Did not know that, I will check that next time I watch. Do you ever go to any concerts?


Yes I used to go to a lot of concerts. I always wanted to go to Linkin Park concert but they stopped wearing because the lead singer passed away


For sure, I saw one too, quite sad with their lead singer


Yes I agree. They did go to a lot of concerts though, they played 324 in a year, which is definitely almost one per day


That is so much, they must have been burnt out! I went to a creed one once, 4 people sued them becasue it was so bad!


That's funny but also said haha I would be embarrassed if I were them LOL. I wish I could have gone to the Pink Floyd concert that they recorded at a Roman Amphitheatre


That would be awesome. I know croatia has a famous roman amphiteatre that is still used


Yes they should make a Led Zeppelin cover band do a concert there LOL.


I would pay for that. Stairway to Heaven! Do you watch any drama shows?


Yes I watch them from time to time. I have seen the show House on TV with Hugh Laurie, I can't believe how much he makes per episode it's insane!


I used to love that show! It was worth him making 700,000 an episode, he made the show so good!


Yes I agree! Jim Carrey also used to make good movies, but he doesn't make dramas anymore, he says it's because they don't promote positivity


I could have sworn he was in a drama one time, but maybe not. Good chatting with you!


Yes Jim Carrey was in a drama, in fact he was in a bunch of them, he just says that he won't do any more of them now.


Sometimes it is difficult to mentor young people who haven't had strong role models before. There are so many types of media that have a negative impact.


Yeah I can see that. I respect people that do things like help out with the little sisters program. I haven't done that yet but it takes a lot of time and so I respect that


I've heard it is helpful to ask a young person what they like about the media they are consuming. I suppose that get start a deeper conversation.


I wonder if they ever listen to rap music together though. Do you like rap music? I know that I liked Tupac Shakur a lot as a kid


I listen to Christian Rap and Hip Hop, but try to avoid the stuff with lots of language. I respect the art, but wish it could be more wholesome.


Is there such a thing as Christian rap? I've never heard of it, I'll have to check it out, have you ever heard of a compliment Battle Before? It's like a diss battle but with compliments haha they do it in Korea


No. I haven't heard of that, but yes there is Christian Rap and quite a lot of it. I heard there is a reboot show of "One Day At A Time." Guess it is a great conversation starter about racism.


So is it? Maybe I'll check it out. Have you ever listen to Eminem by the way? I know that he was big in Michigan, which is where I'm from, that's where he grew up


I have heard Eminem. Very talented. I am always amazed that he once wanted to be a comic book artist.


Yep, I heard that his favorite was actually Spider-Man, which is interesting. Do you ever watch Netflix by the way?


Yep. Have to admit that founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph were brilliant in coming up with the idea.


I agree. I watch Netflix from time to time, I like to watch the show stranger things, did you know that Netflix and YouTube makeup half of all internet traffic? I can believe it, those are the two main things I watch


Wow. That is pretty incredible.It is available almost everywhere, except for China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea.


Yep you're right. Do you still get the Netflix DVDs in the mail? Apparently the postage for that cost 20 times more than the same bandwidth to deliver that movie. That's pretty crazy, I don't know who gets those DVDs anymore


I used to when I first started using Netflix, but now it isn't really helpful. I do know that people who live in the boonies sometimes order DVDs still.


Oh wow. That's pretty interesting, also interesting is that Blockbuster could have bought Netflix back in the day, only 50 million dollars and now they're worth 2 billion, oops!


I bet they regret that decision now. Netflix has a log of different movie genres. Some people really like Horror films, like some of Stephen King's.


Yes some people do like horror movies. I'm not one of those people though haha. What about you? I do know that a horrible we can burn up to 180 calories when you watch it though


I'm not a horror film fan either, but I totally believe that about calorie burning. I've heard that viewing a horror movie before abstract art makes you enjoy the art work more. Kind of crazy when you think about it.


But it's kind of crazy. Ill have to try that out, have you ever heard of the water phone by the way? It's an instrument that makes that noise in horror movies


Is that what makes all of those creepy metallic noises? They make my skin crawl.


Yep that's a water phone apparently! I need to learn how to play that, I can play a piano but I can't play the waterphone LOL have you ever seen the movie The Shining by the way?


Hi! Are you a fan of horror films? I like to watch horror as part of a work out routine as you can burn over 180 calories watching horror movies, surprisingly enough!


I do like them!  I'm going to have to start watching more of them though if I can lose some weight while doing it.


Agreed! If you also check out abstract art after watching a horror movie, they say you'll enjoy it more as well!


Interesting.  ET was originally supposed to be a horror movie.


Was it really? I could not see it that being scary! Something else I find crazy is the boy from The Shining named Danny didn't actually know he was acting in a horror film until years later. It's like, how did he never figure that out?


It was originally written to be that, but they changed it.  I wonder what that little boy was thinking during the filming? lol


Same here. He must have been completely distracted the entire time. You know, Stephen King once said Bambi was the first horror movie he'd ever seen and was terrified when he watched it. I don't know whether to take that seriously or not. Ha!


Hmm...that's funny.  Coming from Stephen King I think I would believe he was serious.  He has a unique twisted mind. lol


Indeed he does! I wonder if any of his work was inspired by legendary authors like Bram Stroker, Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley. I say that because horror was initially inspired by their literature.


I don't think I've ever heard him mention any of them.  The 1996 horror film Scream was originally supposed to be title Scary Movie.  I can't believe that movie came out over 20 years ago!


Wow! I can't either. Time certainly flies, doesn't it? I wonder if they used a waterphone to make any creepy metallic noises in the movie like most horror and sci-fi films do?


That sounds like a neat instrument to have around during halloween. lol  The writer of the Rocky Horror Picture show is the voice of the dad on Phineas and Ferb.


Ha! Is he really? That's kind of funny. I wonder if that is on Netflix? Speaking of Netflix, are you one of the 137 million subscribers worldwide? I'm proud to say I am one of reasons Netflix accounts for 33% of all North America's bandwidth from 9pm to 12am. Ha!


Hahaha Yes and I am guilty of taking up some of the bandwidth as well!  lol


There's no shame in that! Can you believe that Netflix actually spends like 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth? That is crazy!


I'm surprised that there's that many people still renting dvds through the mail?  lol


No kidding! I also think it's crazy both YouTube and Netflix make up half the peak internet traffic in north America. That's a lot of traffic for two services. Ha!


I believe it because I also am a heavy youtube user. LOL  I find it ironic how in 2000 Netflix proposed that Blockbuster should use Netflix as it's online service and Blockbuster laughed them out of the office.  Now Blockbuster is out of business.


That is ironic and kind of sad, really. Oh what might have been, right? Well speaking of YouTube, I want to check out this new Korean freestyle rap called the "compliment battle". That sounds interesting. Are you a fan of rap, by chance?


I am and that sounds funny for some reason.  I'm going to have to check out Noclue.  He's the worlds fastest English language rapper and rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second!


Now that takes some serious talent! I'll have to check that out myself! I also want to check out the Rugrats movie as Busta Rhymes apparently voiced the Reptar wagon. I want to see if I recognize his voice. Ha! Well, it was nice chatting with you today! Hope you have a great day, friend!


I remember him voicing that part!  It was nice chatting with you!  ...and you have a great day as well!


Lol, I suppose.  What do you think about Led Zeppelin?


I think Zepp was great. Rolling Stone magazine hated them. I never saw them in concert. I wish I had. What do you think?


I have never seen them either.  Apparently they are very popular though b/c in 2005 they won in every category of a british radio stations contest to create a  "ideal supergroup"


I am amazed that the individual members had such a draw, but their musicianship was terrific. The led zeppelin song "black dog" is named after a black Labrador that was wandering around the recording studio,  I thought there woudl have been a better story bhind that song.


Ha ha sometimes there isn't a great sstory.  Did you know that Jack Black shot a video of himself in front of 1000 screaming fans begging the Led Zeppelin to let him use their son


I wonder how he got all the fans together! That's great! I hope Zepp appreciated the gesture.


probably through social media?  Have you seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail?  It was funded apparently in part by British rock starts including Led Zeppelin


I saw the film. I guess the band loved the TV series and wanted to help. The budget for Grail was rather small, I believe. Glad it got made though.


Yeah it is funny. Ben Affleck was apparently another actor who got the rights to use a Led Zeppelin song in one of their movies.  He used "When the Levee Breaks"


I don't remember that song from the movie, but I'm glad that Zepp were sticklers about their tunes.


So we were talking about never being at one of their concerts earlier.  I read that in 2002 a Creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against them.


That is so funny! I wonder how bad they really were. Probably should stop playing music all together. I wonder if the fans won their suit.


Who knows?  I saw that in 1972, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii..with no audience


I guess they liked the acoustics? I wonder what the label thought about that approach to making an album.


Yeah good question.  I read that in Croatia, there is an ancient Roman Amphitheater still in use today for concerts


That would be a good place to record an album. Or maybe for Creed to rehearse.


lol exactly.  I saw something interesting.  The Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts.  They toured almost non-stop for over 20 years


They must be bots or cyborgs. How could they do that? They must get special drugs or something.


I know that sounds crazy.  Do you like dramas?  I read that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because of his belief system.  It prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.


I don't agree with Jim, but he has been doing film for a long time. He probably wants only projects that he believes in.


yes, probably so.  I saw that Michael Caine became an actor because all the pretty girls at his school were in drama class.


He knew what he was doing. He went for it! Anyway, great chat!


