lol yes! What do you think about these transhumanists that want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks? Very technical!


Ha, ha, ha, that's good! Leave it to the Russians to make a computer that runs on water in 1936.


That blows my mind!  people are so creative!


Do you enjoy reading? Anne Jones has the world record for speed reading with a speed of 4,700 words per minute!


I do love reading.  I can't read as fast as that though!


Yes, how do you even understand at that speed?


I wouldn't be able too.  Yeah,  I wonder what qualifies as speed reading,  I feel that comprehension is important otherwise what is the point.


I agree. How do they measure? Have you heard or read the book Ender's Game. I heard there was a movie also?


Oh I never read that one,  but I did just add it to my list on Netflix yesterday lol


I haven't either. Its a suggested read from the military.  Novels must have been cherished in the 18th century with the moral panic of spreading them.


Thats pretty funny,  moral panic,  reading is good for you.  what is all the panic about lol


I don't know, Knowledge is everything! Good chat!!


I am well, thanks! Are you excited for this weekend's NBA all star weekend?


I hadn't thought about it. Been busy. Where is the game this year?


I think it's in Charlotte? I remember last year how Fergie lost.


Is there a slam dunk competition? What about other competitions?


There is a dunk contest, skills challenge and then the game. I like the competitions a lot more than the game itself. Do you enjoy the competitions?


I remember watching the dunk contest with Michael Jordan. Wow. It was great!


That was a really good one. Many think Dominique Wilkins got robbed! I am from Chicago and think they got it right...


That dunk is used again and again in highlight reels. The players seem to make more in endorsements though.


They can. LeBron has a lifetime deal with Nike for a $1B!!!


He has been generous with his money. I don't know who the better player is, MJ or King James, but I think James has donated more to his community.


I do too. I think Jordan has been really capitalistic. "Republicans buy shoes too!"


Yeah, that is really short sighted. I think most of his fan base is not Republican. Nike was shrewd about paying the fines for wearing the shoes, though.


Yeah. I really like LeBron. I know he gets a bad rap but very few child stars turn out as great as he has.


He really adjusted well. People noticed him early in high. People bought tix to his high school games. "Who will be the next LeBron?" No one.


I feel like Zion Williamson will give him a run but I do not think he will get to that level.


It must be tough for Williamson. Everybody expects miracles. He's not a god. Does he have any endorsements yet?


Not yet. He is still at Duke and will not be eligible for that until after the NCAA tournament, if he wants to stay eligible to play in college.


I would leave college so fast. Millions at stake. One injury could end it all.


I do watch it but not often. What is your favorite NBA team?


I'm not sure I really have a favorite team, I'm more interested in players and trivia. What about you?


I'm a casual Celtics fan but they are not doing that well. Do you happen to know how many teams are in the NBA?


I want to say something like 30 teams? The NBA is actually one of four of the professional major sports leagues in the US and Canada.


Yes. You're correct, 29 of those teams are in the United States and 1 in Canada.


Did you know the NBA has the world's highest paid athletes by avg annual salary per player?


I didn't know this. I thought that applied to Major League Baseball athletes.


I guess not anymore. I wonder if they're factoring in the insane shoe contracts basketball athletes seem to get more of than other athletes?


That one is pretty accurate and especially when you're talking about Allen Iverson that signed a lifetime contract with Reebok that will pay him $800,000 a year.


I heard about that! All the way until he 55, then he gets a HUGE lump sum! Dude is set for life!


You're correct!!! I read somewhere that he will get $32,000,000 when he reaches that age that you just mentioned.


Haha, yeah, I think he'll be just fine in life! Tim Duncan actually sacrificed a lot of money by staying in college, believe it or not.


Oh! That is great for Tim Duncan and I'm glad that he did that and it paid of for him because he played for the San Antonio Spurs for many years.


Well, no, it's not good for him. He lost out on millions in contracts by staying in school instead of going directly into the NBA.


I agree part with you on this point. You're correct that initially he lost millions in endorsement contracts but he made those millions back and then some by playing for the Spurs.


Oh, for sure, but I think the argument would be that he may not be able to recover the millions he lost considering the years he sacrificed by staying in school. Those years could've been an extra three or four years at the end of his career.


You're right on this point. Do you happen to know when NBA league was founded?


Back in the 40s, oddly recent! Well, it's been fun chatting with you!


Thanks. It was great chatting with you as well. Thanks


hey there do you use a phone or cellphone


yes I use a cell phone, crazy that my phone has more cpu power than the nuclear missle system in the usa


haha I agree, have you ever seen two phone books put together, page by page?


if you take two phonebooks and have their pages overlap, basically they can't be separated, don't know if you've seen that before


No I have never seen that before.  That is weird.  Did you know 212 is the ny area code because its the fastest number to dial on a rotary?


haha yes I think that is the number 212 correct? I wonder why it wasnts 121 haha


Probably because dialing  first would mean you were calling long distance.


ah thats a good point, did you know if you dont' use your cell for a day then unicef will donate a day of clean water?


That is amazing,  although I never heard of that company,  is this something that is still going on?


ya it is, I should get in touch when them I think its a great idea


Thats great,  well I guess you will have incentive not to use your phone a lot.


haha yup you're right! do you use a mac or a pc computer?


oh ya I have a pc, it has 16gb of ram, I guess the space shuttle only has 1mb haha


well the russians made a cpu out of water, that thing must be really slow haha


ya I need to see a picture, also I want a picture of someone uploading their mind into a usb drive haha


wow that sounds like an episode from black mirror.  Been good talking to you. Have a good one.


yes, I love to read. I read all day. Do you like to read?


I do.  I am mainly a fan of non-fiction.  How about you?


I enjoy mostly non-fiction, though some fiction too. Can you speed-read?


I dont think I can, especially when speed reading was at 4,700 words per minute.


I figure that the retention at that speed must be poor. How could you remember all that a week later? No way.


Same here.  Unless you have an photographic memory


That would be useful. I've heard of people that can remember everything. Must be a difficult life. In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels. I guess the panic now would be different.


True, now it seems like there is so much knowledge to be had and people avoid it.


I think people are overwhelmed. The Internet is a firehose of data.


It really is, you do have to sift through it though for false stuff.


A challenging task to separate truth from fiction. Lots of noise, not much signal. I would like to trust the news, but at this point, I can't.


I agree. There is so much slanted information.


I hope that AI can get good enough to flag things that seem odd. Check for truth value or something.


That would be amazing.  Computers have been developing all the time.


I think that the computer should serve us, not the other way around.


Very true, sometimes we are slaves to them.  I know I am addicted to my technology.


I would like to break the addiction, too. The internet is addicting because it entertains us. That is dangerous. I want to be isolated from the influence. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


Hey there. I am not a big fan of Facebook. I can see some upside for people at times.


I can see the positive and the negative of it. I remember when it was just used for Ivy League schools in 2004.


Yeah, that is amazing at how far its come. Did you know that My Space turned down an offer to buy it for 75 million back in 2005.


And now the company is valuing at $104 billion, what a missed opportunity. But then again who knows what direction it would have grown into?


Wow, yeah good point. I dont know,hmm. I learned recently that Facebook is mostly blue in color because Mark is color blind and suffers from red-green colorblindness.


I did not know that. I also didn't know that if you unfriend 10 people on facebook Burger King will give you a free whopper. I don't really see the connection.


HAHA, I will win a year's supply of burger, I guess.lol


I would hit the like button on a promotion like that but apparently not in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein where it is illegal to like something.


Oh wow, that's nuts. The internet is just a vast amount of info moving all the time. Like the 3g cell service at the peak of Mount Everest. Wild.


That's amazing! 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product on the internet. I am surprised the number is even that high.


Oh man, I am not one of those people. I wish I was though.


If you were in Iceland, I think you would be in that 7% of people because they have their constitution up on facebook. The public can make suggestions and alterations.


Really, wow. The current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet. fun fact.lol


Hope the Library of Alexandria doesn't burn down like it did 3000 years ago.


Oh dang it. I know right! Addictions are measurable by the brain and the internet really can cause me to surf the web way too long for no reason.


The act of clicking links can cause real addiction. I don't doubt it. I am more dependent on the internet than I would like to be.


Yeah, me too . I would like to get off the grind for a day. I like to listen to music in my spare time. I really like Linkin Park.


I just learned that their album was the best selling of the 21st century. Wow.


NO way! Thats insane. I like rap too. MWA was awarded something too. They were really edgy but fun for the time.


Well you don't have to be new to be good. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was still one of the best selling albums in 2014, 40 years later.


Yeah, thats cool. I learned recently that two identical twins from Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old. That is pretty cute.


Well thanks for chatting. I learned a lot of new and fun information.


Hello. Do you use facebook?  It was started this month back in 2004.


of course I do, Myspace didn't accept the offer the by Facebook for 75 millon dollars in 2005


That's a big mistake by them considering facebook was valued at $104 billion in 2012.


that's right, Facebook had 2.2 billion monthly active users in the beginning of 2018. that's crazy that's  approximately a third of the earth population.


Well since 2006 anyone saying they were at least 13 years old can sign up on the site.  Hard to believe so many people use it considering it's small beginnings though.


yeah, I'm not sure about that. I don't think that kids should be on Facebook that early in age. they can be so vulnerable. a state in Germany considered the use the Like button on facebook illegal.


i agree with you about the age thing.  I also worry that there is no way to validate if a person is above 13 or not so even younger kids can register and lie about their age.  What state and why did they make it illegal?


Schleswig-Holstein. I'm not sure honestly. But some countries do value the access to facebook and use it for political and government related issues. Iceland is rewriting their Constitution through facebook so they can allow other people to express what they want and need.


I guess that can be a good thing in a way.  Companies value access as well.  Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people you got a free whopper.


