I do that too so I like the background music thing.  I put my  thousands of songs on random and let it fly.


Good times. I think a show like Game of Thrones would be too involved to really be relaxing anyways.


Oh it's not relaxing and one has to pay attention.  I'm talking music like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon...


I don't think I've spent enough time with Pink Floyd to appreciate them.


They bring back college memories for me.  I actually prefer newer alternative stuff.  The stuff not found on albums...


shorter releases that don't make up a full album?


I really meant to say "vinyl".  Most alternative I like was released on CDs and MP3s.  Nothing lasts forever... Surprised that GoT is finishing in Season 8.  Bummer.


Not every show can be the simpsons. I do like how such a popular show has effects on other parts of life ... like promoting Arya as a new baby name.


Yeah.  I think Big Bang Theory has longevity... Like the 40+ year-old Dark Side of the Moon that's still selling well as of 2014...


Agreed.  There are some things that just last, just like that.


I watch netflix all the time. What about you? Do you use netflix?


I do like to watch it im one of the 59 millions of subscribers in the USA


Ah, well I am also one of them. Netflix has almost 150 movies with a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes.


Sounds like it has great movies in the site, did you hear about how Reed Hastings got inspired to create the site?


Wasn't it because he had to pay 40 or so dollars on a late dvd?


Yeah he got so mad he got inspired to create the Netflix service.


Netflix offered to be sold for around 75 million but block buster rejected the offer. I bet that they sure regret that now!


$75 million, that is a lot of money but nothing compared to the $2 billion the company is worth now.


Yep, and when netflix proposed the blockbuster that they should use netflix, netflix was laughed out of the office of blockbuster, I bet that they regret that now!


Did you know that Netflix spends 20 more times in postage than in bandwidth I wonder why!


Yeah, I thought it would be the other way around!


I thought that as well, I guess they still have the renting option. Have you gone to any good concerts lately?


No I have not, although Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do 100 concert reunions.


1 billion dollars really? how can they turn down an offer like that one.


I agree, I would take that offer even if it was just one million dollars!


Yeah even for half a million dollars or even less, I love money, so what is one tour.


I believe that it is a trip around the world where you do a bunch of concerts. The foo fighters had such a loud concert that it became a seismic reading.


Woah, that concert must had been really load, Pink Floyd had a concert with no audience once. It was great chatting with you by the way.


Yeah, it was nice chatting with you too!


I do not know much about him to be honest.


Me neither. Apparently it's a band. The members of the band have changed a lot throughout the years.


Oh really?  Can you name any of the members?


The true lineup according to fans is Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Chrstine andJohn McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. But a lot of band members have quit and rejoined too.


Well that's good to know.  I am more of a Drama fan.  Drama comes from the Greek word meaning "action".  Do you enjoy drama movies or tv shows?


I like comedy mostly. It helps me to unwind.


Do you know who Patrick Stewart is? He teaches master classes for drama students in the UK.


No, I am not familiar with him. Hugh Laurie is apparently the highest paid actor for tv drama. Are you familiar with him?


Patrick Stewart was in the movie Xmen, among other movies. No, I have never heard of Hugh Laurie.


Hugh Laurie sounds vaguely familiar to me though I don't know who he is exactly. He must be pretty good if he earns $700,000 per episode.


That is insane money!  I don't watch soap operas, but i know they got their name because they were sponsored by soap manufactures in the past.


Do you like Jim Carrey? He is a little too silly for me


No really.  I think he is nuts.  I really like the show Game of Thrones though.  Have you seen it?


Well, an interesting thing about Jim Carrey is he doesn't act in dramas because his beliefs do not allow him to act in things that don't project positivity.


I am not really sure about that. And, yes, I have watched Game of Thrones but it did not capture my interest.


Really? I Love game of thrones.  Did you know it was based on the fantasy novels "A Song of Ice and Fire"?


I think I had heard that. Have you heard of Game of Lions? Now that I may be interested in.


No I haven't.  I am just excited for the last season of Game of Thrones this April.


Game of Lions follows the lives of lions like Game of Throne characters. It is on Nat Geo.


DId you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor in tv drama making $700,000 per episode in House?


No, I didn't know that. Did you know there is a website that you can listen to classical radio dramas?


interesting.  Michael Caine became an actor at his school because all the pretty girls joined drama club


Well I guess that is a good way to meet woman


jim Carrey doesn't make any dramas any more because he believes he should only play in movies that project positivity


That's too bad, he has some pretty good drama roles


Did you know that Harry Lloyd is related to Charles Dickens


No I didn't. Did you know Charile Chaplin's granddaughter is in Game of Thrones?


Wow, it runs in the blood.  There is a National Geographic show called game of lions following lives of lions like the game of thrones characters.


Lol that's awesome, I wonder if they place they shoot it at funds them like Ireland funds Game of Thrones


Funny to think about, but two identical twins from Japan did a rap album when they turned 100 in 1992


Wow, that's interesting. I read Linkin Park's hybrid theory is the best selling album of the 21st century


I'm not familiar with Linkin park, but the dark side of the moon seems to have been timeless after 40 years still best selling in 2014


Yea that's impressive. NWA was able to reach platnium status without radio airplay or any touring which is impressive too


yes that is.  Vinyl LPs are still issued through album sales are mostly CD and MP3's in the 21st century


too bad they still don't release albums on audio tapes


Yes, I still have some with family birthday parties from the 70's recorded.  Special to me.  Used to rip though sometimes so thats probably why they went to CD and MP3's


Yea, It's funny that the band Reel Big Fish had to re-record all their his for a best of album


Drama comes from a Greek word meaning action


Interesting. Drama used to be considered as a form of poetry


The two masks represent traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy


Hello, I do to some extent, I think they can be interesting, what about you?


Pretty much every car is named after the person that invented it....Ford, Cadillac..ex


That's interesting, I knew Ford but not about Cadillac, do you know who that's named after?


Some french guy, Antonie de la mothe Cadillac.


I wonder why he was so influential enough, huh. I know Ford at least was influential in replacing animal-drawn carriages.


Right, I'm not sure about this but apparently this French guy founded Detroit.


Ahh that's definitely enough then. It's interesting how different areas have different cars and rules too. In Ohio it's illegal to warm up your car.


If it's cold im warming my car up. that don't make since it's not good to drive your car if its not properly warmed.


Exactly! It's a strange rule. I know when Audi entered the Indian market, they had to make a new horn to be used a lot more. That's a much more necessary rule.


Yeah, Hey listen to this it's illegal in south africa to equip a flame-thrower to your car to prevent carjacking.


That's crazy, I'm surprised they had to make that rule in the first place. On the other hand, Google's self-driving cars have an "aggressive" mode.


Wonder what that does. Did you know that Apple had its own clothing line in 1986.


I didn't know that, clothing has a lot of changes. The Greek's used to use asbestos as clothing, wonder how that worked.


I think we know now how it turned out. Rip Curl makes cloths in North Korea even though the tags say the same old same old " made in China", haha.


That seems illegal haha, or at least negligent. The company mogul tests bulletproof clothing by shooting employees that wear the product.


Talk about being dedicated to your work. Some dry cleaning got sued for 67 million over a pair of pants.


People are passionate about clothing for sure. I know a man once wore 70 items of clothing to avoid a bagging charge.


Gotta save where you can i guess. Apparently the Romans saw wearing pants as barbarian.


It's crazy how trends change. An African tribe still wears Victorian style clothes, like the people who occupied them originally.


Thats a sad state of affairs. I'm still hung up on the dry cleaners and 67 million dollars on a pair of pants. nice talking with you.


Hello there, I am how about you?  I have never been to a live show though, I would like too.


Yes, I have. I like stand up better than improv as I am always nervous that the improv actor won't come up with anything funny.


