  Myspace owners must be very unhappy when Facebook IPO was valued at $104 billion dollars.


Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


I have no idea,  it doesn't explain much.


I will research further later after we finish chatting - I'm curious.  Thanks for the info though.  Do you know that Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook?


No I didn't,  I wonder why.  Burger king had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on facebook you get a free whopper.


I heard about it.  Did Burger King dislike Facebook that much.  I would not unfriend people to get a free whopper.


lol I have no idea but its hilarious I wonder how many perople did this.  Nice taking to you,  have a good one.


Are you a baseball fan? What do you think about Max Scherzer and his fastballs?


I haven't watched much baseball, but I read something recently about Max Scherzer with almost 100 mph fastballs. That's crazy fast!


Yeah, so much power and a great technique to achieve that, to think he started out in the Boston Red Soxs back in 96, so much talent.


What team does he play for now? Still the Red Sox?


I think he plays for the Washington Nationals now, he is a pitcher there.


I bet the Red Sox regret letting him go right now! I've heard of the Nationals; they seem to have a pretty well-known team.


I bet they are, and Im not sure how they are doing this season but they sure have a great pitcher, I dont think many pitchers can achieve that speed.


Most cars don't usually reach that speed, much less a pitcher. It's incredible what the human body can do with the kind of training that sports requires!


The human body is incredible I agree with you, Ive always wondered why Baseball managers also wear uniforms.


It's probably for team brand recognition. It identifies them as a team representative, and it's also good advertising. As I recall, the Yankees focus so much on the "team" aspect that they have the logo without the player's name.


I see, a friend told me it was because they could also play if needed, and I didnt know that! Yankees do have a strong brand though.


Wow, I didn't think the managers would be potential players too. I guess it's always good to have a backup for your backup.


I guess it is, its a sport with many curious facts like Don Mattingly a Yankees player that got suspended for a crazy reason, want to know what that reason is?


Ok so apparently he had a weird hair and he refused to get a haircut, he got suspened because of that, I bet half the players of many teams would get suspended because of that now a days lol


If you'd given me a thousand guesses, hair probably wouldn't have been one of them. Seems ridiculous unless it wouldn't fit under a baseball cap or something!


Yeah seems like a ridiculous reason I totally agree with you.


Want to know something even funnier? The baseball team in a city near where I live, the Isotopes, is named after the team in the cartoon The Simpsons.


That is really funny, Ive always liked The Simpsons, its crazy how much a TV show can influence our minds, are The Isotopes good?


They're decent, only a minor league team, but they're fun to watch regardless.


Im sure they are, there is a person that invented a fake press pass to get season tickets, I wish I could do that lol.


I am not a big fan but I find it interesting to see how much money a player can make


they make a lot of money? it make sense most pro players do


Yes I have been aware that some make over a million dollars and some are so good that other teams want to get them to play on their teams


Funny wow kickball is called soccer-baseball in Canada


I think that many countries have different names for different things. I know that baseball is very popular in Japan and I am sure they have different names for some plays, etc


The game has a lot of fans there, do you know why the managers also wear uniforms?


I think it makes then look as though they are a part of the team, but it also gives the  ability to actually play in the game if they are short players or for some other reasons.


I see that makes sense, did you hear about the man who found baseball cards worth 3 million dollars in his attic?


I think I may have read something similar. I know baseball cards are collector items and worth a lot of money. My friends dad worked at Topps chewing gum and they used to put cards in with the bubble gum. I think baseball is a major American pastime. do you know of any famous players?


Maybe Babe Ruth and then some others, do you?


I know of a guy that played with only one arm, Pete Gray and I think there is a player recently named Harper who is maybe going to play with the Phillies, my favorite team and is going to get quite a bit of money , maybe 400 million for a season of play


Wow thats a lot of money, I wonder wow much that couple that organized all of the games got payed before 2005


I do not know, but there seems to be a lot of bargaining that goes on when players are asked or made offers to play for other teams. many make deals and I would think many players would want to play for certain teams; but money is a big influencer


I agree money can change your mind quickly do you like the New York Yankees? that seems to be a really popular team.