Well, that seems like they attack Facebook honestly by asking people to unfriend their Facebook friends


I don't know. I've thought about it and there are people that have thousands of strangers as friends so maybe in a way it's a good thing.


Yeah, digital marketing is so beneficial to companies. the linking of commercial networks in the early 90's generated a lot of profit and growth for them.


That's for sure!  The internet is practically everywhere now. It's even at the peak of Mt. Everest!


exactly everything is digital now, including newspapers and music and tv


You know, I've heard that the Library of Alexandria has a copy of the internet saved. I wonder if that includes entertainment like music and television.


that must be insane, internet is just a life changing invention. it helped humanity a lot but sometimes it causes addiction.


Sometimes I wonder if the people that created it took it seriously. I mean, the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button for example.


they probably did, Internet makes my life so much easier, I do most of my shopping on line, and I don't really read the full terms when buying an item. in fact only 7% people do. how about you?


I don't read them very much either, especially if they are from a well known company.


Yeah they are often way too long , I just think it's not worth it.


How's it going? Did you know security researchers found a critical flaw in some email programs that safeguard emails?


Alright, a little worried about email flaws that can allow attackers to modify encrypted email


I agree. I work in IT. Did you know the space shuttle's general purpose computer only runs 1mb of RAM?


No but I'm not surprised, an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent


That's pretty scary to think about. In 1936, the Russians made a computer that ran on water.


That's impressive they made a computer that ran on water but it's impossible to separate 2 phonebooks with overlapped pages


That's weird it's impossible to separate lol. Did you know New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


Yea I heard about NY's 212 area code being the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone but I figure 111 would be faster


I would think so too. I've never used a rotary phone. What about you?


When I was a kid a friend's mom had one and I used it once, it's crazy how you could transmit a call across the ocean through 2.7 inch diameter cables through one


That is pretty crazy. Did you know Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone?


No, I wonder how Unicef even measures how much you use you phone to even donate clean water


I wonder how someone can build a 16-bit computer using minecraft building blocks


It's a shame that smoking voids an Apple computers warranty by creating a biohazard


That is crazy that is voids the warranty.


Yea, Transhumanist who want to upload their minds to computers better not be smokers


Well I've got to go, nice chatting with you


i hear some email apps could be exposing encrypted messages


Oh really? I'm using Thunderbird, so I wonder if that puts me at risk.


Yeah it does. It's called Efail. The attacker can modify encrypted email


Efail, huh? Is that the one that goes after weaknesses in PGP?


Yeah...better to just use a telephone these days


Or maybe switch to a service that doesn't use those flawed third-party plug-ins. I wonder what would be good to use instead.


The workaround is called "Efail" with a capital E. Apparently its the way encryption is used that is the problem..not the encryption software itself


I guess that's the case with any tool. It's only as good as how it's being used!


Yeah..if you can't fly a space shuttle it ain't the shuttle's fault


Rocket science, computer science...it all goes over my head! Unless it's video games.


yeah...better to just pick up a book. It allows for more creativity


I don't know, computers can be great tools for creativity! Ever hear about Google's first computer? They built the case out of lego!


They should try Eggo. Wonder if that would void the warranty...like smoking does


I think that's less "computer" and more "toaster." But, if computers can control microwaves, I don't see why they couldn't put one in a toaster.


Well, transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers...so anything's possible


Here's hoping their brains don't get infected with that efail business.


LOL. Their brains are already infected. someone call 911, or 212 if its faster


What would you even tell the operator? "Help, my friend's brain has a virus! ...no like, an email virus! ....yes really!!"


Ha! I guess people thought the same about readers at some point. IN the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of reading novels.


Really? I know reading out loud used to be the standard up through the Middle Ages, but I can't imagine that people would panic about it.


maybe they were reading terrible poetry and laughing


Or maybe they were describing some of the illustrations on those old illuminated manuscripts!


Constantly. Hard to believe it began at colleges.


kids these days really can change the world from a dorm room. zuck is a genius. went to harvard too. now the whole world (except me) uses fb.


Well, mostly adults. Kids don't want anything to do with it any more. I wonder if Myspace is still regretting turning down buying it back in 2005?


i guess the kids have found the new flavor of the month. i bet that myspace wonders what might have been. so do I. maybe no privacy problems? LOL


Maybe. Maybe it would be less blue also.


true. the r-g colorblindness issue is not what i expected. can the zuck search for a cure with all his cash?


that could be true. a cyborg with a whole company to upgrade his AI regularly. yet he is still r-g colorblind. a weakness to make him seem more human?


no one knows. it is a secret. he has all of facebook stored in his head. he would recognize you on the street, or from the satellite feed he has.


Oh, boy, dont say that around him. you have no idea what an enraged zuck can do to a local populace.


He could track you down even to the top of Everest!


Yes, you have to turn off that internet connection when youre up there. no selfies either


What's the point of scaling the tallest mountain of the world if I can make duck face and post it on the Gram over my 3g connection?? Are we animals??!!


we are devolving. every day we move further from the light.


I'm also glad The Library of Alexandria has saved all my cat pictures in it in case the world pukes on itself and we lose the global internet.


Would we really lose it though if it is stored in the brain of the Zuck? He could sell it back to us. Anyway, great chat!


True, thank heavens for our robot overlords! Yeah great chat! Hopefully we've solved all the world's major problems.


I will not be around to enjoy the Zucky paradise. Have a great day!


Did you ever hear about the Burger King deal to get a whopper? All you had to do was unfriend 10 people and youd get one for free!


That sounds like a lot of trouble to me!    Which platform was that?


It was on Facebook. Remember when Myspace was more popular than Facebook? lol


That was a long time ago.     Where are the headquarters of Facebook?


I'm not sure where their headquarters are, do you know?


I heard they are based in Melo Park, California.    Do you know when the site was first launched?


Interesting. I was in college when it first launched, when only college students were allowed on. Did it launch in 2004?


I think that is what I remember from that movie.    Which college was it that it started from?


It was started at Harvard. In 2006 anyone 13 & older could join. Can you imagine how much the company is worth now??


Too much!    In 2012, it's stock went public at a value of $104 billion.


WOW! I bet Myspace really regrets not buying Facebook back in 2005


Probably so.    Did you know a full third of divorce filings mentioned Facebook in 2011!


No, i actually didnt know that! Facebook is so popular now, Iceland is even rewriting their constitution via Facebook!


That is pretty modern of them.    I wonder if that would've happened had they gone with their plan to call like the awesome button.


Maybe. Some people in Germany dont even get to use the like button-it's illegal in a certain German state.


I wonder if any parts of Google are illegal in Germany.


Good question! I cant believe Google has been around for 21 years already


That site also came from a University.    Do you know which one?


Standford, right? Who founded it though?


I think the guys were named Sergey Brin and Larry Page.


Ah yea thats right. I cant imagine driving without my google maps. I wonder how they calculate traffic?


A good question.     Perhaps from all the people in one of their 58 gender options!


lol possible! I think they track how fast android devices are moving when on the road.


Thanks for the chat!    I'm going to go bid on one of those nooglers beanies on the web!     Have a good one!


Hello,  yes I use my mobile phone a lot,  never use my house phone though,  how about you?


no me neither. did you ever use a rotary phone?


I did,  my parents had a few in their house when I was younger,  I used it a few times,  really annoying especially if you mess up lol


haha it was difficult to place a call with them, took forever


Same here!  Especially if you have to dial long distance.  Lucky for Ny because they got the 212 area code which is the fastest to dial lol


I used to use those all the time. Had to,  no internet lol


yup. did you know if two of them stick together they cannot be separated?


lol I never tried,  but thats good to know!


yeah I guess. the cables that carry phone info are only 2.7 in diameter


Yeah and they just lay on the ocean floor how weird.  Nothing to hold them down or protect them from fish.


yeah I wonder how nothing gets tangled around them


Do you use Google?  did you know a google search takes more computing power than it took to send people to the moon?  crazy huh


that is indeed crazy. do you know how they calculate traffic?


they calculate it by moving cell phones that are on the road.


nice, how smart of them to use something that is already out there


I do use facebook.  I think its interesting that google doesnt mow their lawn but instead used hundreds of goats at one time.


Did You know that a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon ?


No, I didn't know that, I really don't see how is that possible.


Which one ? To send Neil to the moon with such small computing power or to generate something so powerful just for a regular "search" ? :)


a single google search requires more computing power.


I mean that algorithm has to go thru hundreds of servers to display the results - and when Neil was going to the moon, I think their technology was still based on 16bits :)


Ok, you are right. I haven't thought of it in that way, because I used Google Search several times per day.


No, but it sounds like an account that I maybe Interest in, how does it work? Please explain in a few words.


Something maybe similar to facebook, - You create...well.. Your space ;)  where other people can visit. You show Your interests, some music in the background, fancy desktop etc. It was popular many years ago.


Wow yes, It does sound like facebook or Instagram.


well, what's interested is Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in early 2005. What do You think about that ? ;)


I think that Myspace was smart for turning them down. Facebook has been getting into a lot of trouble lately and members were posting inappropriate things on their page.


Really ? Facebook costed 75 millions then... now almost two BILLIONS ;) I don't know if it was smart m8 :)


The money sounds great, but if I am not mistaken facebook was caught using people personal Information.


so what... With money like that and the way they are expanding - market place yesterday, dating services in the future.... something like that won't stop them - it's a money making machine ! :)


That's true, I guess that's why I can't get rich.  I try to do the right thing, it sometimes hurts, but I do.


I'm sorry my friend, but in these days nobody gets rich by doing the right thing... :)


I agree with you one hundred percent, and it so sad, especially for low Income Americans.


as much as I agree, lets not say all low income Americans are the ones who always were trying to do the right thing :)


So true, I always try to remember never say all, I would say the majority of low income Americans.