Yeah that is true.  Speaking of comedy in general, did you know that Bill Murray considers Kung Fu Hustle to be the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy?


I think I read that somewhere and found it surprising. Thank heavens Netflix lets us watch comedy over and over again!


Yeah imagine if they took all of the comedy related content out of Netflix?  That would be such a huge chunk of their stuff!


Which just goes to show you that folks these days are looking for entertainment that allows them to possibly escape from their everyday reality.


Yeah and comedy is a great way to do it.  Did you that the Green Lantern film was originally going to be a comedy?


I can't imagine how that would have worked. I  guess when I think of comedy, I feel it has to include some satire including political .


Yeah and satire is often the best kind of comedy.  Do you know how many shows Comedy Central has cancelled since 1989?


Were there a lot? If there were a lot, I wonder why?


Yeah I guess it was over 100 shows, that is a lot.  But comedy is pretty tough to do so I can understand that.


I am thinking that one of the reasons Netflix comedies are so popular over attending a live venue is the admission cost. Did you know that The Kennedy Center charges anywhere from $49 to $69 to attend comedian Patton Oswalt's upcoming live show?


Wow, and I don't think that is too expensive relative to other comedy acts, so that is too high for me to be honest.


In addition to the fact that one has to get dressed up and leave the house to attend a live comedic show. Patton Oswalt would have to be pretty funny for me to want to do that!


Yeah he would, or else whoever I was taking out would really have to like him.


So we have come a long way from the days of Greek comedies where different groups of society were pitted against each other - and that was considered amusing.


Yeah that would be pretty wild to go back then and see what was considered funny.  I don't think it would be the same as now.


Although I suspect there is some of that in todays' movies - for example youth versus social convention.


Oh yeah and I think there will always be that, but I guess that is one reason why it is so great.


I found it interesting that Blockbuster basically went out of business and Netflix made the transition from the DVD rental business to live streaming. I wonder what Netflix saw that Blockbuster didn't?


Yeah and they had the chance to buy them as well.  It was nice chatting with you today, I hope you have a good day.


I just learned that in WWII more than 1,000 employees were sent to live in luxury hotels.


Wow well that would have been nice ha ha. I live close to DC


I guess it was for their own protection.


Can you imagine what war would be like if technology had been better then. Look at things now.


It might have been even scarier. So the diplomats complained about not being able to take walks and being cooped up with other guests


They didn't like the Germans, either. Perhaps it was all that Nazi enthusiasm. In April 1942, Germans donned their finery, pinned swastika buttons to their lapels and celebrated Hitler's birthday.


Apparently the enemy was given luxury so that our diplomats were treated well, so that there would be reciprocity


Yes I agree..They bought lots and lots of things in the hotel stores." Solomon said a half-dozen babies were born to the confined enemy diplomats.


Death followed by birth. Them luxuries were great.


Yes, it seemed that diplomats lived in luxury for about six months before being sent back to their home countries


It would be interesting to know someone who was involved you know?


Yes, I would definitely want to research this topic further since it's the first I'm hearing about it


Yes you could do that in a library in your town. Can you believe A man falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time at the library to study law and prove his innocence, and then became a lawyer to help free other people who have been falsely convicted.


That sounds like a good cause. There are more libraries than McDonald's in the us. over half of adults have library cards. Do you have one?


I actually do but it has been over a year since I have been to one so it probably needs updated. How about you?


I think I do have one somewhere. It may need to be renewed. The Public Library in Sacramento has a library of things so you can check out other things like sewing machines.


Thats cool I dont think any around me have that but it would be nice.


Yes. It would reduce waste and save money to be able to check out things like that temporarily.


Yes what a great idea. It has been nice talking to ya.


Hello, I love basketball. The first basket was played 1891.


Its proven that granny style shooting is the most effective lol


The five position are center, point guard, shooting guard, power forward, small forward.


I am just a fan. I can't play. Because it's very hard to me.


I see.  I dont play either.  the inventor of basketball is the only losing coach in the university of kansas.


Okay, i don;t know. Michael Jordan was my favorite basketball player.


Its funny that michael Jordan's bff is the limo driver who gave him a lift when he first arrived in chicago lol


I love seven wonders. Because it's all are awesome.


I read that kim jong un used to be obsessed with michael jordan and draw pictures of him.


I think kim jong un was volleyball player.


Oh really?  I didnt know that he played volleyball as well.  Is that a popular sport in north korea?


Kim jong un also a politician and soldier.


and is volleyball popular in north korea?


Yeah, very popular volleyball player and supreme leader of north korea.


Michael jordan is currently the owner and chairman of the charlotte hornets


Okay, Buy i don't know that information.


I enjoy the National Basketball Association!


They're having an interesting season, a lot of media attention this year.


I think Steve Kerr is right to ignore some of the comments coming from LaVar Ball.


If I was a multi-time NBA champion coach I wouldn't listen to what a lot of people were saying.


That is true.    Michael Jordan certainly does not care what others say.


I think that is a trait of high level performers. They're confident in their abilities and don't let outside noise affect that.


Michael Jordan reportedly ended Muggsy Bogues career with one line of trash talk.


I know that he hit Steve Kerr in practice before. Kind of ironic that they both don't respond to other's trash talk.


I wonder if Michael Jordan or Steve Kerr ever shot free throws granny-style?


Neither of them shot granny style that I know of. The last big name player who I can think of that did was Rick Barry.


I wonder why?    I know it looks strange, but physicists have proven it is best!


It's definitely the least coolest method but some of the best shooters in the past used it.


I know Cheryl Miller tried it, maybe that is how she got better than her brother Reggie!


I think Reggie still had her beat from the three point line though!


Perhaps so, but neither of them had a shoe deal like Allen Iverson.


He is one of my favorite players of all time, I am a diehard Sixers fan.


He also has lifetime security, just from the 32 million he will get from Adidas at age 55!


It was smart of his agent to set that up, he was not know for saving his money while he was playing!


That is one thing Michael Jordan managed to avoid!      Air Jordan's have kept his nest egg going consistently.


It's crazy that his clothing line made him enough money to be an NBA owner. It was fun talking basketball with you, have a great day!


Have a good one, and remember that Jordan almost ditched Nike until an inexperienced designer created his dream shoe!


I've never seen either season of Westworld, have you?


I watch a lot of Netflix, I wonder if it's on there. It stars Even Rachel wood though. I liked her in Across the Universe


Well, I also see this a lot, and I enjoy many other things, but I had not heard about this


Oh ok. I think the show is about robots coming to consciousness, sounds like my kind of stuff


Oh I understand. I've seen movies like that, like for example a call chapie. It's excellent, explain what you want to define me


I've heard that was good. They're comparing the faceoff between the two antagonists to the duel between Walter White and Gus Fring in Breaking Bad. That's the best show ever.


Yes? Talk to me a little more about this, excuse me, I'm not very knowledgeable but I'm curious


I don't know much about it but I hear the writing isn't all that great though


I'm not sure but apparently there's a ghost in this show?


Yeah and apparently when Family Guy first came on, the Simpsons crew gave the producers a gift.


I do not believe it, haha. Well, this is something fantastic


I think it's cute. But not as crazy as they're saying robots can be controlled using rat brains. The thought of that is amazing.


I didn't know there were no snakes in New Zealand.  That sounds like the place to be.


Nothing, nothing snakes? Wow, that's good


I know. But I think one of the craziest things is that the US military uses an Xbox controller to direct one of their robots. Anyways, have a great night.


Good afternoon. Did you see how cold I was in D.C


Yeah I did,  that is pretty cold.  Do you like Amazon?


Amazon Is my favorite. The first amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him


That is awesome,  I wonder what the building is called and where is it.  lol I didn't know target and best buy price match amazon,  that is interesting,  they must be losing money since amazon came around.


United states postal service has a contract with amazon to deliver your packages on sunday


That is much appreciated!  I love when i get the notification that my delivery is delivered!