Hmm..I guess we just wait for it to signal the end


Yes, I know what you are talking about but for some reason they haven't generated on


Maybe we are suppose to keep talking but normally its 10 chat turns


I have a DONE button here. I've never had it not appear after 10 turns. Odd.


Hmm..I wonder if something is wrong with our hit


Not that I've seen with other HITS today. Let's just keep going.


I have no idea what else to say.  Do you like radio drama?  I think that might have been fun to listen to back in the day


I would have liked to listen to "The War of the Worlds"  broadcast


I can't imagine how everyone got so caught up in it


I'm not exactly sure what to do b/c it isnt ending


I keep hitting the done button. Have you pressed TAB twice after entering text? That highlight the DONE button for me.


Hello, I'm doing great and staying warm in this arctic freeze. How are you? I could use some sun right now, did you know that the sun is considered a star in the solar system?


I remember reading that. I too have a nice arctic cold. did you know Chicago is colder than antarctic? I do because I worked out this morning and it said -24 on my truck...


Yes, I saw that on the news this morning, oh my goodness, there's actually a negative in front of that! With these drastic temperature changes, one day, the sunset might become blue, just like on mars.


Yeah, it's cold. At least it's not flooding like in DC


I did not know it was flooding in DC, why is it flooding?


Intermittent downpours in the afternoon caused issues. Although I think this is from the summer as it says a high near 80. That's 102 degrees hotter than I am right now!


Wow! I think that'll do it. Considering that the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system, why don't we feel any warmth these days?


I also read on Apple news that it's so hot in Australia right now that snakes are cooling off in toilets!


Haha, that is so smart! Oh that makes sense, they are in the opposite hemisphere. Wonder when Amazon will start diving into weather business, their logo of pointing to a to z means that its in their business scope right


Bezos actually built a clock into a mountain. Weird...


Oh wow, wonder if its Alexa compatible. Do you read ebooks on kindles? Amazon created a new font called "bookerly", but I don't find it any different from previous versions.


I do. I like the basic one that is just grey screen. You?


Yes, that one is quite travel-friendly. What I don't really like is Amazon's patent on 1-click buying which Apple actually pays a licensing fee for. It makes purchasing way too convenient


It has caused me to buy too much. They also own IMDB


Me too. I find IMDB to be quite useful too for gauging whether or not the movie would be enjoyable for me. I also like Amazon's low-end products sold under its in house brand AmazonBasics.


I use it to place a face to a movie. I can always picture a movie the person was in but not the actual movie.


I see, I might actually try the price match feature offered by Best Buy or Target one day, I had no idea they would price match with Amazon


I did not know that either. I will use it from now on...


Hopefully it'll be super simple and hassle-free.


It's currently snowing. ugh lol  Do you use Amazon Alexa to get your daily forecasts?


I don't though I use Amazon for other things. The sell video downloads, software, video games, electronics, apparel,food, toys, jewelry and other things. I've bought a little of everything from them it feels!


Me too.  I was just curious.  I'm afraid of using the Amazon Echo because I've read things about eavesdropping.


Right, it is pretty creepy. Amazon also is the largest cloud infrastructure service. Do you remember that day when the whole internet basically crashed because AWS was down?


I actually do remember that!  Did you ever buy any of their low-end products under it's in-house brand AmazonBasics?  I never have.


I have, hah. I have bought sheets. They were okay but kind of hot as I remember? I'd love to work at the warehouse packaging items. I'd be in better shape. Their workers walk between seven and fifteen miles a day.


Nice!  That would be the perfect way to get paid and stay in shape wouldn't it?


Right, it would be. I am just too lazy to apply though haha. Vicious cycle. I kind of wish I was Amazon's first customer.


The closes warehouse my me is over an hour drive away otherwise I would think about working there at least part time.  Why do you wish you were the first Amazon customer?


The first Amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.


Nice!  Did you know that Best Buy and Target will price match Amazon?  I didn't know that.


That is cool for those who like to shop in person! I didn't know that.


Amazon hold a patent on 1 click buying and apple pays them licensing fees.  They are making money everywhere.


I didn't know that. They are taking over the world! I wonder what the 18th century people would think since they had moral panic over the spread of reading novels.


Yikes!  That sounds like chaos.  An elementary school replaced desks with reading bicycles and test scores skyrocketed.  That's kind of neat and something I never heard of before.


I kind of want a stationary bicycle with a laptop desk attached. Have you see those? I think that would be cool and good for health and focus.


I haven't but that is something that I would be interested in.  I'm going to have to look that up.  President Andrew Johnson never attended school in his life.   His wife helped him to learn math and how to read.  That's amazing.


Quite interesting! And the on the other hand, we have speed readers who can read at 4700 words per minute. I wonder how they verify that.


I don't know but I would be able to read a lot of books if I could read that fast!


Would you read poetry if it was terrible? CS Lewis and Tolkien held a you laugh you lose competition for bad poetry.


I just read the DC weather forecast for today.


It looks like it is milder for a few days, but that still seems cold to me.


Though temperatures are quite cool, there is a lot of sunshine. I wonder if it feels warm enough under the sun.


Perhaps.  You still have to wear a jacket though, I'm sure.


What is the weather like where you live?


It is sunny today. I live outside of Dallas (a suburb)


It's sunny where I am too. I think yesterday the high was 75, and it's December! We had a Christmas party and it was actually too hot in the sun.


I am in Phoenix, Arizona. It's usually too hot for me, any time of the year.


I used to live there.  By the way, are you familiar with Amazon Alexa?


I am familiar with it but I do not use it.


I do not use it but am thinking about buying one.


It seems like it would easily give you the forecast every day.


I wonder if Amazon has sold many of them.  It sounded very popular.


It does seem popular but I prefer to look up my weather and get all my information by just looking up on Google.


I guess so.  Do you know that Amazon CEO built a huge clock on a mountain that would last for 10000 years?


I heard about that but am still confused as to why he did that.


It's interesting that the first Amazon customer got a building named after him.


I know.  Anyway, I need to go.  Nice chatting with you.


Hello, did you know the sun is actually white?


Hi, how are you? No, I did not know that, that is a surprise to me!


It only looks yellow because of atmospheric scattering.


that is really cool, i recently learned that lightning bolts are apparently 5x hotter than the surface of the sun


I know, I wonder how it even gets that hot like that, so far from anything as hot


Yeah,  incredible.  I didnt know the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years!!!  Everyone should be switching to solar!!


holy cow, that is almost incomprehensible, that is just so much energy


I know right,  in one sec,  That is crazy!


For sure. and then, even that is small, the sun is one billionth the size of other stars in our galaxy


Yeah,  its really amazing.  I also learned that neptne completed its first orbit in 2011


really? that is quite a long time, like 150 years since the last


Since discovered in 1846 I guess.  Yeah its a slow orbiting planet lol


speaking of long times, i found out that IMbd has been owned by Amazon since 1998


I really love that app,  I use it all the time.  I didnt know amazon owned it though.


me neither, they are huge now though, their workers do a lot of work too, walking between 7 and 15 miles a day


I wouldnt mind that,  thats pretty awesome,  get an exercise while working lol


i guess, but i think it would get frustrating after awhile, a lot of work


Did you know the usps has a contract with amazon to deliver on sundays?


no i did not, but i suppose that makes sense, i have gotten packages from them on sundays before


Thats pretty amazing,  I love getting packages on sundays!  Its been great talking with you,  excellent conversation!


Yes.  I guess the New England Patriots need to have a replacement ready for Tom Brady.


Yeah he is about to turn 41 and probably will retire in a few years, they must have a good backup plan


I have faith in the New England Patriots.  They are the only team to appear in the Super Bowl ten times!


I think they not only have a great coach but also good administrative staff, that is always important, what do you think about the new hires?


I think Sam Darnold would be a good quarterback.


Brandin Cooks also seems like a good player but I agree Darnold sure had a bright future in front of him, maybe the Pats will do that for him


I think Bill Belichick contributes greatly to the New England Patriots success.


I agree, he is a great coach, he has changed things for the team, what do you think about the whole Garoppolo case, I know Belichick want happy about that


I believe Robert Kraft lacked oversight in his decision.


So do you like Tom Brady as QB? I think the guy is a legend of the game


Yeah, he is amazing.  It is unbelievable that he threw 50 touchdown passes one year after never throwing more than 30 in any year prior.


It is right, that is a great record to have, he must earn a lot of money, I heard his wife earns almost double


Yeah.  It is interesting he never ate a strawberry in his life.


Yeah I wonder why lol, Its crazy how he was won the Superbowl or lost it with only 3 or 4 points of difference in the past editions


Tom Brady, as strange as he is, demands credit from the New England Patriots for helping them become such a successful team.


Did you hear how the author of Game of Thrones referred to the team?


I have to agree with him, they have dominated the league for a while now


The New England Patriots have such a rich and interesting history.


They do indeed, they have dominated the league in the past years and are the owners of the greatest comeback in Superbowl history, what a team!!


HI, did you know the sun is the center of the universe?


I knew it was the center of our solar system, I didn't know it was the center of the universe.


I am always surprised how large it is, 109 times the diameter of the earth.  That is huge!


it really is!  amazon is  the largest Internet retailer in the world


Wow.  That doesn't surprise me.  I can't  believe is was only founded about 25 years ago, back in 1994.  It has grown so quiclkly in such a short time.


It has, Lathough Alibaba beats Amazon in sales.


Wow, something I have never even heard of.  I am amazed that Amazon was able to make a deal with USPS to deliver on Sundays, the only company I know of that has that service.