Sure - lets say that :)   Hey did You know that Burger king had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on facebook you get a free whopper ?


HahaHa, no is this a joke? Are you kidding me? If not do you know why?


Probably something like a "dare" :) I wonder, can You add a friend from "unfriended" list ? :) or are they there forever ? ;)


I think I can add a friend from an unfriend list. I don't login facebook like I used to.


I just wanted to try that, but all the people on that list are there for a reason :) lol


Did you know that facebook's like button is illegal in part of germany?


I know! It is surprising but true.  The german state of schleswig-holstein deems the like button illegal.


Well i don't know but I think he suffers from some sort of color blindness.


he suffers from red-grenn colorblindness


I guess that explains why facebook is blue then. I always assumed it was just someone's favorite color.


So what do you think of google?  It's a pretty powerful search engine you know. One search requires more computing power than it took to take the astronauts to the moon back in the day.


It's really big and powerful system in the world


It truly is and then again it can be kind of simple. I always wondered how  google maps knows about traffic and I recently learned it is just by seeing how fast android phones are moving on the road.


on 2013 google went down for five minutes. When a big system went down it make a big changes


Oh I totally agree with you on that.  You know, Google seems like it's been with us forever but it was just founded in 1998.


Yes every one in world use google at least once a day. When you ask some one something like address, any doubts they say" Just google it"..


Google is a part of everyone's lives.  And to think it was just a couple of Ph.D. students at Stanford that started it all.


every big thing start with a small steps. like google, apple, facebook


Yep, facebook was started when Zuckerberg was in college too.


Nice chatting with you as well.  If you have an iphone you have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent by the way!


Have you been to Key West? The person who transformed it into a tourist destination just died. It used to just be a remote naval outpost


Dang, that is sad to hear, how old were they?


WOW, that is a wonderful life. He was a good person to let everybody enjoy what Key West has to offer! I want to drive my car down there some day


Yeah it would be worth the drive. He was behind the historic preservation movement for Key West.


That is awesome, I would have named him Mr Key West for doing that!


Yeah and his own family was embedded in that history. His grandfather Abraham was a Jewish immigrant from Russia who got to Key west around 1880.


wow, that is some amazing history, I guess I never knew that kind of stuff about florida. Was he a celebrity down there?


I'm not sure. Sadly when he started rehabilitating houses, he had to change his name to David Williams i order to avoid anti-semitism.


wow, poor guy. That is sad his family name couldn't continue down in Key West. Have you been there?


I think he did eventually change his name back. I haven't been there. It's sad though that in Key West and other cities they are starting to bulldoze historic neighborhoods for urban renewal.


That is good to hear he changed it back. That is so sad to hear. Think about all the history there. Maybe I will jump in my car and go try and make some change down there before too much is ruined, what do you think?


That would be amazing. What kind of cars do you like, by the way? I like Cadillacs. They were named after French Explorer Antoined de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit.


I did not know that! I love cadillacs, do you eat at Mcdonalds much, they invented the drive thru


Yeah, I heard they invented it to accomodate soldiers. That is neat. Too bad it has attributed to my laziness, haha.


That is so good and look how far it has come. I can't go inside either ha, even if I am waiting 20 minutes in the line!


Well drive thrus sure are convenient! So are trunks! I heard that they used to actually be wooden trunks on the back of cars.


ha no way! That makes perfect sense. My dog loves riding in the backseat and entering the trunk from there, it is so fun, I love dogs!


Haha, secret passageway! I wonder if wooden trunks got jacked at all? You can equip your car with flamethrowers in South Africa to prevent carjacking.


Ha I would so do that, even if it is not  safe at all! I can't warm my car up in ohio if it is cold out, that kind of sucks too


I wonder if your dog minds the car if it's cold? I don't have a dog but they are smart animals, as they naturally understand pointing.


Interested in them though not really knowledgeable.  Love them for the ability to go through drive-thu. :-)


Did you know you can put a flamethrower on your car in South Africa?


Scary to think why anyone would actually do that.


Ah, ok.  That kind of makes sense. An extreme precaution but I can see a reason... You have a favorite kind of car?  As a kid I had seen old pics of pink cadillacs and have always wanted one since.


Interesting. Do you know why they call trunks "trunks?"


Oooh.. I think I know this one.  Because old cares used to have wooden trunks on the back?


Yeah, that is true. What do you think about clothing?


Necessary?  Ha!  Actually I'm a big Project Runway fan so keep up with some fashion stuff.  Did you know Apple used to have a clothing line?


Think it was kind preppy clothing with a big "Apple" text on the front.  Back in 1986 so I'll let your imagination get creative with that.


LOL, that sounds awesome. I have to check it out online then.


You spend a lot of time online? I'm often on news websites. Read an unfortunate story of another shooting by police.


Not that much actually. I try to stay away from it. Do you go online a lot?


Yeah.  But should really stay away as well.  Just too depressing.  The story was filled with issues about miscommunication and racial bias.  Quite sad.


Interesting. Did you know 86% of Nevada is owned by the government?


Wow, did not know that.  Wonder how that works.  Sometimes think there's too much government.  By definition it should be a group of people governing an organized community.  In reality, not always the case.


Yeah, that is very true. It's also a lot of land to be owned by the government. Well, nice chatting with you!


Well, the norwegian government seem to have its act together.  They donated $1bi to help save the amazon rainforest.  Take care.


That is pretty cool of them. Take it easy!


Did you hear about the police officer who shot the guy Leonard Thomas?


Lakewood, Washington. Leonard's mom called the police on his son after getting into an argument.


I think I did hear something about that incident.


But the police sent over a SWAT team for some reason. Nothing was stated about Leonard being armed


Wonder why SWAT was sent then?  I thought only got sent out if someone dangerous had barricaded themselves in a building and wouldn't come out.


Yeah, I'm losing trust in the police at this point. Thomas's family was reward $15.1 million so at least something good came out of it.


I know right, but it still won't bring back that lady's son or that little boy's daddy.  Shame on them for killing that poor man.


True. I also read that none of the jurors in the officer's trial were African American. That's outrageous.


Sometimes, I think the system is terribly broken down.  On a different note, do you own a car?


Yes, multiple. Did you know Cadillac was named after the man who found the city of Detroit?


Yes, I own a pearl white Coup De Ville.  It's an old school caddy, just sepent $3000.00 of my income tax refund on a new transmission and she's running like a top again!


Did you know the trunk is called that because we used to have wooden trunks in the back of them?


I just found out that McDonald's added the drive-thru for soldiers that weren't allowed to get out of their cars in uniform


That was so nice of them to do that.  It also revolutionized their fast food industry.


I wonder if they patented it. They could've made a lot of money off of it


Probably not!  Lol oh well, they certainly benefited from it well, though!


Did you ever play the game Gran Turismo. I heard Jann Mardenborough became a professional racer just by being good at the game


No, I never played it, but I read somewhere that he had beat like 90,000 people playing it!  That's impressive.


Definitely. I've gotta go. It was nice talking to you.


Do you like to follow celebrities? Did you know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity on Sesame Street?


I don't follow celebrities and did not know that.  i was surprised to learn recently though that Judge Judy is the second highest paid celebrity.


I can't believe that daytime people are paid that much or have such a big following. I did know that Robin Williams playing Aladdin started celebrities doing voice overs.


His Aladdin was fantastic!  What do you think about dogs? Do you have one?


I used to have several growing up. I did not know that dogs could donate blood. Did you?


No, I never heard that before.  I did know that they are not color blind.  I have two dogs now and they are not color blind.


That is cool. I had always thought dogs were color blind. I did not know that dogs and elephants can point. Fascinating!


True. Elephants have always been known to be smart so I guess that makes sense.


Are you interested in cars? I did not know that Benz was the inventor of the  auto. Did you?


No I did not know that.  I do like cars.  I've heard that in south-africa cars can have flame throwers.  That's pretty cool!


That is frightening! I did not know that drive thrus for McDonalds were to accommodate soldiers. Very good of them!


I wonder if that means they invented the drive thru?


I am sure it is but they could not have patented it. Everyone has one now.Did you know that Cadillac was named after a French explorer that founded Detroit?


No I did not.  I didn't even know a french explorer founded detroit!


Did you know that the trunks of cars are called that because trucks used to have trunks on the back of them?


No but when I think about old cars that does make sense.  I do think about Benz making the car.  I wonder why he is not famous.


At least he has a great car named after him! Ford became more famous for bringing cars to the masses.


I was under the impression Ford made the car.  Benz does have a great car so maybe he is famous outside the U.S..


did you know that cars by definition carry 1 to eight people?


I have to admit that I didn't know 8 people.  That is a surprise!


I am not surprised to find out that it took a lot longer for Europe to switch to cars rather than horses.


Cars have been a great invention, but I do miss horses a bit.


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


Yes that was in 1975 by McDonalds, way back


Yes and do you know why it was invented?


Yes because soldiers were not allowed out of the cars in fatigues


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


Yes that was because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yes. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


Yeah. In south africa you can hook up flame throwers to your car


Yes to prevent them from carjacking. Do you know what wikileaks is?


Yes the website that displays secrets of the government


Yeah and once revealed documents that showed the government trying to destroy them


Yeah. Did you know the government owns most of the land in Nevada?


Yes 86% of it but most of it is desert anyways


True. DId you know a guy in France sold the eiffer tower twice?


He was just really good at impersonating officials I guess


Yeah. Did you know the Norwegian government donated money to save the Amazon rainforest?


Yes they donated $1 billion, that is a huge amount.


I know and hope it gets used properly. Nice chat


I have been there for baseball spring training.   I read about David Wolkowsky when I was there.


Really, I go when I can. David was born there on 1919. He certainly had vision!