Not my favorite team, I grew up as a Phillies fan and also played in little league on a team called the Phillies. Seems baseball is also broadcast over the radio along with tv. Do you ever listen on the radio to baseball games?


No not really, I wonder if the news of the two pitchers that swapped families was broadcasted in the radio


Not sure about that story, seems I would not want to swap my family. But I have attended baseball games. I saw where Bill OReilly got season tickets by making up a press organization


Me neither and they swapped families permanently, and that's genius, he saved a lot of money there


Seems baseball players have to follow certain rules in order to play. There was a  player who was suspended because he did not get a haircut. Wonder if that still goes today?


I didnt hear about that player, sounds like a silly reasons for suspension lol I dont thin that happens today anymore, anyways its been great chatting with you


I agree. Got lots of information. Interesting facts and tales


Its been great chatting with you, I feel more knowledgeable about the game now, thanks


did you know that Hugh Laurie was the highest paid tv actor ever?


I did not, what tv programs is she famous for?


well he is famous for the TV show House, i watched some episodes, it's ok but not amaing in my opinion, do you watch any TV?


Oh my God i didn't recognize his name my wife and i love that show watch every season. that dude was crazy funny!


Haha yeah I was shocked you thought it was a she, I think it is funny though that Michael Caine only became an actor to chase girls.


There has got to be an easier way. I don't think I've seen him in anything where he was young. Cant think of one movie.


no, he was in a bunch of movies in the 60's and 70's, but I like him best as Alfred in the Batman movies and also the dad in Austin Powers 3 haha


Yeah that's pretty much how i remember him. Captain Piccard teaches masters drama classes in the UK


ah that is interesting, I wonder when he will retire from acting? Looks like Jim Carrey is done doing dramas because he only wants to project positivity, I think he should just retire at this point


Yeah it's been a fun ride for him and successful one. The term soap opera originated because of so many soap commercial sponsors.


That makes sense, do you like baseball at all?


I tried but it doesn't keep my attention long enough. add ha ha.


Haha I agree I think baseball is really boring, but it is interesting that Bill O'Reilly invented a fake press pass in college to get unlimited tickets and it worked.


Wow, ingenious. I heard Babe Ruth got struck out by a girl 17 years old.


haha that would be embarrassing! I guess there is a "lost" Yankee player, like he just straight up disappeared, I wonder if they will ever solve the mystery?


Was he near the Bermuda triangle, haha. If you catch a fly ball with your hat the opposing team gets 3 bases. i never knew that, you?


wow I did not know there, is that a real rule? if so I'm shocked no one has every tried to do that, I do know that there is a lot of weird stuff going on with the Yankees though, like apprently in 1973 two yankee pitchers swapped families permanently, you're right maybe they are travelling to the bermuda triangle!


Strange!! Well the Phillies signed Jake Arriets for a 3 year 75 million dollar contract.


Well I guarantee that guy is relaxed, it's strange to think that in Japan they love baseball so much that they many are shocked that it is actually the national pastime of the USA, it started here!


I here that in a regular season 160,000 baseballs are used.


wow that is a lot of baseballs! I can't believe there are 2430 baseball games scheduled each year, that comes out to like 80 baseballs used per game!


I do the Red Sox are my favorite team and Mookie Betts is my favorite player


Yikes,  Hey did you know that managers wear uniforms because they can play if they are really needed?


I did know that, i played semi professionally and my manager needed to step in sometimes. It is smart!


Wow! That is great.  How did you manager do?


He was like 50 at the time and he got a hit and joked with us saying it is that easy to get a hit


Neat, what did you think of Harper signing with the Philadephia?


That was a gross contract, way too much money! What do you think


Agreed.  13 years is way too long.  I can see why Harper signed but i don't think Philly will be enjoying this contract 8 years from now.


Not at all. It may be a bobby bonilla type contract like the mets had, you remember that?