Me too. Ticks off the mail carriers though! Especially in my little town.


I would imagine it would.  Amazon has grown so large.  They own a publishing company, film and TV sudio and produce their own elctronic devices.  It is pretty amazing.


It is! Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their daily shift.


Wow, who needs a gym when you have a job like that.  I just  recently found out Amazon owns IMDB, I had no idea.


me either! do you like to read? Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.


I love to read.  It is good for your brain because it reuires continuous practive and refinement.


thats right!  Reading is a means for language acquisition, communication, and sharing information and ideas.


I always thought speed reading was fascinating.  Did you know the speed reading record is 4,700 words per minute!


I don't know how you can comprehend what you read at that speed!


I don't know.  But reading is so complex and everyone has their own interpretation of what they read which I think is why reading is so great.


Thats true! Did you know that Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches?


That is so crazy and kind of neat.  I suppose there is some military information in the book that they can connect with.  Ender's Game is also on the military's suggested reading for many branches.


I know, have you ever read it? I haven't.


I have not, but maybe I should if it is that highly suggested.  Maybe I will go look for it now.  Thanks for talking with me.


Its only because of the atmospheric scattering that it looks yellow. It also has the the energy in one second to provide energy needs for 500,000 years.


Awesome!  It is the star at the center of the solar system.


True, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy...just think of the universe.


Incredible.  It's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma!  That just sounds neat.  lol


It certainly the most important source of energy for life on Earth.


A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun...about 5 times hotter!


That is amazing. If they could harness a lightening bolt that would be amazing too.


I do. I love Amazon prime and I use it on my tv everyday and shop on Amazon too.


Same here.  I can't believe it's been almost 25 years since the company was started in 1994.


I never knew about them until about 5 years ago. I recently found out they own Imdb.


Interesting.  They probably own that site and direct people who look up the movies back to Amazon to buy the movies from there.


I'm sure. Amazon is very networked. You stay in shape if you work in their warehouse. You'll walk between 7 and 15 miles a day.


Nice!  I like the contract they have with the U.S. postal service to deliver packages on Sundays.


YES! I love that. For years you knew if you didn't get your mail on Saturday, you weren't going to see it until Monday.


Yes.  I think Amazon is probably playing a big part in helping to keep the postal system afloat.


True, it has been great chatting with you. I hope you have a fun day.


Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!  I had fun too!


I read that. My watch battery doesn't last more than a couple years.


lol Thanks for the chat!  Have a great day!


Hi there, do you know much about the sun?


Good afternoon, I live in Florida, so yeah I know a little.  Lol how about you?


Yes me too. Did you know that in reality it is white and not yellow?


No, it's always looked yellowish orange, to me.  But, I guess that's where the atomspheric scattering comes into play and makes it appear white.


Yes. Do you know hot the sun is and how much of its energy we need?


A lightning bolt, I hear is hotter, but the sun is till super hot.  I read that it produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.  We really need to work on harnessing that energy.


Yeah that is awesome, if we could only figure a way to harvest that energy it would be awesome, you are right on the spot there. Do you know how big the sun is?


No, I'm not sure of its size.  Do you know?


It is actually one billionth of the largest star, that is small in that context


Yes quite a bit. It is a good service and now they deliver on SUndays


I've been shopping with them since the beginning, when they just sold books until now and I have never gotten a package delivered on a Sunday.  People keep telling they get their packages on Sunday, though.  Maybe, it's just not available in my area?


Oh I see, I get them where I live though. Did you know that Jeff built a clock in a mountain that is supposed to run for 10 000 years?


I heard about the Long Now initiative.  I read up on it and it's an interesting project.  Glad that Jeff is spending his riches on such a worthy endeavor.


Yes that is awesome. They named a building after their first customer too


Imagine, spending $ 27.95 and getting a building named after you?  Wonder what they bought?  It had to have been a book, because that's what they were when they first started out, was an online bookstore.


Yes exactly, good thing they honored the person that started shopping there. Did you know they also own IMDB?


Yeah, I heard they owned it since 1998, I use it mainly for trivia and to read reviews.  How about you?


Yes me too. DO you enjoy reading in general?


Yes, I do.  I'm an avid reader and bookstore junkie.  Mostly non fiction, though.  Do you like to read?


I love to read. Have you ever read Starship Troopers?


No, I've never read that book.  Have you?


Yes it is a good book and recommended by some military branches as well. Nice chat!!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Man how about this weather, sounds like DC will see spring and it isn't even january


highs near 50 was insane today, in iowa it was 38


Tomorrow's weather will be pleasant. At least it will be partially sunny.


yes, partial sunny in the winter makes so much of a difference, no snow hopefully.


Even if it snows the impacts should be relatively minimal.


I agree ,it has been way to warm for any snow to stick, so much for a white christmas


Did you know that the sun accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system?


that is crazy, what is more crazy is a lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the sun


It produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.


wow, crazy that neptune just completed its first orbit of the sun since 1846


I didn't know Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


I didn't know he started "amazon" in 1994 and alibaba outsells them


That's sad. At least Amazon has a contract with postal service to deliver packages on Sunday!


that has helped business greatly, but USPS is losing money on the deal. I didn't know IMDB is owned by amazon the last 20 years


The world record for speed reading is 4,700 words per minute!


Yeah definitely. Reading terrible poetry sounds boring.


i agree ha, good talking with you, happy holidays


Not much anymore but I used it all through middle and high school.


I heard Burger King once held a promo where you'd get a free whopper if you unfriended ten people!


Maybe some people put ten people they didn't know on and then unfriend those. The founder, Mark Zuckerburg is colorblind.


That would've been really smart. I actually knew that one! That is the reason Facebook is blue.


Myspace turned town an offer to buy Facebook. Wasn't Myspace red, too?


I think it was black, I don't remember much red. How much was the offer?


I heard it was $75 million. I think just a few years ago Facebook was work over $100 billion, too!


That is crazy! I read somewhere that the like button is illegal in schleswig-holstein, which is in Germany.


Yes, I guess it caused quite a bit of drama! Then again in Iceland, they like it so much they are rewriting their constitution on it.


Honestly, they are insane for that. Whatever floats their boat, I guess. haha


Despite possible drama, I do love to be on a computer. Did you know that it only takes one mb of ram to run the space shuttle's general computer?


Wow, I think my computer has at least 8 GB of ram. Russia made a computer in 1936 that just ran on water!


They must have had great anti-freezing technologies! Speaking of great technology, did you know a teen recently designed an app for walking home alone?


Oh yeah! It's called Self Travel I think, I thought it was such a good idea.


Yes! It was part of an App Challenge to help encourage kids to be familiar with or enter the technology field. I really love that idea!


I do too, it's such an inspirational thing for children than to be on social media all day.


I heard in the App Challenge you can work as an individual or group, so if friends can work together it's eliminating an excuse to not learn just to hang out with friends.


I believe it only took her 40 hours to design the app and her mom thought she was on Facebook for all that time!


Well if you have to be using "screen time" I can't think of many better ways than making an app for people to be safer.


The Patriots are a real power house team in the NFL.


They no longer play in Boston anymore.  They are based in Foxborough.


Yes, I knew they no longer played in the Boston area. It seems like almost a given that the Patriots will be in the Super Bowl or the playoffs ever year.


They have been there so many time that they have lost four times, as many as the Bills.


I'm normally not a big Tom Brady fan. But, I might have to change my opinion about him, since he came out of the Big Ten.


He didn't seem that good when he was playing with Michigan.  Who knew?


I don't remember him playing with Michigan actually.


As good as Brady is, his wife makes twice as much money as he does.


That's funny, isn't it? She owns hotels and some apparel lines, too.


When Brady was on his JV high school team, he didn't even get a start even though the team was winless.


At Michigan, he was the backup quarterback, and he even had to fight for his starting spot, too. I wonder what pushed him over the top.


Maybe it's because he has never eaten a strawberry.


LOL! Maybe strawberries are his cryptonite!


He and coach Belichick together have won five Super Bowls, that's a lot.


It is a lot. He has been to the Super Bowl eight times. I wonder if the Patriots will make it again this year.


If Brady wins one more, he will break the tie with Charles Haley for most Super Bowl wins.


That's awesome. Maybe that is the reason Tom Brady is waiting to retire.


When he does, he has his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen to go home to.  Not a bad way to retire.


Nope. And, I'm sure he will be doing a bunch of commercials and spots like Peyton Manning.


Or maybe he can master video games and become as good as Baker Mayfield


That could be! It's been fun chatting with you!


Good Morning!  One of my kids is doing a science project on the Sun this week.  The magnitude of the sun is mind boggling!!!


The magnitude of the whole universe is mind boggling. It's hard to comprehend that the sun is much smaller than many of the other stars even in our own galaxy.


I know right?  Our life force could be dwarfed to the tune of a billionth in scale - it's almost incomprehensible


Yes, the thing it is responsible for all life on Earth is just a small piece of the Universe. Apparently it makes up 99.86% of the total mass of our Solar System


Some of the facts my kid dropped on me about the sun was eye opening, including the creation of time - days, years, etc.  Why we think the sun is yellow.  I hope she gets an A!


Sure sounds like he will. Good luck to him! Do you think we will ever get to Mars and colonize it? The sun doesn't keep them quite as warm.


I wonder why we can't colonize the Moon first - before going all the way to Mars, essentially a one way trip.  Wouldn't the Moon be a great test run and better than the ISS orbiting the Earth?


