No I dont know much lol there are too many celebrities.


Yep, I know about the Kardashian family and Kanye. They are always up to something.


Did you know that Pixar studios has a secret room for only celebrities?


No I did not know that until I read these articles. The favors celebrities get bothers me.


Yeah seriously,  kinda ridiculous.  Also,  how much they get paid,  I feel like actors and actresses dont even do the hardest work,  all the editing and music and stuff seems like way more work lol


I agree, Kim Kardashian earned $53 million in 2015, Judge Judy earns $123,000 per tv episode!! just mind blowing. There are people out there going to bed without food.


I really dislike that whole Kardashian family. I think  it is ridiculous how much money they make and they dont really seem to earn it.  I think I saw one episode where the younger one wants to buy a house and doesn't even know what credit is.


lol, they are socialites and the media has elevated them. Just revealing their 3 rd child's name - Chicago blew up social media.


Yeah it's crazy,  and all their businesses are completely run by other people. They act like they are so stressed all the time.


How about a Harlem woman who has held a Jazz concert in her apartment every Sunday for 20 years!!! crazy


Thats pretty awesome.  Im sure the clean up is pretty bad to have to clean your apartment every sunday lol


Yep! and top performers occassionally stop by.


That  nice,  do you like jazz?  who is your favorite artist?


I really don't care for it. Tony Bennett impresses me.


Jazz trumpeters grew goatees because it provides comfort.


lol. What do you think of people who use surrogate mothers?


I think its a great idea,  it creates options for people who cant or dont want to carry a baby. what do you think of it?


I do like pop music, I also like accordions though, did you hear about the big accordion Festival that is happening in Virginia?


I didn't.  Could you tell me more about it?


Yes it takes place in Falls Church, Virginia and there are going to be about a hundred and fifty people celebrating with accordions there


That would be interesting to see.  Did it have anything to do with the 80th anniversary of the American Accordionists Association?


Yes I think so. And that one of the people among them is Lou Coppola, he's been doing this and playing the accordion for about 28 years now


He's originally from Bridgeport, Connecticut, speaking of music though what kind of pop music do you like


I like all kinds.  I grew up in the 80's so that pop music era is my favorite.  I was surprised to find out that the actor Ricky Gervais was a pop singer in the 80s/


Yeah that is shocking! It's also shocking that scientists determined the queen song, We Are the Champions, to be the catchiest song of all time LOL


lol That is funny.  I remember hearing that song so much at sports games while I was growing up.  The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. I wonder if they were any good? lol


Wonder if one of those is the catchiest song of all time LOL I would guess not, did you know that North Korea has a K-pop girl band? And it is the most popular group in the country?


LOL You're probably right! hahaha  Do you like going to concerts?


Yes I do like concerts. One of my favorite concerts I wish I could have gone to was Pink Floyd, what about you


I love going to concerts.  Used to go to tons of them back in the day when they were more affordable and played in areas that were easy for me to go to.  Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at an ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience. lol Wonder why they did that?


Yeah I hope they recorded that it's probably an amazing concert haha. What do you think about Creed though? They were sued because their concerts were so bad back in 2002


That must have been a really really bad show! lol  The Ramones played a lot of shows over a 20 year span...a total of 2,263 shows!


It is a lot of shows!  I do think that Lincoln Park is more impressive though, they did 324 concerts in only one year


Wow.  That is alot.  In Croatia, there is an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still used for concerts.  That would be cool to see a show in a setting like that.


I agree with you! I want to see some guitar playing in that Amphitheatre haha, Have you ever learn to play the guitar


I used to play but wan't good.  lol  Brian May from Queen uses coins as guitar picks!  That's unique.


That is really cool. Also cool is that Van Halen actually set a speaker on fire when he was playing a guitar solo LOL that's so metal


Do you tend to follow elections in the country?


Yes I plan to, it heard to decide who to vote for, I almost gave up on voting at one point.


I know how that feels; sometimes it seems like there's no good option. I can see why voter turnout has been under 70% in the past hundred years.


Yes that's true, are you plan to vote in next election?


I try to vote every time. I missed the first election when I was eligible, but the last presidential election was very interesting, so I try to research and vote every time now.


Not being personal but do you that your entire voting was negative and no positive with the president?


I definitely felt like I was voting against someone more than I was voting for someone. Was that how you felt too?


Well, I felt a little like that, My main concern is that I knew this country is going down hill with killing, drugs, rich, poor, I just wanted a change.


That's how I felt too. I think the influence of the media was a major factor. According to actual rates, it's safer than it ever was in the past, but we're able to hear about so much more.


Yes, you are right and nothing to very little is been done about it. We really need a strong and respectful leader.


Most of all we need a leader that can unify us. Elections seem so polarized lately that it will be hard to find one, though. Nobody wins if they campaign as a compromiser.


That's true, but it doesn't matter what kind of president we get, he or she will not satisfy everyone, so that's why I always say do what best for our country, this is just my opinion.


I agree with you completely, and I appreciate the way you say it in a respectful and nonpartisan manner. The best for the country is something that everyone should strive for.


That's true such as jobs, health Insurance and so many other things.  I thinks a leader like that will be hard to find.


The difficult part is that everyone has their own idea of what's best for the country, and sometimes the politicians they agree with don't fulfill their promises.


You are right, since I was voting, Presidents speak of good things that people want to hear and after 8 years nothing change and this was going on for years.


I think it would help to get some new faces in politics and reform some of the systems that may have worked decades ago, but aren't as functional in modern times.


Did you know since 1900, the tallest candidate has won us presidential election 75% of the time?


In that case, maybe the next candidates should invest in some stilts.


Hahaha, you are right, voters turnout for president election hasn't breached 62.8% in the last 100 years.


Hopefully elections will take a turn to inspire people to vote more. It was good talking to you and finding a like mind about things!


Have you ever heard of the civil rights lawyer Michael Trister?


That is my understanding, I believe he was forced from professorship in the late sixties, probably because he was black.


oh ok, how about john macain, he was a jeopardy contestant in 1965


He was, I wonder how he did?  With the length of that show, and it's weekly showing there must be lots of now famous people that have been on it.


probably, he also made a cameo in the movie wedding crashers


Interesting that if you are born around the Panama canal you can be American, do we lease or own the land for the canal.  I know we pretty much built it.


not sure, mccains mom is still alive and took race car driving classes in her late 90's!


They sound like an adventurous family, he must have got his courage from his mom.


yeah! speaking of politics, voter turnout for presidential elections has not breached 62% in the last 100 years


That's kind of sad, people can't complain if they don't vote,  In some countries, Australia for instance, you get fined for not voting.


interesting, neveda is the only state that has "none of these candidates" voting option for pres elections


Do they keep a tally of how many times people check that.  I wonder what they'd do if that got the most checks.


i wonder, and what if all the states had that option?


The lawyers would have a field day, remember all that fuss in 2000 with the hanging chads.  If every State had none of the above win it would be chaos.


definitely, funny fact, the taller presidential candidate has one 75% of the time since 1900


I'm six four, maybe I missed my calling, I could have been president.  My height comes in useful at concerts, people are always complaining about me when I stand in front of them.


funny, and who would think of keeping that data


There's always someone keeping track of data, just ask Facebook.  Maybe one day out elections will be done over Facebook, it sounds like it has a higher participation rate than Presidential elections.


Have a good evening.  Have a good day.  Have a good morning.  Or as they do in Nevada, none of the above.  Bye


Hello there, how are you doing? Do you attend many concerts these days?


I am great! I haven't been to a concert in awhile, but have been to a lot in my life! How about you?


Yeah I am the same way, I haven't been for a few years but used to go all the time.  What would you say is your favorite ever?


I would have to say Pink Floyd, or Linkin Park, there is so many!


That is awesome, I am a big Pink Floyd fan, well I kinda am, of their first album.  But any concert that they ever played would be really cool to attend.


Yes, they have the best shows that I have seen. Aerosmith puts on a great concert too.


That sounds good as well.  I really like the Apples in Stereo, they put on a good show.  Radiohead was really good as well, although I really went to see the opening band, thats sad but true.


I love Radihead, who was the opening band at that concert?


Yeah they are awesome, and I wasn't aware of how little they toured!  But I really wanted to see Steve Malkmus and the Jicks.


Oh wow, I haven't heard of them. I hope you enjoyed that concert though!


Yeah it was really good, I was in high school, I remember my friend and I went together, it was awesome. Alpine Valley in Wisconsin.


Cool! I have enjoyed every concert I have ever been to. I heard that there was a lawsuit against the band Creed for the show being so bad lol....I wonder how that worked out.


Yeah that is so lame to me.  If you don't like it, then you learn your lesson and don't buy any more tickets to any more concerts.


Exactly! So do you ever go vote in the elections at all? Pretty sad John Mccain passed away but he went through a lot, so many people died in 2018.


Yeah there were a lot of good people who died this past year.  And yeah I do, did you know the voter turnout for US presidential elections hasn't gone over 62% in the last 100 years!?


Really? That's it? more people need to get in to these elections because every vote counts!


Yeah isn't that crazy, that seems way to low to even be true but it is.


Kind of sad really. I also heard that Michael Trister, civil rights lawyer died, a few people that did a lot of good have been passing lately.


Yeah that is sad as well.  Here is a really weird fact, did you know that just under the last 120 years, the taller presidential candidate has won 75% of the time?  Better start making that bet in vegas!


Really? Haha, that's odd! I have a funny fact...John McCains mom....took race car driving classes and she is in her 90s!


That is super funny! I wonder what the fastest she ever drove was, legally or illegally?


I don't know how fast she went but being in her 90s she must have wanted to drive a race car really bad lol...no time like the present!     It has been great chatting!


Yeah right, and yeah same here, I hope you have a good night.


did you know that john mccain was once on jeopardy 1965


No I didn't know about that. Have you ever heard of Michael Trister by the way? He was a civil rights lawyer and died recently


yes, pancreatic cancer. he did a lot of work with desegregation.