Yeah he is still being paid and i think he still has another 15 years or so left.  Some people think Philly was smart because tv contracts will keep going up and his contract will seem like a bargain 5 years from now.  I am not so sure.


For sure, that is tough to swallow for the Mets. they suck, lol! Do you collect cards?


No, I did when i was in the kid.  Did you hear about the guy who saved 3 million dollars worth of cards in his grandfathers attic?


I did, I used to collect a lot, I wish I would have saved them and see what mine were worth, not three million though


I would sort my Red Sox cards while listening to their games on the radio


that is awesome, i used to love sorting my cards as a kid and trading them


Did you know that one of your Yankees, Don Mattingly, got suspended because he refused to get a haircut?


I did not know that lol. I wonder how long his hair actually was. Not as long as Mookie Betts probably, lol


True, I felt bad for Mattingly.  I think he had to retire because of his back and then the Yankees starting winning championships


Poor guy, he was an awesome player. Good chatting with you!


Did or do you like Dr. Seuss' "The Grinch"?


Yeah both classics, The Grinch is one of my favorites, what about you?


I like all of Dr. Seuss's books.  Even though this latest production has great actors, I'm not sure about the adult themes (e.g., LGBTQ, date rape and language). It's a kid thing right?


Doesnt seem that way,, Boy Erased is not a book for kids at least, more for like teens.


Yes. Funny, Dr. Seuss was voted least likely to succeed by this classmates.  He showed them!


I guess he did, he has left a legacy behind and what have they done?


Yes.  "Brainchild" looks promising.  They even hired a science expert for it.


Its a science inpires series right? that does seem like a great thing I would like my kid to stream that,


Sound like it.  I'm not sure about "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina".  There's an orgy and bad language.


Do you like reading drama books? or watching drama shows?


Yes, some of them.  I like Michael Caine... He's apparently a rascal in real life.  He got into drama because all the hot girls at his school were taking it.


Thats funny, his one of the most talented actors now, guess thats as good excuse as any


For sure... Did you know Netflix uses 33% of N. America's bandwidth between 9am to 12am?  Wow.


33% wow, that sure is a lot, wow, how many subscribers do you  think the service has by now?


More than I can count... They also spend 20 times more on postage than they do for bandwidth.


I wonder why, isnt Netflix an online service only?


I thought so... I may have read an old article.  I'm surprised to learn that Dr. Seuss was afraid of kids!?  He's made so many of them happy.


Really? thats kind of ironic lol, Dr Seuss was a weird mate


It appears so... It's also weird that Blockbuster turned down many offers to buy Netflix for $50M.  It's worth $2B now.  Doh!


I bet they are  kicking themselves over that decision, interesting how Netflix started


Yeah, fines can be quite a motivation!  Thanks for the chat.  You were excellent!


Job interviews are just awful, I hate them, they make me so nervous!


I heard that in some part of the world they are going to have automated interviews, so it won't have a human interviewing you anymore.


I believe that was done in Russia, which is where all those political bots came from.


I'd prefer a bot to someone who could judge me for my looks and appearance or the people I knew though


The idea of a robot deciding my fate is scary though. Imagine if they developed sentience or used human brains as their center processor!


That sounds like something from a horror film. I like them but I'd prefer to not live one.


A real horror film would be blurting out an opinion in an interview that cost you a lucrative job! It wouldn't kill you but you'd feel dead.


As bad as thinking you've lost a job position when it was just a joke?


I'd heard about that in something before. The absolute worst interviews are ones done over the phone. So hard to tell if it's going well from sound alone.


I don't think they're that bad. The distance between you and someone who might be your boss is great, don't have a face to face just yet.


Speaking of telephones, did you know between the U.S and china, we just have a loose wire in the ocean connecting our phones?


Imagine bad the reception is with a string-and-cup phone! The wire should be buried, not just there in the ocean, a ship could hit it!


The wires would be pretty low, I think they have some sort of repair robot drones they can send to fix it if anything bad happens though.