I think the moon just has less resources than Mars. It's just a rock. I could be way off on that though. Gravity must also be stronger on Mars.


Fair points - but the Moon doesn't rotate, meaning there is constant sunlight and darkness on half/half of the satellite.  In addition to being a lot closer, it could be a great tourist destination for the rich and powerful!


Haha all fair points. I think the rich are going to start going up into orbit for fun soon anyway. I think Richard Branson and possibly Amazon are working on that.


I think Branson, Bezos, and Musk will get it done way before the government/NASA do!  Amazon will probably have same day delivery to the Moon for Prime members!!!


I wonder if the government is ever going to break up Amazon. They literally have their hands in everything.


NYC/Brooklyn did void the contract for HQ2 because of the kickbacks and tax exemptions there - that was pretty surprising and a little controversial because of the timing of the action.  Amazon doesn't pay many taxes to begin with (and neither does the billion $ NFL).


It's funny I'm from around the area where Amazon wanted to move in LIC, New York. The opposition was just a small group. Kind of unfortunate


Small yet influential?  I'm more a fan of their movies/shows than their shopping carts!


The wife loves Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I like The Patriot - have you seen them?


The girlfriend also loves Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I'm not a huge fan. Haven't seen the Patriot, but I love Bosch and Man in the High Castle. Have you seen either of those?


I have, but I need to pick and choose with limited time in the evenings.  Bosch is on my watch list and I will look into Man in the High Castle - thanks for recommendations!  It's been great, and productive chatting with you today!!!


Bosch is also based some books that are really good. I think there's like almost 20 of them. Nice chatting with you as well!


I'd really like to read more, like I used to before the kids came along.  Thanks again!


The sun is just amazing, it keeps us warm and alive.


Yes! Made of about 73% hydrogen and about 25% helium and heavier elements in smaller quantities.


I didnt know that, the sun accounts for 99.86% of the mass of the solar system so hydrogen and helium are the most common elements in our system.


They are. Did you know that the sun is actually not yellow!


Yeah it is actually white, it is perceived yellow by us


You are right. The perception comes from atmospheric scattering.


Yeah, I wonder how other stars in the galaxy look. There are much bigger stars in out universe.


I know! Our sun is only 1 billionth of the size of the biggest star in the galaxy.


That is crazy, so do you use Amazon? I like shopping in their online store


I do use Amazon. It is super easy.I can not believe it has been around since 7-5-94.


Yeah almost 30 years do you like their Amazon Basics line?


It's a low-end product brand that Amazon launched. I like them. Some of them are pretty good and have a great quality.


I'll have to look into it. I like that the US mail has a contract with Amazon that has them delivering on Sundays.


What are your thoughts on the CEO of the company, Jeff Bezos?


I think he is very prosperous. I hope he is good to the warehouse workers seeing they walk between 7 and 15 miles a day per shift.


That is a big distance I think thats a good way to remain fit, walking is a great exercise.


I do too, but I am not sure I'd want to always do it.


I dont like to walk I prefer jogging or running or playing soccer as well, so I would like to work at an Amazon warehouse


Oh, that makes sense. I wish I would have been the first person to make a purchase on Amazon. That person got a building named after them after spending just $27.95.


Sounds like a great deal, the guy got his stuff and also a building named after him anyway it was fun chatting


Good morning!  Are you an amazon user?  I am!


Yup.  Pretty dangerous with the 1-click buying option.  I've used that way too many times!


Me too!  I can't believe it's almost been 25 years since Amazon was founded on July 5th, 1994.


Wow really.  It's been that long? What do you usually get? Been wanting to try their Echo product.


I use it a lot for gifts and their streaming service.  In addition to Fire TV, I also have a Fire tablet I got on there as well.


How is the Fire tablet?  Been also interested in the Kindle e-readers.


I love the fire tablet, if you have the streaming service you can watch fire tv through it anywhere you go that has a wi-fi connection.  Have you ever bought any AmazonBasics products?  That is Amazon's ow in-house brand of certain low-end products.


Haven't tried AmazonBasics.  I do have Prime. Love their films and tv shows.  Good to know about the tablet.    Love gadgets.  Heard that the Amazon Alexa device can receive daily weather forecasts.


Yes.  I forgot to mention that Alexa is on the Fire Tablet.  I didn't know that Amazon has owned IMDB since 1998.


Wow.  Didn't know that either.  I use IMDB all the time.  Love reading about all the movies and its casts. Don't do much fiction reading though I'm tempted to start George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones because I'm so addicted to the show.  You reach much?


Not as much as I like to.  I haven't read books like Starship Troopers or Ender's game.


Great movies though.  Been forced to read some science books to help my daughter with her project about the solar system.  She didn't believe me when I told her that the sun is considered a star.


Yes.  It's the star at the center of the solar system.


Yeah, key detail she really needed to get into her head.  She needs to add an interesting facts sheet to the project and found in our search that the sunset on mars is blue.  think that would look pretty neat.


That would look neat.  You can tell her too that the sun is a perfect sphere of hot plasma!  That might get her interested more in the sun.  Something about hot plasma makes it more interesting. lol


Ooh, that's a good one.  I think she'll like that one.  Tried to give her stats about how the sun accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system but that went over her head.  Know of any other cool facts a kid might like?


I do!  The sun is actually white and is only perceived yellow because of atmospheric scattering!


Wow, you know your stuff!  I think she'll find that one interesting as well.  Guess I should try and order more kid friendly books from Amazon. I remember most of my shopping on Amazon used to be books.


Same here!  One more interesting fact about the sun is that a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun!  About 5 times hotter!  It's been fun chatting!


hi how are you? how do you feel about football?


i am a huge fan of the Eagles, how about you?


I like to watch the superbowl. did the eagles win last year?


they did, it was an amazing time, they beat the new england patriots in a shootout


I think that it was a good game. there was a big comeback at the end, which is unusual in the SB.


that is for sure, every patriots superbowl is close, they are usually with 3 or 4 points, but we won by 8


The pats keep winning the sb. i would like other teams to have a chance. how many more seasons does brady have in him?


he was drafted in 2000 and is still chugging, he is so consistent and with good coaching, they are the winners nearly every year


Yeah, they will be competitive, but the injuries have to be a concern.


even still, since 2002, every championship game has had brady, manning or roethlisberger


Yeah, i guess the QB plays such a huge role. without a top notch QB, it is hard to win the SB.


that is true, you need a good quarterback who is enough to not hamstring your team


I think that the salary cap helps, but there are only so many QBs to go around. What about coaching? that matters too.


that makes a huge difference, that is why the pats are so good, bill belichick has so much success, he is coaching genius


Yes, but didnt he get busted for cheating? does he often work in a gray area?


he certainly does, but even with that, it is hard to discount long term success


Yeah, you could not just cheat and win. you have to have something more. I guess Bill will be in the game many more years.


he probably will be, and even though brady has been here for 20 years, he still likely will stick around for awhile longer


He could retire and live on his endorsements and his wife's salary. anyway, great chat!


yeah it was nice chatting with you so far, what do you think about Brady having a rule named after him though?


it is most likely the tuck rule which was enacted after the playoff game against the raiders in the snow


I'm a football fan, the last game I watched was the super bowl.


very good , hope you enjoyed the game. tom brady is very good


Yeah, he is a good quarterback. But he's not left handed.


Not really, I've never been very good. Did you Tom Brady's wife makes twice as much as him?


Yeah, real good I suppose. He's never eaten a strawberry in his life.


Might me , Hope he will taste the fruit soon... Do you know about The New England Patriots..


Do you know about the author of a games of thrones


Interesting. Well apparently the author called the patriots the lannisters of the NFL. Hilarious.


Yes.. Bill belichick is a super coach, he got 21 wins in football


That's true. He is a great coach. The bills are equal to the patriots in super bowl losses though.


the cleveland browns head coach was bill and their last win was in 1995


Yeah, I didn't know that. Are you a fan of the Browns?


I am not fan of particular team.. I love watch the game. I love cricket and basketball too


Nice, well Tom Brady never threw 30 touchdown passes prior to 2007.


Yeah sometimes coaches play a role. Bill gave a false injury report


Yeah, so the other team doesn't know if he is playing.


Hi, how are you? do you like chatting about football?


I try to watch the playoffs and the superbowl. i didnt get a chance to see the SB this year though. You?


I saw it, it was a slow game to be honest.


Yeah, i heard. the game last year was better, if I recall correctly. What do you think of Tom Brady?


He's a good quarterback, but I'm not a fan.


I am not a fan either. he has six rings now? i woudl like to see some other teams win for once.


That is pretty good. I don't disagree, I get tired fo seeing them every year.


I guess this year there wasnt a cheating scandal though. that is pretty good. what did George RR Martin call the Pats? The Lannisters of the NFL? LOL


Hilarious. Tom Brady doesn't get injured a lot, that is a big deal for a starter.


Yeah, but Bill puts him on the injured list or something?


Yeah, they seem to stretch the rules a lot.


Yeah, that is what ive heard. but they win, and that is what people remember: who won.


Exactly, nobody cares how they win. Did you know Kellan Moore is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL?


is he still in the league? i wonder why only one. do coaches dislike lefties?


I'm not sure to be honest with you. Maybe he isn't.


There are so many lefties that pitch in the MLB. i figured that there would be more lefties inthe NFL.


I think they have to set up the whole offense around them.


I know that the blind side changes, and maybe certain receivers get favored. anyway, great chat!


Yeah, I think that is likely what it is. Nice chatting with you.


Hello there, do you use Amazon much for deliveries?