Yes he sounds like a great guy, also he lived until he was 77, which is a good life I think


i loved that he was a lawyer for planned parenthood and unions too.


He also helped a lot of people, for instance he created guidelines about lobbying and what each other's about election Law and Order to do the best job for advocating for the different causes


yep. and he did so much worked with Mississippi Center for Justice. they do so much work opposing racial and economic injustices.


Back to John McCain no, did you know that he voted against a Federal holiday for Martin Luther King


I did. he had some problematic votes and opinions while he was serving as a senator.  i think he is also one of the few senators to cameo in a movie.


Yes you're right he made a cameo in that movie"Wedding Crashers" I always thought that movie was pretty funny


i wonder how many people voted the "none of these candidates" option when he ran on the nevada ticket.


Yeah I wondered about that too. I probably would not use it myself because I would just vote for someone that I liked. Did you know with John McCain that you was actually born in the Panama Canal Zone


Yes I think he was. He also had a media reputation for being called a"Maverick"


i recall that was a big part of the 2008 elections where obama prevailed.


Yep I think you're right. He was actually a former military officer and served as a US senator from 1987 until he died in 2018


in the current turmoil it stung to lose an unlikely semi ally. in ancient athens there werent elections cause they thought it would lead to oligarchy. they did it by a lottery system. imagine that


Yeah I don't know about using a lottery system that sounds very dumb to me, but it is interesting that 75% of the time the taller candidate will win the presidential election


thats an observation for sure. i wonder how that would change with voter reform and fairer votes in the electoral college.


Yes I'm not sure, but it is an interesting statistic, what are your thoughts on the fact that in 2012 us International election observers were banned from viewing the polls in 9 US states


Yes I wonder why that happened, it also makes me sad that our elections max out at 63% turnout that seems low


Yes, regularly use Google to do searches. You?


I use that and bing so I can earn some amazon gift cards.


Look up bing rewards.  You earn points for doing searches but they have a limit on the amount you can earn each day.  Did you know that google was created over 20 years ago already in 1998?


Yes. Wish I'd invested in Google stock when they made 2004 public offering!


Oh yeah!  A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send men to the moon!


Right. Mind-boggling, but shows advancements in tech. svcs. and products, doesn't it?


Yes!  Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road.  That's pretty mind boggling too.  So they are pretty much tracking cell phones and using some of the data for that.  Interesting.


Well said. Did you know that if you wanted, say, to find a location in the disputed region of Kashmir, Google would show you only the map of the claims of the country (India or Pakistan) where the browser you're using is located?


I didn't know that before but now I do!  Thanks!  Do you remember when Google went down for about 5 minutes on Aug. 16th 2013 and took 40 percent of the web traffic with it?  I don't remember it.


Me, either, but I do know that internet companies like Google, or Amazon, use tech that is often beyond my comprehension...Do you suppose that's the point, really?


It might be.  I'm a big Amazon customer.  Are you?


In the past few years, have ordered books and supplies from Amazon, yes. They have - almost anything, don't they?


Yes.  I have Prime and we got rid of the cable because the video streaming service for Prime is worth the price of Prime every year.


Heard that streaming is great, and that Amazon is producing original fillms and TV shows. My fav. is The Grand Tour.


My kids like the Grand Tour.  Amazon now will even deliver your packages on Sundays because they have a contract with the US post office for the delivery service.


Convenient, too. If we lived in China, the giant e-commerce co. would be Alibaba. Did you know its founder was turned down by Harvard & Yale as an under-grad. student? Think they're sorry, now?


I didn't know that!  I bet they are.  Jeff Bezos has made so much money off of Amazon that he built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!


Far out - in time, that is. Brilliant guy, though. Has vision. Even named a building on Amazon's Seattle campus after his 1st Amazon customer! Why not?


That is neat!  IMDB is also owned by Amazon since 1998.


Yes. Whether it's Amazon (big, powerful warriors) or Alibaba (magical) the AI these giants employ is beyond me. How about you?


AI scares me.  lol  I don't trust it.  It's been a good chat.


I love the piano!  I am not able to play well though.


I took lesson but dropped out. Its been around since 1700


There are pianos everywhere.  There was even one on the Hindenburg.


Wow, thats nuts.  Did you know there are aluminum pianos?


I heard they weigh 356 pounds.  Seems like a lot but pretty light for a piano.


I wonder if those are also at the top of mountains, like the one in Britain?


I heard about that in 2006 when climbers found it


I wonder how it got there.  I mean it is not like they are small...


Definitely not carrying that up in my pack, even if my girlfriend insists on taking it with us.


Amazing sound though from strings being struck by hammers.


Yeah, tons of intricate parts.  Did you hear that Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney both recorded some of their famous music on the same piano?


Yes, hey jude was performed and recorded with that piano


Such talented musicians, the both of them.  I would have loved to see Freddie in concert!


Yes nothing like live music in front of an audience.


Not like the one concert Pink Floyd recorded Live, no audience!


Yes, that is right!  Great chat, have a good night.


Hi, are you interested in Google, Amazon, or Artificial Intelligence?


All three of those actually. They are two of the biggest innovators we have and one of the most interesting scientific fields.


Yes, I agree. I really enjoy AI although all three of these topics are probably so interrelated that we don't realize it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is sometimes called machine intelligence (which is actually demonstrated by the machines) in contrast to human intelligence.


Yes it is amazing what we can hopefully apply AI to in the future. It can really help out with some difficult tasks.


I took Computer Science in college and it is defined as the study of 'intelligent agents' or any device that perceives the environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.


I only took a basic Computer Science course, we never delved into Artificial Intelligence. I don't know too much about it besides some basic reading.


I learned some stuff in Master's level courses and colloquially, the term 'artificial intelligence' is applied when a machine mimics 'cognitive functions' that humans associate with other human minds such as 'learning' and 'problem solving'.


What do you think the biggest priority should be in the application of Artificial Intelligence?


Actually, the scope of AI is disputed as machines become increasingly capable, tasks considered as requiring 'intelligence' are often removed from the definition, a phenomenon known as the AI effect, leading to the quip in Teslar's Theorem, 'AI is whatever hasn't been done yet.'


I know some people are afraid of AI and think machines will become too self aware. I don't think we will ever run into that problem, science fiction has made people too paranoid.


I totally agree with that since machines are run on computer programs that humans wrote.  Modern machine capabilities generally classified as AI include successfully understanding human speech and competing at the highest level in strategic game systems such as chess and Go.


I know I have lost my fair share of chess games to a computer, I even saw a computer compete at very high levels at Jeopardy. It only slipped up when questions were worded somewhat ambiguously.


Yes, computers could NEVER actually think like humans can although they can autonomously operate cars, provide intelligent routing in content delivery networks and military simulations.


Yes they can really help us out when the task is something that lends itself to automation but not when there are moral or ethical complications.


Very true. Did you know that Stanford's free AI class uses Google plus Hangouts to help them teach more effectively?


I did not know that, I have used Google Hangouts for interviews and meetings. We even used it once for a fantasy football draft that a lot of people couldn't attend in person.


Awesome use of it. Did you know that there is a non-profit organization for the advancement of Artificial Intelligence?


That's great, it's an area that we should definitely fund as there are a lot of great applications of the technology. Just the medical field alone could immensely benefit from it.


I agree, even Facebook is developing an AI designed to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict user actions.


Facebook may be the one company I don't trust with AI after all their recent data scandals. It was very interesting to chat AI with you and I definitely learned a few new things.


Its crazy how Google and Amazon have grown


It's hard to even believe Google has been around for over twenty years.


I know right, seems like its been around forever


And Amazon has been around even longer, since 1994.


Its a long time, Amazon started as an online bookstore right?


Yes, but now it's largest Internet retailer in the world!


It is, it sells everything from books to groceries to pet supplies you name it, I love the company


It also sells low-end and affordable products under its own brand called AmazonBasics.


Have you tried the Amazon Basics products?


Sure. I used Amazon for practically everything, but I also used Google. I guess I'm not alone because when Google went down for about five minutes in 2013, 40% of the web traffic went down with it.


I love Google as well, you know it was founded by two PHD students in Standford University


Yeah, and together they own 14 percent of the company, and control about 56% of the stockholder voting power.


I thought they owned a bigger percentage of the company, I heard the company wants to reoganize some of its interests in a company called Alphabet Inc


Yes, they actually announced that several years ago. Most recently, Larry Page was removed as the CEO of Google and is now the CEO of Alphabet.


A guess that makes sense, Google is a big company and it must have more than one CEO for different divisions, have you ever used the Maps app?


Yeah, it's interesting how they determine the borders of countries with disputed borders.


I agree, interesting and they also calculate traffic using android devices that are in movement on the road, thats just genius and bit invasive


Definitely, though everything is invasive these days, so what are you going to do? Did you know it takes more computing power for a Google search than it did for Neil Armstrong to go to the moon? That's insane!


Yeah if you have nothing to hide then theres nothing to worry about right? and no I didnt know that, thats an amazing fact


They care a little about the environment, I imagine, too. Once, they hired hundreds of goats to mow the laws at Googeplex instead of people.


Thats an efficient way to get things done lol


Yeah, they're located in California, unsurprisingly since its founders went to school there.


Hey yeah I love Amazon use it all the time! Hard to believe amazon workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day.


Yeah I use it quite a bit myself, and it is hard to believe, I would think no more than 2 or 3.


Yea that seems more accurate. Also I was interested to know IMDB is owned by Amazon.


Yeah I didn't know that about them, I wonder how many other things they own?


Yeah good question. I respect Bezos though. He built the largest internet retailer in the world all the way back in 1994.


Yeah Bezos is a great businessman.  Did you know he built a clock into a mountain that will run for 10,000 years?


Whoa I would like to see that. The Amazon contract with USPS must explain how they are able to deliver packages so fast, even on Sundays!