Amazon ceo jeff bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years. How cool?


That is cool,  but what is the significance of putting it at the top of the mountain?  haha


No idea. Amazon started an online e book store.


Yeah,  I think that is how they started.  I used to always buy books from them,  but now I am really into audible and my kindle.  lol


There is a rapper that can rap 14.1 syllables per second


is that a record. The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute


I do not know.  That is crazy,  I cant imagine reading that fast.


That's so fast. How is the that processed. In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels


haha why would there be a panic,  reading is good for people!


It was a long time ago. Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches


Yeah that was a fantastic movie!  I think Enders game is a recommended military book as well.


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


I feel like that " You Laugh You Lose"  could totally be a game show based on this terrible poetry lol its been good chatting.


Im great, wanting to know the forecast to the DC area, do you rely on forecasts? sometimes they are really off


They are off. We'll see about today in Colorado, we are supposed to get a blizzard with 75-85 mph winds so let's hope they're wrong haha. Where are you from?


I guess I dont trust them either lol I am from Boston, and the forecast are usually off there, do you use Amazon?


Yet the make good money forecasting haha. I do use it how about you?


They sure do, maybe some day those forecasts can improve and yeah I love shopping at amazon im kind of addicted to the site lol


Me too! I'm even buying hygiene products from there now instead of going to the store haha. I wish I was the first customer ever though!


Why do wish that lol seems kind of random


The first amazon customer has a building named after him!


Woah that is nice, what a great bargain you get your stuff and then a building gets named after you as well.


I didn't know this but they also have owned IMDB since 1998!


Yeah its owned by Amazon, did you hear about the contract the company has with the US postal service?


Isn't it for Sunday delivery? Those post office people look annoyed when they are out on a Sunday because that usually is their day off!


They do have a job thanks to that too they must earn extra hours as well. Amazon sure moves a lot of money


I'm sure they do! Just think, they started off as a book company! Do you read?


I did know that, now they sell just about anything they even have a low end brand of their own and I do like to read.


Can you read as fast as Anne Jones? She read 4700 per minute!


No, nowhere near as fast as her, she holds the record right? how can they even measure that


I'm still learning how they do that too! Anyways, nice chatting with you!


That is a good topic for a Google search, it was nice chatting with you also have a nice morning.


I've never seen it, but it sounds interesting. Do you watch a lot of television?


No. HBO is usually good. TV can mean the device or show.


That's true. A lot has changed with television over the years. I remember black and white TV.


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


Wow! That's crazy. Are you interested in Robots?


They scare me. 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes.


I hear that before! I didn't know that robots can be controlled with rat brains! Very creepy!


Like pickle rick. Gross.The us military uses an xbox 360 controller to control one of their eod robots.


That's interesting. I guess robots can be valuable sometimes, like in robotic surgery.


Yeah, like My 600lb Life.There are no snakes in new zealand


I'm afraid. There is a genus of flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey


Snakes only have one lung! I never thought about it but was surprised to learn that.


Probably to help with swallowing. There are legless lizards that are basically lizards without limbs, but not snakes.


Interesting! They have eyelids and external ears unlike snakes, too!


Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws


It's freaky to see a snake eat! Grant imahara from mythbusters created craig ferguson's robot sidekick geoff peterson


Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca


It has been interesting chatting with you. Happy Holidays!


Hi there, yes I shop quite a bit on Amazon and you?


Yes me too. Have you ever bought stuff from the AmazonBasics line of products?


I have actually and they are pretty decent. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain somewhere?


Yeah and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years, wow


Yeah I wonder why though. Did you know they deliver on Sundays now?


Yeah all thanks to that contract with USPS


yes very convenient for us for sure. Did you know they named a building after their first customer?


Yeah and all the guy needed to do was to spend less than #30


Exactly, what a feat. Their worker seem to be super busy as they walk up to 5 miles a day


Yeah  they do walk a lot for sure. Did you know Amazon owns IMDB?


Sorry I meant to say 15 miles, opps. Yeah they have owned it since 1998


Yeah they are just everywhere nowadays. Do you like rap music?


I like the old stuff from Tupac and his music is in the library of COngress now


Yeah of cultural significance and I agree with that Do you like Eminem?


I like him too. Did you know he wanted to be a comic book artist originally?


Yeah because he really liked spiderman and wanted to get into that game


Yeah it seems. Have you heard of compliment battle?


Yeah that is a rap battle that takes place in South Korea, would like to hear it sometime


Yeah sounds fun. A judge once delivered a ruling in a suit against Eminem in rap form


Haha that is so fitting to the case for sure


Me too. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain?


Oh wow , did he have a reason? Do you know they have invented a new font?


Did not know that.  The clock will run for 10 000 years


Wow. THe font is called bookerly and is good for kindle and similar devices


Nice. Did you know they deliver on SUndays now?


Wow did not know, that is super convenient


Yes it is al thanks to the deal they signed with USPS


Yeah. Do you know what the arrow in the logo means?


No I am not sure, I have not thought about it actually


Well it means that they have everything from a to z


I sure do I like the old stuff more though. Do you know who the fastest rapper in english is?


Nope I do not know but I know that Tupac's music is in the library of congress


Nice what for? The fastest guy is noclue at 14.1 syllables per second


Wow amazing. His music is there for cultural significance


That is just about right. Do you know how childish gambino got his name?


Hmm I have no idea, how. Did you know eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


From an online name generator and I did not know that about Eminem


Yeah he really liked Superman and that is a great way to get a name


Hi, do you watch a lot of TV?  If you watch Pokemon, there is a lot to see.  There are over 750 episodes.


Over 750 episodes? wow I used to watch the show as a kid, only 150 Pokemons back then


Did you ever watch the 70's Show.  They tried a UK version and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


That show was great, and yeah? I guess the remake was pretty bad then


Not sure, it may have been a cultural difference. I wonder if they like the Simpsons.  There is only 1 episode where Bart doesn't appear or is mentioned.


That episode seems interesting, I have to watch that one for old times sake


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


I didnt know that, robots will eventually take over society, Im afraid of them


Most robots are industrial and don't even look human.  There is one now that can debone a chicken with surgical precision.


That could be handy, but dont be fooled robots can be dangerous foes


I used to program them.  They are what they're programmed to do.  AI is a little iffy.  Now they are programming them with rat brains.


Thats a bit of a relief, snakes are also scary beings


Yes, the poisonous ones are.  I used to catch them when I was a kid. Maybe you should live in New Zealand where there are none.


That sounds like a great place to live, snake free zone for me please!


As I got older, they got creepier. I didn't know that crocodiles were more related to birds than snakes and lizards.


That is an odd fact, I dont see the relationship there, doesnt make sense at all


It's really odd that there are flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey.


They must be really scary,  are you trying to scare me?


Hee. No.  The fear of snakes in hard-wired in human and monkey brains.  Strange...


Because that would be mean, and yeah that is strange, I guess we have a lot of things alike with monkeys


Yeah, we are both primates.  Thanks for the chat!


Rhiannon Navin recently wrote a novel about a school shooting through the eyes of a six year old child.


I heard about that they said it takes great skill to maintain the the voice of a child for the novel


I don't know but that is awful I heard it could be inspired by a game played on the Xbox


The six year old character stated that the sounds he heard were the same as in his Xbox games.


I wonder what Microsoft was thinking when they made the xbox it seems to be a gateway to violence!


And how many six years olds are allowed to play shooter games, or even be able to work an Xbox controller.


It's insane, I heard the army is using the Xbox to control bombs.


Flying drones and controlling weapons remotely are not unlike working video game controllers.  That's a skill that many modern recruits have these days.


The way the world is heading I think we may be heading to a galaxy far far away!


And some xbox controllers are created for quadriplegics.  I wonder how that works.