Hi, i do actually, i use amazon prime and you?


I sure do, it is very useful, especially around the holidays.


Exactly! Amazon is a great place to get exercise too because their employees walk up to 15 miles a day each shift.


I think I heard that before, sounds like quite a bit for someone who works a warehouse job, but I never have so I don't know too well I guess.


Do you know what the first ever Amazon purchase was for?


Yeah, it was something like a building named after him, right?


Yeah good call, it was a building naming rights (for some reason) and it was for $27.95 to be exact, strange to me.


Not too bad of a deal but a good investment i guess.


Yeah I wonder if the building is still standing.  Did you hear about Bezos building a clock in a mountain?


Yeah, i wonder where that clock is that would be interesting to see.


Well you have plenty of time to go and check it out, I guess it will last for like 10,000 years.


Yeah, time is definately on my side if it was actually built


On a different subject, did you know that our sun is not actually yellow?


That's true just like other suns in different galaxes


And ours is not that big compared to others, like one billionth the size of one in our galaxy even.


WOW and did you know that a lightning bold is 5x hotter than the sun?


I think I have read that, its crazy to think about that because people get hit by them and still survive somehow.


Yeah, i dont know how they got the logic for it either based on those scenarios


Agreed, well it's been fun talking with you, I hope that you enjoy the rest of the day.


Totally, it was a great chat! Have a nice day! Bye


I have always been interested in historically based movies.  Do you like to watch movies based on historical events, like Chappaquiddick - based on Ted Kennedy's famous scandal?


Yes I have watched a few historically based movies. I think it would be interesting to learn about Ted Kennedy. Political scandals can make great movies.


I agree.  The frustrating part is when you're not sure what pieces are "Hollywood" and what are real.


I can understand that. I feel that IMDb can be very useful for getting more raw reviews of movies and could help find good ones. Have you ever used IMBd?


Yes, we use it all the time to determine when movies have too much inappropriate content, or to understand why certain movies are rated R.  We have teenagers and often R movies are OK for them, but sometimes not.


I see. I imagine it can be frustrating not knowing. Did you know it is now owned by Amazon? It was originally fan operated.


I didn't realize that Amazon owns IMDb.  It is so helpful, it is disappointing to know that it is now privately owned.  It makes me a bit concerned that what can be a really useful tool will be used to try to sell something instead.


Yeah it's harder to trust the reviews now. At least there is still a lot of information on the site. Are there any other movie review sites you use?


Not really, except to rely on other friends who see movies a lot.  That can be helpful, but less reliable if you want to see a movie early in its run.  How about you?


I like to find helpful reviews on social media and places like youtube. I think getting more personal reviews from individuals rather than from a central location is more authentic.


I do often go to see movies based on actors or directors whom I really admire, though.  I enjoy seeing Coen Brothers' and M. Night Shamilan movies almost without exception.  Are you drawn to the story more when you choose movies?


Yeah, I tend to watch movies based on recommendations or if I find one that may seem interesting. Do you watch many drama movies?


I tend to see more action/adventure or romantic comedy movies.  There can be so much "drama" in real life, it often doesn't feel like an escape to see it in the movies.


Understandable. I know that drama is popular on TV. Did you know that Hugh Laurie used to earn 700,000 for each episode of House?


I cannot imagine that sort of money.  I understand that actors don't have a job like most average people - and that they are technically "unemployed" when they are not actively in a movie or TV show - but that still seems extreme.


Yeah, it seems excessive. I suppose when you have an actor that has to play that role that is central to the show it's likely they will be paid quite a lot. Maybe Hugh wasn't interesting in playing the character anymore and needed more incentive? Hard to say, but sometimes the best things in life is free. There's apparently a website that lists thousands of episodes of radio dramas for free. I sometimes look for public domain movies, have you ever check out the public domain sites?


No, that is not something I have done.  But I have listened to some great classic radio shows.  They were really fun - with audio effects to convey suspense, comedy, drama.


That sounds fun. Sometimes it's worth it to experience older forms of entertainment for something different.


I agree.  There is a lot of entertainment out there that we miss out on because of our cell phones.


Ah yeah, do you ever look at art or go to museums?


I love museums, particularly science and technology museums where there is so much to do and learn.


What do you think about the Novel Literature prize being cancelled this year?


I think it's pretty intense, but I support the #MeToo movement so I guess I agree with the decision to put some space between the Nobel Literature Prize and the scandals


Yeah its weird how the prize got cancelled 8 other times but mostly due to war or mayor events, and the last time was about 6 decades ago.


I know! It really puts things in a global and historical perspective. Sexual assault and harassment is now being treated similarly to war and other major events. What do you think of the whole situation?


I think its as important, its not a victimless crime so it must be taken really serious, a point must be made.


I agree. I hate that it's become a partisan issue, people blaming it on the "sensitivity" of liberal democrats. Did you know that the Democratic party is the oldest active political party in the US?


I  didnt know that, thout since 1853 its always been either a democrat or republican in power.


Oh I'm not sure I guess. There's honestly so much flip-flopping between parties that it's hard to keep track of sometimes. Reagan was originally a democrat, Trump used to be a Democrat... I don't personally understand why it has to be such a big partisan divide. There's so many bipartisan issues, why do we need to divide like this? What do you think?


I also think there are too many interests at hand I think politicians should stick to a party. You know that 15% of the Tea Party Movements identify themselves as democrats


I did not know that! And yeah, I think there should be political parties but I think the two party system makes it hard for people not to become less in the middle when there's only two choices. But on some issues like sexual assault I feel like everyone should support the movement


I think that having two parties only divides people, its either red or blue but both parties actually have good ideas.


Agreed. I appreciate some of the ideas behind the party that I don't identify with. That's one of the reasons that the two party system irks me, because I really have to vote ONLY Democrat or ONLY Republican, there aren't that many politicians who clearly support policies from both parties except the smaller parties


Yeah so enough politics, tell me do you listen to the radio?


I don't really listen to traditional radio, I think music streaming platforms have really hurt that industry. I really only listen to Spotify now. They have really cool playlists, podcasts, and more. What about you? Do you listen to radio, and if so, what type of stations?


I do listen to radio, there is a website with free classic radio dramas, I like that one and I also like Spotify.


It's kind of sad because radio has been around for so long. In the 1930's, one of the most popular acts was actually a ventriloquist, which is hilarious (in my opinion) because how do people even appreciate the ventriloquism if they can't see the puppet?


I know right lol, one of the requisites is to see the puppet and the human interact, there is also a station that picks Jupiter storms.


That's so cool. There's another radio station where you can hear the solar activity in the form of sound and it's like music


It sounds interesting but both radio stations seem to be really boring.


Yeah I don't know how long I could listen to something like that. What about literature, are you a fan of literature? I like reading, mostly fiction/crime books. I recently read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and am now reading Gone Girl. What's the last work of literature you read?


I am a fan of literature, did you know that the fds burned about six tons of censored literature!


i am not a religious person. i do not own a bible. it has sold quite well. the author must be rich LOL


Yes they must LOL. Prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for students in the USA to be required to read from the Bible.


the classroom certainly has changed because of court cases and such. i figure that there is value in religious texts but students should read a range of them


Yes I don't think it should be a part of education especially not elementary education.


elementary is a bit young, but high school students can read texts from world religions and understand their impact on the world. Thomas jefferson created his own version of the bible, using a razor to cut out the 'supernatural' parts, such as the miracles and the resurrection. maybe students could experiment the same way.


Yes that is true I agree with you on that. Apple only became known as an Apple when the Bible was translated into Latin in the fourth century. Quite interesting I didn't know that.


yes, the language of the bible reflects the history of language and sometime historical places and events. it is a historical document.


It definitely is he got that right. The biblical tower of babel was likely named after an actual building so some of it is based off real life situations.


i would love to visit the place and seen the tower that spawned the story. Teddy roosevelt and john quincy adams are the only two us presidents that did not use a bible at their swearing-in ceremonies. i guess they used a different document?


Yeah they must've not sure what they use though. They have also made a lot of movies based on religious fact. Tom Hanks is actually the highest all time box office star.


tom has got the touch! he works with very good people too. i figure that his name alone is worth a lot audience for any film


Yeah definitely my favorite film of his was Forrest Gump. There have also been some box office flops like the movie Trojan wars. I have never even heard of it.


neither have i. it must have been terrible LOL forrest gump was based on a book whose author never saw any money from the movie.


I do, actually. I've wondered how people qualify for a Nobel Prize in literature, but it looks like due to a #MeToo scandal in the academy, there won't be one


I guess the panel of judges have to deem you worthy


I guess there's a different panel for the varying categories, because the award for literature is the only one affected by the reports


Do you know how many nobel prizes there are in total?


I don't, actually. I guess there are 18 committee members total though


I always thought there were only 6 categories


I think you're right. Literature covers all the various types of written works. Winston Churchill's Nobel Prize was in Literature


In any case the metoo scandal was a shame since it canceled out the nobel prize for literature which would mean a lot to most writers


I know. All because of one guy. And it seemed to be an ongoing thing he was doing, and it just now is becoming a big deal


Well I won't deny that this one person's actions damaged the integrity of the nobel prize. Shame on him


And this is the first time in more than 60 years that a prize won't be given


I mean a lot of people stepped down or worked tirelessly to restore their marred repuation


That's really hard on a lot of people. For about 40 years, literature was part of the Olympic events


I think that is because literature is such a valued art and skill. I find it hilarious however there is a contest where writers try to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.