Would the military fix it? They do have the biggest budget and already have their own robots.


I don't think they would. The last thing I want is more horror movie robots on this plant though. Did you know the instrument that makes those creepy noises in horror movies is called a "Waterphone"?


I didn't know that, waterphones don't sound threatening by name. But I know that horror movies burns calories!


That'd make job interviews healthy as well. Most people are super stressed by those.


Interviews are a mixed bag though sicne some people have good ones that end poorly without them knowing.


I bet it's stressful for the interviewer as well, trying to not come off as mean and having to deal with nervous people all day.


Doesn't make them better for me. I'd rather be the person who lays those telephone lines in the ocean down than take another interview.


You'd have to interview for that job though!


Yes sometimes I do, some of them are quite good


A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit fear. I don't really like being scared, so I tend to skip them


Some movies like Inception were supposed to be horror movies but changed focuses, which I didnt realize


Yeah, apparently the boy from the shining, did not know he was acting in a horror film until several years later.


Thats interesting. It would be pretty hard to do that film today with the internet and so much connectivity.


True. Speaking of the internet and computers, In 1936, the russians made a computer that ran on water.


Haha. Did you know that Smoking near apple computers voids the warranty by making it "a biohazard"?


Apple would do that. Thats why I use Windows!


The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down! I wonder how they store it.


I'm not sure. There is internet service at the peak of Mt. Everest!


Its true, the ability to get on the internet has changed a lot in the last few years.


Sure has. Internet use can cause addiction measurable in the brain.


Did you know that the first computer program was written by a woman?


Very cool. I learned a lot about computers and the internet. Thanks for chatting!


Hello, Lets talk about the internet. The name for the 3 horizontal line menu is a hamburger button.


In modern internet is the beginning of the transition and development of commercial network result in digital money transfer due to internet.


If you ever go to the peak of mt. Everest there is 3g cell phone service waiting for you.


The people use internet to buy product and sometime food also. It is the best friend to human and develop to it.


The Alexandria library keeps a saved copy of the internet just in case it burns down.


Amazing. In mobile itself we are using internet. It plays a important role in the world of tele communication. We can get current news immediately. We can surf through the internet for any other information.


I did not think many people read the full terms when buying online, but only 7% do


I do, people can suffer from addiction from clicking links on the internet.


Yes it also happening. We can use it in a discipline way it help to ours. Unwanted usage may harm to ourself and sometime nation also.


Lets talk about computers next. the general computer on the space shuttle only has 1mb of ram.


More than we are using in today mobile phone. Computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations through computer programming.


there was a computer that ran on water which was made by the Russians in 1936


Early computer are used for mainly calculating purpose and developed of the technology we can use it many fields. Medical field plays a major purpose in the use of computer and help to the human also.


Be careful not to smoke around an apple computer because it will void the warranty


It is very interesting. Computer is used as a wide variety of  consumer and industrial purpose. In consumer point of view, it made easy accessible.


apple considered the computer a biohazard if you smoke around it, that is why the warranty is voided.


It is very difficult to use it. We cannot insert memory sticks in it.


there are people called transhumanists that want to upload their minds to computers


It have many hardware parts for the storage. Due improvement all are available in portably.


Someone used basic minecraft blocks to make a 16-bit computer. It was nice talking to you


Yes I do. Did you know astronauts vote from spacE?


That is pretty neat. In India they set up a voting poll just for one guy in a forest with tigers


Wow that is dedication to ensure that everyone gets to vote


Yeah it is. In the UK not all men were able to vote until 1918


I wonder what restrictions must have been in place for that


Yeah I wonder too. IN Alabama almost half of the black population cannot vote either


Yeah I think that has to do with felony laws that prevent them from voting


Yeah that is it I think too. In Austin texas they seem more busy voting to change the name of the dump site


Yeah, people are different. DO you know much about prime ministers?