Yeah I wonder how the postal employees felt when they learned that Sundays are no longer off days for all.


Yeah I bet that didn't go over so well. But only a matter of time until Artificial Intelligence will start delivering for Amazon. There is even a non profit organization for the advancement of AI.


I think I read that, I wonder who funds that kind of organization?


Yeah good question I'm not sure. AI is definitely good at solving puzzles though as it crushed all human records in the puzzle game "2048".


That is pretty impressive, did you know the actress Kristen Stewart once co-authored a paper on AI?


I didn't take that actress for the scientific type. I would like to attend one of Stanford's free AI classes.


Yeah same here, I think that would be very interesting to sit in on a class or two.


Very much so! I just hope machines don't become so capable that they start to perform things without commands!


Yeah and that is where it starts to get scary, especially if we give them a lot of control.


Yeah. There has to be a fine line between helping us out but not taking over. I would think that google would make a good AI. Google once used hundreds of goats to trim it's lawns instead of making people do it.


I read that before, that is so crazy!  I wonder what other people that didn't work there think of them.


Yeah I bet they think positively of them. A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong and 11 other astronauts to the moon. That is quite surprising.


Holy cow, it's crazy how far tech has come.  Well it's been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good one!


Hi are you a big fan of google?  They have really became one powerful company.


I use Google every day.  It is hard not to.  When Google is down, almost all web traffic is down also.


Yes!  I can't believe they have been around over 20 years already since be founded in 1998.


An innovative company, they are.  They once used live goats instead of people to mow their lawns!


That is kind of neat.  I'm surprised I haven't seen that happen before.  When there is a disputed border, google maps will tailor their maps to the claims of each country where the interenet browser is located.  Weird and kind of odd fact.


Technology is progressing so rapidly.  I think it is an interesting that what we refer to as AI constantly changes.  What was considered AI before is normal now.


AI has really come on strong in the last 2 years.  AI crushed all human records in the puzzle game "2048".


I think it is an important idea to focus on the human aspect as we become more technologically advanced.  That's the focus people in Silicon Valley are taking.


I agree.  Facebook is developing an AI desinged to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict users actions.


I admire John Doerr for writing a book about how to make people work together more productively.


I'm going to have to look that book up.  I'm not familiar with him or the book.  Speaking of books, I didn't know Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper about AI.


Yeah, you should read the book.  Learning how to make teams work together more productively is useful because companies perform better when their teams are more motivated I guess.


I'm going to look it up when we're done here.  Are you a big Amazon user?  I am.


Yes, I use Amazon all the time.  I suppose it's hard not to use Amazon either.  They are the largest internet retailer in the world.


I agree.  I didn't know that they also owned IMDB since 1998.  Probably so they could direct people to buy the movies over at Amazon. lol


Yeah, it seems like they are grabbing the market anywhere they can, from books, entertainment, and much more.


They even have their own in-house brand called AmazonBasics, which sells low-end products.


They even control more than it seems because they are a cloud provider.  It's almost like they are becoming the internet.


It's kind of sad that all these brick and mortar stores are closing because of all this technology.  Amazon has a contract with the US postal service to deliver packages on Sundays now too.  Pretty soon groceries will be coming to your doorstep too.


I think we should maintain a keen perspective on all the technologies that we are creating.  Risks and dangers should be constantly assessed.


I agree.  I'm surprised at how many people are using the grocery shoppers now.  I was in Walmart the other day and I was amazed at how many workers were picking items for customers.  We know someone who does it and the Walmart they work at there is enough demand for 4 full time employees to do nothing but shop all day.  That to me is just craziness.  I have to get running.  I had a good time chatting with you.


Yeah I had a good time too.  Have a good day.  Bye!


Hi there, did you hear that Amazon pulled out of its decision to build its second headquarters in NY today?


I didn't hear that.  They have so many locations, and such a wide reach.  Jeff Bezos certainly has vision


Yes, it's crazy that they started out as an online bookstore and now it's so big it's the largest internet retailer in the world


I guess it makes sense that once they had that property, they'd move into streaming video and producing their own content with Amazon Studios


They certianly have capitalized off their success, even getting USPS to deliver packages on sunday


Yes, and their own workers move a lot of packages, too. A warehouse workers walks between 7 and 15 miles over the course of a daily shift.


That seems like a lot, I wonder how soon before they start replacing them with AI?


It's only a matter of developing the technology to a point where the automation is cheaper. There is actually a non-profit organization for the advancement on AI, I wonder what kind of people contribute to that!


Facebook is even in on the development of AI, trying to understand human emotion, and predict user actions.  It is almost there with the fact when you search for something you start to see ads for it on Facebook.  Re-targeting as become amazing that way


Yes, we're at the point where tasks like OCR are often excluded from AI because they've become such a routine technology.


I personally am excited to see further development in the self driving car type of technology.


I love driving, so I'm not personally excited to use that, but I think it's better than dealing with all of the distracted drivers on the road because they're looking at their phones. Google actually calculates traffic using the movement of Android devices on the road!


I didn't know that.  Thats pretty cool, I was wondering how they got that info, I knew it couldn't be just people logged on to maps.


Yes, I guess you have to watch what you agree to! I bet the some agreements are even drafted by AI


Probably, those things I never read and now I owe them not only my soul, but all the winnings if I were to ever hit the lotto.  lol.  Ive heard Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper on AI


That seems a bit ironic haha. Maybe she took Stanford's free class on AI that uses Google Plus Hangouts and shared her lovely personality.


Yes, it's a good thing Facebook has so many users and photos with which to train its AI to understand emotion and recognize objects


It always gets me when I post photos that automatically tag me or my friends.


I guess the cost of a "free" product is privacy! Maybe part of the next frontier with AI is using it to create believable fake identities to trick other AI algorithms with lol


That would be crazy.  Its been great chatting!


I do, I listen to classical music when Im working what about you?


I enjoy listening to classical music in a serene space, but did you know classical music concerts originally had loud wild audiences?


I didnt thats a cool fact, another cool fact is that a computer composed a classical music master piece back in 2011


I wonder if it was any good? In any case, classical music isn't just music. Cities are using it to successfully deter crime in public space with remarkable results


They are? that application is suprising and new to me have you attended any good concerts lately?


I recently attended Joe Hisaishi's concert. He has amazing melodies and it would be perfect music to listen to in a beautifully scenic place in nature


I haven heard of that artist I might look him up in Youtube later today, there is a roman amphitheatre in Cratia that its still used for concerts, it would be amazing to attend a concert there


did you know creed concerts entered into 4 lawsuits, I think I would be fine


Thats too bad Creed used to be a great band, do you like Linking Park?


They are pretty good and they even had 300+ concerts in 2001 alone due to their sucess


Thats a lot of concerts for a year, I loved their first album it was a success indeed.


Speaking of concerts have you ever listened to the ramones? They played a total of 2000 concerts and toured for nearly 20 years


I have too bad I didnt make it to any of their concerts, they are a really talented group.


I agree. Personally I am a fan of the piano for most songs


Piano is a great instrument I really like it, it has such a relaxing tone, in the 30s the BBC network decided to broadcast piano music instead of the news


Did you know a group of climber reach britain's highest mountain peak and found a piano. Someone must really like the piano


I agree I would be too busy getting freezed to play the piano, that must require a lot of hard physical work though.


I sure respect Bartolomeo for inventing such a beautiful instrument so far back in the 1700s.


Wow that was 300 years ago! the piano is an old instrument, there is also an aluminum grand piano


I didn't know that. In any case thank you for the chat. I am going to look up what the aluminum grand piano looks like after this chat.


Have you ever visited Silicon Valley? I know that it's in California


I haven't. I am sure it is something to be seen.


You been to Google's headquarters? It is in Silicon Valley, they are the largest search engine in the world


No, but we have a big distribution center in my city and I have been there. Can you believe Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years?


No that's a really crazy thing to build. What do you think about the fact that the first customer to buy something on Amazon got a building named after him


I wish I was that person! When I was at Amazon I walked miles. Did you know that the workers walk between 7-15 miles each day. I believe it!


Wow that is crazy that's a lot of calories to burn in a day! I'm just glad that Amazon has an exclusive contract with USPS to deliver on Sundays, that makes me happy


Me too! I see them out delivering all the time!


Yeah I've seen them too, do you ever use the site IMDb by the way?


Yes. When I want to find out more about a person who is in the entertainment industry.


Yep I use that site almost everyday, it's crazy that Amazon owns them, they own almost everything LOL


Yes they do. Do you think it is crazy that instead of hiring a lawn crew that google had goats mow the lawns.]


I do think that's crazy. But I guess it is environmentally friendly. corraling hundreds of live goats to mow a law is a crazy thing to try to do


But effective! Did you know that google maps calculates traffic on how fast android devices are moving on the road. WHat about Apple people?


That is really interesting. I love how these companies can use AI now, do you know who Kristen Stewart is by the way?


She's the actress from the Twilight movies. Apparently she even wrote a paper about artificial intelligence which I did not think she would be interested in


I agree! I know who you are talking about now. That is kind of crazy! I heard that there is a non-profit org for the advancement of artificial intelligence.


Yeah I think you're right. It's all so crazy that Facebook is creating its own artificial intelligence to identify objects in photos


They are on the cutting edge. That is really cool.


Yes I agree, they also want to be able to predict their users actions which is scary to me


Winter is getting old.  I'm ready to see birds migrating back north from Mexico; that would be a welcome sight.


Yea birds are pretty interesting, i find their light weight skeleton fascinating


It's hard to believe that their skeletons actually weigh less than their feathers with those hollow bones.


Yea, they are quite successful species with over ten thousand species currently living


I guess some in Australia can mimic lots of sounds like cameras and chainsaws.  Listening to them might be better than going to a Creed concert.  Some dissatisfied listeners once filed a lawsuit since a performance was so bad.