I heard that he died recently.    Do you know what was the cause?


Yes he was 99, a nephew said it was complications with pneumonia. did you know they called him :Mr. Key west?


I had heard that.    I know his family came to the US a long time ago.    Do you know when?


His grandfather came on the 19th century, in the 1880's, from Russia. But Key west does not have a Russian spirit at all. It is very tropical.


It is kind of amazing they managed to succeed in saloons and billiard halls!


Yes, they worked hard.it wa not easy because Key West was hit badly by a hurricane but the determination was there


Strength through adversity.     What college did Wolkowsky attend?


He went to the university of PA,. He was in the merchant marine for 4 years but I guess he was anxious to go back to Key West.


Did he do any real estate work in Philadelphia?


He actually left his legacy there too, rehabilitating properties as well. Di you know he purchased an island about 8 mile from Key west?


No, I did not know that.    Which one?    Ballast Key?


Yes, you got it. He did by it to protect it. He did not like seeing people cutting mangroves that took a long time to grow.


Well, he paid for it! He could not have lived to see the change because five years have to pass after a person dies before a name change could be considered!


That is a shame.    Seems to me celebrities don't always have to wait that long.


He opened the pier house in 1968 and it is said that that was a turning point for key west!


Do you know any other people who died in 2018?


so many, like Aretha franklin, barbara Bush.. and many others!


A long, sad year.    I remember when Robin Williams passed.    I watched Aladdin with his voice work.


Ok, it was so nice chatting with  you, have a nice day!


I learned recently that Mcdonalds' added the drive-thru for soldiers who couldn't get out of their cars wearing fatigues.


Thats very nice of them,  and to think now we can all benefit from it.  I love the drive thru.  Not just at mc donalds,  but like walgreens and cvs too.


Yeah, I bet it didn't take long for everyone else to say "I want to use the drive-thru too!"


Right,  especially moms with like a million children lol


lol true, hey do you know how the trunk on your car got its name?


Those large trunks people used to keep their clothes and belonging in used to be tied to the back of cars.  What a hassle lol


Having a real truck built into your car is definitely better then a wooden one tied down to the back.


I know right.  My grandparents had a bunch of trunks,  they were ridiculously heavy.


Did you know this crazy fact:  In South Africa it is legal to have a flamethrower in your car to prevent car jacking?


That is crazy,  must be a serious problem.  There isnt any other way to protect your car?  lol thats really extreme.


It is.  Gas tanks and flame throwers....what could go wrong???


lol you're right,  I am totally over reacting.  That could come in handy in snowy areas though lol


We just got 4 more inches of snow here.  I could use one for my driveway!


Nice!  What are of the us do you live?  Im in Ca and tahoe has been getting dumped on,  I could use a flame thrower on my day trips to go snowboarding lol


Maine, and I am ready for spring!  Snow is nice in December but by March I am sick of it.


lol I hear ya,  I dont live in the snow but I can see how it would be annoying,  expecially the digging your car out of the snow.  How cold has it been lately?


not bad the last few days highs around 30 though later in the week the lows are going to be around 0


Yikes.  Thats cold.  Do you have any good skiing or snowboarding there in maine?


in western Maine but i am closer to the coast. I love going to the ocean in the summer


Yeah, Hey did you know a con-man in France pretending to be a government official sold the Eiffel Tower?


yeah that guy had to be super convincing lol Its been good chatting with you.


Good morning. How cool are fish? They don't even have any limbs or digits.


Fish are weird, lol. Especially the one that lives on land it's adult life, how is that even considered a fish?


Yes I don't know. They must still need water right? Have you heard of that jellyfish that is immortal? How do they know?


That can't be right, as they literally evaporate in the sun.


True But I think it implies that they must stay in the water.


When it comes to "science", you can never really determine what they mean. They are always changing their minds. It's cool that a Koi lived to be 226 years old. I wonder if it's owner made provisions for it in their will? The way some people do with their parrots.


Yes very true.Things change all the time.That's a good question I'm not sure. A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.


That's so weird, I had to look up a photo of a seahorse to see if that is correct. A common goldfish lived to be 43 years, my kids can't even manage to keep one alive for 43 days.


Haha well I am sure they are trying! The black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and 10 times its weight.


Wow. That's interesting. Evidently, there is a fish that has a transparent head. That would be something to see in the wild.


I would love to see that. The zebrafish must be important in the medical field because 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in this fish.


That is interesting. The last president who could speak another language fluently, was FDR. I wonder if there is a common DNA sequence for languages within the Zebra fish?


Oh wow that's a good question. Maybe the Democrats will find that out one day. 15% of the tea party movement identified themselves as Democrats in fact.


Interestingly enough, the economy does better when there is a Dem POTUS.


Very interesting. Don't tell FOX News that though. They once threatened to sue the Simpsons in order stop them from parodying their agenda.


Yet, Republicans are supposed to be more educacted than Dems, and they can't recognize satire?


Yes they just can't take a joke. Consistent use of red and blue colors for Republicans and Democrats only started in 2000.


Really? Seems like it has been longer than that. I wonder if any Republicans know that Reagan was once a Dem?


I agree. Yeah I bet they didn't know. Surprisingly he actually campaigned against high corporate profits and low wages.


Do you think he was a backer of the (defeated) bill that proposed a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits?


Good question I'm not sure. I find it quite odd that there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since 1853. It was great chatting with you today.


Good morning! How cool and fascinating are fish?!


Good morning. I love fish. What about you?


Yes they are so cool! I love seahorses, they are the only fish that have a neck!


Me too. Funny they have a neck. The oldest goldfish lived to 43 years old.


That is so long I didn't know that was possible. There is a species of fish called the black swallower that can eat prey twice it's own length and ten times it's weight.


Wow that's a lot of food to down at once lol. I saw there is a koi fish that lived to 226 years old.


Yes no doubt. What is the Koi's secret I wonder? There is apparently a jellyfish that is immortal...


That is amazing they have an immortal jellyfish. Do you know how that works?


Yeah I want to know more about that too I'm not sure. Freshwater fish only drink water through their skin while salt water fish also drink water through their mouths.


That's pretty neat to know. Jellyfish are 98% water so they evaporate in the sun.


I bet they do. Have you heard of the zebrafish? 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in this fish.


I have not. That's very interesting. Do you know much about politics?


Not too much but I try to stay informed. There hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since 1853.


That's interesting. I wouldn't have guessed that. The only US president with a PHD was Woodrow Wilson.


I wish more presidents had PhD's. It is such a cerebral job. Well in some countries it's different like in Indonesia the present released three pop albums while in office.


I agree. That's hilarious. Can you imagine if Trump was a pop star?


That would be such a joke. The Democrats would have a field day. 15% of the tea party movement identified as Democrats.


That would be a joke. In Guatemala, relatives of the president cannot legally run for president.


I kind of like that rule. Did you know consistent use of red and blue for republicans and democrats didn't start until the year 2000?


Wow, I thought that was started way before then. The last president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR.


Me too. What language did he speak? Did you know FOXNews once threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying them? It was great chatting with you today.


Not too sure what language he spoke. It was good chatting with you today. Take care.


Oh yeah I love fish! The black swallower is really cool because it can eat pray twice its own length and 10 times its weight.


I have never seen one, maybe I should do some internet search, but not before sleeping, it could give me nightmares.


Yeah that's definitely the thing of nightmares! There's even a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.


How do you think they test that ? You kind of need to be a immortal being to test the immortality of others.


Very true you raise and important point. However a more measurable fact is that the seahorse is the only fish with a neck.


Maybe that is for looking around since they don't swim fast. To see a shark before it sees it. And what about an eel ? It is like a swimming neck.


Yeah it could be. Another interesting fact is that the zebrafish shares 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases.


That would help science a lot, and with the immortal jellyfish, maybe we could live to 200.


Yeah that would be pretty cool. Not sure if the Democratic Party would like that or not.


The Democrat party is composed of Centrist and progressive's and they get offended really easily and I'm not sure they would want us experimenting on those animals.


They did not started like that, in the 1800s they were conservatives and economic liberals.


True. It's interesting how they change over time. Together with the Republicans they make up the majority of the parties because there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since 1853.


Do you think it is a good idea ? I wish there were more parties, more ideas.


Me too. Fox News threaten to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parrodying it's famously anti-democratic party agenda LOL.


That is kind of funny, and kind of expected, some people don't have a good sense of humor. And who would have paid ? The Simpsons belongs to Fox.


That is a really good question and I don't really know. The blue and red colors which represent the parties only started in 2000. I thought it was way before that.


Me too, I thought it was even before the donkey/elephant thing, because in Canada, it always been like that, except reversed for the colors.


That is so weird and it's hard to keep track of. Interestingly the 15% of the tea party movement identified with Democrats. Well it was great talking with you today have a nice one.


Have a good afternoon and eat fish, it is healthy.


Hi, do you know much about the presidents?


Some. My favorite President was Ronald Reagan, who was revered by republicans yet started out as a democrat.


Yeah I guess you never know. Do you know who the 3 wealthiest us presidents are?


Let me guess: JFK, Washington, and Grover Cleveland?


The last one is actually Jefferson, well I guess taking into account inflation


Right...Did you know that in Guatemala, close relatives of their former Presidents are not allowed to run for president? If that were true in the US, then Hilliary would not even have been allowed to run. Unless you make the case that SHe and Bill were never "close"?


I can see why they do that for sure. Did you know the president of Indonesia is also a pop star?


Gungam style? I would like to hear Trump put out a pop album. I'm sure it would be "huge"


I am not sure actually what music he makes but he has already released 3 albums


The media and Presidents sure have come far! Lincoln was the first Pres to be photographed for his inauguration. It was a little ominous that John Wilkes Booth was in that photo...