I actually saw something about that, the controllers have huge buttons for people with limited functions.


I understand that Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin narrated Thomas the Tank Engine.  That's an interesting series of narrators!


They are but I wish Star Wars had a narrator for the beginning introduction!


I've never been a Star Wars fan.  Too many movies, books, theme park attractions.


That's too bad it's a great franchise, you catch the new TV show Titans?


No, haven't even heard of it.  What's it about?


It's a new show on the DC streaming service it features Robin, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy from the comics, you should check it out the season 1 finale is today!


If I get the time, I will.  Good talking with you, enjoy the holidays.


Hello! Do you buy many things from Amazon?


I hate to admit but I do. I love Amazon. How about yourself?


I do too. I didn't realize they owned IMDB as well.


They've certainly branched out from just an online book store. They're into everything now. I heard they even want to get into the healthcare industry.


That will be interesting to see. I wish I was the first person to buy from them. The first customer has a building named after him.


I wish I was the first person to buy Amazon stock. I'd be doing much better today lol.


You and me both haha. I wouldn't want to work for them though. Their warehouse workers walk between 7-15 miles a day!


I think their name came from Jeff Bezos just wanting to be at the beginning of the Alphabet on stock tickers. But it is cool how the arrow goes from the a to z so it's like they have everything from A to Z.


He is one smart man! The internet helps too. There is even 3g on Mount Everest if you want to order something!


I find that hard to believe that my phone would work on Mount Everest but they do even have internet on the International Space Station. I can't even comprehend how that's possible.


Yes those astronauts have been reception than most of us. I stay away though because the internet can cause a real addiction.


It can be. I blame social media for that though ore than the internet. The internet is a necessity now. In Finland everyone has the right to an internet connection.


It should be a right for everybody. I can't believe 7 percent of people read the buyer's terms and conditions. I would have guess nobody did that.


The buyer's terms and conditions for internet service?


products and services as well. I know I always just scroll to the bottom and sign or click ok haha.


Yeah same. I mean even if there's something objectionable in there are you going to not use a common app or service because of it? Probably not.


I wonder what Amazon's agreements really say. That is how they were able to probably contract with the post office.


I've seen Jack Ryan so far how about you?


I like Bosch a lot. There based off of books that are pretty good. And I also like Man in the High Castle. Both are quality shows in my opinion.


I'll have to look into those shows. Have a good one!


How's it going, do yo like guitar. It's pretty challenging fretting the 6 strings on them


Yeah I never quite got the hang of playing the guitar. Brian May has an interesting way of playing the guitar, with an English sixpence.


That's interesting, I heard Brain May has a PhD in astrophysics


Yeah I wonder if that ever came in handy for him.


Maybe. Did you know Matthew Bellamy holds the world record for most guitar smashed on a tour. I would like to set that record


Haha, I think if I had a guitar I would try to cherish it though smashing guitars does seem stress relieving. Well at least that was intentional. Eddie Van Halen set the studio speakers on fire when he recorded the guitar solo for "beat it"


Lighing speakers on fire sounds like it would be stress relieving too


Haha true. I tried to look up if it was intentional or unintentional and seem to be getting conflicting stories.


Well Pink Floyd's guitarist intentionally turned a houseboat into a floating recording studio


Nice! Seems like that would be calming. Do you like rap music?


Yea, I like Nwa's straight outta compton, it was the first album to go platninum without airplay or major touring


That is amazing considering it was before the internet! Two identical 100 year old twins from Japan released a rap album. I think that's awesome.


Lol, that's pretty funny. Did you know Reel Big Fish re-recorded their best of album because they lost the right to their old record label?


Wow, that is pretty smart. Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best selling 21st century album. Do you like them?


Yea, Hybrid Theory was a good album but I didn't know it was the best selling in the 21st century


Dark Side of the Moon has still been one of the best selling in recent years though it was released over 40 years ago.


Yea, I stream that album on the internet all the time. Did you now clicking too many links can cause addiction?


Well don't click on the hamburger button on apps and websites


Ah, the 3 horizontal line menu. I never knew it was called that! Well luckily even when I decide to climb Mt. Everest I can get cell service up there.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc


the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014


The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


How many people read the full terms when buying a product or service


Where aved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down?


What service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt. everest?


Who released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992?


Good evening.  I was driving around recently and went by a store my kids used to love Toys R Us, but it was going out of business.  :(


I remember shopping there. It really was a magic place.


They really seemed to corner this specific market and kids will always want toys.  Do you know why they are having financial troubles?


My guess is Internet competition, plus bad handling of finances. Too much debt.


Come to think of it, with our Amazon Prime membership and free shipping, we make most of our purchases online.  It's like Toys R Us just missed out on that.


The Big Box stores weren't ready for the Internet. Amazon has changed the way people shop. In fact, the US postal service has a contract with Amazon to deliver on Sunday. I'm amazed.


Wow.  Amazon is doing well for itself that is for sure.  I didn't even realize that they owned IMDB until recently.


I've heard that they treat customers well, but the employees, not so well. Warehouse workers walk 7 and 15 miles  daily. Probably tough on the older workers.


Maybe that is a good thing though?  Keep them fit and healthy?


I suppose, but I wonder how often people get injured. It's good to move around, but at what point does fatigue become a problem?


That is a fair point.  It keeps them off the internet at least and it's addictive qualities.  Even clicking links can lead to measurable addiction!


You can't escape your addiction at the top of Everest even. There is 3g cell service and Internet capabilities up there!


Wow!  Not that I will make it up there, but I guess I can post a selfie if I do!  I could title it "was this as high as the Tower of Babel" for those in my bible study, lol.


I think it’s interesting that Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the Bible, cutting out the miracles and the resurrection. I guess he wanted to understand the morality of the New Testament.


That is interesting, though he presumably used a normal one at his swearing in because only Teddy Roosevelt and John Qunicy Adams didn't use one.


Interesting. I guess they didn't want church and state together. Prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for US students to read the Bible as part of their elementary education. I assume both men got such education.


So many of those presidents were so well educated.  I wouldn't be surprised if they could read the Bible in Hebrew or even Greek!


The only president with a PhD was Woodrow Wilson. I wonder how many other presidents got advanced education.


I think a lot of the earlier ones definitely did even if they didn't pursue a doctorate.  Part of it might be that they were lawyers and not as much educators?


I think they should know language. Knowledge of ancient languages would be especially helpful with the Bible. An apple only became known as such when the Bible was translated into Latin in the 4th century, because "malus" means both apple and evil


Really interesting that it took the Latin translation because it is seems like common knowledge now that it was an apple.  Though I think a lot of translations now just call it fruit.


That's a safer translation. Well, I enjoyed chatting with you! Enjoy your Bible study!


Did you ever shop at the store Toys R Us?


Yes, but it's been quite a long time. I didn't realize they were going under.


It's very sad. I remember going to that store a lot in the 80s when I was a kid, a lot of toy companies are going down though, like Hasbros stock is down 2%


I think it's a sign of the times. More and more people are buying online.


Yes I guess that toys are still selling, it's just that Toys R Us had bad planning and also some bad luck


It seems like a lot of business face that at some point. They just can't adapt. Look at Sears.


The upstairs is definitely not doing well. I think a lot of them lost business to Amazon though, do you ever shop at Amazon


It's amazing that Amazon was founded back in 1994, was there even and internet back then?


Well yes, but it sure wasn't like it is today. I understand Jeff Bezos is the wealthiest person now.


Yes he definitely is. He even built a clock into a mountain, it's supposed to last 10000 years but I don't know why you did that


I guess when you have more money than you could ever spend you do strange things. What state is it in?


I'm not sure what state it is, but  Bezos does lots of weird stuff, for instance the first person to buy a product on Amazon spent $28 and now has a building named after them


I guess that's kind of like saving the first dollar bill you ever made. The first thing I can remember about Amazon was them selling books, and suddenly everything.