I don't blame them. The foo fighters once did a concert so loud it was recorded on New Zealand's seismic monitors


Wow, that is loud!  But I'll bet it was fun.  I've never seen them live, but I have been to a few good amphitheatre shows: John Mellencamp, Tome, Petty, and KISS were really good.


Apparently Deep Purple has the record for loudest concert, it left three audience members unconscious


Holy cow, that had to be something.  Those classic acts had it going on.  The Ramones toured almost nonstop for 20 years; that is commitment to the craft, no doubt.


That is impressive, they've must of made a lot of money but probably not as much Abba was offered to do a reunion tour, they turned down 1 billion dollars


I did not know that.  For that kind of money, I think I could put grudges or reservations aside.  You could buy a lot of tacos for 1 billion dollars.


Yea I never even thought Abba was that in demand to offer 1 billion to do 100 concerts


I think I would pass on that one.  I didn't even know they were still all around.  Fame can take a toll on performers; Linkin Park was so awesome, but their lead singer faced demons and committed suicide.  So sad.


Yea that is unfortunate. Do you follow world events much. In 2010 there was a global tiger summit that russia pledged 330 million dollars to


I like keeping up on politics, but I did not know that fact.  However, I heard once that they gave out phone chargers and thumb drives infected with trojan viruses at one G20 summit.  That seems to go against the very nature of a summit.


Yes but I guess security is lacking at a lot of summits, in 2007 a man dressed as Osama bin Laden was able to get pass security of the Apec summit


Really?  You would think that security might be a bit tighter at these things.  Especially with the heads of state from so many powerful countries there.  It's almost like inviting someone to harm world leaders.


Yea but I guess security is hard to do with the increase in Summits since the end of the Cold War


True, now there has been an increase in summit events since then, so it's probably harder to keep them all safe.


Yea, they even have a summit on St Patrick's day where the Irish Prime Minister visits the US President


Really, that is cool.  That one is probably low stress compared to one with Putin or leaders from China.


Yea, especially the early ones with FDR, Stalin and Chruchill during WWII


It would have been amazing to witness those.  Those were three strong, influential, history-changing leaders.


Yeah I like movies. Im particularly fond of Stehpen speilberg films.


Do you have a favorite?  We just watched Empire of the Sun, it had a very young Christian Bale in it!


I like the jurassic park movies a lot. Me and my son like watching stff like that he loves dinosars.


My son too, he keeps telling me when the new Jurassic movies are coming out, 2020 apparently.


Thats awesome. I hadnt heard abot a new one. Fnny thing about Speilberg. When he rode the jurassic park ride he asked to be let off before the 84 foot drop. I can nderstand what he is going through there thogh. Im not a big rollercoaster fan.


Same here.  My son loves Cedar Point in Ohio, we take him and he goes on all the big rides while I sit and watch.  I guess everyone seeks their own entertainment.


Yeah I went on a roller coaster when i was little that did a flip. Then it went backwards and did the flip again. I have hated them ever sense.


I think I'll stick to the movies.  Have you ever seen the movie Moon?  It's about ten years old now, it was made by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones.


It's interesting in a small movie way.  Clever story with a nice twist at the end.


Ill have to check it out. One of the earliest movies I an remember seeing is ET. My mom liked it when I was a kid.


I remember that one when I was at school, I had to wait until it was on VHS.  I also recall be scared by Close Encounters, it took me nearly ten years to watch it.


I wasnt one for scary movies either. My sister loved them even when she was a little kid. Did yo ever see Schindlers list.We watched that one in school.


Yes, I remember going with my dad.  It almost felt like we had to go.  It's amazing how a movie maker can go from big popcorn movies like E.T. to a serious movie such as Schindler's List.


Yeah that movie was deep. I took an elective class in high school on the holocaust and we watched it. That was a screwed up time in history. Man the way they lined p the Jews and shot them in rows to save bullets. That always sticks out to me as a prime example of how sick and screwed up the Germans were at that time. Not worried about the lives they took at all just how many bullets they used doing it.


I know, it affected me a lot at the time.  I'd also recently been to Germany and seen one of those concentration camps.  I don't know how people can become like that.


I also remember the goonies. That ones a classic in my book. Speilberg flew the entire cast to Hawaii after they were done shootiIng Man they have made some money off that movie.


We just showed that one to the kids.  We had forgotten about all the swearing in it.  It's funny how memory works.


Yeah it is. Well its been good talking to ya this morning. I got to be gettin ready for work. I dont want to though. Its cold out there.


Me? i guess im pretty good. how are you doing? everything going all right? get enough to eat there? thats good. what do you think about the moon?


I'm good, thanks for asking.  It's so overcast, I can't really see it tonight.  How about you?


i have not looked at the moon recently, but i think that it has been doing all right. The highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than mt. everest! I wonder if they have 3g and wireless up there.


I doubt it, but you never know? Lol I hear moon dust can cut through Kevlar like material and is harmful to us humans.


boy, that is good to know. i never realized the dangers of visiting the moon. i guess ill wait until disney sets up a theme park there. when does spielberg make his first dinosaur moon movie?


That's cool!  Well if anyone could make a movie like that it would be Spielberg.  He's made some good ones, Jaws, E.T. The Color purple,and Jurassic Park, just to name a few.


dinosaurs on the moon. shot on location. that would be great! Summer was considered a bad time to release a movie in the theater because of low sales until Jaws.


Now, it's the best time.  My how times change!  Did you know he played the clarinet on the Jaws soundtrack?


he is a gifted artist. i wonder how good his clarinet skills are. why did he get that gig? he made enough as the director.


Can you say control?  I read he still makes millions from Star Wars off a bet he made with George Lucas in 1977.


yes, that bet about star wars and close encounters. george really blew it on that one. that is funny. still george has billions.


What's a friendly wager among billionaire friends?


at the time, they were not billionaires. but george learned the value of his franchise. he made a ton off other movies before though.


On a side note, do you know that when Caesar visited Britain a long time ago, he saw the people there not eating chickens , but using them as entertainment?


there was not much for entertainment there and then. i guess they had other sources of protein. maybe the britons bet on the chicks?


I'm sure they were talking about cock fighting, still goes on today.  It's just illegal now if you get caught doing it! Lol Still, I think I would have fried up the under performing birds and watch the better fighters do their thang!


the Britons probably ate something from chickens. maybe the eggs? I dunno. They did not have the NES for entertainment, so they had to use chickens.


You know, that thing was only discontinued in Japan in 2003.  Hard to believe it held on so long, there!


i think that the Japanese are die hard fans. they wanted to keep buying the games. i dont know why. there have been many better systems.


Yes, you're right about that.  Well, it's been nice chatting.  Enjoy the rest of your evening.


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?


I like movies.  I really like Steven Spielberg movies like E.T. and Indiana Jones.  What do you like?


I like most types of entertainment designed to give pleasure and delight such as storytelling, music, drama, and etc. However, I too like Steven Spielberg's movies.


Entertainment definitely takes all forms.  Back in 50bc people in Britain bred chickens for entertainment.


I wonder if that has anything to do with the mass produced meaty chickens of today? Personally I spent a lot of time with the Nintendo entertainment systems.


I like Nintendo too.  I don't care that the NES could only display 54 colors. It's enough.


Too bad it was finally discontinued in 2003, but it has had a long run. Aside from the NES, I also watched Bill nye the science guy when I was younger too


I watch him now with the Planetary Society.  Did you know he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest?


I would have never know. I also enjoyed many steven spielberg movies like ET, which you previously mentioned.


Yeah, Spielberg is an excellent director.  This is a little known fact but he also directed some shows on tv.


Did you know he still makes millions for a star wars on a bet with george lucas in 1977


I didn't know that but I have to admit that it says a lot about George Lucas to still be paying on a bet from so long ago.


I mean it really shows how close both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are as friends. It probably also helps that they are filthy rich.


That's true.  Spielberg is a nice guy.  He flew the whole cast of goonies to Hawaii and had a cookout.


I mean his hits are so amazing that he change the very concept that summer was a bad time to release movies due to historically low sales by releasing jaws and we both know how that turned out


Now it's a major thing to release movies in the summer.  I just wish he'd go back to making the kind of movies he did before. I know he likes addressing issues in movies currently but I like adventure and fantasy.  Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a fanastic movie! I can still hear the "musical communication" with the alien ship!


Speaking of jaws, did you know he personally played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack? I really like it when the creators participate directly in their creations.


I didn't know that. I had no idea he could play an instrument for that matter.  I like it too when they do that.  You know Jaws is considered the first summer blockbuster.


I did not, but it makes sense since it changed the very perception of best times to release movies.


It really does.  Jaws planted a flag so to speak.  Just like NASA planting one on the moon.


Indeed. In any case, it was a enjoyable chat, especially about Spielberg.


No I haven't but I have memories of friends who did when I was growing up.  How about you?


Yes, I have had pet birds. I've had cockatiels, parakeets, and some fancier parrots when I was a kid. Did you know the famously extinct Dodo bird, is closely related to the pigeon?


That is awesome, so you are quite the bird expert.  I didn't know that, very interesting though.


Haha! I know a few fun facts about birds. Such as in most birds the bones are so hollow that the feathers weigh more than the entire skeleton!


That is awesome, I guess it makes sense though when you figure they have to be able to stay airborne.


Apparently, humingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests. I was always curious how they built such strong little nests!


That is so cool, I love learning about how different species in nature interact with each other to help themselves.


Yeah, we are learning so much about so many things, these days! There are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of car alarms, cameras and chain saws. I wonder if they are mockingbirds.


That is awesome, and yeah good one.  I wonder why they would mimic them as well?


It's interesting, but I also find it kind of sad that they mimic human made objects. Birds are amazing to me! Some birds fly from Alaska to Mexico, without sleeping when migrating!


That is amazing for an animal to do that, sleeping is necessary, some animals sleep for crazy periods of time!


It would be pretty neat if we evolved wings from our forelimbs! Birds are called Aves sometimes, which makes sense since we call large bird houses, aviaries.


