Well while his motivations were pure, his acting skills sure is amazing


Haha he is a great actor. I really liked him in the Batman movies, and I also liked him and Austin Powers 3 LOL what movies did you like him in


I especially liked him in austin powers. He did a good job being a terrible father in austin powers in a hilarious manner.


LOL I agree with you! Do you like Jon Hamm by the way? I guess he used to be a teacher for drama arts back in high school


I think he was in the show Mad Men. Have you ever seen the show the office? I guess one of his students was Erin from the office


Oh I have seen it. I do know of ellie kemper though


ha yes, I haven't seen that show is it any good? I know everyone talks about it. What do you think about the Moon by the way?


The office is hilarious. I only initially saw it since I thought it was connected to office space, but I think both are amazing. As for the moon, couldn't live without it. It looks amazing, governs the tide, and without it life would be very very different


Oh I agree with you. It's also the fifth largest satellite in our solar system. Speaking of moons, Mars is Moon is 1/3 Hollow


I heard there was a satellite that is the size of a planet and made entirely of diamonds. Probably would ruin the artificial market of diamonds.


Haha that sounds really awesome! did you know that they were originally going to put a un flag on the moon and not a USA flag? I'm personally glad they went with the US flag, though.


Good morning, yes, I love Lady Gaga.  How about you?


I do!  I think she's pretty talented.  Hard to believe she's been around over 10 years already.


Hard to believe that Def Jam recordings canceled her contract, big mistake on their part.  Glad Akon helped her get signed with Interscope records and his own label.


Yes!  I remember her first from then with her debut album the Fame.


Did you know her name cam about because of a predictive texting glitch?


I didn't know that!  I know her real name is Stefani Germanotta.


That name just doesn't flow like Lady Gaga does!  Did you know her favorite band is Iron Maiden, they are some heavy metal rockers.


That is awesome!  I like metal. lol  She was on MTV's Boiling Points before she was famous.  I remember that show.


Me too, it was a good show. I didn't know Elton John chose her as godmother to his son.  Did you?


I think I did hear that somewhere.  I know they are good friends.  She has 11.4 million followers on Twitter.  I'm sure they know.  lol


I somehow missed that.  Speaking of all those twitter followers, the LAPD asked her to tweet her followers info about roadwork.  That's funny!


hahah That is funny!  I'm surprised she hasn't starred in any dramas yet.  Are you a fan of dramas?


Yes, I am.  I like watching Hugh Laurie in House.  It's one of my favorites.


Yes!  I loved that show.  It made him the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama!


He is worth every penny of that money, he's that good.  And I never knew he was British until I saw him interviewed and I was like he's British, OMG.  Made me love him even more.


lol Nice!  I remember being surprised he was British when the show first came out.  I saw him on one of the late night talk shows.


I read recentlt, that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more, something to do with him not playing in movies that don't project positivity. Have you heard anything about that?


I haven't but I kind of like that idea.  We need more positivity in things.  Did you ever like Mad Men...I liked Jon Hamm in that.  I didn't know he also taught drama at his old high school.


How cool would that be to have Jon Hamm as your teacher.  I hear that Ellie Kemper was one of his students.


That would be cool!  ...and what are the odds of that?  I loved the Office too!  It was nice chatting with you this morning!


I also have a dog and three cats. 3 of the 4 have white on thier faces. I have heard that a white patch on the forehead is the first sign pf domestication. I also have grey hair...


It looks like you have a zoo at home lol, you know animals have a dominant paw?


Realy? I'll have to look for signs of that. Of the 20 quintilllion animals on the planet, I wonder how many are right handed?


I bet that more than half of them, there sure are a lot of animals in our planet they also speak different languages so theres a lot of interesting facts about them.


Nice. It's like the UN. We need translators for the all!  You knowm, Germany has granted animals constitutionally guaranteed rights?


I didnt, that is shocking actually although I think its a good thing, there is a lot of animal abuse and thats not ok.


Yeah, and Scotland has made the Loch Ness monster a protected breed, so, if she every re-appears, she'll have that going for her!


I guess thats a great law we wouldnt want to kill Nessie, after all she might be the only one left of the species, Netherlands also cares about its animals


Really? How so? I know they like tuna on their pizza...


Well Netherlands is building special bridges to connect habitats and keep animals from getting ran over by cars.


Nice. Unless the animals choose to use the bridges too... Well, the human animal lost most of it's body hair around 240,000 years ago, and what little I have left on top is on it's way over the bridge...


I agree we might lose all of our hair soon lol, you know we are unable to burp in zero gravity environements, I wonder why that happens


Really? I wonder if it is related to the hiccup thing--hiccups are said to be evolutionary holdovers from early land animals who had both gills and lungs. A good burp can stop the hiccups, so...


Yeah it might be related to hiccups, you know we are the only mammals that can't breathe and swallow at the same time!!


No blow hole either! Ok, here is a piece of animal-related trivia: The creator of the python programming language named it after british comedy group, Monty Python, which has nothing to do with a snake. And now, something completely different.


I always thought it was because of the Python, its interesting to know that I was wrong though, I guess most people assume its because of the animal. I guess comedy influenes us in deep ways.


Indeed. Bill Murray says the "Supreme achievement of the modern age in term of comedy" is, in fact, the movie...Kung Fu Hustle. Yes, comedy does influence us in deep ways...


Did you ever watch The Empire Strikes Back?


Yes. But my favorite movie is The Green Lantern, which was originally supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black. Ah, the age of enlightenment!  Nice chatting with you!


Hear about the girl that was part Neandertal and part something else?


Yea, it was a 13 year old girl that was also part Denisovan


They found it all from a finger bone too.


Yea, it's pretty wild that there was another species of humans cross breeding with Neanderthals


Seems like the Denisovans were an obscure offshoot of a common ancestor. Split off like 400,000 years ago.


It's amazing how molecular geneticist were able to discover the Denisovans by looking at it's DNA


It's so fascinating that Denisovan and Neanderthals shared the same cave, I wonder how they reacted when they first saw each other


I guess they didn't distinguish that much. Seems like they intermingled with more modern humans too.


Yea, some scientists do not even consider Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans separate species


The first humans appeared around Africa about 315000 years ago.


Humans also didn't lose their body hair until 240,000 years ago


Some humans are still pretty hairy. We started modernizing about 50,000 years ago, tools and clothes and such.


Yea, before that humans were adapted for persistence hunting making us great distance runners


Pretty amazing. There's a good book about that actually, Born to Run.  In the grand scheme of the universe we've been here a very short time. The earth started forming 4.5 billion years ago.


It's a shame that 80% of natural forest have been destroyed by humans


That is very sad. It's not like we have a lot of planrts we can go to close by if we mess this one up. Not like we could live on the planet that precipitates glass sideways at 4500 mph.


I'd rather live on Venus despite it not having any seasons


Well, if you don't like tilting planets and seasons then that's the planet for you.


Well it sounds better than Uranus which rotates sideways


I have never heard of the Silurian hypothesis before.  Have you?


Sorry m8... I have no idea what's that... any chance You could explain ?


Scientists are speculating about potential life forms before humans on earth.  They took the name from a Dr who, a television show, episode.


Before humans, meaning before the first homo sapiens ? Any info on what those speculations are based on ?


Yes.  I think scientists look at the age of the planet, the earliest known human, and then start to wonder.


From what I've heard, nothing yet.  Supposedly anything older than 4 million years  old is unlikely to be discovered.


They will probably find nothing more than bunch of dinosaurs remains... nothing more ;) I think they should focus on future and not the past...


I don't know. Learning where you come from can have a profound effect on the present and the future.  Did you know that urban areas only make up about 1% of the Earth's surface?


I guess there will be less and less of those areas... how is that making You feel  ? Do You care ?


I think it's interesting. It means there is probably a great deal of things out there from the past to be discovered hidden beneath the surface.  Do you care?


I mean sure, but just in cases when they'll find a swiss watch in a 4000 old tomb mummy to prove time travel is possible ;) or when they'll find frozen alien in Antarctica ;)


I'd be interested in those!  Have you ever heard of the Antikythera mechanism?


It's an artifact that was discovered and it's known as the world's first computer.  Get this- it was used by the Ancient Greeks.


ok, this I must google after this HIT ;) I love to hear about stuff like that ! ;)


Me too.  It's artifacts like that that make you wonder just how did those people back then do the things they did.


I'm telling You - Time Travelers ! ;) there was this Mummy in China and when they opened the tomb, it was wearing Adidas shoes ! ;)


That's funny!  It could all stem from an ancient race of beings before us.


There are also many videos of bones in the ground of Giants ;) they look like humans but are HUGE ;) probably a scam, but it looked interesting ;)


That is interesting. I think I've heard somewhere about a large race of humans from back in Biblical times that fossils have been found of.


Good moning, Im great, what do yo think about intelligent life on earth and the theory they existed on earth before humans?


I think that is a great theory! Given the earth form 4.5 billion years ago!


I think its posible, reptilian menaces called Silurians, the theory is that they evolved before mankind


My mind is blown with that information! Do you think there was anything else on different planets?


I think theres life in other planets yeah, other advances alien civilizations must exist across the cosmos, that is a sure thing


I think it's a crazy fact that if earth was a 24 hour period, human history only takes up 1 min and 17 seconds!


Thats not much at all and in 1 min and 17 seconds we have managed to destroy the planet, we are the best species


I agree with you on that one! It's sad what we've done while we've been on this planet!


We have destroyed it, interesting how you can fit all of the planets between the earth and the moon and still have room left


Space is just a marvelous thing! I wouldn't want to be on the planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4500 mph haha.


That seems like a hostile planet also the one that orbits four stars, that planet must be a real oven


I agree. Have you ever heard the sound frequency that causes fear in humans?