Cool. Do you know how the vise president used to be elected?


No. Were they voted on by party officials?


Actually the runner up became the vice president


Cool. You know, the oldest Koi fish lived to be 226 years old.  That means this fish was alive even before Lincoln


Wow, that is a long time to be around. Do you know which species is the only fish with a neck?


The zebrafish? Zebras have necks... Is this the same species of fish that lives it's entire adult life on land?


Actually it is the seahorse. They are interesting creatures


Yeah. Weirdly fascinating...like jellyfish!  You know, jellies are 98% water, so they evaporate in the sun?


And a species of them is actually immortal, that is amazing


I guess the sun can end a Jellyfish's immortality like it can challenge a vampire's immortality...


Yes that is very true. It was very nice chatting with you :)


Good Morning! Do you have a facebook account?


Yes I do have a Facebook account. I mostly just use it for remembering birthdays though haha what about you


Same here and for the same reason haha. I can't believe Myspace turned down the offer to buy it for 75 million dollars in 2005.


That seems really dumb, also dumb is that a third of divorce filings actually contain the word Facebook, so I wonder what that is all about


Yes me too. It's sad we've come to that haha. I thought it was funny when Burger King had the promotion where you could get a free whopper if you unfriended 10 friends. I would be eating so good haha.


Yep I wish they still had that haha I would be eating some burgers right now. What is sad though is that 30% of adults use Facebook as their source of news


And we all know how the news on Facebook is.... too sad! Crazy how far internet has come. Did you know you can get cell service on top of Mt. Everest?


That's good to know if I ever climb it though! Do you ever go ego surfing? It's just the act of searching for yourself online


I've done it once or twice how about you? The clicking of too many links can cause addiction in the brain so I stay away from that too much .


Yeah I'll try to do that, but I am probably addicted to the internet haha. Maybe I should move to Finland because in that country everyone has a guaranteed right to internet access


Interesting! Or move to France and act as a government official and sell the eiffel tower that a guy did before, twice!


That's super ballsy of him! speaking of the French government, did you hear that Monaco actually eliminated their income tax back in 1869? They get most of their revenue from gambling


I feel like the United States should do that too. Where are you located? They could just make 86 percent of Nevada into casinos since the US owns it.


Well I live in Michigan, so luckily I don't think the government owns 86% of the land here haha. But I have been to Nevada and I'm going there in March, we're going to Las Vegas actually


Have you been before? I like Las Vegas. I'm sure you can search for things there with the button called the hamburger button on your cell phone.


Yes I was there once a long time ago and it was really fun haha. And yes that's my plan to press the hamburger button and also to eat some hamburgers haha. Do you know what a neopet is by the way?


It was a famous small pet that was all the rage back in 2001, apparently it was involved in the top 8 searches on Google


Oh that's right! I can't believe 7 percent of people read the full terms when buying a product. I figured it would be 1 percent!


Yep I know that I never read that! What's scary to is that most users online are actually just Bots and not even real people


Just was watching Fox News.  they were talking about the border wall that Trump wants to build.  They are watched more than MSNBC and CNN combined.


I believe it! Fox is nationwide. Isn't it crazy that they feel they have the power to sue the Simpsons for parodys of the anti-democratic party agenda? Isn't that feedom of speech?


You would think.  They actually discussed maybe creating another cable channel that only showed the Simpsons.


Probably to keep the Simpsons somewhat limited, since they do paradys of the anti-democratic party, and Fox News was created by a republican media strategist (Richard Ailes)... along with Richard Nixon


They really are a large entity.  Fox News is shown in 86 countries.


Furthermore, it not only supplies news, but also owns and provides gaming services from the game website IGN


Sounds as if they are fairly diversified.  I wonder how their reporters travel to distant locations.  they could go by foot, bicycle, automobile, bus, boat, or airplane.


That sounds like it could be an interesting job! What also sounds interesting is that Jupiter has radio storms that can actually be heard by an am radio on Earth!


I wonder what they sound like?  And I wonder if they could be heard with a foxhole radio, made with a pencil and razor blade.


After hearing that, I think I am going to check it out! Wouldn't be even more weird if 40% of the storms heard were accompanied by Canadian music lol This is a strange law and would make listening to the radio pretty boring


Yeah, not even sure what Canadian music is.  If only there was a website when you could listen to episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Maybe you could find classic radio dramas on the 1989 finnish radio station that has a news program that is entirely in classical latin


Perhaps.  I've never been to Finland.  I head the dutch are creating a commuter bus though that can travel at speeds up to 160mph.


Imagine if that bus had to pay $300 dollars in tolls, like in Japan, in order to travel across the country. That would have to be one heck of a sight seeing a bus go through toll roads that fast lol


That would be funny.  They'll never have anything like that on Mackinac island I bet.  they banned motorized vehicles and get around by horse drawn carriages or bikes.


I would rather have to use bike or buggy than to have to pay for airline tickets just to go from city to city, like they do in Iceland.


I'm not sure how that is even possible.  Sounds like a huge inconvenience.  I bet king kalakaua needed a bunch of airline tickets when he became the first king to travel around the world.


Well, I guess travel really can be defined by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus or plane. All types seem to be needed depending on the place and time.


Yup, makes sense.  It's been a pleasure chatting with you.


Nice chatting with you too! Going to watch Fox News when we are finished lol


II enjoy learrning about distant lands a far away places, but I do not enjoy th e act of traveling itself. I would enjoy it of somebody took my gnome statue with them n their next rip as long as they brought it back with pictures.


That was funny.  Apparently, the Dutch government is building a commuter bus designed to travel at 160 miles per hour.  I would not want to ride on that type of bus.


I'll wait for the development of transporters...Beam me up Scotty! Fast buses are an improvement, especially since airfare these days is slower than it used to be!


I heard that all japan highways are toll.  It would cost you more than $300 to travel across the country.


I'd walk... You know, years ago, travelers on ships would release rabbits on islands the visit, to seed them for future harvest as meals for the next travelers to come that way. Since Japan is a big island, I wonder if they have a few extra rabbit you can eat as you drive across country?


No, I don't think so.  Apparently, Mackinac Island has banned motorized vehicles.


Oh, no! I was going to visit there in the spring and bring my tank... Oh, well. Maybe we can get Fox news to sue them!  After all, they'll sue anyone...they sued the Simpsons!


You can bring your rabbits.  I wonder why they would sue the Simpsons since they own the series.


Apparently,, they merely threatened a lawsuit to stop the Simpsons from running a parody of the news network. We live in litigious society!


I know.  Fox news is watched by more people than CNN and MSNBC combined.  I was surprised.  I thought that CNN has at least the same numbers of audience as fox news.


They say the average age of a Fox News viewer is 68. Ironically, that is also the IQ of the average TV news anchor on any network!


I did not know that.  Do you know that Fox also owns gaming website IGN?


I'll bet that's a money maker!  You know, there is a website where you can go to listen to thousands of classic radio dramas?  Radio is a media I can get behind!


Yes, you can listen for free.  I like free stuff.


Yup. I enjoy old radio shows. You know, in 1948, over half of music being played on the radio was Bing Crosby? Now that is popularity!


I did not know that. Talking about radio, do you know that one could hear jupiter's radio storms via an AM radio?


Nice!  I wonder if that is where they got the iea for that radio station that translates solar activity into sound, and plays it on th radio as solar music?


Probably.  By the way, fox news was created by two Richards.  Can you guess who they were?


Close enough.  Who is Peabody anyway?  Anyway, I have got to run.  Nice chatting with you.


I didn't expect Facebook was going to valued at $104 billion


Yeah, it is pretty crazy. What about My Space passing up on a chance to buy it at 75 million. I bet they wish they would have now.


Agree. it shows the confidence face book founders had


Yeah, it's a good thing they held on to it because now it is worth 414 billion


the facts provided in the articles were worth reading. For instance, Lot of folks don't know "like" button is illegal in one of the german states


Yeah that is pretty weird. I wonder why that is. I think it's pretty interesting that they government is dropping a lot of the rioting cases after the election. I guess there just wasn't enough evidence or not worth their time to try and convict all those people.


True. there could have been innocent people charged as this was group protest


That is true. It just seems pretty useless to riot in the streets like that. They didn't accomplish anything except damaging things that other people work hard for.


Strongly agree. Silent protests, submitting memorandums without causing destruction to public property is always best thing to do.


Yeah for sure. Did you know that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the U.S. government. I wonder what they're trying to hide out there.


yeah, that's is a surprise. I believe this is one of the states that has less private ownership but higher income due to its special status. Also 7% of people reading the full terms when buying products or service on the internet didn't surprise me. Would have that no body reads full terms as most of those are in many paragraphs and difficult read


I don't know if I have ever read the full terms of a disclosure. It just seems like a bunch of mumbo jumbo but I'm sure a lot of companies hide a lot of stuff in those disclosures. Have you ever read a full disclosure on anything?


True. me too never read full disclosure. Really happy to see governments donating $1 bn to save amazon rainforest. It really important that governments saving the nature and preserve for future generations


Yes it is very important. We need to make sure that we are taking care of what is around us. I wonder what they are using that billion dollars for. Seems like a lot of money to make sure that trees don't get cut down.


May be spending the money to employ more people to guard from the bad people and create facilities for rare animals and birds


Yeah that's true. I'm sure poachers and such are a major problem when it comes to rare animals.


Now a days courts and prosecutors are also reliance on internet and face book shows the times have changed and people started to believe in internet has increased


Yeah. Facebook and Internet usage in general has blown up from just 15 years ago. I'm sure that eventually though something else will come along and replace facebook. I feel like it always does.


true. its a constant evaluation. for every 15-20 years there seems to be some thing new replacing old. Next big thing could be autonomous cars.