It would be interesting to see the novels on that list and to found out if those sentences have been used in good novels


True. It would be interesting to see how they recover from those worst hook sentences


Have you ever read any ancient Greek literature? I guess it's rare to find romantic kissing in those scripts because it's a more recent development


I have read literary works like homer's iliad during my youth, but not much else


I'm glad that's not one of the six tons of literature that the FDA burned as part of US censorship. It makes me wonder what they didn't want us to read


That is a mystery we will never know. In any case, it was a pleasure chatting with you.


It's a shame that the nobel prize for literature wasn't awarded in 2018


I know it was awarded for everything else. There was a gold medal won for literature written about sports.


I mean usually they don't if no one deserves it but this time it was due to the MeToo Scandal


That was a cause well worth the reevaluation and well overdue. Romantic kissing is a recent development and not really mentioned in ancient Greek literature.


Do you think their decisions to withhold the reward sometimes is the right thing to do?


I guess it depends on the circumstances but i lean toward not being fair.


Did you know Bill Murray voiced the Human Torch in the 70's radio show.


I didn't know bill murray did that. Did you listen to radio often?


Not really everything's digital now, you know? I do remember old radio shows though like the Shadow.


It was a Drama Thriller Radio broadcast later made into a movie played by Alec Baldwin.


That sounds pretty cool. Did you know there is a free website to listen to thousands of classic radio dramas?


No i did not, that sounds pretty cool. Hey Terry Pratchett was Knighted for his Service to Literature, it was for Comedic Fantasy.


That pretty cool. Did you know winston churchill won a nobel prize for literature instead of peace?


Wow, that almost seems like an insult. Back in the day one of the most popular Radio acts was a Ventriloquist act. Now that's funny!


You would even be able to tell if it is ventriloquism at all lol


Right! You know they say that Bing Crosby filled more recording time than the allocated time to record music in 1948.


yes I do. Do you know who Reggie MIller is?


Yes he is a great players but his sister was always better than him


Yeah she once scored 105 points and broke 8 national records


Yeah what a family of really talented kids


Yeah. Did you hear of the deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yes he is getting $800 000 per year until he is 55


yes and then he gets $32 million after that


Yeah they guy is safe to say that is pretty set for life


Yeah. Do you know what the granny shot is?


Yes it is the best shot to score but players do not use it much


Yes they think it looks funny. Do you like superheroes?


I do, there is a series that looks at the collateral damage they cause


Cool. There are 300 of them registered in the US


Yes that is the superhero that has no superpowers


Cool. Did you know Stan Lee reimagined superheroes in 15 DC COmics series?


Nice. There was even a garfield spin off where he and his gans are superheroes


I like some of Tupac and Eminem's music, and you?


Me too. They set the grounds for it. Nice chatting with you


How are you? Do you use Facebook? It's crazy they are valued at 104 billion dollars


I'm great.  I actually don't use Facebook... I feel like I'm one of the few people that don't.  Even though I'm still in my 20's, I just grew tired of all the drama, political nonsense, etc. of Facebook.  How about you?


I use it sometimes but not much even though I made a profile 2 years after Mark Zuckerberg founded facebook in 2004


Do you think Facebook will still be popular and relevant 5-10 years from now, or do you think something else will take its place?


Facebook will probably still be around, they are always buying potential competitors websites, too bad Myspace didn't do the same when it could of bought facebook for 75 million


It's funny you mentioned MySpace... I actually enjoyed using MySpace way more than Facebook.  I was pretty loyal until about 2010 when everyone finally left.  Did you ever use MySpace?


Yea back when I was in High School, I liked the experience better than facebook. I stopped using it in 2005 though, right when Myspace could of bought facebook


What do you primarily use Facebook for now?  Do you get news information from Facebook or is it simply for fun/social aspects?


Mostly to make smart ass comments to my friends, I don't follow news on facebook, things like that and rewriting a constitution like Finland should be done on a more respectable platform


I agree... I always enjoyed the social aspect of Facebook and an outlet from the stress of everyday life, but now everything seems to have gotten really political.  Are you concerned with the data sharing incidents Facebook has dealt with recently?


Personally no because I don't share sensitive data but it is troubling how much data they share to advertisers


Agreed... It seemed like it was somewhat overblown.  It's not like you're inputting your social security number or anything like that into Facebook.  Most of it is information websites could get pretty easily anyway.  How do you feel about Mark Zuckerburg as a leader/CEO?


I heard he want to completely get rid of online anonymity which I don't agree with, plus I don't really like the blue layout he has because of his red-green color blindness


It's funny that the like button is illegal in the german state of Schleswig-holstein... I actually wish Facebook gave people more options, instead of just like or dislike.


Maybe in Schleswig-holstein facebook is causing a moral panic like novels did back in the 1700s


I wish more people would get off facebook and start reading more novels.  Maybe then someone could challenge the world record for speed reading, which is 4700 words per minute


4,700 words per minute is pretty fast, I wonder how long it would take Anne Jones to read the bible


I bet she could probably read it in a couple days... I bet she probably already has.  Do you have a favorite book or author?


My favorite book was To Kill a Mockingbird back when I read it in high school


Oh, that is a good one.  I really liked Atticus Finch as a character.  Did you ever see the old black and white movie?  I personally like CS Lewis.  Lewis and Tolkein used to have "you laugh you lose


Yea I saw that film and Starship Troopers lol, I heard Starship Troopers is suggested reading in the US military


I can understand why, it's definitely very good.  Ender's Game is also suggested for many military organizations.


I may have to check that out. Well I have to go. Nice talking with you


Hello,  do you play any fantasy games?  like fantasy football?


No. I play actual Football though. I liked driving games as a Kid, but now that I can drive I don't play them.


Did you know people actually play fantasy spelling bee?  lol


That's quite odd. I don't usually get into Fantasy. However I might see the new Wonder Woman movie because I met Gal Gadot once.


wow how did you meet her?  I love her in fast n furious series.


She was at an Israeli Venture Capital conference. We sat on the same panel. I was dealing with some car battery tech (electric car) that has Israeli roots. My first car had French roots. Cadillac.


Wow that is awesome.  Is she nice?  She seems like a nice person I have seen some interviews.  Yes,  the new wonder woman looks amazing.  It is the highest gross wwi movie!


She's very friendly. Very respectful. Really into representing Israel. She should make a great Wonder Woman, and one that won't settle for secretary of the Justice League.


i think its funny that she didnt even know she was auditioning for wonder woman lol


That's crazy. But doing Catwoman works for anyone. Just leave Robin at home.


haha.  Right,  shes a great actress,  she wouldve been good as catwoman as well.


Did you know she served in the Israeli Defense Forces?


I did know that,  she revealed it in an interview I watched.


I wonder if Mcdonalds in Israel gives her free Happy Meals. I hear they treated WWII soldiers well.


Why would they give her free happy meals?  She didnt really serve in the wwi. I hear mc donalds invented the drive thru for soliders.


Well, she wasn't exactly playing video games like Jann Mardenborough....although that worked out OK for him


Yeah thats odd that he became professional just from playing a video game.


Crazy. But South Africa is almost like a real life video game. Flame throwers to prevent car jackings are legal there.


wow that sounds like they have a serious problem!


Probably more than a few bodies in the trunk of their cars. BTW, they are called trunks b/c they used to be wooden. Not unlike a casket


That is really interesting,  its been great talking to you.  Bye.


Youtube or Google, which is your favorite search engine?


For sure, I like that google has goats eat their grass instead of hiring people to cut it, lol


YouTube is a remarkable technical achievement


I agree, I heard that Gangnam style almost broke youtube when it came out


Yes, that was by far the world-wide leader in hits and watches!


Definitely, the one song I hated most and i think everyone else did was Baby by Bieber, what do you think of the song?


It stinks.  You know a friend is a mechanic, and he says business is down from people fixing their own cars from You Tube videos!


That is my first go to for car troubles, it has saved a lot of money, but that makes sense! Also training video makers too are down, police created blutube for their videos


Right.  I did not know what a "hamburger Button" was until I read it here.


A three horizontal line menu button usually at the top of a page


I did not know that and now I can't unsee that lol! I love the internet! You can even get it on the top of mt everest!


Yes so true.  I also did not know the evening news calculated travel time by car in how fast android phones are going down the road!


that makes sense, probably so easy. Almost as easy as reading the terms of service that only 7% of people actually do


Good point.  Google is so big, I understand they have 16 lane highways to their headquarters.


WHAT? that is a crazy amount, I wonder what traffic looks like, probably better than around here


I do not know.  But that place is tighter than fort knox, that is why I use Drice cloud.


I bet it is. A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send the astronauts to the moon!


Sorry DRIVE cloud.  I read that.  That is truly amazing.  And a lot of people with slide rules I suppose!


Hi there, seen any good videos on YouTube lately?


I watch Youtube daily, am subscribed to many channels.


Did you know it is the second largest search engine on the internet?


Yes, and together with Netflix they make up half of North American internet traffic!


Yes, and they also provide access to content from partners like CBS, the BBC, and Hulu, so they're kind of doing double duty!


Youtube is one of many Internet services owned by Google.


Yes, it's pretty crazy that they only paid $1.65 billion for it in 2006!


Googleplex, the Google headquarters, is located in Mountain View, California since 2015. They are reorganizing as a corporate entity called Alphabet in which Google will continue to be the company providing their Internet services.


Yes, they used to use goats instead of humans to mow their lawns there.


Goats are awesome, my niece loves them! They don't get enough attention compared to other farm animals.