I dont think so, didnt know there was a frequency that caused fear in us so maybe in horror movies


Maybe that is why I'm always on the edge of my seat during those! If we ever evolve, I want to get rid of that or be able to synthesize vitamin c!


That is a bummer good thing science is on our side, we are also unable to burp in zero gravity environments so no burping in the moon


Well I'm staying away from carbonated drinks at the point lol. Did you know we can regrow a rib equally as strong in 2-3 months if we get it shortened?


I didnt know that, humans are amazing, do you ever get the goose bumps?


I do, usually when it's freezing out though haha, how about you?


I do as well, it seems like its an evolutionary trait we inherited from ancestors


Oh cool! I'm going to look more into that right now! It was nice chatting, have a great day!


Do you believe that humans are the best distance runners among all animals?


That is interesting. Did you know humans are the only mammals who cant breathe and swallow at the same time.


didn´t know no other animals couldn´t do it.  plants are also interesting. Plants can produce their own vitamic c, but we can´t


Plants are interesting . Humans are too. Did you know that humans are unable to burp in zero gravity. I wonder what the astronauts do.


I am pretty sure they use  special clothes to help them. Earth is also interesting and it has been over 4.5 billion year.


Yes and Earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun. That is interesting


it is, but it is also sad to know that more than 80% of the earth´s natural forests have been destroyed


Yes, we really need to take care of the forests better.


Did you know that 5 planets in the Solar System are visible to naked eye?


that is really cool. Did you know that there is a planet that orbits around four stars


It was discovered by scientists in 2013 but I don't know what they call it exactly


It is so interesting how planet venus rotates clock-wise


Yes, planets can be interesting to follow. Did you know that you can fit every other planet between the earth and the moon?


it is pretty interesting. it is also interesting the fact that some planets are not considered planets anymore. Don´t understand how they can change their mind.


I like the alternative names for our planet earth Telluris and tellus. I think we learned that pretty early on in school.


I don´t know  why Jupiter´s moon ganymede does not orbite the sun. If it would do so would have been considered a planet.


Science is fun. Did you know the Soviet Union sent a spacecraft to Venus. It was the first time a photo was captured of the surface of another planet. I think we will see trips to Mars in the future.


that would be great. next time we can talk about planet uranus.


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


Hey what do you think about Evolution? Apparently there was some kind of Neanderthal hybrid discovered recently


I think evolution is an interesting subject for sure.  It amazing what scientists can find, such as this hybrid creature.


Yes it's crazy that the fragment is 90000 years old, it's crazy that a fossil can last that long and you can still get DNA out of it!


Think how strange it would be to go back in time and interact with Neanderthals or other similar humanoids.  Can you imagine what you would see?


Yeah it would be interesting to see what their civilization was like. it's also crazy that anatomically correct humans existed 300,000 years ago, that's a long time ago!


Well, in the 4.5 billion years that earth has been around, there have been lots of amazing things occurring


Yes I agree. I think humans are one of the most astounding things that have occurred though. For instance apparently we lost our body hear about 200,000 years ago


Not all of us did.  I have seen some pretty hairy people.


Ha-ha that's true. What is crazy though is that there's a sound that universally causes fear in humans, I don't want to hear that at night!


Did you know that astronauts cant burp?  Apparently you can only burp in gravity.  Weird.


That is weird. Also it's weird that humans have a genetic defect and cannot produce their own vitamin C, and apparently most other animals can, I wonder why


Because nutrition companies and orange juice makers need to make money


ha-ha that's a good point. what do you think about the fact that humans can actually regrow ribs? It only takes 2 or 3 months to do so


That is bizarre for sure.  I guess maybe that goes back to the bible days where Adam lost a rib to make eve.


Ha-ha yes maybe Adam just regrew his rib. What do you think about planet Earth by the way? And makes me sad that 80% of our forests have been destroyed


Yes, but maybe now that people know more about the environment, more work can be done on fixing that


Yes I hope so. It's crazy that originally an earth day only lasted about six hours when it was first formed


That is nuts.  I think eventually we will move on to other planets, such as Mars.


Yeah I would move to Mars or Jupiter, or even Jupiter's moon Ganymede because it is so big it would actually be considered a planet if it orbited the Sun


I spend too much time watching Sci-Fi, I wonder how feasible it would be to live on another planet.  Granted, it will be many many years before that happens


Yeah hopefully it happens in our lifetime though. what do you know about the planet Uranus by the way? Apparently it rotates sideways and kind of rolls around the Sun instead of just spinning like a normal planet


Hi. Are you interested in astronomy? There have been building blocks of life found in a planetary system 455 light years away!


Yes, I am! Did you know Jupiter's moon ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun?


I didn't know that! It seems to be an ever evolving field, because a lot of things that were considered planets before 1950, aren't considered planets anymore.


Also venus doesnt tilt, so it has no seasons!


Neat! It's the only one that rotates clockwise, too.


Uranus actually rotates sideways and rolls instead of spinning like the other planets, did you know that?


That's so cool! There are 5 planets that you can see with the naked eye.


that's awesome, I wasn't aware of that. Did you know there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans?


I'm sure there is. Humans used to have hair all over their bodies.


Humans are also the best distance runners because we used to hunt


Yes, we are very adaptable. We can grow back ribs that have been removed in 2-3 months


That's pretty awesome, unfortunately we can't synthesize our own Vit C because the gene for this is defective in humans


That stinks. Animals and plants can do it!


Yep, and did you know more than 80% of earths natural forests have been destroyed?


That's very sad. There is almost no helium left on Earth.


And they say that when earth was first formed days were only 5.5 hours long.. could you imagine?


I already feel like some days fly by! You'd only have to work for an hour, though!


in 2010 the United Nations appointed official ambassador to extraterrestrials in case they ever came to earth... now that's crazy thinking


I guess they were trying to make sure they were prepared! Nice chatting with you!


Hello there, are you interested in astronomy?


hi, how are you?sure, i like astronomy. you?


Yeah I sure do, I find it pretty fascinating to be honest.


we live on an interesting planet. the day was much shorter way back in the day. it has gotten much longer.


I think I heard when it first formed the days were something like 5.5 hours long!  Wow!


Yeah, if the day keeps getting longer, we will have a 20 hour work day. LOL


LOL, that I can't get behind, but I do wonder if in a couple thousand years that the day will reach 25 hours, and continue longer.


i guess that human beings will adapt to those changes as well. we have already destroyed most of the forests though.


That is very sad to read about, I think I read somewhere we are at more than 80% of the forests destroyed.


Yeah, we will get rid of the last 20 per cent if we are not careful. i dont think we can get to another planet easily


No I don't think we can either, and it takes a long time to try and restore those wild forest areas.


Yeah, we should probably plant trees that produce helium. that would help LOL


I think I heard about that too!  So sad, no more blow up balloons and making your voice high I guess.


I guess we would have to build fusion reactors to produce helium. I wonder where the helium is going anyway.


That is wild to think that it will all be gone one day though. Speaking of planets, did you know that the planet Venus has no tilt, so it doesn't have seasons?


yeah, i heard that. plus it is 900 degrees, so that would be uncomfortable. i think that mars is our best bet.


That is true, not very pleasant to be there.  I agree with Mars as well.  I do know there is a planet with glass shards being blown about at 4500 mph somewhere out there!


hm, i wonder how they know that. i would be interested in the planet with the building blocks for life.


That is very interesting!  I heard they found them in a system more than 455 light years away.


Yeah, now that would be an interesting planet to explore. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah it sure would be. Same to you, I hope you have a great day!


Quite a bit actually. did you know it is the seoncd largest search engine?


Wow amazing. Do you know why they had to up their view count?


Yes that was because of Gangnam Style, the views skyrocketed


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


Yes. Together with Netflix they make half of the peak internet traffic


Not surprised there. Have you heard of Bluetube?


I have, it is the police kind of youtube and they have stunt videos in there


I like some of his songs. do you know when he graduated high school?


I think he was 25 and that was back in 2012


Yeah that was it. He once showed up at Drake University unexpected


Yesh and that was after they had given up trying to get him there


I like dance. Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer too?


Yeah he even won a cha-cha championship, so talented


Yeah and same with Tupac, he danced ballet


Yes he was in the production of the nutcracker as the mouse


Such a talent that guy. Ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes in a single week


That is a lot of shoes and I bet a lot of money too


Have you ever tried a dragon's breaths snack?


I havent but I heard they can be really dangerous, teens and their crazy snacks,


Yes, its dangerous! Mayonnaise ice cream sounds horrible.


It does sound horrible, both are extremely unhealthy and combining them creates a time bomb, disgusting


I love Youtube, I use it everyday do you like it?


Yes I do. I watch it a lot. Its got everything. First video uploaded was a guy talking about an elephant.


That must be one of the most famous elephants now lol, its amazing how with YouTube they make up half of the peak of the internet traffic in the country


I believe that, as it began as a dating website.


It did? I didnt know that, and do you remember Gangnam Style?


No? What is that? Did you watch any of those 70 full episodes of the Joy of Painting?


Its a video that got record views on YouTube, really funny you should look it up, YouTube had to update the count integer because of that video


I will, Do you like dance? Parrots dance perfectly in time with music.


I dont like dancing I have two left feet, Tupac is a skilled dancer though


Yes he was, Bill bailey was the first person to do the moonwalk!


I though the first person to moonwalk was MJ, when did Bill Bailey do that?


1955, Cannot picture Mr. Rogers doing the breakdance! lol


Thats a hard scene to picture lol, babies can spontaneously dance when they hear music, the smile more with the beat


Awww yes, I love that! Now that funky chicken and robot dance is going back.