Yeah. It seems a little scary but it feels like we are not that far away from that becoming a reality.


Agree. we have been using internet from many years but didnt know about he 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button. nice fact to know


I did not know about that at all either. Its pretty fascinating,


hello, do you know much about the government?


hi, yes I know some  stuff. DO you know what wikileaks is?


Yeah that is the website that publishes secret government documents


Yeah and they once published documents that showed that the government is trying to shut them down


Wow that is pretty risky. Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the Government?


Wow I wonder what they do with all that land, After all most of it is desert


Yeah I wonder too. A guy in France managed to fool people and sell the Eiffel tower twice.


Wow he must have been too smart I guess. The Norvegian government donated $1 billion to save the Amazon rainforest


Wow talk about environmental dedication. Do you use the internet much?


I do actually. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


Yeah that is the three horizontal lines in the app menu .I like the name of it.


Me too and it makes me a bit hungry. Did you know you can develop addiction to clicking on the internet?


Wow that is scary but I can see that happening


Yeah. Do you ever read terms when you buy stuff online?


I do not but I hear 7% of the people do, that is not a lot


Yeah it is not, I am not in that group of people. There is 3g cell service in the Everest now


Wow that is pretty high up. Library of Alexandria has a copy of the internet


How do you even save a copy of that? Interesting. Do you use Facebook at all?


I do sometimes. Do you? DO you know why it is blue?


Yes it is because Mark is colorblind so cannot see green and red


Yeah it is smart of him to accommodate himself.


It depends on if it's for pleasure or a rushed business trip.  Did you know that the Olympics actually serve to divide rather than unite?  Sad.


That is kind of sad. Did you know the Dutch are creating a bus that can go as fast as 160 mph


Cool.  They need to invent a bus that can fly over traffic.  Also one for Japan that can fly over toll booths...


Yeah I guess, and maybe people can save the $300 to tour the country


They wouldn't let it on Mackinac Island unless it it horse drawn.


Yeah that place must be so quiet without cars and other motorized vehicles


...and with breathable air.  I read a rather negative article on the Olympics.  The author complained that there was little "diversity" in the snow skiing.  Whose fault is that?  Like there's a conspiracy or something.  I'm sure it's who goes out for what.  Sick of that way of thinking. Count the white people and judge.


There seems to be a lot of politics involved in everything. Do you know who the first king to travel the world is?


Yeah and I'm tired of it.  No.  Anyone I know? The king of Iceland where there is no public rail service?


Actually it is the KIng of Hawaii, KIng Kalakaua


Good for him.  I'd like to see someone travel to Jupiter where they could take in its massive radio storms.


Yeah, I have never been able to catch it on the am radio


Maybe it's because you were in Canada where they require 40% of the music to be Canadian.


True maybe I had to switch to another radio to be able to hear something less. Do you know how soldiers made foxhole radios?


I heard with razor blades and a pencil or two.  I don't think I could pull that off.


Me neither but that is very creative. Do you speak any latin?


Just a few well-worn phases.  I can't believe some people are still lamenting NE's loss in the Superbowl. Move on...


Yeah. There is a radio in Finland that gives the news in latin


I wouldn't understand much.  I was surprised to learn that IGN is owned by the same corporation (i.e., News Corp.)  that owns Fox News.


Yeah, they are so huge. Nice chatting with you :)


I do like to travel. Air travel is up to 10% slower than it was in the 1960's in order to save on fuel costs.


I wonder how much fuel has gone up since then?


A great deal I'm sure. During the age of discovery, ships released rabbits onto islands to provide a future food source for other travelers.


That is nice that they thought of future generations. I have never tried rabbit.


Yes, it was nice of them. I think it is funny that people steal garden gnomes, take them traveling, and then return the gnome with photos back to the owner.


That is crazy! It in inconvenient to transport that while traveling.


Yes, it would be. I agree. I find it weird that there is a website for people that will let you crash on their couch while you're traveling.


I guess if people are traveling on an extremely low budget that are willing to do that.


Yeah, I guess. Not me. Do you like to listen to the radio? I do. I love that we have radio's. There's even a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music.


I wonder what the sun sounds like. I would assume it would put me to sleep.


I wonder if it would be energizing. In 1948 it was estimated that Bing Crosby recordings filled more than half of allocated radio time.


Wow! I would like to listen to jupiter's radio storms.


Yeah, I wonder what they sound like! So I like to watch TV too. I especially like Fox news. Hard to believe they threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying its famously anti-democratic party agenda.


I think the simpsons is harmless comedy.


Yes. Did you know the median viewer age for Fox news was 68 years old?


I believe it. It attracts an older generation.


I would say so. Maybe its because the percentage of airtime on Fox news dedicated to opinion is 55%. For MSNBC its 85%.


That I am not sure of. I'll have to look into it. It was nice chatting with you.


Hello, yes I use Facebook which was started by Mark Zuckerburg back in 2004


Nice me too, can you believe that myspace passed down buying facebook for 75 million


interesting, I wonder why a third of divorce filings contain Facebook in them.


I bet one third of people cheat using Facebook, even though it would be so easy to catch them with, what do you think?


maybe, more people are using Facebook today then there were people 200 years ago


wow, that is an amazing number. I once deleted 10 people to get a free whopper from burger king


interesting, there are a total of 58 gender options on Facebook, that is a lot of choices


That is a lot of choices, I am used to just the few back when it started in 2004. I wonder why it is blue


I don't know, Facebook is big at delivering new also, more then 30% of american adults use it for news


I wonder how much of that news is actually really.... Did you see iceland is rewriting their constitution using facebook


I did not, the like button was originally going to be called the awesome button if the engineers got their way.


ha those darn engineers! I would be liking more things if that was the case. The like button is actually illegal in one german state


Lets talk about the Government next, in 1895 J.P. Morgan bailed out the us government.


Government shutdowns are nothing new, they have occurred 17 times over the last 37 years


Wow, that is pretty sad to hear that. Why can't we do good things like donate 1 billion dollars to save the rainforests like the norwegian government


The word censorship is censored by the Chinese government.


lol that is kind of funny to think about that one! Good chatting with you!


You too, Monaco does not have an income tax because the casino makes so much money


hey there do you watch Netflix? I don't have them personally


I use a friend's account.  Does anyone actually use their own?  I just love all their original content - 126 original series and films in 2016 alone!


lol ya I'm with you there, pretty crazy that netflix makes up about of third of internet bandwidth in north america


I know!  But I am still amazed that they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth!  Who still gets dvds in the mail?????


haha that's a good question! i haven't used a dvd in 10 years, did you know Blockbuster turned down buying Netflix back in the day?


Yes!  They could have bought it for $50 million but turned it down!  Its worth $2 billion now!!!!!


that is crazy, did you hear the story about how Netflix was started?


Yeah he had a $40 late fee on a video!  Motivation to start his own company!  Gotta love that!


haha he got his revenge! do you drive a car? I guess they were created back in 1886 originally


I did not know they were that old!  But I want one like they have in South Africa which have flame throwers to prevent carjacking!  How cool is that?


haha I could use that right now, a flamethrower would be perfect for melting the snow on my driveway!


Thank goodness I live in Texas!  We had a little bit of flurries last week and everyone was crazy excited.  Do you keep winter supplies in your trunk?  Of course modern cars don't have an actual trunk like they did in the old days.


ya they are super old, it's cool it was Karl Benz whose name later became part of Mercedes-Benz


I have never heard of him.  I do know Cadillacs were named after the french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac - that's the guy who founded Detroit.


yes thats, true, I live in Michigan and I never knew that, I live in a suburb of detroit actually


Cool.  I bet you have a lot of drive-thrus there because no one wants to get out of their car this time of year.  They were originally added by McDonalds for soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.


ya that is cool, I want to go to one now! what is weird is the guy that became a professional race driver by beating 90k people in a videogame! he must be good


Yeah you would think driving a car in a video game would be different than in real life.  Of course youtube has some pretty life-like videos nowadays so maybe its pretty real.


ya I agree, it's crazy that youtube is the 2nd largest search engine, I assume google is number 1?


Yes but google bought youtube as well!  Its probably because the vast majority of content on youtube is free.


oh definitely, do you like Justin Bieber's song baby? I guess it is the most disliked video on all of youtube


That is awful for sure!  I understand why its so hated.Unlike Gangman style where they had to upgrade the view count number!


Pretty crazy the Orson Welles and Ernest Hemingway got in a fight.


Yeah that's crazy. I heard his last film was saved by Netflix. Did you know they have a movie that is nothing but a long video of a fireplace?


I didn't know that.  I believe the film they saved came out Nov. 2


Yeah I didn't see it. They also hire of team of taggers whose job is to watch the movies and tag the content


Interesting.  Did you know that Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet bandwith in North America?


I can believe that. I watch Youtube more than Netflix myself. Netflix originally pitched their streaming idea to Blockbuster. We see how that ended.


lol.  I hear that.  I can't imagine any companies still in the movie rental business.  That's how Netflix started taking business away from Blockbuster.  But, I don't even know that many people that watch dvds anymore.


It's all digital now it seems. Netflix has around 150 movies with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Although I can't always rely on their ratings myself. Interesting still.


I think I'll have to try to check out the Orson Welle's movie just to see what it's about.


It does sound interesting. Crazy that Youtube started off as a dating website.


Yeah.  I watch a lot of live concert vids on there as well as sports, comedy, etc.  Wish youtube was around a long time ago.  lol


In 2007 youtube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000


It's the second largest search engine too on the internet.


Yeah I can believe that too. The very first video uploaded was a guy talking about an elephant.


Really?  lol  I found a lot of good new bands on there.


I watch a lot of guitar lesson videos. There are 70 full episodes of the joy of painting on the official bob ross youtube channel.