I'm sure there are plenty of sites devoted to the underappreciated goats on the internet--you can find anything there!


I'm sure I can spend all night looking at goats online- the Internet is measurably addicting!


Yes, it's kind of crazy that the 3 line horizontal line menu is named after an addicting food, the hamburger haha


I love hamburgers too! Maybe I'll use one of the online food delivery services to buy a half dozen cheeseburgers. I am getting hungry now anyway.


I wonder if they deliver to Mt. Everest--you can get internet access even up there!


I'm sure nobody delivers to the top of Mt. Everest, though maybe they deliver to base camps at the bottom.


They have to spend a lot of time acclimating at base camp, it's a good thing they have so much entertainment available online to keep them from getting bored. They definitely have time to read those full terms for services and products, which only 7% of people do.


I'm sure only 7% of those 7% actually understand what they're reading. I sure don't!


No, not everyone is as smart as the founders of Google, who met while they were pursuing PhDs at Stanford.


I wonder if they could have predicted how big their company would become, seems like a lot of these Internet sites were started by college students.


They certainly were ambitious, although I'm sure other people tried other ways. Nice chatting!


A lot of people get their music from the internet.  I still buy CD's.  I like to collect music albums.


Really! What type of music do you collect? Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


Pop music. I like Rob Thomas, Pink, Linkin Park, etc.  I own hybrid theory by linkin park


Me too! Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label.


I love Reel Big Fish. They have a song, Beer, that we celebrate with for big events like weddings...


I have never heard that song.  I will search the internet now that you mentioned it.


Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014. Love Pink Floyd too!


I have never heard dark side of the moon either.  Where have I been?


Dark side of the moon came out in like 1967 so if you are young, you can be excused...


You are kind. Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992.  I'm sure they have passed away by now.


Nwa's straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or a major tour


That was amazing. You can reach platinum status via internet now, without the support of airplay or a major tour.


In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels.


What was the reason for the "moral panic"?


Too many smart people. Like the bizzaro-present...


I see.  Do you know that Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches?


I question the judgement of those three... The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute


How can someone read those many words per minute?  Perhaps it is "fake news"?


How can they retain it? I can barely read a few words let alone 4700.


I don't know if it was possible to read the words let alone retain them.


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


I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


Me too. I prefer to shop on Amazon as it is really convenient


Same here, I have been using Amazon for along time now.


Nice. Did you know that Jeff built a clock in a mountain?


I did not know that. Did you ever use Amazon when it was an online bookstore? I use to have a Kindle but I never did enjoy it.


No not really. THey named a building after a guy that was the first customer though


That's pretty cool. So what do you normally look for on Amazon?


I actually buy a lot of books but also household stuff. And it is nice that they deliver on SUndays too now


Yea that was great when they added that! I usually use it for electronics as it is the cheapest way to buy most of them.


Yes true. Did you know they also own Imdb?


I did not know that. Do you purchase many clothes on there?


Sometimes, they have a good variety of clothes too


Yea, Did you know the guy who makes bullet proof clothing shoots all his employees to test the quality?


Wow that is scary. Did you know that pilgrims usually wear colorful clothing?


I did not know that, thats interesting . I know of an African tribe that still wear victorian clothes.


Wow cool. yes the pilgrims wear black only on special ocassions


I always thought of them wearing black all the time.


Yeah me too actually. DO you know how people in fashion can tell if you need the clothes tailored?


I assume they look for someone swimming in their clothes? Just kidding, how?


Hahah, actually they look for collar gaps in your clothes


I never thought about that. Could you imagine washing your clothes in old faithful?


That would be pretty dangerous. It was nice chatting with you


Hey. . .how about we talk about anything on this list BUT astronaut poop lol?


I don't know... I was just saying the other day, "I haven't had a good astonaut poop conversation in a while..."


Did you know the UN has an official ambassador to aliens?


I actually did know that. I think it makes sense, at this point. Better to have a plan in place in advance in case first contact ever happens than to be surprised.


What do they do in their day to day job? Think? plan? I feel like they would not have anything to report to their bosses about... "Any aliens today?" "Nope." "Good work."


I'm guessing they probably have a totally different day job and it's just an additional title.


Dang! I was going to apply for it because it seemed like an easy job... I guess I will just continue my other job...


Sounds like fun! I wonder how the UN chooses. I bet it's popular. Rota? Arm wrestling? Sci-fi trivia contest?


I like to think that all disputes in the UN are solved by Arm Wrestling... It's how Quatar got the world cup... Little known fact...


Not sure how some of the Secretaries General got their jobs if that's true, tho. . . . In all seriousness: do you think intelligent aliens exist?


I do not but I am not that self-involved to think there is not the possibility of other life out there.


I think that it's almost certain that there's life that's not intelligent enough to contact us. Intelligent, technologically advanced life. . .by now, given that we haven't heard from them, I think that logically either they don't exist, or there is some reason they won't talk to us.


Maybe they don't like what they see and they could contact us... Maybe they're too advanced for us and are waiting for us to catch up...


Yes, those are two plausible options. The last one is like the Star Trek Prime Directive. Another really ugly option proposed by the Chinese author Cixin Liu is that they're afraid (not of us specifically--of the likelihood that any given technologically advanced species will want to wipe out others).


That is plausable! Are you into space and the universe?


Yes, to the extent that I can be when I can't do the higher math necessary to really get it. You?


I really want to be but am not. I feel like the people into space are really into space and that is contagious!


It can be. Astronomers are really gregarious and really, really weird. I had a lot of astronomer friends in college. Including Brian May (who really did go back to being an astrophysicist after Queen).


WOW! That's crazy... Nice chatting with you.


From time to time. do you know why it is blue?


Apparently Mark is red-green blind right?


Yeah I think that is the reason. Did you use myspace?


30% of Americans adults use FB as primary source of news.


Wow that is a lot. did you hear about myspace?


It went under but it had the opportunity to buy facebook for $75000. bad decision not buyig it


I bet there kicking themselves now that FB is worth Billions.


Oh I bet too. Did you know Ireland is using facebook to rewrite the constitution


Yeah and allowing the general public to way in, sounds like a messy situation.


I do not know maybe it works for them. Did you the like button is illegal n some countries


I heard that some country in Germany i think. Did you know 1/3 of all divorces in 2011 that were filed contained the word Facebook.


My goodness, that is just too much. And did you hear about that burger king promotion?


Get a whooper for .99 cent if you activate it at Mc Donald's?


Actually , befriend 10 people and get a free whooper


Sounds like a bunch of hating to me. FB engineers wanted to originally call the like button the awesome button.


Oh cool, I actually prefer that better. Speaking of large companies, do you ever shop in Amazon?


Again all the time. Jeff is trying to take over the world in eCommerce.


For sure, they have grown so much. nice chatting with you


Hello. Yes, I use Facebook daily. I had no idea it was blue because Mark is red-green colorblind!


Yeah I think that is very interesting, I don't think most people know why they are always seeing blue when in use.


I wonder if that's part of why he doesn't allow very much customization like Myspace used to. I bet Myspace regrets not buying Facebook when they had the chance, now!


Looking back at it, I think Myspace should have done whatever they could have to buy or latch on to facebook to survive.


Yeah, they've really gone downhill now. I guess that's sometimes how it works in business. Hard to believe Amazon started with just one purchase under $30.


That is crazy to think about, do you know what the actual first ever purchase was for?


I don't, but I would definitely be interested in doing some research to find out. Especially since the guy got a building named after him, bet he never expected that to happen.


That was it, the building named after him.  What a weird thing to do for the first ever purchase.


Well, I guess he bought a book. I only ever buy books from trusted sources so I don't think I would have bought it from a company that had never been purchased from before. But I think it's pretty great they decided to commemorate their first ever customer.


Did you read that Iceland is rewriting their constitution via facebook?


I did! I've always wanted to visit Iceland so it caught my attention. What a cool way to do things, and what better way to hear from the current citizens how it should be updated?


I agree, I think it is the best way to run a country by getting the opinions of all of the citizens equally.


Definitely not enough of that happening in America, in my opinion. Although I think America's just too big to use a platform like Facebook to rewrite the constitution but it's very out of date. Did you see that a German state banned the use of the like button?


Yes, that is probably true, maybe state governments perhaps.  And yeah I saw that, very crazy for them to stop to that.


I did some research on the side just now and found that fact is completely misleading. There was a company in Germany that was taking and using people's data before they had even decided to "like" their facebook page, and that's what they banned, that company stealing data to use.


Oh ok, well that makes a lot more sense then.  Stealing data has become a very serious issue in the last few years.


It certainly has. I guess that's one of the things you risk using things like Facebook, though.


Did you ever hear about the promotion Burger King held with facebook?


I didn't hear about it at the time but it was in the material I read. I wish I had known, there's definitely ten or so people I could stand to delete.


Yeah I think I would unfriend a few of the so called friends I have.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Yes all the time. Do you know why NY area code is 212?


Yes because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


I have and if they get stuck together there is no separating them


Yeah. the phone cables lay on the bottom of the ocean and are not really that wide


Yes they are only 2.7 inches wide. Do you have an iPhone or an Android?


An iPhone, do you know how much computing power they have?


Yes more than the nuclear icbm deterrent in the US


Yeah. Did you now women are more likely to have one than men?


Yeah it seems. During the presentation fo the first iPhone Jobs had to keep many identical one as they kept crashing


Yeah because they kept running out of ram


Yeah , Did you hear of that game in those phones called send me to heaven?