Hope there back to stay! ballet dancers sure spend a lot of money on shoes


I am a fan of Drake, he has some songs that I like, Hotline Bling is one of my favorite songs.


Hello there! have you been hearing the news about diversity going around?


Oh yes. But I worry about us being too homogonistic.  Like White Magazine in Australia.  I do not agree with their priciples, but I feel like they should not be abused for them.


It's just so weird that we live in a time where we fear the most about being judged. What people do shouldn't be our business if it's not directly affecting us.


Exactly!  I do not like people being in my business.  I mean, even Ivey League schools are working with Facebook now.


Yes I have heard of that also happening. Facebook is a big thing now. It's so interesting how one web page can impact everyone. Like how Iceland is rewriting their constitution through there.


It's surreal.  Burger King had that promotion where you unfriend 10 people and get a free Whooper.  Who does that to their friends for a cheap, overcooked burger?


Everyone has their tastes. Plus you can always add them back! I think the real disappointment was when MySpace turned down the offer to buy facebook.


Yeah. That was a big Whoops! LOL. I think MySpace does mostly music now.  I listened to the Batman Begins soundtrack there.  I noticed, for the first time, that each track is named for a genus or family of bat!


I went back to it a few years ago and yes its changed so much. I never browsed the new website but whenever i did have the old web page and it was matrix themed. I even included the soundtrack accompanied by clips of the film!


Matrix themed!  That is awesome!  Mine wasn't special.  But my niece had the soundtrack to Jaws play during her wedding, and so she had it on her MySpace too.  It has a video clip of Speilberg playing the clarinet for the soundtrack.


The youth age was so silly, but fun for the most part. Anyways going back to what we were talking about. Do you think there should be a vote for same sex marriage by the citizens?


I'm not sure if there should be a vote.  I feel like it's a right, no matter what the majority rules.  And so many people don't take it seriously.  Like the people of Austin voting to rename their garbage dump after Fred Durst. (funny though. LOL)


SO like an addition to the bill of rights? People make it too personal. Its just complicated. But then again it is used to express an opinion. It's not like when you're in a jury


I'm not even sure it needs the addition to the bill of rights.  Like all marriages, I feel like it's implied to be a natural right.  It's a good thing we didn't decide it the way Iceland is rewriting their constitution on FB, like you mentioned earlier. LOL


I know it has to do with their religious beliefs but by inciting hate "you reap what you sow"


Yes, like the baker in CO who refused to bake the same sex wedding cake.


Which i dont think it's wrong honestly. Every business should have the right to refuse business to whomever they choose. I don't like the way the news made them come out as the bad guys though. Just like the magazine from australia, Any business can be subject to online abuse for their beliefs. it can kill a business


I agree. Everyone has their own rights, whether or not we agree with them is our business.  I do. That doesn't mean the baker has too. White Magazine was destroyed.


It is so bad in the US i think because the case with the baker was taken all the way up to the Supreme court. Which means the state wasn't even able to deal with it.


Yes. State's rights are being trampled.  Maybe it's because it's still a relatively new form of government?  Even in the UK, not all men had the vote until 100 years ago.


I guess it is still a work in progress even in other countries. Like how the Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter.


I am really curious to hear more about that.  I wonder what that constituent think of that? Probably wishes they could vote on Facebook. LOL


Just imagine Facebook, a company valued at $104b in 2012, to be the new way to vote. for anything!


Ever heard of this Dragon's Breath stuff, it is new to me.


What? No I have not. What is it? Is it a drug or something? Boy, those kids are always up to something.


I guess it is a snake made fro liquid nitrogen.  Heavens knows who would produce something like that.


I guess that the kids will buy and try anything that is novel. I was probably the same way when I was young.


I guess I was not as adventurous, the thought of putting liquid nitrogen in my mouth does not appeal to me.  Negative 320F is what I hear.


You could hurt yourself! Why would you do that? Does it get you high or something? Crazy.


Just a trend I suppose.  I understand they are sold at kiosks in malls, made by pouring the nitrogen over cheese puffs or similar.  There are warnings, but of course kids ignore it and do it the wrong way


I've heard of these cocktail places that do drinks using liquid nitrogen, you're meant to let it evaporate before ingesting.  I can imagine when you've had a few drinks your sense of caution get lost.


Yes, I agree. I would not want to tamper with forces as powerful as liquid nitrogen. That is stuff for scientists and doctors and engineers and stuff.


My understanding with the kids is that they can make it appear that smoke is coming out of their noses and mouths, they post videos to Youtube.  Sounds safer to take up smoking to me.


Yes, that sounds really cool. I want to try it! NOT. I would rather vape or smoke.


I guess everyone wants to be a Youtube star now.  Both my kids want to post video to it and get likes.


If there is money in it, I'll do it. Otherwise, no thanks. I do like YouTube though.


There's money in it for a very few amount of people, not for everyone else.  Unless you spend money to make good quality videos you'll rarely make anything from it.  There's too much on it.


Yes, the market is crowded. I guess the badger videos of yore were lucky.


The main thing now seems to be doing these dangerous videos, there was another one where people would jump out of moving cars to do a dance!


Oh, I remember seeing that. I guess that they didn't care about their car or their health. I would not want to do that for money or fame.


I wonder if Youtube has any liability towards these videos, people are only making them to get on Youtube, if Youtube didn't allow them people wouldn't put themselves in danger.


I guess so. Youtube might not care one way or the other until they are sued. Anyway, great chat!


You too, stay away from that Dragon's Breath, and liquid Nitrogen in general.


Good morning! What do you think about the new Dragon's Breath stunt?


Who could have guessed frozen food could be so dangerous!


Yes. It started at a highbrow restaurant in L.A. and spread to the malls. But a lot of the injuries are accidental. I can't believe they're selling liquid nitrogen at malls - and as a snack!


Dippin' Dots also use liquid nitrogen and have been around for years.


Yes, but Dragon's Breath seems to be more dangerous. There have been more injuries, from what I hear.


Agreed.     Anything where one must use utensils - or at least a stick is bound to lead to injuries.


Yes, and it comes with a lot of special instructions. No wonder things go wrong. Do you think it's irresponsible for them to be selling it to younger people or people who might not know how to eat it correctly?


Yes!      Chefs and bartenders have training.    Your average mall employee does not!


Right, and there might not be time to make sure people understand the instructions, considering how crowded and noisy malls can be. Do you think it should be allowed?


Probably not, but I guess it might be better to not make it seem attractive to teens so they will avoid it.


Anti-cigarette advertising works somewhat.    Perhaps a campaign on the video sharing sites like YouTube?


Maybe. Did you know that YouTube is now the second largest search engine?


Yes.     If Google is willing to pay nearly 2 billion dollars to own you, something is going right!


Yes, and they have Google to thank for their success now too. Guess what's the most disliked video on YouTube?


I heard it was Justin Bieber.    Maybe kids didn't appreciate his dance skills.


Interesting.    Speaking of dance,    did you know Tupac danced ballet!


Yes! He was the Mouse King in The Nutcracker.


Bruce Lee was also a dancer.    I guess you never really know where people start!


For sure! Well, it's been real. Have a wonderful day wherever you are!


Every day. It amazes me that Myspace missed out on an opportunity to purchase FB but didn't You?


Interesting, but they would have ran it into the ground probably.


Yeah maybe it was kind of self sustaining though. When they went public they were worth 104 billion dollars and that was back in 2012.


That is incredible. Do you use the like button?


Well since i don't live in that town in Germany i feel pretty comfortable using it, lol!


Yeah i don't get that at all. Hard to believe FB was launched until 2004. seems like it's been around a lot longer.


Yeah, I was still in school when it came out.


Did you know 1/3 of divorce fillings included the name facebook?


No, I didn't know that. Wonder why that is?


Probably because every one puts there personal business on social media. A lot of people got fired too, because of FB.


Again putting there business out there. Calling in sick and then posting selfies of your self parting will do it every time.


Yeah 30% of us Americans use FB as it's primary source of news.


Wow your one of the few my friend! Apparently Male & female don't cut it anymore. FB has 58 other gender description besides these 2.


Interesting. Did you know Astronauts vote from Space?


I did not but did you know that there are more people on FB than there were in the world 200 years ok?


I have one yeah, amazing how much the company has grown in 15 years


2004 to now. They were valued at $104 Billion at their IPO in 2012.


I think the company is worth a lot more to this day, still a lot of money did you ever use MySpace?


Not really. I know they had a chance to buy Facebook when it was young.


They had the chance to buy the company for $75 million!


It was, great opportunity I bet MySpace staff regrets not taking advantage of that


Yeah. Maybe it would have been less "blue" also.


Yeah, the blue color was influenced by Zukerberg he is color blinded in a way


I heard Iceland was rewriting their Constitution with public input via Facebook. I wonder if any fake news made it's way in there as well?


Sounds like the really like Facebook and I think its great they take peoples opinions into account, and I bet many of them


I bet they have better voter turnout in Iceland also. It wasn't until 1918 that even all men in England had the right to vote.


I wonder why, well the Indian goverment takes its voters seriously they even place a booth in a forest so that a single man could vote


That's dedication. On a lighter note people in Austin,TX voted to name their dump after Fred Durst.


That is messed up they must really hate Fred Durst there lol


His music was pretty awful so I can hardly fault them.


Yeah but still seems like a lot of trouble lol


Yeah seems like a waste of resources but oh well its been good chatting with you today


I've been thinking about birds a lot lately.    Do you know anything about their anatomy?


I don't really know much about birds. I have heard that they have hollow bones.


True.  I've been reading about their high metabolic rate and four chambered heart.


I'm astonished that birds can fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping. I guess their brains must not require sleep.