LOL  Bob Ross!  Did you happen to see the Deadpool trailer where he acted like Bob Ross?


I did. Hilarious. Love Deadpool. Google bought Youtube in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion


I like that youtube has a partnership with Hulu, etc. now too


I didn't know that. I had Hulu but decided to cancel it.


It gets expensive.  We have it, but we've been thinking of getting rid of it.  There's only so many hours in a day to watch tv.


Orson Welles unfinished film  that will be finished will not be watched by me.


Really?  I think it's so interesting that someone else finished it. Plus I watch a ton on Netflix where it will be on


I rarely watch tv or movies. The name of this unfinished film - The Making  of the Other Side of the Wind is about a guy who seems to be a loud mouth drunk. Has no appeal to me.


That's fair, i've started to watch a lot more since netflix has changed their business from DVDs.


I was a member of Netflix when it first came out, but after about two months I left the program. It was cheaper then, and it was mail order only if I remember right.


Yep!, it's pretty crazy that from 9pm to 12am, netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.


Do you own a car? It's hard to believe the first accessible car came out in 1908. That was so long ago.


Nope, I live in a city so i use public transportation. Crazy that there are 1.25 billion vehiclees


Are you a fan of You Tube?They have the second largest search engine on the net. I use You Tube all the time. It's a great place to get some educational knowledge like how to repair something.


Absolutely, i love that Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube. I am not a bieber fan.


I didn't know police have blutube, that's a new one to me.


Same! I wonder what kind of law enforcement videos are on there


I was just rereading this article and missed the part about Blockbuster being offered to buy Netflix for 50 million and turning it down. Netflix is now a 2 billion dollar company. Not hard to figure out why that place went under. Lot's of bad decisions.


Yeah , they really missed out. Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america which is WILD.


So I need to take my truck in for an oil change this week at the Ford dealer ship. Do you think they can hook me up with the flame throwers to prevent car jacking like they do in South Africa? It might come in handy.


Is that legal in the US? It's very fascinating that Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues. Are soldiers still not allowed to get out of their cars in fatigues?


No it's not legal, funny as hell though. I see soldiers in their fatigues all the time so I guessing that rule has come and gone.


Yeah, i agree. I love racing games , its cool that Jann mardenborough became a race car driver by video games


Do you use Netflix to stream games to a Playstation?


I didn't even know that was an option. That's pretty cool actually.


Alright, I think we did it. Thanks for chatting with me and go catch that new Orson Welles film when it pops up on Netflix.


Definitely will do, nice to chat with you too!!!Check out youtube , there is 400 hours of content, i'm sure something that you will like.


Do you know where the headquarters of Netflix is located?


I believe it is from Los Gatos California.


Oh cool, I figured it was probably in California. Did you know from 9pm-12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America?


I heard that.    More than that, Netflix and YouTube together make up more than half of all Internet Traffic in North America.


That's pretty amazing. Netflix spends more than 20 times on postage than bandwidth which is also amazing.


That is why they are phasing out DVDs.    Can you imagine if they had partnered with Blockbuster like they wanted to!


That would have been nuts. Netflix is now worth $2 billion.


That is still probably less than YouTube, which was acquired by Google for $1.65 million over ten years ago.


Wow that's crazy. I saw that Netflix was started up by Reed Hastings because he had a $40 late fee for Apollo 13.


I like older cars, starting with the Model T in 1908.


Yea older cars are pretty cool. I'm more into trucks now.


OK.    I wonder if you can put a flamethrower on a truck in South Africa.    That is legal for cars.


HAHA I have no idea, but that's funny! I didn't know the trunk of a car got its name because older cars actually had wooden trunks.


That is true.     Cadillac was actually named after the Explorer who founded Detroit.


That's pretty interesting and cool. Did you know Justin Bieber's "Baby" is the most disliked video on YouTube?


A long way from Psy's Gangnam style, which forced them to put in a larger counter!


LOL yes! I saw that the police have their own YouTube called BlueTube lol. This is to share law enforcement videos.


Does it surprise you that most of YouTube's content comes from individuals?


Does not surprise me. It was good chatting with you!


Some people love Texas.  I was born there but moved when I was young.  I guess the pol Beto is pretty controversial.


Who is this Beto person? Is he a politician?


Yes.  I think he ran and lost to Cruz for senator.  Some say he has fake hair.


Fake hair? You mean like Trump looks? I guess hair really is important in politics these days. And being tall.


Is he a contender for the dem's presidential candidacy?


I've heard he's running.  He had a save the invaders rally in El Paso recently.  He pretends to be a hispanic and fails.  His draw was 1/20th of Trump who had a rally at the same time.


I guess he wants to try, but there are so many Dems in the field right now, it's hard to distinguish yourself.


Yes, the last I heard there were 20+. I don't really like Cruz but I like him better than Beto.


Does Cruz have a chance against DJT though? He is the incumbent.


No.  He's already tried once and lost.  Did you know astronauts vote from space.  I've heard they got extensions from the IRS on their taxes.


That's fair. They're stuck in space. What are they going to do?


Yeah.  I think it's wild that not all men in the UK had the right to vote until 1918.  I think that's about the time women got the right to vote in the U.S.


I think that maybe land ownership or something was necessary. Not fair, but very British.


Yes, they are an aristocratic bunch.  I sure there's a few that want to bring back debtor's prison.


Did you know that in Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president? That system should be put in place here.


I do now.  Nepotism is rarely a good policy. I didn't know horses were the reason for trousers.  The again, I guess a kilt wouldn't do,


Horses. Trousers. I guess it's easier to ride? Can't really ride in a skirt.


I would hurt in a kilt if one did it authentically... I didn't realize the White House's has a guest house that's bigger than it.


That must make Trump so angry! The guest house is bigger! He could put a TRUMP sign on the thing and rent it out!


As a taxpayer, I'm all for eliminating waste.


Hi. Outer space as in the universe beyond Earth?


Right, I thought it might sound odd to ask if you like the universe lol.  Nevertheless, did you know that the exact size of the universe is still not known?


Right. Admire the early scientists, like Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, who realized that Earth isn't at the center of the Universe. You?


I do too, especially since they didn't have the technology of today and still were able to detect facts.


Smart dudes. Einstein had some wacky ideas about it, too. Wonder if, somewhere, the are forces pulling galaxies outside the universe we can see...


Anything is possible.  I've heard there are people that think the universe might just be one giant super hologram.


Whoa. That idea is over my head! Know of one cold  "star" I bet our president can imagine himself as a star in our large universe


It's probably easy to believe that when you are president of this country and as isolated as they are.  Presidents have different functions in different countries, different governments so our office of president can seem very kingly i suppose.


In the eyes of the beholder, maybe. Until now, JFK, Washington & Jefferson had been the richest presidents, but none of them thought of themselves as kings, did they?


Hmm, JFK might have, after all he was a Kennedy and they do think of themselves as an American royal family.  I don't think Washington and Jefferson did at all.


Yes, JFK was regal. Wash. & Jeff. acquired wealth as slaveholders. But none were pathetic liars, con men or outright thieves, as far as I know. They were presidential, in the best sense. Agree?


I do agree with you.  I'll go a little further and say that society has changed so dramatically over the years that we'd be hard pressed to find anyone like Washington and Jefferson anymore.  Back in the time when the white house was built they made the guest house larger than the house. I think that says a lot about people's attitudes of the day.  Now, the guest house would be way smaller.


Unless it's in Mira Lago (probably spelled wrong). People's attitudes have changed, and the office of president has, too. Presidents didn't have as much power even 50 years ago; the role of pres. is more prominent today, some say. What do you think?


I don't know. When I think back over history and remember prominent figures- FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, JFK, Reagan, and the Bushs all come to mind.  They all played very important roles in history.


You're describing men of vision, heads of state who, mostly, put the people 1st. Teddy and FDR definitely. Reagan & the Bushes got kinder, gentler as they went along. None were just ceremonial talking heads. Agree?


I do agree on the Roosevelts, Reagan, and the Bushes but not Kennedy.  If you think about it he had as much of a scandal as Trump does now.  He had a known affair with Marilyn Monroe and there were rumors of collusion with the mafia.


Ah, but the man inspired people, and the people didn't know about the affairs, because the press didn't press that stuff then. Can't compare him with Trump, sorry. Do you ever wonder if we're in a one-party state today, where the "party" is the internet?


I do wonder if the media in general controls everything and who controls them if that's what you mean.  We definitely could not go back to before 1805 and have the runner up in the presidential election automatically become vice president.


Right. If that had been true in, say, 1960, JFK would have had Nixon as his VP. Personally, im glad it was LBJ instead! Have you heard Indonesia's pres. released 3 pop albums...while in office?!


No, but I think that is fun for the president to do and maybe a good way to reach the people.


I'm worried that there is actually something wrong with Kanye West. He seems a  bit unstable lately.


He has always been quite the interesting character. That's for sure. He has some great songs. Do you like any of his music?


I don't know much of his music besides Gold Digger. Do you listen to much?


I like a few of his songs, like Coldest Winter and other not-so-well-known songs, I guess. Did you see him on TMZ?


No I didn't. Did he do something sensational?


Oh yes! He was extremely odd, and it was like watching a train wreck! He took over TMZ, nearly for the entire episode and just spewed mostly babble so quickly! I felt so badly for him, but the media didn't seem to even pick up on that as a story.


Wow that is so strange. I know that he has talked about bipolar before. I wonder if that is what is going on.


Oh yeah, I'd say so. The mania part of bi-polar fits a lot of his behavior perfectly. It was crazy seeing him meet President Trump. That entire meeting was uncomfortable for me to watch!


I don't understand why they would have a sit down in the first place. I can't imagine they thought much was going ot be accomplished.