That would be really wild, and I didn't know that, it does make sense though with the aviaries.  And, aviation is air stuff too.


Ah yes, aviation as well! That one slipped my mind somehow! My favorite birds used to be penguins, but they almost don't even seem like birds to me!


I would agree, penguins seem like a different breed in general. I think birds are the closest living things to dinosaurs to be honest.


Yeah, in hindsight and without DNA, if we'd have known that some have feathers and some fly, and some lay eggs. Maybe we could have put two and two together, after all!


That is probably true, I just think you can really tell when you look at a birds feet, they look like how dinos did.


Oh yeah and their cute little legs! They all kind of remind me of tiny dinosaurs! Emus remind me of pretty big dinosaurs! I'd love to have one as a pet! Their eggs are huge compared to a chicken's eggs!


Yeah good call they sure do to me too!  And yeah those eggs are massive, I know people eat those and ostrich eggs.


Yeah, it would be really interesting to taste an ostrich egg! Hey, it has been so nice chatting with you! I've got to get some chores done. I hope you have a wonderful day!


Ok sounds good, yeah it was fun, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


Do you enjoy dining at interesting restaurants?


Hello there, I do enjoy going yes, how about you?


I do when I can. I'd like to visit Mi Vida, a beautifully designed restaurant in Washington DC.


It sounds really nice, and DC is a really fun place to visit I will say that as well.


It's got torches on pedestals and it faces the water on the Wharf. The drinks sound yummy too.


Yeah they do, and fresh guacamole is always so good.


I'd try chipotle infused tequila with my guac and chips!


Yeah that also sounds super good, I love tequila!


Have you had queso fundido? It's like Mexican fondue, yum!


Yeah I have tried that before and it is really good I would agree!


Unfortunately it seems the service at the restaurant is not so great. That is one of the most important things, for me.


Oh for sure, I have worked at a restaurant and it takes some skill to be good, but if not, bad service is the worst!


I'm getting hungry. I'd love some chicken. Chicken is the only bird I would eat, even at a fancy restaurant.


I like chicken as well.  Speaking of birds, did you know that they have regional accents?


That is funny. I think I had heard that about cows, too. So like moo, meh, mewww? Haha Speaking of birds though, hummingbirds are smart. They steal spidewebs to fix their nests and to make new ones.


I think I have read about that, very cool, would be fun to watch video of them doing it.


I bet they are really light. Most birds' bones are so hollow that the skeleton weighs less than the feathers.


That is very interesting, I think they are the closest relatives to the dinosaurs as well.


Neat! And the dodo is also a close relative to the pigeon.


Yeah it is!  Oh the dodo, I remember watching old videos of the dodo years ago.


Birds are persistent too. Some can fly from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping when they are migrating. Speaking of sleep, I'd love to take a nap! It was nice talking to you!


Did you know about the wild birds in Australia and their pecularity?


Well they mimic the sound of car alams, chainsaws and also cameras,


Oh, that sounds like the lyre birds. I guess I have heard of them. Birds are neat. The reason they can fly is thanks to their almost hollow skeleton.


That must be really funny to listen at lol, you know that birds have bones that are so hollow they can even weigh more than their feathers


I believe it, especially when some of them are only two inches long. Can you imagine being so lightweight?


It would be graet to fly, thats something I can imagine, I bet the dodo bird was a magestic animal


That depends. Do you consider pigeons majestic? Dodos are actually part of the pigeon family.


No, not really, but Dodo seem to be a lot different than pigeons, do you know that some birds travel really long distances without sleeping!!


Yeah exactly, when they migrate from Alska to the northern region of Mexico


I'm glad that all birds don't migrate. Think of a 9 foot ostrich flying past in the sky!


That would be funny to watch, I like hummingbirds, spiders must hate them!


Because hummingbirds steal spiderwebs from them, to construct their own nests, that would make me angry


Understandably so! There's close to ten thousand different bird species, so those spiders had better look out.


They must if they want to keep their webs lol, do you like Linkin Park?


Can't say that I'm much of a fan. I was sad to hear about Chester though.


Yeah that was really sad, maybe the 2001 tour got to him, they played 324 concerts that year alone


That's quite the tour. I wonder if all those stops finally took a toll on him.


I bet they did, all those concerts, drugs and then fame.


I do like them, it saves me a lot of time, I usually listen to one on the way to work, Katharine Graham memoir seems like a good pick


Yes, it looks very interesting. I think I will enjoy it. All the cover-ups!


I agree, theres a lot of interesting stories in her memoirs, like anecdotes about ''The Post'', ''The Iron Lady'', I might buy it and pick it as my next audiobook


Thats good. The Wife Between us sounds like a drama! Would have to be in the mood for that.


I like the plot, it seems a bit dark, an abused ex-wife  stalking her former husband, thats an odd couple


yes, I like period pieces, so the Revolution of the Moon sounds interesting!


That is a great book and Andrea Camilleri is a great author, I like her style,,


Good, I love anything on the solar system, the moon, saturn etc. Do you?


I am in love with the moon, its so beautiful, I envy the astronauts that could see earth from up there, a unique landscape indeed


Agree, So glad Nasa made the right choice putting the US flag and not the UN flag!


Yeah, after all NASA is American and its our achievement, you know there might be life on Titan


I saw that, I think there are other earths out there, so exciting!


That is exciting! there must be other moons like ours then, you know that moon dust cuts through kevlar and is extremely harmful to us


I know, can't imagine surviving that moon hay fever.Have you road the Jurassic park ride  or jaws?


No seems like a scary ride, too much for me, why do you ask?  I bet you have


Yes, love the rides and the movies. Especially when my kids were little.  Star wars opening soon at Hollywood studios. Do you like the movies?


I do like Star Wars and also movies one of my favorite directors is Steven Spielberg, he has so much talent


Agree, did you play Nintendo? didn't know Bill Nye was a look alike for Steve Martin?


They look alike thats funny lol, and Yeah I play nintendo I have the original system at home I bought one before they discontinued it back in 2003


Hi, how are you? Sometimes, when I have the money. How about you?


Yeah me too , same here. Do you know Linkin Park?


I've heard the name. They're a band, right?


Yes a famous one . They held 324 concerts in 2001


They must not have slept. I guess it's good to be young!


Yeah I guess so. How about Ramones, do you know them?


The Ramones are legendary, but I've never seen them live.


They have played concerts for 20 years straight


I guess they love touring! I would get exhausted!


Yeah me too, so many concerts though, 2263 of them


I wonder if anyone follows the band around. Pink Floyd recorded a concert in an empty amphitheater. What is that about?


Yeah I wonder too. A creed concert was so disliked four people sued them


They should probably have practiced in front of an empty stadium first.


Yesh that would be better for them. in crotia there is such a theatre too and I wonder who has played there


I don't know if Croatia is a big destination for bands. Maybe Creed could start their tours there.


I am not sure either. do you have a favorite instrument?


Yeah me too I like it. did you know mercury and mccartney used the same guitar once?


I think it was the piano. Freddie played the piano.


Yeah that is correct, the piano. so cool though, two legends.


There must be magic in that piano. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


I actually do!  Love music and going to concerts!  Do you like Linkin Park?  They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.  That's a lot of shows in one year!


Yes it is. I don't like them though. I'm more of a country person.


Country is good too!  I was never much of a Ramones fan but they toured almost non stop for 20 years playing a total of 2,263 concerts.  That's a crazy high number of shows.


Definitely! I've never heard of them though. Did you know that Creed was sued in 2002 because their concert was so bad?


I didn't know that!  They must have been really really bad. lol  There's an old ancient Roman amphitheatre in Croatia that's still used as a concert venue.  That would be neat to see.


Yes it would. Do you play piano. I love it but can't play it.


I like it and tried several times when I was younger but couldn't get the hang of it. In 1930 there was no news worth reporting so the BBC decided to just play piano music instead.


That is something. I am astonished that someone managed to get a piano on top of Britain's highest mountain lol.


Wow.  Wondered how in the heck they did that?  I couldn't even imagine taking on that task.  Both Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney used the same piano to record their hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hey Jude".  That's kind of neat.


Yes it is. I love both those songs. I love Paul McCartney on the piano. He can make those keys sing I think. Imagine putting an aluminum grand piano on an airship and it weighing only 356 pounds. Wow!


That's neat that it was made out aluminum!  I wonder if it was on the Hindenburg when it crashed?


That's probable. I don't know a lot about the violin but there are definitely a lot of variations of it.


Yes.  It country music they call it a fiddle!


Yes. That's about the only thing I don't like in Country music lol. The music from them just hits me the wrong way.


It does give it a distinctive sound though.  lol  There is violin that is made out of stone that is playable.


Wow! makes you wonder how thats possible. I'm very surprised that Einstein played both the violin and piano. I never knew that.


He was a genius.  Joseph Haydn, who was a classical composer, one wrote a piece where the musicians gradually leave the stage until only 2 violins are left.


I wonder what that piece is like. And in blind tests modern violins were preferred over million-dollar stradivarius violins when sound tests were blind.


That would be hard to tell apart I would think.  Larry Fine from the 3 Stooges burned his arm as a child and took violin lessons to strengthen his arm.


That's horrible that that happened. I love the three stooges. It must take a lot of strength in your arms to play that then.


I love them to!  I still will try to watch them from time to time just to get a good laugh.


Yes I know. My kids don't know what to think about black and white tv shows. I love them though.


I think they're still good.  I enjoy the Little Rascals too.  It was nice chatting with you today!


Hey there have you ever been to a concert before? I know I go to them all the time


Unfortunately I've never been to a concert! I would love to go to one soon.


Wow you've never been to a concert? you need to go to one ASAP LOL, maybe go to a The Ramones concert Sunday? Apparently they've been touring for almost 20 years straight, I bet their show is really good


That is crazy! My mom really likes them, maybe I'll be able to take her.