Yes it is the game where you are supposed to throw the phone into the air as high as possible


Yes so Apple went ahead and banned it as it was a hazard


Yeah Do you know when the iphone first came out?


Yes that was back in 2007 and it is all history from there


Somewhat. Did you know you burn more calories watching them?


Yes around 180 of them, good if you are on a diet


Haha I know. Danny in the SHining did not know he was in a scary movie for a while


Hi! Do you like animals?  Did you know there are around 20 quintillion on the planet?


I do lilke animals and find them fascinating, 20 quintillion is a big number wow


It really is.  On top of that there are over 7 million different species.


Thats a lot of animals, did you know animals actually have constitutional rights in Germany


I've heard something about that before!  I think that's great so long as it is not taken to far.


I agree with you, domesticated animals develope white patches on their foreheads


Do they really?  I wonder if that is on the fur or on the brain.  Have you heard of the loch ness monster before?  It's never been discovered but Scotland has it listed as a protected species.


I have and its a good thing old nessie is protected, Nessi must be a marvelous beast hope we can see one, one day, if its even real


i hope we can too.  They protected it way back in 1912 for some reason.  Maybe they knew something then that we don't now.


Yeah maybe they do, did you know that hiccips are a holdover evoloutionary trait


No I didn't know that.  What are they a holdover trait from?


From land animals that had both gills and lungs,


Interesting.  On a different note, have you been to any concerts recently?


No not really, I do love concerts by the last time I attentded one was in the year 2001, it was a Linkin Park concert, what about you?


It's been a while for me too.  I like Linkin Park but never saw them live. I heard that year you went they did 324 concerts.


Yeah 324 concerts in just a year, that is a lot of concerts, I bet it was really demanding


I bet it was.  The Ramones have done 2,263 of them basically touring non stop for over 20 years.


That must also be really demanding thats 113 concerts a year for 20 years straight, a lot of money though,


True. Unless the band is Creed. They got sued for a bad concert.


Yeah I heard about that, 4 concert goers actually sued the band, I guess it was a really terrible concert


I've never even thought about suing a band before for how they perform. Those people most have been highly upset.


Hi. Do you watch YouTube ever? There's so much content I feel like I could watch it all day. Video clips, TV show clips, music videos, documentary films, and much more.


Awesome that makes the two of us. YouTube is the second largest search engine on the net.


I can't believe its been 14 years since it was created in 2005.


Yeah it's very hard to believe. Google bought the site in 2006 for 1.65 billion. That's a big number.


No doubt.  Those 3 paypal employees hit the jackpot!


For sure. I find it surprising that Justin Bieber has the most disliked video on YouTube. I feel like you're such a popular guy.


LOL  I think a lot of people went out of their way to dislike that video just because they wanted to try to be negative.


Yes I feel like that happens all too often. Netflix and YouTube together make up half of peak Internet traffic in North America.


That doesn't surprise me.  North America loves their videos!


Yes they do LOL. And police actually don't use YouTube because they have their own version called blutube wear they share law-enforcement videos.


I've never heard of that one.  Do you remember Psy and his Gangham Style video?


Yeah that video was so popular. YouTube had to upgrade the view counter to 64 bits!


Yeah I love music and listening to albums. Music has come along way. For example the audio cassette and the vinyl were used so much in the 70s but not anymore.


Yes!  Linkin Parks Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century.


Wow must've been a good one. On the other hand a timeless album is the Darkside of the moon because it was released over 40 years ago but was the best selling album of 2014.


That's incredible after all those years.  2 identical twins in Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992!  Good for them!


I definitely need to look that up. Straight Outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or major to her. That is a big accomplishment. Well I really enjoyed chatting with you today.


I remember when that one came out.  Yes I had a good time!


Hi! Guess what prompted YouTube to upgrade their view count integer to 64 bits?


I didn't even knew that happened... what prompted it ?


Wow! That's not my favorite kind of music, I'm into different genres :)


Well, Justin Bieber's "Baby" is the most disliked video on YouTube.


I'm not a fan of his.. do you like him ?


I've never paid attention to him, but I think he got famous by making YouTube videos. Did you know that half of peak internet traffic in the US comes from YouTube and Hulu?


I believe that... internet streaming got insane big, and now Youtube and Hulu ( and Amazon ) are copying netflix success and start to produce tv shows and movies...


Yes. Did you know that YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees?


ok, now that's interesting.  ....but somehow I thought paypal was newer that Youtube... are You sure it's right ?


No, PayPal has been around for a while. YouTube was started in 2005.


2005 ? This is fairly young... I didn't realize that, sorry.


Yes, and Google bought it in 2006 for $1.65 billion. So they got rich fast!


Yes, they've owned it for 12 years now. They bought it in November of 2006.


Jesus... it's like one giant money making machine... incredible, I can't wait what will they come up with next...


Yes, it is interesting to watch. Did you know that there is a version of YouTube for police and it's called BluTube?


naah, what is that ? why does it have to be a separate thing ? why can't they just put it on regular YouTube ?


It's for police videos so it needs to be private - for their use only.


Wait, so regular viewer like You and me, won't have access ?


Yes, exactly. It's been good talking to you. Have a great day!


Have you heard of the author Laurie Halse Anderson?


I am just learning about her.  She has some controversial books out there.


One of her books about rape became a movie. I can see why that could be controversial, but at the same time, women shouldn't have to be afraid to talk about this because it happens more than it should


I agree.  I hope the book inspires more women to have the courage to come forward, or it helps to end rape culture.


And many of the responses she's gotten are from other girls who have had similar experiences to her own


It has even encouraged people to speak out about shootings like the one at MSD High School.


Many books like hers are becoming popular because it's addressing the issues society has gone too long trying to ignore. I haven't seen or read it yet, but I've heard "The Hate U Give" is a good one about racism


It is good that there are more libraries in the US than McDonalds so that people can have access to these books.  The more people are educated the less hate there will be.


Definitely! Sometimes it seems that fewer people go to libraries, but over half of adults in the US have a library card, which is more than I expected


Same here.  Some countries even buy 1,000 books when you publish one to put them in libraries.


That's one incentive to publish a book in Norway. And it's an additional 500 if it's a children's book


That is a great incentive, I wish the us would do it too


The US has so many people writing and releasing books that it's not necessary. One thing that we need more of is a "library of things" like in Sacramento. I would definitely borrow a sewing machine from that kind of place


I would definitely need that, there are things that I can use only once in a while but done need full time.


Exactly. That's a great idea! I do like what I can learn from books though. One man studied law in a library and ended up proving his innocence after being falsely imprisoned for 10 years


I heard that , then he helped others in the same situation.


There are books about every subject we could ever want to learn, even if it's about a pet fish. Have you ever had a fish?


I did, his name was Joey.  Just a plain little goldfish.


He was likely easier to feed than the black swallower fish. It can eat ten times its weight and twice its length


Wow.  That would be hard to take care of.  How bout one of those jellyfish that is immortal.


I'm not sure how they even know that it is immortal. Is there a special test to find that out? It's interesting


Good question.  Did they capture it, is it like a pet?


They probably study it to see if they can gain any knowledge about how to many humans immortal. The kind of stuff we see in movies and TV


Yes I use Netflix almost everyday. Did yujiro Netflix put on commercials during the Super Bowl in order to get people to watch Netflix afterwards?


That seems like the thing to do now. Netflix is insanely popular. People want to watch all the time.


Yep and I think the ad was worth it, even though it cost Netflix about 10 million dollars to make


Yes, it draws people to their site. Then their stock goes up. I figure the SB is one of the best times and places to advertise.


Yep absolutely. I'm just shocked that Netflix started streaming back in 2007, that seems like a long time ago


It does. Their stock was really low before then. They still spend money on postage now.


Yes their stock is worth a lot more now, but they are also racking up a lot of debt, they had 22 billion dollars in debt back in 2017


That is a lot of debt. I guess they are counting on their market. They have quite a few subscribers right now.


Do you know how many they have? I just know that they have about a hundred thirty original series at this point, which is a large amount in my opinion


I wonder how many are actually that good. I heard something about ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. I wonder if it is true.


Yes they have a lot of movies that are highly ranked in Rotten Tomatoes, you can easily stream them too, apparently streaming is 20 times cheaper than actually shipping a DVD


I wonder who ranks those films. Netflix employees? The postage is steep, but I guess that there are customers in areas with low bandwidth.


Yes I'm sure some people still prefer getting DVDs in the mail actually. I bet that the creator of Netflix would have preferred that as well, he got charged a $40 late fee for Apollo 13 once


Yes, BB really screwed up there. They made an enemy, then turned down the chance to buy Netflix.


Yep they had the chance to buy Netflix for 50 million and now Netflix is worth 2 billion dollars, talk about a blunder


I wish I had bought stock back in the day. I could use the money. From 9pm to 12am, netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america. That's just money flowing.


Yep that's a lot of traffic! And it gets even crazier if you include YouTube, YouTube and Netflix together take up half of Internet bandwidth


It's insane. We are all glued to our screens. Entertainment is our drug. Anyway, great chat!


Yes thank you you too, and check out Star Wars, I can't believe James Earl Jones was only paid $8,000 for the voice of Darth Vader in the first movie


He must have made money on the backend. I think he must be quite rich. Thanks again! Have a good day!


Yep I hope you made a lot of money! And I hope that Marcia Lucas also made a lot of money she had a lot of good input in the first movie


Do you use youtube?  Did you know it's the second largest search engine on the internet?


Yes I really like youtube. I think it is really cool and like a lot of videos.


So do I.  It's hard to believe that it was started back in 2005.