They are really amazing.     Some wild birds in australia can mimic cameras, car alarms and chainsaws!


I'm amazed that their vocal cords can do what machines do. Hummingbirds make use of spider webs to build nests.


Well, anything that can evolve from a pigeon to a dodo bird must be very adaptive!


I guess every species needs to evolve and adapt. Humans do so as well. They have lost their body hair (or most of it) relatively recently.


True, and considering how government works, governing an organized community, humans need to be versatile, mentally and physically


True. Consider the guy in France that sold the Eiffel Tower twice by impersonating a government official.


That is nuts.     Perhaps the US government will actually sell Nevada, since they own nearly 90% of the state.


I think they control most of it for military purposes and such. They could sell the land and donate the proceeds to helping save the Amazon rainforest, just like Norway did.


I thought it might have something to do with their immunity from violating the geneva convention.


They probably need that immunity now, with Wikileaks telling a lot of government secrets.


True.    I heard Wikileaks published the governments plan to destroy Wikileaks.


I wonder how the government could destroy Wikileaks, which probably has lots of backups and hidden sites.


Perhaps they can use the fact humans are among the best distance runners!


We've very good at spreading out into new environments. But we still cannot synthesize vitamin C.


Yes, evolution sometimes results in things like a defective enzyme.


Well, I enjoyed chatting with you! Make sure you get plenty of vitamin C.


Thanks!    Stay away from the frequency that causes fear in humans!


Human ancestry is an amazing thing to study, don't you think?


It truly is. I wonder when we lost the ability to create our own vitamin C?


That is a good question. I assume that there was some genetic reason for it. To think that at one time the human race only numbered in the thousands blows my mind.


I wonder what the sound frequency is, that causes fear in humans, and what does it correlate to.


I am guessing that it's a low frequency that simulates a predators growl. Instilled fear response.


That may be it, since we are among the best distance runners among all running animals. Yes, it came in useful for hunting, but escaping as well.


I wouldn't want to try out running any animal living or extinct. Maybe that's one of the reasons we developed a reasoning brain, so that we could outwit rather than out run.


Maybe, I wonder why we lost almost all of our body hair. Was that due to discovering fire?


LOL! It might have well been but it was probably due to the climate in which we evolved.


At that time, we may have been migrating though. All in all, it's amazing we didn't go extinct like the dodo bird, and amazing that it's cousin the pigeon still survives.


Yes, another species that had little defense against hunters, including humans. Their demise was fairly recent.


I think it's fascinating that there are some birds that can mimic the sound of car alarms. I bet the Australians feel as if they are in a horror movie when they start mimicing chainsaws.


I would think so. Imagine hearing a car alarm go off miles from ant road.


I think it's cute that hummingbirds will steal spiderwebs, to repair their nests. I've never witnessed that behavior though.


Neither have I. I do get to watch eagles every fall when the salmon runs start.


That would be fun to watch. I recently learned that there was a group of birds (now extinct) that didn't have wings. How odd.


Yes, apparently there a lot of species that have lost the ability to fly, if they ever had it at all. Like everyone's favorite bird, penguins.


The flightless birds have a different digestive and respiratory systems than their flying cousins.


Probably due to what they eat. Change happens slowly over thousands of decades. Maybe in the future humans will be able to fly.


Maybe. I just learned that we can regrow a rib. Somehow that escaped me.


That is amazing! I wonder why we can't regrow limbs also?


It's been fun chatting with you, enjoy the rest of your day.


Turkey has become really popular in America, I dont see my thanksgiving celebration without eating that delicious bird


Did you know that Turkey was probably not part of the first Thanksgiving in the US!


I did not kow that, but it sure is an american tradition now.


Thanks.    Do you know the scientific name for birds?


No not really, not much of a bird fan, do you happen to know them?


I have a pet hummingbird, and have seen it steal spiderwebs.


I see, that must have been funny to watch lol, I heard something interesting about bird in Australia and its that they can mimic the sound of alarms, chainsaws, cameras


Birds are fascinating.    Can you believe dodo birds and pigeons are part of the same family.


I dont see the resemblance in those two birds, bit I guess its possible, you know that in most birds their bones are so hollow and thats why their skeleton is so lightweight.


True.     It also must help when birds fly from Alaska to Mexico without any sleep!


They do? that is a really long trip I guess birds are exceptional little creatures, I think I might do some more research about them.


You know what I need to do some research on?    Government.


Now thats a whole different subject and be careful with what you research as they might plan to destroy your info liked they planed to destroy Wikileaks


The US government owns 86% of Nevada, so there is no escape!


I guess theres no escape, thats a lot of land, they should sell some of it and pay off some of the mayor debt the government has.


Then again, it is easy to lie like the guy who impersonated a government official in France and sold the Eiffel tower twice!


Yeah I guess it is, he did sold the lie twice so that is pretty amazing if you think about it humans are amazing.


Yes.    Despite not being the fastest or strongest, humans are among the best distance runners in the animal kingdom.


Yeah and we adapt, maybe thats why we have survived for as long as we have after all we are not the strongest animal but the smartest one for sure


Then again, humans are susceptible to a sound that causes fear!    Reminds me of the comic books.


I agree, I wonder if animals are also susceptible to this frequency maybe its only of humans.


I stay pretty neutral. I was a history major so I see a lot of patterns. Sometimes the government does something really nice like Norway who donated 1 billion dollars to save the Amazon rainforest.


Me too, I don't get into politics much. Norway is good, I bet the US pays that much to destroy it.


I bet there are thousands of different types of birds in the Amazon. Most would have bones so hollow their skeleton weighs less than their feathers.


I bet! I like that birds can fly from alaska to mexico without sleeping


Amazing! And there are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms and even chainsaws!


that is scary and so interesting lol. I love birds, the wild ones are the best


I really like Hummingbirds. I just found out they steal spiderwebs to construct their nests.


that is smart, i bet they make great nets. They are so light too that it would be easy to repair their nests with them


I feel like they are the only birds dainty enough to do so. I doubt the dodo was ever so crafty. They are in a sub-family of pigeon.


That is awesome to hear. If only Humans were that cool.


Human can be pretty cool. They can regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within 2 to 3 months.


wow, i never knew that. I just think about there is a sound frequency that causes fears in human


I must know it without knowing it. And to think it has only been 250,000 years since humans looked a lot different with a lot more body hair.


I have a lot of body hair so I am glad times have changed and I don't have anymore lol!


It is very interesting how much humans have changed and how different we can be. We are the only species that cannot synthesize their own vitamin c, unlike all other plants and animals.


wow, I did not know that too. You are a human fact machine!


I really like learning history and I find it so fascinating that the humans we understand today and all of our history and modernity only started 50,000 years ago!


Me too, anymore facts? It has been great chatting with you!


Just one fun fact for the road. A man in France impersonated a government official and managed to sell the eiffel tower......twice.


I feel so bad for Queen Elizabeth. Her corgi had to be put down.


It is always sad when you lose one of your furry friends. I've had to do that a couple of times myself. It's a sad thing to have to do.


The Queen of England has had a corgi since 1944. Those dogs must've been very spoiled


Yes I imagine they were. But it is hard not to spoil your pets.


Did you hear about the Southwest disaster?


A jet engine blew out on a Southwest plane. One passenger was found dead


Wow that's scary. I used to love to fly, but today I have doubts as to whether they can afford to keep up the maintenance. Do you fly?


No. I've flown to India a few times in the past though. I got motion sickness and threw up


I'm sorry, that's really miserable. I also don't like going through the security lines that they have.


Yeah, I guess you're not supposed to read on a plane. It messes you up


Oh. I've never tried reading on a plane. But I have started to feel a little queasy if I stare out the window too long.


Speaking of reading, did you know the record for speed reading is 4,700 words per minute?\


No I didn't. That's a lot of words to process. I wonder how much of the info they actually retained.


Yeah probably. They should try measuring the person's reading comprehension


Exactly. I know when I have been really interested in a book I have read really fast to find out what happens. Then I end up reading a second time slower, so that I actually enjoy the book.


Did you know that in the 18th century there was a moral panic because too many people were reading novels?


Yes I heard about that. I guess they would have really freaked out today because of all the information we have access to.


I think the panic was over reading fictions works though. They'd probably like all of the actual information that is available today


I never thought of it like that. You are probably right. Isn't amazing how much information we have at our fingertips. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't look up several questions on the internet.


Yeah, same here. Computers were an incredible invention.


Yes they were. I spend way too much time on mine. Having said that I will say good night, and thanks for the terrific chat.


Not really, I did once have an aquarium.  Genetic engineering is interesting.  They make blue roses!


The classic symbol for the unattainable.


or unrequited love... Science doesn't recognize such poetry.


It is interesting that bacteria is used for the color.


Bacteria seems to be really versatile, from evil to hero... Life on Earth has both suffered and bolstered...


I guess you need bacteria to convert proteins.


... yeah, that is part of what they do in digestion.  The author of what I read seems really pessimistic, almost as if he/she hates scientific research.


I agree. Maybe they should write about something different.


Yes maybe how bacteria can be used to clean nuclear waste.  It actually can...  It is sad that 80% of the Earth's natural forests have been destroyed.  That seems to be too high and drastic.


That is sad. When the earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long.


Yeah it would have been a long day.  The Earth was molten...  Is it true that all the Earth's helium will be gone by the end of this century?


Speaking of scary, humans lost body hair as recently as 240,000 years ago.


Can you imagine having your body covered in hair?!


Not really... It's funny, I only seem to lose the hair I want on my head.  I don't get it, we can grow back ribs but not hair?


Hahah agreed. It is crazy it only takes 2-3 months to regrow,


It's weird that there's a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.  Is it in the key of rap?


Funny a seahorse is the only fish with a neck.