I now some stuff. IN the UK in the house of the PM there is a cat that holds the title of CHief Mouser


Haha that is awesome. In australia the position of the PM is not in the constitution


Yeah it is just a custom for them but it seems to work


Yeah exactly. IN Japan, if you turn 100 you receive a silver cup from the PM


Yeah but many of them are turning 100 now so that is a problem


Yeah I can see that being to much for silver cups, I bet they cost quite a bit too


I sure do. Did you know you can catch Jupiter's storms on the am radio?


Nice. Do you ever listen to Canadian radios?


I listen sometimes, they play a lot of Canadian music though


Washington seems to be a hot spot to visit in mid-June.


Yes, it seems like there are lots of things to do. Have you heard of Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Black Cat? I haven't, but apparently they are popular. Their show is sold out.


No, I haven't heard of them.  Hunter S. Thompson's books and more go on display and Andrew Schulz comedy is at DC Improv.


Stand up comedy is fun. It seems like there is a lot of that in DC. A comedian who has appeared on Conan and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon will be performing at Drafthouse Comedy.


Great bands are there as well such as DC based band of Tomorrow blending different styles of rock, funk, reggae, hip-hop, soul and more


Those are a lot of different genres in one. But I hear the sound is quite cohesive.


Geoff Browning opened for TAUK at 9:30 Club and will play Fort Totten's summer concert series


There are lots of choices for music. But if it's art you're into, you can see "trippy" art in a retrospective exhibit.


Speaking of the arts, did you know that the Green Lantern film was going to originally be a comedy with Jack Black


No, I didn't know that. Did you ever watch 3rd Rock From the Sun? It won a Golden Globe for best comedy.


Not so much, but the origins of the word comedy comes from Ancient Greece.  Comic poets at theaters used to influence voters


3rd rock from the sun beat out seinfeld, friends and frasier. That is surprising to me. I used to watch 3rd rock from the sun but never thought it was so funny.


On another note, in music "the Dark side of the moon" was released 40 years ago, but still is a best seller in 2014


Speaking of comedy and music, two identical Japanese twins released a rap album when they turned 100 years old.


i'd like to hear that!  Do you like dogs?   They have doggy blood drives just like people :)  There are 12 doggy blood types.


I feel kind of bad though, as dogs wouldn't have a choice in the matter.


Yeah sometimes I feel bad for cows pumping all that milk too for us.  Dogs and elephants are the only animals to understand pointing.


An elephant never forgets!  Istanbul helps out dogs by having a vending machine that gives food and water for dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


That seems very productive! I wonder who started the rumor that dogs were color blind? They can see as many colors as we can.


Good question.  Google prefers dogs to cats, but I'm not sure what that practically means.


During this time of struggle in government, it was interesting to read that in Austin Tx people voted to name the garbage dump Fred durst.


Voting has such a broad spectrum not all MEN in the UK could vote until 1918.   Yet the Prime minister had a cat in the cabinet


That cat has a complex job and it takes it's job seriously.  I think its interesting that 34% of the black male population in alabama has permanently lost the right to vote.  I wish they would explain more,  I wonder why.


I can only assume it is due to convictions.  Looking the government of Australia  i did not know that the PM  was a custom not a constitutional position


I did not know that either.  When you turn 100 in japan, the prime minister sends you a silver cup to celebrate. so many people are turning 100 that they had to find a way to make cheaper cups.


Does that lessen the achievement?  I wonder what they make the cups with now or are they smaller?


I am not sure.  I dont think it lessens the achievement,  though,  being 100 already is an achievement.  I would be scared to vote in an indian government haha Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter.


Oh no I see that as a government who is truly trying to capture every vote.  Wanting to appear as a true democracy.  What a system for vote collection.


Capture or Eat haha.  Yeah,  thats mind blowing.  maybe they do it so people wont vote and only have a select people vote in secrecy so they control the outcome of the vote.


Could be.  Hard to believe US astronauts can submit their votes from outer space.  Hopefully those  radio storms from Jupiter do not interfere.


So it is said.  I wonder how the votes are transmitted from outer space?  Did soldiers from WWII get to vote?