Yep I remember that. I also like how the United States post office has a special contract with Amazon because it allows them to deliver on Sundays


I'm sure that has helped Amazon a lot. I can't believe how quickly things I order get to me. But somehow that contract doesn't really seem fair.


I get that part of it. It also doesn't seem fair that Amazon workers can walk up to 15 miles a day, that's a lot of exercise but that's also exhausting


That is a lot of walking. But I have worked in hospitals where I probably walked that much. You can get used to almost anything if you have to.


Yes that's true. Do you ever watch movies by the way? I never knew that Amazon actually owned imdb.com, they have since 1998


I watch some but not that much. I didn't know they owned imdb.com. I'm sure we would be amazed if we saw the whole list of what they own.


Yes I think you're right. Maybe one day they'll only entire internet? How often do you use the internet by the way?


I use the internet every day. Thanks for the conversation, but I've got to go. Have a good evening.


Hey there do you know how to play the guitar? Or any other instruments for that matter


Hello there, I can play the guitar a little bit, how about you?


I can't play the guitar but I can definitely play the piano. I wish I could be like the guitarist for Queen and use a coin as a pic though haha


That is awesome, I would love to be able to play the piano.  And that is also pretty cool.


Yep the piano is fun. And I don't think it's as hard as learning the guitar. Guitar definitely hurts your fingers when you play haha.


Yeah it does, and I think the piano is pretty hard but I never gave it a real good go at it.


Yeah you should try it again. It's not that bad. The guitarist of Queen also has a PHD in astrophysics, how would you know that haha


That is pretty impressive, are you a fan of Pink Floyd?


I do, I really love Pink Floyd. What about you? I know that the Dark Side of the Moon album is still a best-selling album even today


Yeah I like them but only their first album really, and yeah I heard that, that is pretty solid.


That is very solid. That's funny cuz their first album is my least favorite haha. But it's all good haha. Do you like Linkin Park at all?


Yeah thats usually how it goes, its because they are a totally different band without Syd.  And not really, but I heard one of their albums was tops of the 21st century, do you know which one?


Yes it's Hybrid Theory, it's the best selling album of the 21st century so far, we'll have to see if that holds true for the rest of the century


We will see I am curious what album it will be, probably one that hasn't been released yet.


Yep that's what I'm thinking. I don't think Linkin Park is going to hold it down for the whole Century haha. Do you like Reel Big Fish by the way


No I don't but didn't they lose the rights to their old record label or something?


Yep they did. And then they just re-recorded all the songs LOL that's very genius actually


Yeah that is pretty smart.  Did you know identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100?


Yes I want to listen to that album! It was released back in 1992, I wish I had an identical twin LOL what about you


Yeah I wonder what that one sounds like to be honest.  And that would be a totally different life.


Haha it would. Think about all the trouble you could get into and out lol how often do you use the internet by the way?


Did you find the first part of this kinda hard to read?  I thought it was somewhat emotionally upsetting.


I concur.  Shooting at innocent children is the worst crime ever


Yeah I can't imagine what it would be like to be in that situation.


I turned off my TV set when I saw these incidents because I could bear to watch them


Yeah that's kinda how I am with the news on TV it always seems to be negative stuff like what's mentioned in this article.


Yeah mostly Netflix not much public channels, do you watch TV much?


I used to but not now because I am quite busy.  By any chance do you know the 70's show was remade verbatim in the UK


No I did not know that did you know that star wars is the most successful film merchandising franchise


I knew they was a big success but not this success


yeah absolutely, have you ever played xbox?


Yes, I play it a lot in my free time, you?


yes absolutely what game do you like to play


football fantasy, auto thef and the likes.  YOu?


yeah i like them a lot did you know the army use xbox 360 controllers to fly uav spy planes


Do you know that there are controllers created for quadrilpegics so that they are able to play xbox 360 and other consoles


did you know that the army use xbox 360 controller to fly uav spy plane


Hi, do you want to talk about television, Star Wars, or XBox?


Ok. Television is a medium used for transmitting moving images in two or three dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television program, or the medium of television transmission.  Or, of course, just TV for short.


I hear the English call it the tele lol.


Yes, or telly. Yes, I used to watch more TV than I do now but I've put my time in.  Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I cut mine but I still stream.  I have seen a couple of Pokemon episodes out of the 750.


Yes, back in the early day, I used to watch That 70's Show all the time. I heard that they made a remake of in the UK and called it "Days Like These" but it was cancelled after only 10 episodes.


Serves them right for copying a tele show haha.


It might have lost something along the way but who knows?  Another show I watched years ago was Thomas the Tank Engine.  It had an all-star cast of voices like Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin.


Were any of those shows in monochrome or black and white?


I never saw any Thomas shows in black and white although there could have been some that I didn't know about. Are you a Star Wars fan? I love Star Wars, that epic space opera franchise created by George Lucas and centered around a film series from a 1977 movie.


Oh yes.  I used to work right near Lucas Studios!    That is more than a franchise, it is a cult!


I can only imagine. Did you know that James Earl Jones spent only  2.5 hours recording all of Darth Vadar's lines for Star Wars and was paid $7,500?


Wow, Personal Fun Fact.  George Lucas used to go to work with his Laborador as his sidekick so he make Chewbaca from his dog.  I had a black Lab and named him Wookie before I knew that!


That is too funny and awesome!  Did you know that in 2018, the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at US$65 Billion and it is currently the fifth highest grossing media franchise? So like you said, it's achieved cult-like status.


Even going so far as to dub it in Navajo!


Yes, I heard that makes Star Wars the first major film to be dubbed in a native American language.


20th Century Fox thought it was going to flop...how crazy


Yes, and that decision made George Lucas a billionaire and cost Fox billions as well. What a mistake that was.


I am sure George's wife Maria is happy about that!


Did You hear ? There are cat cafes in japan and taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!


I actually saw something like on one of my favorite TV shows, Girls. I guess that is one way to get your pet fix in!


It basically looked like a daycare for cats only that served coffee and tea. It looked cute.


...but did all the cats got along with each other ? No cat fights ?


I'm not sure. I bet there had to be cat fights, because the cats were all walking around. Did you know that the house cat is the number one predatory animal?


I'm not sure what that means...  house cat is a house cat ;) he stays at home and licks himself ;)


I guess they are considered predators because they hunt other animals like mice and other vermin. Maybe their natural instinct is the reason there has not been a cat species extinction in 10,000 years.


...wow... not in my house... once I had a mouse and my cat just looked at it with boring sight... he didn't even move... lazy :)


My little dogs even caught a rabbit outside. I was shocked, because they aren't much bigger than a rabbit themselves.


One is a rat terrier and one is a pomchi. They are only lazy when they choose to be. I guess there are over 86,000 ER visits a year from people tripping over their cat or their dog.


Tripping? I have three dogs and I find it hard to believe.


I found that number to be a little high, too. I do accidentally trip over my dogs, because they are often underfoot. But, I also used to work for an emergency department, and I don't remember too many "tripped over dog" chief complaints.


naah, it's sounds made up. My chocolate English lab is in the same color as my floor, but I've never actually tripped over him... I kicked him couple of times by accident, but nothing more ;)


Do you apologize to your dog when you accidentally trip over him? I do. I even find myself saying "excuse me" sometimes to my dogs! LOL!


Of course ! I always say "sorry buddy, I didn't see You there" and I really think he understands :)


Me too. He doesn't say sorry to me, though, when he tries to push me out of bed at night. My other little dog hugs my arm while I am sleeping.


lol, that's awesome ;) I have two Polish Tatra Sheepdogs and when they are on my bad there is no more room for me ! lol :)


Our dogs lay between my spouse and I. They are our buffer zone. My husband used to wake up being mad at me, but now he can't be made because they are so sweetly laying there.


lol :) my dogs actually get off the bed by themselves because they are getting to warm and they love the cold :) lucky me ! :)


That's nice. One of our little dogs likes to lay under the blankets. Then, he wakes up in the middle of the night, all freaked out because he doesn't know where he is. I have to pick him up and hug him to calm him down. I think it's part of his plan!