So we can make a blue rose now, when I say we I mean they, as in genetic engineers.


I think messing around with DNA is very interesting myself.


To a certain degree we have been doing it for centuries by selective breeding.  That is not natural so in a sense is genetic engineering.


Yeah that's a good point, we have been doing it forever basically.  Sounds like we are making disease-resistent crops as well.


For the main it sounds beneficial.  The writer tries to link genetic engineer and extinctions of animals and insects, but I think they are separate issues.


I would have to agree with you on that. I think the rate of extinctions has most to do with us destroying their environments.


Maybe all this research into genetics and DNA can be beneficial in the long run in terms of extinctions.  I understand they can save DNA now.


Yeah I hope you are right, I hope they use the new info on genetics to determine just why some go extinct and just how we can save them.


That insect are disappearing seems a worry, especially the bees.  A friend of mine keeps bees and says he loses hives more regularly now than in the past.


Yeah the bees scare me very much, they have had articles in my local paper over the bee concern.  It is all of the pesticides they use, the neon-somthings that all of Europe have banned, they eventually get into the bee system and destroy it, so sad.


Humans can sometimes have a very negative affect on the Earth, hopefully we can fix our ways and work with, rather than against, Earth.


Exactly, I hope all the new technology helps us save the planet rather than keep destroying it like we are doing.


Maybe one day they can genetically manufacture us so as that human can synthesize vitamin C like most other animals.


I never knew that, very interesting fact.  I wonder why we are the only animals that can't?


Evolution I guess, or intelligent design, depending on your viewpoint.  Just like us losing body hair 240,000 years back.


That is pretty wild, and i don't think that is relatively long in the grand scheme of humans, I do know we are adapted to be the best distance runners of all the animals as well.


Yeah, and we are probably the only ones running for fun, if you can call it that.   You don't see many animals training for a marathon.


I would have to agree, never thought about that, I think we do lots of things for fun that most animals would never do.


Seems odd that humans like to swim, I guess we want to return to being fish.


Yeah it does, and it sounds like freshwater fish drink water through their skin while saltwater fish drink it through their mouth.


Well it was a good chat, have a good day.


Hello. Do you like roses? Up until recently I thought a blue rose was natural but apparently it is not.


I love roses. I have never seen a blue rose. That sounds like all of those crazy colored carnations that they dye.


It is pretty but they way they go about it is not.  Scientists inject bacteria into a white rose to make it blue.


Yuck. I agree sounds gross! I hear that they may be hitting the market in the next few years. Amazing what scientist can do.


It really is.  Some say it's not though because thousands of wildlife species are almost extinct because of us.


Yikes. Looks like we need to focus on conservation. I hear we are losing insects too which will really affect the ecosystem.


Definitely.  Then you have scientists using their expertise to preserve dna and mix it with other species.  That doesn't sound like a good idea.


I put my head in the sand when it comes to issues like this. Most humans do. We ignore because it is inconvenient to our lives and lifestyles. I need to start paying more attention.


I do too.  Just like when I heard recently that over 80 percent of the planet's forests have been destroyed.  That was shocking.


Supposedly the earth will be virtually helium free by the end of the 21st century. Does that mean no more balloons?


Probably so. I wonder what else it means though.  Surely helium is good for more than that?


Not sure. I am just amazed that when the earth was first formed that a day was only 5.5 hours long. That is a lot of darkness!


Yet things grew and survived.  That makes me picture a lot of shade loving plants that are no longer with us.


True. I never thought of it that way! This is a random fact but did you know that the seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.


No I didn't.  I guess I never thought about it before.  I do know that there's a type of jellyfish that is considered to be immortal.


Yikes. I am not sure I want a jelly fish around that can't die. I think it is crazy that the black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and ten times its weight.


That is crazy!  That must be a very powerful type of fish to be able to do that!


Kind of like some of the snakes out there that can eat huge animals.


Yeah, just like them.  Say, did you know that freshwater fish get their water through osmosis but salt water fish actually drink it?


Interesting. I did not know that. The sounds that are emitted by fish can vary depending on the species and stimulus. I thought that was interesting.


I agree with you.  I guess dolphins and whales sound different.


Good morning! How's your day going? Are you interested in science like genetic engineering or the planet?


Yea I'm interested in all that. It's fascinating life on earth may have started 4.1 billion years ago


Does it bother you about how many species are being lost of the planet or do you think it's all a part of what's gone on since the beginning?


Well it's natural for species to die off but not as fast as the current rate. it's a shame humans have destroyed so much like 80% of natural forests


Yes, that does make me sad. I know that the landscape has repeatedly changed but when you see all those trees down, it's depressing. And to think that in the earth


Humans have had such a great impact in a short amount of time, if the earth's history was a 24 hour period humans would have been here for 1 min and 17 secs


Yes! I got so excited about the trees that I didn't finish my last thought but that's exactly what I was thinking. We've been here such a short time compared to the earth's existence! It's funny that we now have an ambassador for extraterrestrials, in case they ever make contact with us!


That is strange. I wonder what is happening to all the helium, earth is suppose to run out by the end of the century


That does seem weird and I've not heard of other elements disappearing. It's not from all the balloons, I'm sure. Early humans used tools with a lot of dexterity compared to other animals, but it just can't be all those balloons we've blown up!


It is quite fascinating how something as simple as manual dexterity and tool use has made us so successful as a species


Yes it has! I guess our ancestors started showing modern behaviors around 50,000 years ago and started heading out of Africa to other parts of the globe. They must have been brave or desperate for survival?


I think that humans naturally are natural explorers and as soon as the natural barriers left starting venturing out 50,000 years ago


Yes and our adaptations for long distance running, made them some of the best at hunting across great distances. Even better than the animals.


Yea, it's crazy how human use distance running to hunt, just repeatedly chasing an animal faster than you until it dies from exhaustion


I wonder what part the fact that humans experience fear when they hear a certain sound frequency played in survival? Maybe it's the lion's roar or lightening strikes or some other sound that spells danger?


It is possible, not only do sound frequency produce fear but most humans have an innate fear of snakes and spiders


Maybe we should have a fear of zebra fish, since 84% of the genes associated with our diseases, also have a counterpart in zebra fish!


I'm more scared of the black swallower fish, it can eat prey twice its length


Ha! That's a good point. I'm not sure how big they would have to grow to threaten us but let's watch out, just in case! I heard that there is a jellyfish that lives forever, but I don't know how that can be true?


There are some species of jellyfish able to revert back to a larva stage after reaching adulthood, it's pretty cool


I've learned some interesting things today about a lot of subjects from DNA, humans, fish and more!


Yea, it was nice chatting with you, have a good day


I'm doing well myself, thanks! Do you like to read at all?


I don't read much these days but I do on occasion. I read somewhere that reading is a complex process is that correct?


It really is! It takes things like sharing information, language acquistion, etc.


There is a lot going on into reading as it requires creativity and critical analysis.


Did you know starship troopers was a book before the awesome movie? the us military recommends reading it!


I didn't know this. I also heard that reading is a form of language processing.


That makes sense! Are you good at speed reading when you do read?


I have tried it and I'm pretty good at it in all honesty.


I can't recall if I am or not lol. Probably not as good as Anne Jones, who can read 4700 words per minute!


Wow!! That is very interesting I didn't know this and I can't top that not even in my wildest dreams. Do you know who invented both the reading and writing system for the blind?


Wasn't it a guy with the last name Braille? I forget his first name.


That's right! I bet that was a game changer! Did you hear about the moral panic back in the 18th century in regards to reading?


People were going nuts because of people starting to read novels!


That is very nice. Did you know that president Andrew Johnson never attend high school and he had to rely on his wife to help him learn reading and math?


I should have taken that route. That man was president! haha.


I think reading is an awesome thing. I might go do it now. I enjoyed chatting, have a great day!


A little but I'm not too good, all I can do is the funky chicken and robot like Emilla Clarke did for her audition of Daenerys Targaryen


LOL  That's hilarious!  Me too I'm not good at all.  Bruce Lee was a great dancer!  That somewhat didn't surprise me since he had some good karate moves.


There was an episode of Mr Rogers where he learned to breakdance, I bet that was hillarious


I bet! haha  Michael Jackson had a patented devide that he used to get the extreme leans in some of his dance moves.


I heard Michael Jackson didn't invent the moonwalk and the first ever recorded version was done by Bill Bailey in 1955


I never knew that.  Tupac once was a ballet dancer in high school  in the Nutcracker.


Interesting. There are ballet slippers than can be used to make drawings from the dancer's movements


I'll have to google that and look it up.  Do you use google alot?


Yea, it's shocking how far Google has come since it was founded in 1998


Yes.  For sure.  One single search on google takes more computing power than it took to send astronauts to the moon.


That's crazy, Google's data center uses 0.01% of total worldwide electricity


I believe it.  On Aug. 16th, 2003 it went down for 5 minutes and took 40% of the internet traffic with it.


Wow, that's a lot. Did you that g-mail use to be a free email service offered by Garfield's website?


Wow.  I didn't know that.  Interesting.  Do you like Star Wars?


Yea I like The Empire Strikes back from 1980


That entire franchise is worth over 65 billion dollars!


That's crazy and Lucas got to keep all the licensing and merchandising rights for himself


Smart man!    His wife Marcia was the reason for some major changes in the original film for which she won an academy award for editing the film.


Yea she did a great job. Apparently James Cameron quit his trucking job and entered the movie business after seeing Star Wars


Good move!  I'm sure he is set for life!  It was nice chatting with you today!  Hope you the rest of your day is pleasurable!


I don't have much time unless I am looking for a particular video.


Yeah i understand, You can fine everything on there though not just music video's. I use it to help me fix things, Car, computer exc..