Thats an interesting question.  Maybe they processed those votes through radio?  Possibly.


Well in WWII soldiers made radios in foxholes with a pencil and a razor blade.  So with todays tech anything is possible.


In 1995 a radio station successfully prank called queen elizabeth ii by pretending to be then canadian prime minister jean chretien


That is amazing that the security was that lax.  WIth the modulating properties of radio I guess disguising a voice would be a simple trick.


Yeah.  Im security is more strict now.  Someone probably couldnt prank the Queen now.


Very true. But being the queen does she really have that much power since the Prime Minister is the true head of of the civil service.


Right.  She has a lot of influence though with the people.


Does she?  As the PM heads up everything.  It seems as if the Queen is custom like the PM in Aussie.


It was great talking to you.  Have a great day!


Hey how did You like the Green Lantern movie ?


Not as much as I liked Kiunka's four-song "Stay Up Late" EP


who's that ? Sorry I've never heard that song. What kind of music is it ?


Seattle quartet Kuinka plays an exuberant brand of pop music


oh ok. Sorry didn't hear that one.  Did You know that Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989 ?


That is quite a few.     I wonder how many referred to the joke of slipping on a banana peel?


lol...  yeah, going back to green lantern - originally it supposed to be a comedy ;) what...  superhero comic book as a comedy ? Do You see that ?


Maybe.   The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance


Yes, after I read about Northrop Frye who depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old.


wow...ok... hey... You're a dog lover ? ;)


Yes.    Did you know Dogs can learn over a thousand words and can reason better than chimps.


No I've never thought they can be THAT smart. Are we talking about all breeds or maybe there are smarter and dumber breeds ? :)


Depends, just like people.    However, Some dogs in moscow have learned to use the subway.


"learned" ? In terms of... walking behind their owner into the train ? Because I don't see them somehow buying the actual ticket ;)


Not sure.   Dogs do have 'eureka moments' and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.


I guess, but I don't believe they understand what You mean when You point at something... from like a distance, because when You point to a food on the floor like You're almost touching it - most dogs will get it :)


True.    The dog was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia


Yeah, I mean I've heard that, but WHO and HOW did a study on this ;) lol, or are these facts only based on a drawings in caves ;)


If nothing else, Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior


...and now we dress these majestic animals in Halloween costumes...  they probably regret that decision ;)


Perhaps, but dogs continue to perform many roles for humans.


My dogs perform holes in my backyard... :) and bark at my tenants even though they've known them for many years ;)


Spoiled then.    No hunting, herding or pulling loads for them!


I guess I did - I'm not a hunter - I couldn't kill an animal, doesn't matter how small... Maybe I'll buy some sheep for them to protect ;) You have dogs ?


Yes.    It has always amazed me how Dogs drink with the underside of their tongue


You got some weird dogs man... ;) kidding ;)


Perhaps so.     Thanks for the chat, man!


Hi there. Are you a fan of jazz? I think it is so historical. Since the 1920s it has been recognized as the major form of musical expression.


Yes I love jazz!  I love it because it has both swing and blue notes.


That's awesome and yes it does. Jazz has its roots in west African cultural and musical expression.


A great actor, Clint Eastwood is a lifelong Jazz enthusiast!


You're right he is a great actor. He even scored several films including million dollar baby so he can definitely appreciate good music.


Yes he even is a pianist!  One thing I didn't know is Pakistan has a Jazz orchestra,did you hear of them?


I have never heard of them and that is very surprising to me. A Harlem woman once held free jazz concert at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years. I wonder who played there?


Yes, I heard about this and she was able to occasionally get top performers to stop by!


That would be so cool to watch. There's even a programming language in which the programs are written in musical composition and functional programs have jazz like harmonies. Very cool.


Now that is neat! Speaking of music, do you like going to see a live concert?


Yes I love love concerts. I wish I saw Lincoln Park play because they played over 300 concerts in 2001 alone.


That was a busy year for them!  Another busy band were the Ramones.  They toured almost non stop for over 20 years!