It definitely is ! They are smarter than they seem ! ;) look out for that one ;)


Yes, he is a smarty pants! I hope you have a great weekend!


It is a nice place to browse cute animal videos


Did you know it is the second largest search engine?


I never really thought of youtube as a search engine before, but that makes sense


Me either to be honest. Did you know Police have their own version called bluetube?


Apparently hummingbirds steal spiderwebs, do you know why?


Did you know that bird's bones are hallow?


In order for them to be light weight and fly right


This is true, did you know some birds fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping?


I'm not sure. Probably a couple of weeks, right?


That is amazing. i wonder how they stay away so long


Hi! Are you a fan of cats, by chance? I think it's hilarious that by the time a cat hits 15 years old, its spent nearly 10 years sleeping!


I'm not a big cat fan myself, but I believe that about sleeping. I find it pretty funny how crazy some people can be about cats. Did you know that there are cat cafe's in Japan and Taiwan where people pay by the hour to play with cats?


I wonder what that's like? I'm surprised it's even legal. Ha! Something else that surprises me is the cat seen in the opening scene of Godfather 1 was actually a stray cat they found on the set. It's cool he got a cameo! Ha!


Nothing like a cat walk to draw attention to himself, LOL. There is even a cat mayor in Talkeetna, Alaska.


That's hilarious! Imagine explaining that one to visitors. Ha!  Did you ever hear about the physicist who published his cat as coauthor just so he could write in first person plural without getting criticized for it?


People really reach for unique methods to solve problems. Take Radio for instance. Using radio waves to carry information was definitely a unique idea to explore.


You are right about that. Speaking of radios, I like to break out the old AM radio and listen to those Jupiter radio storms every now and again! It is truly fascinating!


It is cool. Even radios bring out the unique. Did you know Canadian law requires 40% of music on the channels to be in canadian?


That's crazy! Like how would they even know if a song is Canadian or not! Oh well, there's actually a website that has thousands of classic radio dramas for no charge I enjoy listening to from time. I'll just stick to that rather than Canadian radio. Ha!


I agree with you, that whole process would be crazy to sensor. We all have a need to communicate though, even in WWII soldiers made radios to connect with the outside world with just a razorblade and pencil as the diode.


Indeed! Communication is certainly key! So have you heard of that Finnish station that broadcasts Nuntii Latini which is a weekly news programme conducted in Latin?


Pretty funny if you ask me, especially so long-lasting as having started in 1989. Radio taps in to the emotion with music. Sound frequencies affect humans. One sound frequency causes fear.


I'd almost like to hear it but i don't want to be scared. Ha! But the human body is so fascinating. Like, we can regrow ribs that are as equally strong after 2 or 3 months after the original rib being surgically shortened!


That is so crazy. It makes me wonder how they found that out. We also don't synthesize our own vitamin C. I guess humans have a defective enzyme, but animals and plants can do that.


That is wild, isn't it? Like something else I find bizarre, we humans could have possibly lost our body hair only 240k years ago! Can you believe that?


Crazy if you ask me. Makes for colder winters, LOL. Humans are also supposed to be the best distance runners among animals.


Now that's honestly hard to believe! I figured cheetahs would be. Ha! Although I do know we use tools to a much higher degree than any other animal. But that should be obvious to anyone. Ha!


I agree, some evolutionist must believe  it has to do with our primitive needs for hunting.


Indeed! Plus evolutionary success that includes larger, very well developed brains that enable high levels of abstract reasoning, problem solving and language, etc.!


I'm not sure I agree with all of the scientists conclusions, but we have certainly learned a lot from genetic mitochondrial DNA studies.


Indeed we have! Such as all extant animal populations could be a result of population expansion that began 1-2000 years ago. That is amazing! Well I enjoyed chatting with you tonight! Hope you have a great weekend, friend!


I do enjoy visiting. Enjoy some good radio and if you are so inclined watch a cat sleep. LOL.


And you do the same! I may even try to learn all 70+ breeds of cat that are recognized by many cat registries. Ha! Take care and have a nice evening!


A lot -- I'm a freelance writer, so I use it for research and to promote my writing. How about you?


Oh that is cool. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


Yeah, the little menu icon with the multiple lines? I vaguely remember it being called that, but I never think of it that way. I'm glad there's a download of the entire Internet; I wonder how often they update it.


Yeah that is pretty curious actually. And they have a copy of it in the Library of Alexandria, just in case


I hope it never happens -- seems pretty unlikely, as many redundant communications lines and server capacity as there is.


Yes I hope so too. DId you now we can actually develop addiction by clicking on the internet?


Yeah, it's the reward center in the brain -- gets that dopamine running, just like when pigeons keep clicking the lever to get more food pellets.


Yeah that makes sense. And we have gone so far now technology wise, that there is 3g cell service in Everest


Yeah, I wonder how they manage that. Did they lay fiber optic lines by air, or is there a satellite uplink?


I have no idea actually. When purchasing online, do you ever read the terms and conditions?


Never! Do you? It shouldn't even count as a binding contract if it's boilerplate they know nobody will read.


I never do either so I surprised that actually 7% of people do


Probably over-reporting because the people taking the surveys think that's what they're supposed to say.


I guess so, there is always bias. DO you use Facebook much?


I'm not on it at all -- I like Twitter better. Do you?


I do not use it anymore either. But do you know why it is blue?


Yeah, because of Zuckerberg's red-green colorblindness. It's funny because everybody else is going to a blue color scheme too to look more like Facebook.


Yeah that is true. And they like button is for some reason in a state in germany


I think it's because the algorithm was promoting neofascist content somehow and violence was going up there. Or maybe that was YouTube.


Oh I see, I did not know that. Super nice chatting with you


hey did you know the three horizontal lines you see all over the internet is called a hamburger button? That term makes me hungry haha


oh I use it all the time, I probably have an addiction from clicking link so much, which apparently is a thing


Do you ever read the full terms when buying a product of service online? I try to, but I almost never read it all in depth


ha no I never do, I'm shocked that 7 percent of people actually read those, that seems high actually imo haha


I sure am happy there is a backup of the internet considering how vital it is to daily life


yes I wonder how much space that takes up, and how often they back it up, it would be horrible for the entire internet to go down but at least you could get cell service on mount everest!


I hope they update the saved copy in the alexandria library often


do you like Kanye West at all? Apparently he thinks AIDS is man made


He is free to think what he wants but it is a shame he think so.


haha ya wouldn't surprise me, he is nice I guess he gave a fan in a wheelchair a microphone at his concert one time


I think that he is a musician that define the genre and for that he has my respect.


yes I'd agree with that, he is very opinionated like how he interrupted Taylor Swift at that one event


Do you like any music of his in particular?


well I do like some songs, like I like the song GOld digger, it ws written in a minor key which is apparently rare


I agree that that song was quite unique for the stated reason. I wonder if he also uses facebook


ya I don't know, I know he does use twitter though, did you use myspace when it was around?


No. I bet myspace regrets not buying facebook for 75million early on


oh definiteyl, do you know why the Facebook "like" button is illegal in that one German state? that seems werid


Perhaps they don't like how people are becoming more superficial? Like that black mirror episode on social media


ah interstings, ya I haven't seen that show iss it any good? I've heard good things


Its funny how memes go viral and then everyone talks about them


what about the #WalkAway hashtag? ive seen that one in a lot of memes.


I'm not entirely sure. It seems like it is some sort of political thing.