I agree! He has his moments though. Once Kanye gave his mic to a fan who was in a wheelchair at one of his concerts. That seems like a very nice thing to do!


He does seem very sweet at times like when he is with his kids. I hope that he can get the help he needs.


Me too! This sounds like something out a sci-fi time-travel novel but 2 years before the infamous Taylor Swift incident, he was on SNL and did a skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows! How is that even possible?


It makes you wonder if the whole thing was just a publicity stunt.


Absolutely! But then again, seeing as how he is likely bipolar, I recall him interrupting award shows after the Taylor swift incident as well! And then when he basically interupted TMZ, I am starting to wonder why he gets invited to events. Unless they know he's likely going to misbehave and they are using him for hopefully what they would like to be a publicity stunt. Haha. Kanye baffles me but he is interesting to watch.


Honestly I think his meeting with Trump was a big publicity stunt too. Sad that the office of the president is now a popularity contest.


Yes, it's turned into a circus, in my opinion. I can no longer even take the presidency seriously! So sad. Oh yeah, Kanye's Gold Digger song, is one of the 10 most successful songs of all time! Wow, what a neat record to hold! Good for him!


I think it is the only one to be in a minor key too. It is hard to sing in minor key so that shows how talented he really is.


Yet another record he holds then! I agree he is very talented. He's made some great music, I just wish he would lay off the auto-tune or robotic synthesized voice thing, and just use his regular voice, I'm sure it's got to be "good enough".


I think he is probably pushed to do bigger and better things considering how many genres of music he is influencing.


Oh yeah. He has a lot of versatility and definitely a lot of influence. It speaks volumes of his talents. Which is interesting, how such a wild-character can make so much great music! Overall, I like him, even though he is always doing things that make me cringe. Haha


I think a lot of great artists are that way though. They personally might be so strange but the things they create are just amazing.


Good morning! It does seem like a good time to wear pants/trousers today


I think most situations are a good time to wear trousers. The difference between pants and trousers here in the US and UK is interesting since the US was once part of the UK.


I have heard of them originating in East Asia though


I imagine a lot of our clothing originates in East Asia especially the fabrics we use.


It may seem simple but pants are really versatile


They are one of the most versatile items of clothing, they can go with almost anything


It's really weird that in the UK though, shorts are also called trousers


It seems like they really simplified their terminology


Yes. Long and short is really simple descriptions. There are many fashion trends even for pants though. Like MC Hammer's pants


I wonder if MC Hammer's pants are illegal in Collinsville, IL?


Because of the saggy pants law! I'm sure they would be? I don't know. Who voted for these laws?


I'm sure an older generation was in favor of those laws. I think Aladdin falls into baggy more than saggy, maybe they have a different law for those.


That city must be full of older gen people then. I know voting shows the expression of an opinion so if its a law, more than half would have voted


If they vote for the laws, yes. If they are written by the politicians then those people only voted for their representative who in turn voted for laws. They may not always represent the majority's interests.


Oh I see, So there are different systems for collecting votes.I wonder how the guys from NASA vote.


Hopefully they are given a special method, if anyone deserves to vote it's those that sacrifice time on the planet in the name of science.


Even if its for ridiculous things such as the garbage dump being renamed in Austin?


As crazy as the subject may be, everyone should have their right to vote exercised. The fact that so many African Americans in Alabama have lost their right to vote is something that needs to be examined.


Those that don't have the right to vote could definitely affect the vote for a president. Perhaps it has something to do with those that are incarcerated.


I think that there should be some delineation depending on what those crimes were. I do believe serious crimes should cost the person the right to vote but for some offenses, it might be an overly severe punishment.


I believe it is a God given right and no one should take it since any vote would affect the person.


I also believe it's a fundamental right but that some violations of the social contract forfeit those rights. The right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness should not be upheld if you took those rights from someone else.


Voting as a method to make a collective decision seems like it should work and be fair but with suppression and loopholes it makes it much harder.


What a scene it was, President Trump and Kanye West.


I know for real.  I cant imagine two less compatible people.


It would seem that MAGA hats leave a bad impression. I wonder if the title president is really ceremonial.


I agree, you dont see rocket scientist wearing MAGA hats.


The iPlane One was kind of a neat idea.  But why is it celebrity now means political.


I dont know.  I wish we could just keep some things separate.


I cant say that I do.  He is hard to take as a whole person for me.


Entertaining on the whole, and I suppose Trump is entertaining as well.


Trump is entertaining, sometimes I think that is a detriment to our country.  People from other countries laugh at us sometimes.


I never understood why Kanye gets praise for interrupting Taylor Swift.  It was rude and a stunt.


He actually did a skit on SNL two years prior about him interrupting awards shows.  Its like he predicted it.


Predicted, or planned.  If I had to grab the spot light.  If I had to appeal to my base, what would I do. To my base I can do no wrong.


Hmm... sounds like our presidents mentality too.  But so true.


I wonder if Trump will release a album while in office.  Then he would be copying the president of Indonesia.  But what kind of music?


I don't think he'd be a very good rapper.


Really, the Fresh Prince of Key Largo.  I guess I am on board with it. The universe thinks we're funny.


It is, and we dont even know how expansive the universe is.


The geocentric model of the universe was a Greek idea.  So, if not for the rise of math and science we might never have had a real good model.


Very true, There is a theory that there are regions of space that might be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.


Yes, the observable universe is a small part of the real thing.  Good day.


Hello,  how are you?  Do you like comedy? Bill murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".


Hi, I'm good. Yes, I love comedy actually. Right, that caught my attention too!


The green lantern film was originally going to be a comedy starring jack black.  That movie could've been totally different.


Yeah for sure. That was actually a pretty good movie, I couldn't imagine Jack Black starring in it. It would have been totally different.


3rd rock from the sun won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997, beating seinfeld, friends, and frasier.


I've never seen 3rd Rock before but Friends was one of my favorite shows. I can't see how it won over Friends. Have you ever seen it?


Yes,  I have seen it,  it's really funny!  Friends is my all time favorite though.


Yeah same here. Have you ever watched that 70's show? I didn't know there was another remake in the uk.


Yeah, I actually just binge watched all of the episodes recently. I wish they'd make more seasons!


The creator of the python programming language named it partly to honor british comedy group monty python


I never knew that before. I always wondered why it was called that. I guess he was a huge fan of Monty Python.


Me too. When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


That was nice of them. I bet everyone was sad for the simpsons to be over with!


Yeah!  I believe they have new episode now though.


Do they? I had no clue since I never really got into the simpsons. I don't really enjoy watching cartoons even if they're adult-themed.


Me too I really like Archer.  Ever watched it?


No, I've heard of Archer but haven't seen it. But it's crazy that there is only one episode of the simpsons where bart doesn't appear. I wonder what that episode was about!


me too!  I'm gonna youtube it late lol But thats just wrong,  everyone loves Bart!


Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I'm curious now to find out.


There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


Hell yes I enjoy watching comedy films!  Do you have any favorites?


No favorites, I like Bill Murray as an actor and also Jim Carrey, maybe Hangover movies those are really good


All really good. Jim carrey has chosen not to do dramas anymore,  I think hes better in comedies anyway


Do you know why? I like him as a comedy actor better as well.


I forgot lol Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows!


Yeah that kind of sucks, many of those shows were really good ones, did you watch the Green Lantern film?


It was good, I liked it, it had Reynolds as the leading actor but they wanted to cast Jack Black for the part at first.


Oh I see,  that would be cool too I guess.  Do you watch the simpsons?  There is an episode where Bart isnt in it or even mentioned!


I havent seen that one, I don't watch much TV lately mostly series but I loved the Simpsons growing up.


Same here,  I also learned that homer had over 180 jobs haha


Thats so funny, Homer was the best. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I never did,  I hear its a hit with the kiddos though!


I used to like it, I was a kid when the show came out, its been more than 16 years since then


I hear they have like 750 episodes!!  Thats crazy!  I hope they eventually catch them all!


I think that's impossible lol, 150 were hard to catch I don't even know how many Pokemon are out there by now


I only watched a few episodes,  really funny.  I guess they made a UK version of it.


I heard the UK version was really bad. Anyways its been great chatting with you friend have a nice night


Hey wonderful chatting with you as well.


I do somewhat. Did you know that the government has shut down 17 times over the past 37 years?


Oh wow I did not know that. I heard the last shutdown was the longest one yet.


I'm not too sure about that, but they did shut down 3 times in 1977.


That's not good. Did you know Wikileaks once published the government's plan to shutdown Wikileaks?


I've heard that. They wanted to destroy Wikileaks. I guess that plan didn't work out so well.


Lol I guess not. I saw 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government.


That's pretty interesting. I guess that's all the test sites and Area 51.


I guess so. The US passed legislation back in 2006 that protects government employees from violating the Geneva Conventions.


That's pretty fishy. Almost as fishy as J.P. Morgan bailing out the government in 1895.


For sure. There was once a man in France who impersonated a government official and was able to sell the Eiffel Tower twice.


I wonder who they buyer was, and how much money he made. There should be a movie about that.


It doesn't say but I find that very hard to believe they got away with it twice.


He must have been a good con man. Did you know that the US Government publishes the full names of anybody who chooses to renounce their citizenship?


Oh wow I didn't know that. Do you know where that list resides?


I wouldn't be surprised if they do. The Norwegian government once donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.


That's very considerate of them. I wish our government would do something like that. I've also heard that Monaco eliminated income tax in 1969 because the revenue of the casino was sufficient to sustain the principality's government. That would be another nice thing if our government did that.


I wish they would do things like that too more often. I feel like the world would be a much better place.


I think it would be too. We need that in this day and age.


I agree. Good talking to you. Have a good day!


Yes, I am very interested in them and the secrets that they tell the public.


Yeah the founder fled to Russia Edward Snowden.