I have used utube to fix stuff around the house. My kids use it for entertainment. I can't believe some of the stuff people post!


I know right. There headquarters is in San Bruno California. It was created by three paypal employee's.


Google was smart to buy them out! With the way iphones have grown. It was definitely a smart move@


I agree, Utube is the second largest search engine on the net and i'm sure that had something to do with it.


It is funny that Justin Bieber's "Baby is the most disliked video on utube!


Really funny! You know netflix and utube make up half the internet traffic on the web during peak hours.


It is not surprising that netflix an utube make up over half of peak internet traffic in north america.


Yeah Utube has a partnership program, wonder what that's all about?


I have never heard of it. I did read that there is a blutube for policemen to share videos.


Ok is it anything like cops? The program i found out is with other media broadcasting's like hulu, & bbc.


Oh. I am a fan of hulu and did know that you could watch videos there.I think that videos could replace albums. What do you think?


Indeed, technology is not slowing down everything is going digital or internet.


Albums are getting to be a thing of the past. Did you know that Linkin park's Hybrid theory is the  best selling album of this century?


I did not wow, Sad what happen to them i really liked some of there music.


I did not know that Straight outta compton reached platinum without airplay!


Now that is an achievement considering how much smaller the world is now. did you hear about the twin rappers in Japan?


I read that. Ha! I am sure that it was awful but I give them credit!


Apparently there 100 years old and in 1992 put out a rap album.


Dark side of the moon is still  top selling after 40 years!


I can believe that it was best selling album of 2014, right?


I am not sure how albums will continue to be a thing. I hope you have a nice day!


Well if the white house can keep using floppy disk they have a chance. You too, nice chatting.


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


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


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


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


Oh okay.  What do you think about artificial intelligence?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hi, how are you doing tonight? Do you use YouTube?


Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net. That make sense, considering the amount of stuff on there.


I wouldn't expect it to be that big as a search engine. I'm sure Google is number one but I would have expected number two to be maybe Yahoo or something similar.


True. Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube. Do people dislike the video, or him?


I'm not sure. It is awful but there are such horrible musical performances on YouTube that I would not expect it to be number one.


That would probably be Psy's Gangnam Style. It got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Wow! That's pretty terrible also. Were you aware that YouTube and Netflix combined make up half the peak internet traffic in North America?!


I'm not surprised. People love Netflix. They can get stuff there that they can't get on YouTube.


It is pretty great.Did you also know that Police have their own version of YouTube?


That's a great way to share information. I wonder if we can get on there.


I have no idea. It's called blutube and they share law enforcement videos.


Do you like robots? Michael jackson planned to build a 50 foot tall moon walking robot to roam the desert sands of Vegas. Rich people do odd things.


I find them very interesting. Wow! That would have been insane. Who in the world would want to do the upkeep on that?


Better to invest in robots that can debone a chicken with surgical precision. That would be useful.


That would be very useful. Are you familiar with Grant Imahara from Mythbusters?


I've heard the name. I've never seen the show.


It's a great show. Well he actually created the robot sidekick Geoff Peterson for Craig Ferguson.


That's great! Robots have so many practical uses. The  military uses an Xbox 360 controller to control one of their EOD robots. I guess troops know the Xbox controller well.


I guess so. I think the XBox controller is the best console controller. Did you also know that robots can be controlled using rat brains?!


We will soon have  rat-robot cyborg overlords.


I guess so. The robot even changes personality depending on which rat brain is being used!


I try to dance, purposefully moving in choreographed sequences.  But I look more like a chicken than a serious dancer. You?


Hilarious. I do, but I'm a horrible dancer. Apparently Tupac was good though.


Why didn't he do his ballet thing to rap music? He would have been an innovator, like Michael Jackson!


yeah, I'm not sure. He was a much better rapper though. He also wasn't a bad actor if I remember correctly.


Well, it is said that babies spontaneously dance when they hear music. But  why are they born with more talent than I?


I'm not sure, how can they dance, it has to be more wiggling than anything. LOL


That described me pretty well...more wiggling than anything... Not like the graceful warrior, Bruce Lee, who was not only renown for his martial arts prowess, but he was also a championship dancer!


I can believe that, he was incredibly gifted. Technically, those movies were seen as a kind of dance.


True!  OOne of the first music videos was Michael Jackson's Thriller, and that was drama, music, and dance! Jackson also patented dance equipment. Talented and innovative! Bruce Lee could be described that way too!


I remember that, but I thought that Beat It came out first. Did MJ get a patent?


Yeah, for some device to allow him to do those extraordinary leaning moves. Just like some ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes each week, MJ had his dance props too!


I wonder if he was a good dancer when he was a baby?


I'll have to Google that... Unless Google goes down again. In 2013 when Google went down, it took down 40% of web traffic.


Woah! That is pretty crazy, but I guess google is that big. Do you know how they calculate maps?


I think it has something to do with tracking phone locations. Amazing what Google can do.. You know, a single Googele search takes more computing power than it took to send the first 11 astronauts to the moon?  Now Google probably has an app for that...


I can believe it, do you think they track all phones, or just androids?


Who knows?  Google supports Androids, so they are probably tracking them. But who really know what Google is really doing? When Google deals with different countries that hase border disputesd, they report maps differently to each country to match country claims.


Well, I know that both of the founders were PhD students when they came up with it.


And they are partial to goats, and on occasion use them to mow the grass on the Google properties. Can't beat that!


Interesting, no lawn mowers then? Well, nice chatting with you.


I do watch Youtube. I like to listen to music through YouTube? You? Do you YouTube too? LOL


lol That's what I use it for too.  I love watching concert clips on there.  Did you know it is the 2nd largest search engine on the net?


I believe it. Google owns Youtube, so they share tech. Youtube used to allow only 10 minute videos. Now there are whole albums up there.


I know youtube was created by 3 former paypal employees in Feb. of 2005.


They probably got stock options that made them rich. Then they plowed the cash into a new company. Good for them.


lol....looks like they cashed even bigger after starting youtube.  They sold youtube to google in 2006 for $1.65 billion dollars!


That is a nice chunk of change. I wonder what I would do with all that money. Probably sit around all day and watch YouTube.


hahahaah that's great.  I would too.  Especially in the winter months.  Psy's Gangnam style video got so many views that youtube had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


I guess the Koreans really liked that and watched it a lot! I never saw it though.


lol It was addicting.  Justin Bieber's Baby is the most disliked video on youtube.


He is disliked and by extension so are his videos. I do not need to see it. I know I would hate it.


haha Netflix and youtube make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  Guess people really love their videos!


We are addicted to screens. If the internet died, what would do with ourselves? Nothing to watch. Nothing to fill our heads.


Sad but true.  You mentioned you like to listen to music on youtube.  Do you still listen to albums?


Yes, I do. I am listening to an album right now. Hint: it is not Hybrid theory


lol  I was surprised to find out that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was still of the best selling albums of 2014 more than 40 years after it was first released.


That album is a classic. Have you tried Dark Side of Oz?


At a certain point in the movie Wiz of Oz, start the Dark Side album. It syncs up pretty well with the movie. Or so I've heard. Anyway, great chat!


Oh that is neat.  I'll have to try it! Nice chatting with you too!


Hi, there. How are you today? I love movies!  Have you seen the movie Incredibles II?


I am good, I love movies too! That is one movie I have not seen. Is it good?


I liked it. It's much better than many of the later Star Wars films.


Yes, I too liked the first Star Wars better. I am interested in seeing the new Star Wars area at Hollywood Studios!


That sound great! There are quite a lot of interesting facts about the movies. 20th Century Fox, convinced that Star Wars was going to flop, agreed to George Lucas's proposition to forgo an additional $500k directing fee in return to keep licensing and merchandising rights for himself.


Yes, I saw that. Interesting. I didn't know James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader but now it makes sense!


James Earl Jones spent only 2.5 hours recording all of Darth Vader's lines for Star Wars and was paid $7,500. I bet he made a bunch more on later films.


I bet so too! That's alot for only 2.5 hours of work.


In 2013, Star Wars was dubbed in Navajo, making it the first major film to be dubbed in a Native American language. I bet James Earl Jones did handle the dubbing for that.


I think he did. Hollywood studios is putting so much money into this new area at Hollywood Studios. There is a Hotel there that will feel like you are actually living in that time.


That's great! I'd like to visit. It's open already?


Not yet! yes I do too! They are opening  a little at a time.


Yes, all the time. Its interesting that instead of hiring someone to mow, they used goats! lol


I wonder if the goats got stock options. That would be b-a-a-a-d if they didn't.


Ha, ha, ha. Good one! One single google search uses a vast amount!


More computing power than it took to send Armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon. Quite a change in computers!


Right, Taking 40% of web traffic n 2013 when going down for five minutes.


Five minutes. And the web stops. What are we going to do when YouTube goes down?


lol, I don't know. We need more places to go to More competition!! Great chat!!


Yes, and I am a big fan of great dancers like justin timberlake and chris brown. Who are some of your favorite dancers


I'm not sure I have a favorite but I have read that Bruce Lee was a great dancer and even won a cha-cha championship in Hong kong


Bruce lee was a legend he's was a very small but great fighter


Small people tend to be great dancers, Michael Jackson wasn't too tall either I don't think


James brown was an even better dancer he was old and still moving


You know who is a secret surprise dancer? Tupac! He studied ballet in high school. Isn't that strange?


Actually I completely understand if you look up hardcore rapper prodigy from the new york group mob deep he not only always was getting into shoot outs and getting arrested but he also went to performing arts school and practiced ballet lots of rappers went to art schools


Ballet is an expensive dance form to get into, more so if you're a female because of the pointe shoes. Professionals go through four pair a week on average and they are $150+ a pair!