Yeah its something political, actually used to mock Trump, I think its really funny, many people are talking about it now and of course using the hashtag in memes.


Interesting, I've never heard of it. So it must not be that viral, I'm pretty linkedin to things.


Yeah probably not as popular as I though, Im guessing you know who Kanye West is?


Yeah he's pretty good, but he hasn't released anything in a long time.


Yeah, his been dedicated to creating drama in the last years, it was funny when he interrupted shows thouhg


That's crazy. Apparently he believes AIDS is a man made disease.


He has controversial opinions that is a sure fact, there was a time he was all over Facebook


He sure does. Apparently there is a 3g service that on everest. Can listen to Kayne up there!


That is crazy, I wonder who would ever use a 3g service up there lol, hands would freeze before I could post a pic.


I'm not sure if it was intentional, do you think it is true?


I dont understand the question, but it would be true, my hands would freeze if I decided to take a pic from the top of MT. Everest.


Do you think it was intentional that they have 3g service on Mt Everest?


Oh I see, and no I  think it has to do with the signal waves, the frequency and all, you know only 7% of people read the full service terms when they buy somethng on the internet!


Crazy, apparently kayne west once gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at a concert....


Yeah I wonder why he did that, most of his songs are in a mayor key though, of his top 10 songs only one is in a minor key


That's crazy, most rock songs are in a minor key.


They are? thats new to me, anyway West was born in the year 1977 so he appears younger than he really is.


As someone who watches the news, they didn't seem to cover the camp fire in California as much as they did the hurricanes of 2017.


I guess nothing sells more than state wide panic, news channels care more about ratings than anything else, I remember the importance they gave to hurricanes such as Irma and Maria a few years ago


Indeed. They spent so much time anticipating the effects and such before it actually hit landfall while speculating how much damage they would cause.


I agree, the panic people and dont get me wrong a hurricane is something to be worried about but so are wildfires and other news.


Exactly.  Especially considering wildfires hardly offer no forewarning, as experienced by the residents of Paradise.


Yeah I heard about the fire in that time, the fire took over a big area in a matter of hours and without any warning.


I suppose Irma got the crazy amount of coverage it did because it wasn't too far behind Harvey where as no one anticipated any of the wildfires, sadly.


Yeah, it makes you wonder how reliable news channels are, you know Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined! those are crazy rating numbers


So true! Hard to believe they are also available in 86 different countries! That's almost unheard of it seems!


It is! maybe thats why the channel is so popular although CNN and MSNBC are also available in other countries


Perhaps... And Fox is also owned by the corporation that owns IGN, so they have a huge advantage over the competitors.


Yeah I guess that gives them an edge, you know they wanted to create a channel only for The Simpsons, that would have been great I love that show


I agree. The Simpsons are one of the best shows of all time. I couldn't believe Fox threatened to sue them simply for parodying the network. Which goes back to what you said earlier about trusting the reliability of news sources.


The Fox channel and the Simpsons sure have a weird relationship. Do you use the internet much?


I do as much as I can. I enjoy the endless range of information it provides as well as the apps, file sharing and email services. What about you?


I do, what do you think will happen if the internet ever gets hacked of deleted? I guess there would be a lot of riots and problems right away


I know the Alexandria Library has saved a copy of the internet in case it's ever burned, so there's hope everything could one day be restored, I suppose!


That is a relief! I wonder how much time it would take to restore the internet from that backup copy at Alexandria, it must be a difficult job to do.


I can only imagine considering how massive it is. The internet is so popular, there's apparently 3G cell service as well as internet atop Mt. Everest!


I wonder few people use the serice up there lol, most people dont read the service terms of a mobile plan, in fact only 7% do


I can believe that, sadly!  Are you a fan of concerts by chance? I'll never forget the band Creed putting on a show where four people who attended filed a lawsuit against them. Crazy!


I enjoy attending concerts and yeah I did hear that concert was really bad, its a shame because Creed used to be a great band back in the day.


Good morning! I am good. I'm thankful that the sun is shining.


It's a little cloudy here, but still trying to shine! I didn't know it was actually white!


Yes, the atmospheric scattering is perceived as yellow.


Interesting! I can't believe the amount of energy it puts off as well!


I am sure what ever the amount of energy it sure is a lot.


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


Wow! That is a lot. It is most definitely the most important energy source for life on Earth.


Oh for sure! It takes up 99.86 percent of the mass for the solar system too!


That is a lot, but I know it is about 330k times the mass of the Earth.


And here we think the earth is huge haha. The sun is only one billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy though!


I can see that it is massive since it is 109 times the diameter of the Earth. I would never imagine that from my perspective from Earth.


Me either. What kind of cellphone do you have?


I am happy to say I have an I Phone. The US Nuclear ICBM Deterrent does not have as much computing power as an I Phone.


Same here. I think that is crazy! Did you know UNICEF donates a day of clean water for every minute you don't use your cellphone?


No, I did not. But who do they donate the clean water to?


children in need, I'm guessing across the world maybe?


Oh, okay. That's nice. Have you ever used a rotary dial phone?


I sure have. The fastest number to dial on a rotary phone for an area code was 212 so it was assigned to New York.


That all makes sense now! Anyways, had a great chat with you. Have an awesome day!


No matter where you are, Spring is a beautiful time of year!


Yes it is.  Are you an animal fan?  Did you know that horses, as well as sharks and orangutans are ticklish?


I sure didn't know that!!!  I thought only humans were ticklish.  I do love animals. I love seeing them in the wild.


I do as well.  14.9 horsepower is the peak power output of an individual horse.


I guess that's a lot.  LOL  I don't know those kind of facts!  Were you aware that Icelandic horses have a fifth speed-----basically speedwalking!  Imagine that!  They are pretty fast!


I didn't know that.  I did know that once a horse from Iceland leaves, it can never return.


Really?  That's interesting!  I really like horses, but I've never owned one.  I think the Lipizzaner horses are beautiful.  They are born black/brown and take 6 years to turn white.  I think that's incredible!


That is an interesting fact.  So is the fact that sunlight directly affects the lenghg of horse hair.


I didn't know that!  So maybe all horses should have longer hair? LOL  The sun is also incredible!  Did you know that its energy in one second is enough to meet the needs of Earth for 500,000 years?????  That's a lot of energy, right?


I did not know that.  I did learn that the sunset on Mars is blue.


Hmmmm....I think that would be ugly.  I prefer the colors we get here on Earth!  Did you know that the sun is actually white?  It looks yellow from here because of the atmosphere.


I think I remember hearing that somewhere.  Helium was discovered on the Sun before it was discovered on Earth.


You must be a scientist.  I never paid attention to stuff like that!  I do know that the sun is tiny compared to the biggest star discovered in our galaxy!  But compared to Earth, it's huge!!!!!


You sound smart as well.  The sun is so big, it makes up almost all (99.86%) of the mass in our solar system.


Yes, hard to imagine!!!! And it's even harder to imagine that a lightening bolt is actually hotter than the surface of the sun!!!!!!


It is, wow.  I know it has about 330,000 times more Mass than Earth.


Pretty huge!  Speaking of huge, can you believe that cables carrying phone and internet data actually cross the oceans???? That's a wonder to me.  Imagine the work to lay those cables, and they are only 2.7 inches in diameter!!!!


I don't know how they do that. The sun is nearly a perfect spear.  It is made of hot plasma.


Hot plasma!  I can't imagine!  I like it here on Earth where we can enjoy the seasons, flowers blooming,  and the good effects of the sun!


We get all the benefits. The equator of the sun rotates faster than its poles.  This means the sun does not rotate as a solid body.


Hmmmm....that's interesting.  I didn't know that.  So does that mean it's moving all the time?


Hello,  yes I like horses.  Did you know clint eastwood is allergic to horses? lol he does so many western movies .


haha I think so too. icelandic horses have a fifth speed


That is really neat,  although I am not well educated on horse gaits.  I hear dalmatians are known to calm and protect horses.