Yes you should! She would love it LOL. I would also go to a Linkin Park concert, although I think they're singer passed away, back in 2001 they did like 324 concerts in only a year, that's like one per day almost


I grew up listening to Linkin Park and it hurt me when I found out Chester died. That is a lot of concerts, wow.


Yep I agree with you. Would you ever watch a concert in an ancient Roman Amphitheater? Apparently Pink Floyd did a concert there, and there is one in Croatia that still does concerts to this day


That is insane, I think I would watch it just to experience it. I don't know if you know who Creed is, but apparently they were sued by four concert goers because their 2002 concert was really bad.


That's pretty funny haha. I would actually be embarrassed if I were them, do you play any instruments by the way? I personally play the piano


I know right! I don't really play any instruments, I use to play on a piano when I was a kid though.


Yeah I play the piano, I start to learn as an adult, I actually like it a lot. I didn't know that back in 1930, there was a day where there was literally no news and so the BBC just played piano music instead haha


Oh cool, I'm glad you enjoy it. I'm surprised there was no news, that is crazy.


I know right. You would never see that today, they're always coming out with news about something, do you like Queen by the way?


I agree with you! Apparently the piano used in Bohemian Rhapsody, is the same one Paul McCartney used for the song Hey Jude, I do like both songs haha what about you


I do too, it's really cool to know the same piano was used. If you ever think about climbing a mountain, maybe try Britain's highest mountain, you can play piano up there!


I should do that! And put it on YouTube haha. I wonder how it got up there too, do you know what the Airship Hindenburg was?


It was that giant blimp thing, remember it like exploded in the air, but apparently they had a piano on it and since it had to float, they used aluminum to create the piano, it only weighed 356 lb., I know that a real piano weighs a lot more than that


Wow, that is so interesting, I really had no idea that happened! I knew about a violin that was made out of stone, and guess what, it's playable!


That's cool! I always wanted to play the violin, I just heard it's really hard, it makes sense that Albert Einstein would play both the piano and violin haha


I listen to music whenever I can! I haven't been to a concert in a minute, but I tend to really enjoy those when it's an act I'm a fan of. I can appreciate orchestra, too, though.


Same, I do like some orchestra stuff like John Williams and the guy who does the Game of Thrones music. Can't say I would ever go to an orchestra festival like Shift though.


Festivals can be very stimulating but also very underwhelming or disappointing if they're not organized correctly. It sounds like Shift was not executed as well as it could have been, even if it was well-intended.


I think I haven't been to a concert myself in over 5 years, the last one being the Foo Fighters.


I saw REO Speedwagon and Chicago back last summer, and it reminded me that those shows are NOT fun if the music isn't loud. I heard the Foo Fighters played a concert so loud in New Zealand that it registered on seismic monitors!


That's awesome! I saw the first Global Citizen concert in Central Park that had Foo Fighters, Black Keys and Neil Young. That one was amazing. Huge venue in the park.


That sounds fun--I guess that's kind of the ultimate venue for a festival. I was invited to a house concert last month and turned it down because it didn't sound fun, but there's a huge range in the kind of places you can have one. I suppose intimate venues work well for solo performances or ensembles involving instruments like pianos or violins.


Have you ever been to cgbg in NYC? The Ramones used to play there back in the day pretty often.


I'm familiar with both, but I think I'm too young to have experienced either of those things live haha.


Me too, but I've been to cgbg before it closed down. I imagine the Ramones played a lot of similar punk rock scenes. I think I'm too old for a venue like that now haha.


I guess the concerts that take place today aren't really the stuff of legend. For example, in 1972, Deep Purple broke the world record for loudest concert, in which three audience members were rendered unconscious. I can't see that happening today.


Oh, God, I remember them being popular back in the day and people not realizing that they were basically Christian rock haha.


Haha yeah it was so obvious they were Christian rock even with their hits but it took people a while to catch on. Apparently they were so bad that after one concert they were sued by 4 people who went for it going so poorly lol


I guess those people really didn't know what was up! Although musicians can be tricky; once Dave Matthews was picked up by an audience member on the way to his own concert when he became stranded riding his bicycle.


Haha that's seems like something that would only happen for a Dave Matthews concert. Is Dave Matthews still around?


I assume he's still alive--God knows he'd be able to sell out a tour as Gen Xers become nostalgic for the 90s. DMB would make a ton of money, although I'm not sure they'd get a $1 billion offer for 100 reunion concerts like Abba did.


Haha what? Abba got offered a 1 billion for 100 reunion concerts? No way. I can't even name one Abba song.


They only get played at wedding receptions so the old people have something that they remember haha. I would have taken the money while that audience is still alive! It's probably the other half of the demographic who would go to the Shift classical music festival.


Apparently not, I guess those royalties are still pretty lucrative or they actually hate each other that much. Nice chatting!


Festivals are really nice I remember going with my parents when I was a kid, really fun


Just local festivals, I want to go to The Shift festival of American Orchestras, that seems like quite a show


Could you tell me more about the Shift Festival? I heard the main focus was creativity


I sure can, so 4 American orchestras are playing on the festival, the music is great and presenters a re good as well, all the orchestras are famous and skilled so I can see why the main focus is creativity


National Symphony Orchestra, Albanys Symphony, Fort Worths Symphony and theres even dancers from the texas ballet


That sounds like quite the lineup. Do you enjoy going to such events like concerts?


It does sound like an interesting lineup, worth every penny, and yeah I like concerts


Any in particular you want to or wished you went to?


I regret not going to a Linking Park concert, that is one of my favorite bands, they performed 324 concerts in 2001 and I couldnt make it


That is a lot of concerts in one year. I wanted to go hear the ramones who toured almost 20 years nonstop with over 2000 concerts under their belt


Thats a lot of concerts as well, they must have spent all their time touring, travelling around the world.


Ya. Personally as long as it's not a creed concert or heavy metal, I think I would enjoy it


Yeah I heard Creed had a terrible concert back in 2002, they even got sued because of their poor performance


4 concert goers sue the band, you know theres an ancient amphitheatre in Croatia that is used as a concert venue still


That sure sounds like an amazing place to hold a concert


I know right, a lot of history present at the amphitheatre, Pink Floid hold a concert without an audience once


They did that at the roman amphitheater right? I wonder if just no one came or if they just wanted to play at such an amazing venue for themselves. I know I would


Yeah that happened at a roman amphitheater, it was back in the year 1972.


Im doing great now that the server is back up. How are you?


You and me both haha. I'm doing well myself! Have you been to many concerts?


i used to go to concerts when i was younger. dont have the time or money now. LOL You?


Haha same here! What's your favorite one that you remember?


I saw Rush a couple of times. that was great. they were so good live.


I bet! Can you believe Linkin Park did 324 concerts in 2001 alone?


I cant imagine having that much energy. they must have slept on the bus. how could they do that?


Pure adrenaline probably haha. They could have been like the Ramones touring for 20 straight years. I wonder how many concerts they put on?


Probably over 100 a year, so about 2000?


It looks like 2263 in total! You were close! At least they weren't as bas a Creed doing concerts lol.


Is Creed a christian rock band? it sounds religious.


They were some terrible rock group in the early 2000s. They were sued once for putting on a terrible show!


Wow, i guess they should have rehearsed a bit before touring. that is terrible. i wonder if the fans won their suit.


I hope they did because they were really bad haha. Do you play any instruments?


I used to play the guitar. i dont play much now. You?


I've been getting into the piano. I didn't realize it's only been around since 1700.


Yeah, it is a complex instrument. it has a lot of moving parts.


I want to see the piano used by both Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney sometime! That would be awesome.


I bet there is some magic in those keys. You could write a hit song! Anyway, great chat!


I hope so lol. Great chat as well, have an awesome night!


Good Afternoon!  I love going to concerts, seeing my favorite bands, music live - how about you?


Hello, I do as well though I don't get to go often. I have been to a few recitals in my day too.


I used to go to shows a lot more that I do now, kids and family will have that affect!  And, I like smaller venues - definitely not areas or stadiums!


I prefer smaller settings as well though I would love to attend a concert in an amphitheater. In Croatia there is a roman amphitheater that they still use as a concert venue.


Nice!  Europe has so much history and the engineering / architecture was so great, that doesn't surprise me that a venue would still be in use - amazing!


True. In 72, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience at all.


That's strange - makes me wonder if you play a concert for no audience - is it really a concert?


Good question. Are you a fan of Creed's music? Four people at one of their concerts in 2002 sued them because it was so bad. Yikes!


I am not a Creed fan, or that genre.  So I can totally understand why fans would be disappointed enough to sue - but honestly, what were they expecting?!!?!?!?


I guess the opposite of that would be Linkin Park who played 324 concerts just in 2001. They were definitely a success back in the day.


Pretty sure I was at at least one of those LP shows in '01.  It's a shame that the lead singer is gone, he was from around here...


How cool! Have you heard of the Ramones? Apparently they toured almost 20 years non stop.


Of course - a little before my time, but very influential in the Rock/Punk Rock scene.  Ramones kinda started the live rock scene in NYC - or at least were the kings of it for some time


Wow, I had never heard of them. Do you play any musical instruments? Piano/violin?


I do not - you mentioned that you had been to recitals in the past.  What type of recitals / instruments were featured?


I had a few friends who were music majors in college. I attended a lot of piano recitals mainly. Einstein was a musician as well and played the piano and violin very well.


Interesting!  I began to enjoy piano composers later in life, not sure why exactly.  Chopin and Vivaldi are some of my favorites!


A friend of mine in Cali has a baby grand in her house. They had to use a crane to get it in their house and also remove a whole glass wall on one side of the house. Course not as big as the grand piano built on the airship Hindenburg.


Fascinating - they had a grand piano on the Hindenburg?  Maybe that's why she went down!?!?!?


Well it was aluminum and only weighed about 356 pounds!!