I would imagine the stuff tupac learned in that dance school helped him when he was part of the backup dancers for the group Digital Underground.


Oh man I didn't know he was a backup dancer! How long ago was that?


That was when he was very young before he became a rapper. His movie did not do his story any justice i give it a 3/10. The Notorious BIG movie was way better and it came out like in 2009.


I'd love to go back in time and watch him dance as the mouse king in the nutcracker though


You could probably find some of those old performing arts school dance videos on youtube. He was a cultural icon


You're right I should give it a google. I'll be there's all kinds of stuff to be found


Yes and watch a couple of the documentary's on him you see on youtube you'll learn alot. Did you see the NWA movie Straight outta compton?


I haven't yet. Those stories seem very interesting though, they're so far before my time I don't know much at all it seems


You'll love them the straight outta compton movie is very well made it makes you feel emotionally connected to the characters thats how rap films should be made. Another great rap film is Get rich or die trying by 50 cent


Good to know. 50 cent isn't still making music these days is he?


Nope he isn't he's mostly involved with TV shows have you ever heard of the show Power. He's also making a BMF show


No I haven't, I'll have to look these up


Yea you'll definitely love the backstory to their lives and understand the music alot more have a great day my friend


Hi, how new is your computer? Did you know the space shuttles computer had a whopping 1mb of ram! I have 16 gigs in this machine!


That's crazy, my computer is fairly new but I have no idea how many gigs it has!


I need a high performance machine for minecraft. Well not really but did you know someone built a working computer using minecraft blocks? That must have been so hard.


That's crazy, i'm not even sure how you would do that. The russians made a computer that ran on water.


Now that is even more impressive then minecraft blocks. It must not have worked well or that technology would have taken off.


Or someone bought it out so they couldn't produce them. Who knows. Smoking near apple computers voids the warranty.


I don't blame them for that. I wouldn't even go into someone's house who smokes in the house. It's disgusting.


Yeah, it really is. Do you know how Bill nye got started?


No I don't, which is weird because I'm a big fan. I love the work he does with The Planetary Society.


He apparently won a steve martin lookalike contest, which was his big break. I remember watching him in school all the time.


Interesting. I watched his show a bit, but like I said it's his recent stuff that really has me interested in him. I should go back and watch though.


I don't think i've seen his recent stuff, but i'll have to check it out. Ronald reagan was rejected from a movie because he didn't have "the president look".


Ronald Regan? The Actor? That's funny. I wonder what they thought when he became president for real.


Probably felt pretty silly! Caesar noted after visiting Britian that it's people used chickens for entertainment. I wonder what they were doing with them.


Probably fighting unfortunately. Doesn't sound very fun. What is fun is my old NES. I recently busted it out and the thing still works!


That's crazy! It can only display 57 colors. Seemed so high tech back in the day!


I think it's actually 54 colors. 8 bits of power. I still remember "the code" for contra!


Oops! Yeah, you're right! It was finally discontinued in 2003!


Really? That recently. I would have guessed a lot earlier than that. Even SNES was early 90s I believe.


Yeah, I would have thought so too. I don't remember them being sold in the early 2000s. Anyways, it's been great chatting with you!


Hello,  did you know bill nye the science guy got his break by winning a steve martin contest ?


I have heard that before, it's amazing what can get you started.  I wish I looked like someone famous, it could be the thing that makes my fortune.


lol yeah,  do you have a career in acting or tv?  Its kinda crazy what people will do to get famous though,  some people go through so much plastic surgery!!


A new way to fame and fortune is competitive computer gaming, my son has been telling me this so as that I'll let him play more.


lol good be true or trickery!!  Games nowadays are so sophisticated though,  so much goes into it.


True, it's not like the old days of Nintendo with it's 54 colors, have you seen what the new games look like, Fortnite in particular.


I havent seen fortnite.  I have seen call of duty,  those games look amazing!  I have a few friends who work in the video gameing industry.


There's serious money to be made in these new gaming league.  I think colleges are starting to set up teams too.


awesome!  did you know the space shuttles general computer runs on 1mb of ram lol


That's crazy, I know the original Apollo mission ran on even less.  To think of the power of our phones, we should be able to do some amazing things.


Have you heard of the Russian computer that ran on water.  I can't picture it, I would love to see a working example.


I dont even know how radios work lol I cant imagine trying to build a computer that runs on water lol


Your friends that work in the gaming industry must be smart.  I've look a simple code for simple programs and it seem like a foreign language to me.


I know same here.  They went to a lot of schooling for it,  yeah they are pretty smart.


I keep trying to get my son to do that coding, he just wants to play the games instead.  Who knows, maybe one day he'll prove me wrong and make it big in e-sports.


lol they have specific coding courses now.  Like a 6 month course that you can enroll in.  yeah maybe he can be a play tester!  Almost all video game companies have those.  I have a friend who does that too,  works for sony.


Entertainment has moved on from the time of Caesar, when the English used chickens to entertain themselves.


lol definitely.  It seems kinda sad they would use chickens,  why couldnt they invent a game with rocks like every other normal person lol


Had you heard of this Transhumanist thing, uploading yourself to a computer.  I'd hope no one hits the off switch.


Sounds like some Black Mirror episode lol Its been fun talking to you,  thanks!


I do, I like to dance, music, drama what about you?


Yep I do to.  Did you know back around 50BC, Britain bred chickens for entertainment and not food?


That sounds boring, I would kill myself if that was like the main source of entertainment around lol


I do, I still have the old nintendo system, the one with only 54 colors.


I love Nintendo. It was the first game system I had growing up. Hard to believe how much technology has advanced since then.


I know right, current consoles have sick graphics and a lot more colors than the old nintendo system, I have an Xbox One and love it,


I agree. I love my PS4. Did you know Bill Nye got his break after winning a Steve Martin look alike contest?


I didnt know that, but thats funny they do look alike,


I agree. Ronald Reagan was turned down for a movie role once because he didn't look like a president.


Thats ironic, he definetely showed them he was up for the part, so Reagan was an actor?


I agree. Reagan was an actor. He was one of the only presidents we've had who wasn't a politician. Much like Trump.


Cant believe Trump is president, but cool fact about Reagan


I do, I am tech fan, did you hear about that computer model the Russians made back in 1936


I did not. What was so special about it?


It ran on water, I bet that was not a good combination,


That's interesting. I wonder how that worked out for them lol.


I  guess it didnt work that well at all, I dont think there are water computers currently in productioin.


Hi.  Do you like to listen to music.  I still collect music albums.


I do like music, though my collection mostly exists on my phone now. Do you have a favorite album? I've been thinking of listening to Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory again


I like Linkin Park.  I have their albums.


Hybrid Theory is one of the best selling of this century, which isn't surprising


I'm not surprised.  Did the main singer just die recently?


Yes, which is sad considering how good their music is. Do you have the album Dark Side of the Moon?


No. I do not.  I know that it was one of the best selling albums 40 years after it was produced.


It is amazing.  Apparently Reel Big Fish rerecorded all of their hits after losing the rights to their old record label.  I am surprised that they were able to do that legally.


They probably didn't have rights to the recording, but the songs themselves would have been copyrighted to the band. At least, that's my assumption


Your assumption makes sense.  Have you heard an album called Nwa's Straight out of Compton?


Isn't that the album that reached platinum status without the aid of a tour or major airplay?


Yes.  I found it amazing because marketing seems to be needed for any album to succeed.


I wonder how much marketing the 100 year old identical twins in Japan used when they released their rap album back in 1992


If it were not in Japanese, probably I would  want to buy their album.


Not at all.  I was surprised to know that Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of congress.


I guess it falls under the category of "cultural significance"


I would probably like Korean rappers since their type of rap is called "compliment battle".  American rap music appears to be full of insults.


True. Can you imagine if Eminem had become a comic book artist rather than a rapper? Funny that he didn't pursue his true dream


He can still do it for fun since he does not need the money. He can find a good publisher easily since he is already famous.  I've got to run.  Great chats!


hey did you know that the rapper Tupac has his music in the library of congress/


I heard about it.  Could you tell me more about it?


well I guess they deemed it of "cultural significance" I've listened to his music and I personally can't say I agree haha


I have never listened to his music.  I wonder why his music was culturally significant.


ya I don't know, do you like the rapper eminem?


I do.  I cannot listen when my grand kids are riding in my car though.


haha well I didn't know his real dream wasn't to be a rapper but he wanted to be a comic book artists


I just read about it.  He could still be one.


ya that's true, and his favorite hero was Spiderman growing up, I like Spiderman but my favorite superhero is Batman personally


With Eminem too, I guess when a judge delivered a verdict against him, she did it as a rap, which sounds like she has too much time on her hands in my opinion haha


I think the judge was being funny.  Is there a video of the judge doing it?


haha there must be one on youtube, have you ever watched a rap "diss" battle?


well it's two rappers who make fun of each other in a rap, but in korea I guess they invented "compliment battles" which ssounds like the opposite, that sounds much more positive


Many Asian cultures highly value respect. I would prefer compliment battle. Is diss battle mostly negative?


yes it's mostly negative, and is usually pretty mean, the hits are really good, it can be hard to watch sometimes


I saw a rapper making fun of the other rapper's mother in a competition on you tube.  Was that a diss battle?.


ya that was probably what that was, do your grandkids watch rugrats? I guess Busta Rhymes did the voice of of the reptar wagon in the first Movie they made


No.  They watch prince and princess related movies.


have they seen the movie Titanic? it might be too old for them, but it makes me sad that the titanic is slowly falling apart under the water and will be gone in 20 years


I have never watched much competitive video gaming, but I heard it is pretty juvenile.  Have you?


I have not watched it but I am aware of it. I don't see the fun in watching other people play. I do like playing myself though. Did you happen to own an original Nintendo?


No I never did.  It was the Atari when I was growing up.   The Nintendo could only display 54 colors but that is probably more than our atari!


Oh I'm positive of it. Japan just stopped selling the original Nintendo in 2003! That's shocking.


Yes  Nintendos had basic computers in them but they were far better than the Space Shuttles!


Yes, I am shocked that the space shuttle's computer only has 1 MB of ram. They should upgrade that. I don't know if I can think of anything that runs on so little now.


Yes its pretty crazy.  But you can make a computer out of anything - the Russians made one out of water!


I wonder how that worked? I did hear that someone built a 16 bit computer using only basic Minecraft building blocks. That's impressive.


That is impressive.  Some people want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks to try and live forever.  I find that rather odd.


That sounds like several episodes of Black Mirror I've seen. I heard that they call themselves Transhumanists.


Yes that is very unique.  Wonder if they would put themselves in a computer in a microwave or a remote control?  That would make for a boring afterlife!


Ha ha, yes it would. I was also recently made aware that smoking near an Apple computer will void your warranty. I wonder how many people know that?


I have had Apple Computers since the 1970s and never knew that!  I  played multiplayer games on them back in the early 90's - many people don't realize they existed back then


No they were definitely not used much then. I didn't think multi-player really became a thing until the XBox but apparently the SNES and Genesis had online multiplayer. We only had dial-up then so I wonder how well that worked?


I used dialup servers but the games were all text based back then.  Many of the modern games offer it now though like Activision and Halo 2


I know that a lot of people played Golden eye using local multi-player. Did you know it was added last minute?


No I did not know that - neither did rare or nintendo apparently!


Well it worked out in their favor because everyone who had that game used it. Apparently Activision has a patent on a matchmaking system designed to drive microtransactions. And now I think much, much less of Activision.


That is pretty cool.  The very first multiplayer first person shooter used a music protocol or all things to help with networking.


That's so strange. I wonder how that worked?


Yes, I do.Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


I didn't realize that. I also didn't know the person who created rap was Anthony "DJ Hollywood" Holloway.


Really?  I didn't know that either.  Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014.


Very cool! Mcdonalds payed rappers $5 for every time they referenced big macs in songs.


I thought so. Also, The world's fastest english language rapper, noclue, can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second!


Wow, that's wild there.Rapper tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


Wow! I enjoyed his rap music. okay, the term rap is so closely associated with hip-hop music that many writers use the terms interchangeably.


Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992.


No way! So cool! Walmart only sells clean versions of albums and if an artist refuses to make a clean version walmart will not sell it.


Rapper busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie


Who knew?! Thom yorke was credited with playing the "laptop" on some radiohead albums.


Here's a fun fact, the founder of hershey's milk chocolate planned to sail home on the titanic but work luckily intervened


Wow! Amazing!The first movie about the titanic was released a month after its sinking, and starred one of its survivors


That's interesting.  The titanic is slowly being eaten away bacteria and will be gone in 15-20 years


That's sad. The company that operated the titanic is now a part of carnival cruise lines!


AHHHHHH!!!! Even when adjusted for inflation, the movie titanic cost more to make than the rms titanic


Incredible. I didn't know they had more lifeboats than legally required!


Good!  You?  Do the stars fascinate you?


I do , its apparently one of the oldest natural sciences. So i guess we have always be fascinated by stars.


Astronomy also lead to the creation of wifi!  I didnt know that!


Neither did I, and the early space shuttle had only 1 mb of ram.


Thats pretty crazy to think what they were able to do with that!


But I do want a computer than runs on water like the russians created.


Why havent we exploited that technology?  It seems so efficient.


I also did not know smoking by apple products voids the warranty


Good thing I dont smoke!  I love my apple products.  I hear that is because they think it is a bio-hazard.


I wonder why they consider it a biohazard


Maybe its their way of fighting tobacco use?


I would like to see the computer built with just blocks from minecraft.


How is that even done?!?!?  I thought that was just a video game.  It is like game inception, a game with in a game.


There are a group of people that want to upload their minds to computers, they are part of the Transhumanists.


It does, I was listening to a podcast that mentioned the group when talking about the possibility of other intelligent life


it sounds like something from starship troopers, which seems weird that the military read it.


It is, they also have Enders Game on the list.  Have you read either?


No but I saw the films which I guess is not the same


Ive only read Ender's Game.  It was pretty good.  I do believe the movie did it justice.


I will have to check them out, it was nice chatting to you


What do you see as some of the benefits of having children homeschooled?


The biggest being the problem with bullying and all the peer pressures


I definitely agree! I think one negative consequence of homeschooling is it does not provide easy access for a child to develop social skills with their peers.


I sort of agree with you there but there are ways to overcome that like boy/girl scouts; 4 H or sports


That could be beneficial, however, that would require a child to be interested in those fields. Simple things like knowing how to share, follow directions, and communicate with other kids are taught in kindergarten and gets gain that experience with interacting with their peers.


They can also socialize with other kids in the neighborhood


That could also be a possibility! I've heard about adolescents becoming homeschooled because they have intense anxiety; but I def don't think it should be for kids who just don't want to wake up early and go to school.


I think education is going to more virtual in the future as a way to save money


In what ways do you see it saving money?


Facilities would not have to be built; classrooms are remote


That is true, but it would require that children have the necessary resources for being able to be successful in the remote program (e.g., computers, books, etc.)


Computers and tablets are already saving schools and students money over textbooks


I can definetly see that occurring in your high SES schools, but low SES schools have trouble gaining access to your most basic resources. I think the education system should focus more on enhancing their curriculum to allow kids to be successful prior to thinking about ways they can cut down on money.


Agreed but the method of delivery is important too and not all students need it delivered in a traditional setting in a classroom


What are some ways outside a traditional classroom that you think students can learn?


The virtual classroom is being used in college and in vocational settings as well so I think High Schools can do it too


Yup! In Florida there is something called 'virtual PE' which is a pretty interesting altnerative to students taking a class in the gym.


Do you know more about it?  That is one class I have seen in a virtual setting before


From my understanding in the virtual PE class students have to record and upload videos of them doing specific exercises that they learn in their online modules. I believe they also learn about nutrition through the course.


The VR goggles might be of benefit for those classes too


You're right! That would definitely be very interesting. It was nice talking to you!


Yeah I definitely like watching basketball. I like Kobe Bryant despite everything that happened to him.


Right, he was like the original accused sexual assaulter, I know he didn't do it!


Yeah no way. I hate how it ruined his reputation. At least he apologized.


For sure, he was my favorite player of all time, better than Lebron


Yeah I think so too. I also loved Kareem Abdul Jabbar. His dunk was crazy.


Me too, he was a famous Laker also like Kobe. His dunk was banned for like 10 years in college it was so crazy


Yeah such a cool thing to brag about. I went to Australia once, and the nearby country New Zealand, calls their team the tall blacks!


yikes, that would not fly over here! I wonder if their supreme court has a basketball court also


Funny you should ask because they do it's called the highest court in the land!


that is an awesome name for the court lol! They should be coaches, 39 of 50 highest paid state employees are the highest paid


Yeah they make bank! Funny though the inventor of basketball wasn't a very good coach at the University of Kansas!


I heard he was the most losing coach in the history of Kansas!


Yep. Believe it or not he was! They definitely won't make a disney film about him! I enjoy watching Disney from time to time. Frozen was the first animated film directed by a woman.


I love disney! it took them that long to have a woman direct?


Yeah my thoughts as well. During the 70's if you saw similar parts in movies it's because they recycled animation frames!


I believe that, it takes so much to make a film they would need to. I liked the lion king a lot


Yes agreed. Speaking of the lion king, it was the first disney film to be dubbed into zulu for it's African release.


That is amazing, it makes sense, they better because it refers to Africa. I may go watch that now that I am thinking about it, great chatting with you!


Yeah it is gonna be remade too! Hopefully it doesn't take as long as Wreck-It-Ralph! Nice talking with you. Please enjoy your night.


Hello,  I do not follow it but I watch it sometimes.  Do you follow basketball?


Yeah I'm about the same as you on that. I was thinking about it because of Kobe Bryant's Oscar nomination.


I recently learned that the inventor of basketball is the only losing couach in kansas university lol ironic.


Yeah I head about that a while ago. You'd think the person who invented the sport would be good at coaching it, with his advantage in knowing the rules, but I guess not.


It's also funny that an athlete like Bryant is good enough at acting to get nominated for an oscar. You'd think he'd just be in the movie to sell tickets or something.


Yeah,  I never wouldve guessed.   Did you hear that in 39 of 50 states the highest paid person is the college or basketball coach,  this sport generates a lot of money!


Yeah College Basketball coaches make a lot of money! Then again basketball brings in a lot of money to the schools so it might be worth the cost.


weird fact,  I hear the New Zealand bball team has a nick name "tall blacks"


Wow, I wonder if that name isn't so funny in New Zealand. But hey the us Supreme court has a basketball court called "the highest court in the land".


That s awesome.  I guess they play a lot that they need their own court lol


lol at the image of a bunch of judges getting slam dunks and three pointers!


haha I automatically imagine them in their robes playing basketball lol


lol! Another funny thing about basketball was that Kareem abdul-jabbar was so good at dunks that they banned dunks for over ten years! Hard to imagine.


Yeah it mush be pretty overpowered to be the only player who can dunk.


Well we've had the creator who can't coach, a court for the judges, an athlete who can act, and an athlete who was overpowered. Plenty of oddities in basketball.


Ah yes Disney. Did you know they started making Wreck-it-ralph back in the 80s? That's one long time to make a movie lol.