I guess you(me) really do learn something new everyday!  In case this chat ends unexpectedly, it was really great chatting with you today!


Did you know there is a company that has robot dogs for sale?


It's Boston Dynamics and the dogs can do things like open doors and empty the dishwasher.


Oh, I have heard of a German company that is making a dog like robot  called Spot Mini.


Hm. The one I mentioned can haul 30 pounds and may be used to work in dangerous environments like nuclear clean up.


That would be great! It sounds like Spot Mini that is 66 pounds and 2 feet 9 inches tall.


Wow.  I heard it can also move on surfaces that wheeled robots cant.


It sounds useful. I've also heard it can haul a 30 pound payload.


Yes.  Did you know Michael Jackson planned to build a 50 foot robot to roam around the desert near Las Vegas?


Yeah and robots can be controlled by rat brains?  It will change personalities with the change of brains.  Wowl


Wow! I know robot movement is so precise that they can debone a chicken with surgical precision.


That precise yet the military uses Xbox controllers to disarm and ID IEDs.


Really? Wow! I wonder if they learned that skill on Youtube? Especially since users can upload, share, view and rate videos.


Probably... Why not?  Police have "BluTube" to share videos.


I have never heard of that! Do they share law enforcement videos?


Yep.  Did ya know YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the internet?


I am not surprised. I know Netflix and Youtube combined make up half of peak internet traffic in north America.


Yeah, computers have changed things a lot.  A far cry from 1936 when the Russians built a computer that ran on water.


I never knew! Gangam style got so many views they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Hey thanks. You were an excellent chat partner!


I think they are pretty fascinating, actually the term robotics was invented by scifi writer Issac Asimov.  What about you?


Even Michael jackson took deep interest in robots.


Robots can be made to look human or not, which do you prefer?  I don't really mind them taking human form but in the end they are just machines.


I know so I am not sure why the need for them to look like humans


Apparently Boston Dynamics is making a 4 legged dog robot named SpotMini, so now they are creating a market for pet robots too.


cool. they have trained robots to debone a chicekn with surgical precision


There are clips on YouTube about SpotMini.  It is a bit special since it is not wheeled it can move across all kinds of terrain,


That is so cool maybe I should check it out to see what it is all about


That is the joy of computers because we can access all this information.  And now they are controlling all kinds of industrial and consumer devices!


True. the us military uses xbox 30  controllers to control theur eod robots


That is awesome.  I believe that robotics can help those who are handicapped, for instance a robotic arm a person could control with their thoughts.


Exactly. ANd now they make exoskeletons that can help people stand up. so cool


The scary part will be when a robot starts to think on its own instead of what has been programmed.  We don't want a real life Megatron!


That is true. Do you weatch lots of videos of robst and other on yoututube ?


Sometimes I do.  Youtube basically has any topic you can think of.  The very first video was a guy talking about an elephant if you can believe that.


And now they have everything in there. it is the largest search engine on the net


Well yeah they ended up getting bought by Google in 2006 and added the power of Google's search engine so that make sense for sure.


yeah. originally they had a lower view count but were forced to upgarde it after gandnam style song


Now all kinds of networks like CBS, BBC and Hulu use it for their content.  But you can always watch Bob Ross instead.


I love Bob Ross, what a legend. It was nice chatting with you


I love fish, looking at them and eating them also


Did you know a seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


that is so interesting, I wonder why they declared that a fish if it is the only one with a neck


Eels are scary, I always remember the little mermaid when I think of eels, lol. What do you think about them?


Not much. Did you know there is a jellyfish that is immortal?


I would not want to cross paths with that. I think there has to be something that could kill it.


I'm not sure, I don't think that can be real, can it?


I don't think so, maybe I will look it up lol. One thing I wouldnt cross either is the black swallower fish, have you heard of that one?


Me either. What about shoes, any interest?


I love my shoes! I like nike mostly, how about you


I'm more of an adidas fan, but I have some Nikes.


Did you ever have the stephon marbury shoes back in the day?


Nice, I love air jordans. The marbury shoes were sold at Steve and Berrys for like 15 dollars each. They both don't exist anymore


Wow, that is pretty cheap, is that on an inflation adjusted basis?


I am sure they are more costly now on ebay since they are so rare. Marbury promoted them when he was a star NBA player and never took a dime to endorse them, pretty cool


Yeah interesting. Well, I didn't know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986, did you?


I did not know that, that would be some cool clothing to wear, I think I may go check it on ebay. It was so nice chatting with you!


Yeah, pretty funny right? Well, nice chatting!


Hello.  Did you vote in the mid term election?


I did. I think it is very important for all of us to vote.


It is important. I also like trivia about politics. Did you know that the senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it?


I heard about it.  Why did Nixon crack the gavel? He was not supposed to use it.


I doubt that he did it on purpose. He probably just got carried away. But I'll bet he felt pretty bad.


I said earlier that voting is important.  In India, they went even further.  They set up a polling booth in a forest full of lions just to give one person the opportunity to vote.


I don't think we would go that far do you?


No, I do not think so.  Did you hear about the senate and their candy drawer?


Yeah, it must be nice. But I guess you have to give some of them free candy just to show up. Look at the Senator they had to drag in by his feet in 1988.


Yes, I heard the obscure rule that was invoked by a US senator.  Do you know which senators got arrested and forced to come to the chamber to vote?


Did you know astronauts voted from space. Not surprising when you consider some other voters are lost in space.


Yes, I heard.  I don't how how they do it though because they cannot just say it to the people on the ground.


That's a good point. Did you hear that Austin Texas voted to rename their garbage dump after fred durst. I wonder what he did?


Texans were going to vote.  Did it pass?  I do not know who Fred Durst is or was.  I'm sure it was someone important to Texans.


Yes they voted to rename the dump. I'm thinking he must have been a corrupt politician or something. It's not exactly an honor.


You are right.  It should not be an honor.  I do not want my name to be on a garbage dump.  I will research further out of curiosity.


I think I will too. Nice chatting with you, have a good night.


Hi there did you know that the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years?


I think I heard about that! And then one day Richard Nixon broke it LOL he truly is the master in the art of ruining things LOL


To Funny! Apparently the Senate set up a rule that the Sargent of Arms could round up missing members and carry them into the Senate chamber.


Wow that's interesting. You know what I want to do though? I want to raid the candy desk that's in the Senate, they have a lot of good stuff like milky Way's and Mars Bars and jelly beans lol those are my favorite


Right, haha! It's a shame that women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor. At least not until 1993, wow!


That is insane! I'm glad that they fix that because that seems really silly, also I like Michael Jordan's quote. he says that he won't endorse a Democratic candidate because"Republicans buy shoes to"I wish more celebrities would follow in his footsteps


That's some kind of sentiment, kind of confusing, why not just say he's a Republican, lol!


Haha that's true. How often do you vote by the way? Did you know that astronauts vote from space?


Wow that's pretty cool. The indian Government set up a polling booth in the forest, it was full of lions.


Well that's cool. And they did that all for just a single voter too! Did you know that in the United Kingdom, not every man could vote until 1918, that's not a long time ago


Wow i didn't know that. Also a shame that 34% of black males have been permanently unable to vote in Alabama.


I agree that is sad. What makes me laugh though, is that the citizens in Texas voted to rename a garbage dump in Austin to"Fred Durst"that's definitely a diss on him haha


Yeah it is. You know there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a republican or Dem since the mid 1800's.


No I didn't know that. I think it would be interesting to have more political parties in the United States though. Another interesting thing, is that every president with a beard has been a republican, I wonder why that is haha


Wow no republican has been elected with out a bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928. That sounds oddly weird to me.


That is really weird. Although I think that information is old, because Trump was elected and he's a Republican. What is really crazy to me, is that the red and blue colors for Republicans Democrats only started in the year 2000. That seems like it's been that way my whole life, but apparently not


Yeah you would think it's been a lot longer than that. At least to my relocation.


Yep I agree. Do you remember Harry Truman? He was president in 1957, and a Democrat, and so he wouldn't get his picture taken with Dumbo because Dumbos an elephant aka a republican lol


How ridiculous! If didn't want a picture with dumbo so what how does at 60-70 years old. haha!


Haha I know right! does that mean that a republican shouldn't get a picture with Eeyore because eeyore is a donkey LOL I mean anything is possible now


Right! There have been 16 US republican President. Apparently that's the most from any one party.


That is interesting. Also interesting is the evolution of the two parties. it's even crazy that the Republican party started back in 1854, and before that they were known as the Whigs


Did you know Richard Nixon cracked the us senate gavel after being used for 165 years?


I was not aware of that, very interesting.  Are you really into politics?


just a little, i like to know whats going on


i live in Washington dc so its always on


i would not care for that, did you know astronauts vote from space?


That is awesome.  I am glad that they have the opportunity.  Do you follow the republican party?


yes, every president with a beard has been a republican:)


not sure how accurate that is, Trump does not have a beard


just meant the ones that have had a beard, it seems like red and blue has been used forever for rep & dems but did you know it only started in 2000?


I understand.  I thought the red and blue would have started earlier.  I feel like I have seen it forever.


same, also only dem or rep president since 1853, time for an independent?


I agree with that, they have least funding though


true, hows this for voting, Indian govt set up poll in a forest with lions


they had one voter, talk about restricting the votes


Hardly feels like a majority.  Do you follow the Senate?


not so much, i like the idea of the candy desk where they keep a drawer of candy for the senators though


I love that idea.  As well as women staging a protest for pants suits.


yes, hard to believe they could not wear pants until 1993!


How does America make collective decisions.  By voting.


Do you know the difference between the United States Senate and House of Representatives?


One difference is 2 per state for the Senate while the House has 435 districts.  Those who are elected call the people who are represented "constituents"


Yes, and the Senate is considered more prestigious  and more deliberative. They're both important in for presidential votes, I think.


Yes.   The senate has certain rules where 60 votes are required for many bills.  I think that forces more deliberatioin.  They used the same gavel for 155 years until Richard Nixon cracked it.


The only fun think I've learned about the Senate is that they started the candy desk tradition. I remember my teachers always had candy drawers in their desks.


I have one in my office too.  One needs supplements if your blood sugar drops for no good reason.  Apparently Pennsylvania is the source of the candy right now.


Was that because of the Hershey factory there? Did you know they let astronauts vote from outer space? I think that's a good thing.


The astronaut voting sends a strong message about how important voting is.  I like that too.  For some reason, the candies are Mars bars and Milky Way rather than Hershey.


I'd think they'd have expensive candies from local shops. I wonder why the Senate used to have a rule that women were not allowed to wear pants until after 1993?


I suspect that women set the dress code in years past so they would look professional. Michael Jordan would not endorse a democrat because "republicans buy shoes too"


I heard that about Jordan but I really didn't understand what he meant. I also don't understand why Republicans started out with ideals more like Democrats today and then switched.


Jordan has his own line of shoes made by Nike.  It is a separate brand and he does not want to offend almost half of the market.  But the GOP has always been small government and low regulations.


I get it now! Well, Jordan was smart for that as far as business goes, it seems. It's also interesting to me how the Republicans are associated with red and Democrats with blue.


Yes.  I remember one election where one network had those colors reversed.  But the color code is solidly established now.


It seems like it's been so since long before 2000, but that's the year it started, I guess. I think it's funny that Truman wouldn't be photographed on a Dumbo ride as to not be associated with Republicans.


That is amusing.  It is also odd that all Presidents with a beard have been republicans.


Do you think a party besides Republican or Democrat will ever actually have a person elected as president like Independent or Green Party?


Ha Ha.  I think it is possible that one party will collapse because it is too narrow and a third party will become the second party.  It seems that the democrats are growing, particularly with immigration swelling their ranks, so the GOP is most likely to collapse.


Even though I don't fully agree with either major party, it does make more sense if Republicans faded before democrats because they seem to have the most restrictions that keep things fair. Maybe Republican's numbers with the attitude of the strong survive is fading?


I understand.  However, I believe in free enterprise which has created the wealth of America.  I am not optimistic that dems will stay on that track.  Too many socialists.  Nice chatting.


I do sometimes. What about you though? I do read a lot of old Epic tales like the Epic of Gilgamesh


I've never read that one. It sounds fascinating though. I read more classics like the Iliad.


Yes I read that too. They're very interesting I think. We should put more effort to read those kinds of books in our school system


I totally agree. Poetry and its word choices and writing structure makes it something that encourages creativity.


Yes and the interesting thing about the word poetry is that it drives from a Greek term, the term is poesis which means making


That makes sense since when it comes to poetry you are definitely making something. I don't think it is as appreciated as a writing form as it could be.


Yes I agree. No one really writes poetry anymore. It's interesting how in Javanese, the alphabet will form a phone when it is read in order


Oh that's really neat. I love when poems do cool things like that. Like the depressing poem that you are meant to read backwards so it becomes a happy one.


Yes I'll have to check that out. It makes me sad that Edgar Allan Poe only got $9 for the poem "The Raven" that's actually a really amazing poem


You would think that his family estate is getting royalties on that. I bet the person that paid him so little was kicking themselves when he became popular.


Yes I agree. Did you hear about the 224 palindrome poem? It was created by Demetri Martin, that sounds interesting


224! That is a huge amount of palindromes. I'm not even sure I can think of that many let alone that many sentences that could be palindromes. Talk about talent.


Yes I agree! What do you think about the Sun by the way? It's amazing that the diameter is 109 times that of Earth's diameter that is so huge


That is really huge! And to think it is still only 1 billionth of the size of the largest star ever seen in our galaxy. Makes you really feel small.


Yes I agree. Also I never knew that the sun is actually white, only the atmosphere makes it seem yellow, I wonder why we don't learn at school


You would think that would be something they would teach. I know that we covered the lightening bolt being hotter than the sun at some point. That is one of the random facts that sticks with you.


Yes that is a surprising fact. Planets are so interesting though. I never knew that Venus didn't tilt and that it also doesn't have any seasons


I did not know that. That is way different that uranus which roles because of how much it tilts.


The name Uranus always makes me laugh haha. I wish that we had another planet in our solar system no. Jupiter's moon Ganymede could actually be considered a planet if it orbited the Sun instead of being a moon


I miss pluto being considered a planet. It is hard to remember them because we can't use the first letter memory trick anymore.


A little, I know people are up in arms over Kavanaugh's Supremo Court nomination.


Yes very much so. That was quite the rough battle. Did you know that they had the same gavel for 165 years?


I heard that and then old Trick Dick broke it.


Yes he did. Were you also aware that there is a candy desk in the senate?


Sounds about right is there anything good any it?


Yes, it's supplied with candy from Pennsylvania including milky ways, mars bars, and jelly beans.


Well i guess sometimes you need a snack. Did you know that women until recently could not wear pants on the Senate floor?


That's very upsetting. Do you know how recently?


It wasn't until 1993 and two women had to be defiant to get their point across.


What?! That's far too recent. I didn't realize sexism quite that blatant was so recent. Very upsetting.


Yes it is. In India the government set the polling booths in the forest full of lions.


That's extremely accommodating. I knew that astronauts can vote from space which is also impressive.


Especially when there are so many people who would like to vote but can't, like 34% of black men in Alabama.


That's absolutely horrible and unacceptable. There seems to be a decent amount of suppression going around.


Yeah and it's all unfortunate. Wow apparently Austin Texas doesn't like Fred Durst much. They wanted to name a garbage dump after him,lol.


Ha ha! That's hilarious! I wonder if they let them.


No president that was a republican did not have a beard. Sounds funny must be including trump.


That's very interesting. How odd. I do know that with the exception of Trump the last time a republican was elected president with no Bush or Nixon on the ticket was 1928!


Strange...I didn't know that Mormons were mostly republicans. There have been a total of 19 republican presidents.


I did not know that either. I wonder how many have been Democrats for comparison?


I do.  I dont think Ill ever switch to a Microsoft or any other device


I have one as well. Did you know that women are more likely than men to have an iPhone? I wonder why.


Im not sure, they probably werent the ones downloading that game send me to heaven and launching them into the air.


Ha ha maybe. Have you heard of the band Muse?


Kind of pop rock. Matt Bellamy of Muse recorded his unborn son's heartbeat with his iPhone and used it on a song recording.


That is pretty neat.  It is certainly a huge part of our society today, I am glad it has developed from the first versions where Jobs had to switch it out because it kept crashing.


That's so embarrassing. I hope he pulled it off. Microsoft held an iPhone funeral when they released their phones. That was presumptuous.


Very much so, I bet apple just laughed.  Apple's electronics are far superior, in my opinion.  Their clothing line from 1986, likely not.


Wow! I don't remember that venture. That was a bad idea. Speaking of clothing, did you know that the pilgrims were colorful clothing?


I had heard that, but I guess i just remember the white and black from all the history books, or rather the illustrations and descriptions.


They always depicted it that way but they only wore black for special occasions.


I wonder why they always were depicted like that, I mean color is so much more fun.


That's a very good question. There is a store in Alabama that only sells clothing and items found in unclaimed baggage.


It must be like a high end thrift shop.  I often wondered what happened to all of those clothes.


I think it would be interesting to visit. This is off topic but do you know much about the white house?


I know some odds and ends, like they still use floppy disks for storing files.  I didnt even know they made floppy disks anymore.


I didn't either. I have not seen one of those in forever. Did you know that the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France? I wonder why they decided to do that?


It also seems like twin buildings could pose a security threat, unless those are equally secure.


I agree but i am unaware of whether they are there for aesthetics or function.


Hi, how are you? What do you know about the White House?


I know that there are identical versions of it in Ireland and France


That makes sense. The US has had close relationships with those countries for years.


Their versions probably don't still use floppy disks for storing like ours does partially


I wonder if that is for security purposes. Strangely outdated tech. Hm.


That was my guess too. I find it interesting how many times the White House has undergone renovations. The West Wing wasn't created until 1901, and it was expanded only eight years after that


It was a modest residence. The guest house is bigger, I hear. I wonder when that was built.


Who knows? I'm surprised Trump hasn't made any changes to the White House. Solar panels were put on the back by George W. Bush, and I've heard that's not the first time they've attempted solar power


Carter put them on first. Oil shock and that. Reagan removed them. Clinton did nothing.


At least none of them banned Christmas trees like Teddy Roosevelt did


Teddy was a conservationist. He did like destroying nature. Unless they were animals with heads for trophies.


Think he made clothing from fur? I wouldn't be surprised if he did


He probably did. I guess he thought he was being manly by killing wild animals. Seems senseless. There are other ways to prove your toughness.


True, though I'm sure it was good insulation in the winter


Yes, that's true. He was an interesting guy. Larger than life.


I wonder if he would have had an iPhone if he lived in this decade. Women are more likely to own them than men, but maybe he would have preferred Apple


I think he would have hated technology like that. He was an outdoorsman.


He might have tried the game "Send me to heaven" by throwing his into the air. He wouldn't have minded a shattered phone if he won


LOL. Probably not. Anyway, thanks for the chat!


He definitely wouldn't have bought anything from Apple's clothing line. Yes, good chat!


It was a thing back in the 80s. It likely died in the 80s as well


hi how are you today? what do you think of shoes?


Can you relax with your shoes? John Candy couldn't. he had to take them off. boy his dogs were barking! I usually wear shoes myself.


I probably wear my boots more than shoes.


do you wear your boots to bed? i had a friend who did that. he was worried that someone would break into his house and he would have to fight them. he didnt want bare feet.


I usually dont wear them to bed. Unless I am really tired and just pass out.


i guess i would wear my shoes to bed if i lived in a bad neighborhood and had to fight burglars or raccoons.


That kind of sounds a little bit insane to me to ber honest.