I cant imagine riding a horse to school,  depending how far the school is.  I took some horse riding lessons and only after an hours my legs were sore.  2 kids rode horses to school and got suspended.


yeah I do not get why they were suspended though. do you use your phone much?


Yes,  everyday actually.  How about you?


yeah me too. did you ever use a rotary phone?


yeah my parents had a few in their house,  it was really annoying.


hahah same.  Especially,  when calling long distance.


yeah Ive used phone books.  apparently it is impossible to separate  phone books,  have you ever tried?


I have never tried it since I do not have two, nor 1 actually


I recently learned that the sun is actually white,  interesting huh


yeah , our perception of it is so wrong then


yeah i know right,  and no one ever corrected us lol


Hello there. Do you have a Facebook account? I don't use mine that much but I can't believe my space had the opportunity to buy it back in 2005.


i dont have an fb account. myspace had their chance. i wonder what would have happened if myspace had bought fb.


Yeah I wonder that as well. They could have got it with only 75 million. Wonder how much FB is worth now?


it has to be in the billions. the Zuck himself has billions. i dont know how long it will stay there though.


Yeah good question. With all this privacy business going down. The company was valued at 104 billion in 2012!


ive heard that the younger users are migrating away to other social media. fb might soon become grandpas social media.


Interesting lol. The Zuck has red-green colorblindness so that's why it's blue!


Yes, he now has the money to fund the search for the cure. I wonder if they will find it in his lifetime. poor li'l guy.


It is definitely possible. Iceland is re-writing the constitution via Facebook allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations. That is very interesting.


Iceland is a small country. i think that it is possible for smaller countries to try that. in the us it would not work.


Definitely would not work for the US. Apparently there's a German state where the Facebook like button is illegal. I would like to know more about that.


i think that there must have been some social problem. i bet someone complained and the lawyers got involved. typical.


Very typical LOL. Burger King once had a promotion where you get a free whopper if you unfriend 10 people on Facebook. Would you do it?


i would unfriend 100 people for a free whopper. i have no shame.


Ha ha yeah whoppers are amazing. Our planet we live on is really amazing but it's very unfortunate that 80% of the earths natural forest have already been destroyed.


we have been destroying forests to raise cattle to make whoppers for all those people on facebook. soon there will be nothing left.


Yeah that's true. Well apparently by the end of the century there will also be no helium left on earth either. No more balloons.


we should grow forests of trees that produce helium. or maybe build fusion reactors.


Yeah that may just work! I am glad our days are 24 hours and not 5.5 hours like the past!


if they get even longer, what will the workday becomes? 12 hours a day? oh boy.


That would be tiring! Almost as tired as making clothes would be! Well it was nice talking with you please have a wonderful day!


I am a Facebook user not into much other than that, how about you?


What is Facebook used for you? I use Facebook when there are special events coming up. I use Instagram.


I like it because my out of state family uses Facebook so I go on a couple times a week to chat with them. I have snapchat too.


That is true. Do you have family out of the country? I use Facebook for my relative from the Philippines. I like snapchat because that is where the original filters are.


No, my family lives here in the US. That's cool, I would love to visit the Philippines! One of the places on earth I really would like to visit, you are from there?


You can do that with any other social media as well. The Philippines is all right. I am from here, but I have been there.


I want to travel and visit a few countries. I love the snapchat filters! Pretty fun, I wish Facebook had that option.


Do you know which part of the Philippines you want to go? I believe Facebook has filters.


I really don't know much about the Philippines, but since 80 percent of the earths natural forsts have already been destroyed I want to vist other countries before their beauty is gone completely. Where in the Philippines would you suggest?


I heard that Boracay is a good tourist resort! You should check it out. Which other country do you want to visit? I would suggest Tagaytay. It was known as the ghost town.


Thanks! I will research that. Tagatay...ghost town, sounds scary! I love ghost towns and haunted places! I bet their are many all over the world. My friend went to some haunted towns in Arizona.


Not really scary. It is worth the trip there. How was it in Arizona?


I love Arizona, one of my favorite places on earth, I love the desert, going hiking at night you can see all the stars and planets so clearly....I love looking at the moon.


Well, depends on where you are, yes a lot of nature for sure and some scary critters running around lol....you have to wear a lot of cool protective clothing though, the sun burns.


I hate the cockroaches in the Philippines.


Ew, i bet they are big huh? Arizona has scorpions everywhere, that's why you never leave your clothing or towels on the floor and shake everything before putting something on, like shoes.


I hate them! Worst little bugs on earth!


I think Facebook is one of the best of social media. What do you think about it?


Im worried about privacy issues but has connected the world like never before


That's true. But social media can help people in any city.


It is true 30% of american adults use facebook as their primary source of news


Yes, But it is a sad thing for children to come to such social media.


There is suppose to be an age requirement but it is very easy to get around


I think thats the situation with everyone. But even better if you are a shareholder with facebook. Being valued at 104 billion in 2012


Yes, it is true. What is your view of the earth?


Im surprised Jupiter saves earth from many asteroids. Its so far away


It's interesting, Jupiter's gravity slings long-period comets out of harm's way, while nudging some asteroids closer to Earth.


You could fit all the planets in between earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare.


If there is no earth, it would be very rare for us to live.


Crazy to think about all that stuff. Out of all the things in the universe and here we are


Bulletproof clothing mogul, miguel cabarello, shoots all his employees in order to test and enforce quality control on his wares. How scary would that be


What happens that one time it doesnt work


I love them. Horses in Iceland have a fifth speed, pretty cool


Yes it is called the told and it is like speedwalking for them


Yeah. Do you know why Dalmatians are associated with firefighters?


Yes they can calm down and protect horses


Yes. Clint Eastwood is ironically slightly allergic to horses


Yes since many of his movies have him riding horses in them


Yeah. Did you hear of those two school students on horses that got suspended?


Yes because it was no vehicle to school day, I guess horses count in that


Yeah I guess so. Do you know what Lipizzaner horses are?


Yes they are horses that are born a dark color and change to white as they grow


All the time. Do you know why NY area code is 212


Yes it was easier to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah. Do you know how wide are the phone and internet cables?


Yes they are actually only 2.7 inches wide and lay on the bottom of the ocean floor


Yes and I wonder sometime how they do not get tangled to stuff and animals down there


Good point. Did you ever use a phone book?


Yes and if they get stuck together there is no separating them


I missed them this year.  Aren't they also called the Oscars?


Yes they are. Did you know that Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor to win best actor at the Oscars 3 times?


Wow.  I didn't know that.  Walt Disney holds the record for most oscars won by a man with 22!


Oh wow, that's alot. Eminem actually has more Oscars than Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray combined!


That's surprising!  On a different note....McDonald's didn't have drive thrus until 1975 when they added them to accommodate soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


That's pretty interesting, it's kind of like how your trunk is called your trunk. Old cars used to actually have wooden trunks on the back.


Interesting!  The car brand Cadillac was named after the man who founded Detroit - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.


That's pretty cool. I'd like to have a Cadillac with a flame thrower equipped to it. That's actually legal in South Africa to prevent carjacking.


That would come in handy for sure.  I would use it to also clear snow.  lol


That would help for sure! It would help melt the snow quicker than the sun can. It might be better than a lighting bolt hitting it, which is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun.


Wow!  The diameter of the sun is 109 times than that of Earth.


That's wild, what's even wilder is that it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy!


Crazy when you think of it.  Because of atmopsheric scattering the sun is actually white and not yellow.  Interesting!


That is really interesting. The sun actually produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.


That's pretty incredible!  On July 11, 2011 Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846.  I never know that.


I didn't know that either. That's really interesting. The sun does take up 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.


Wow.  That's a good chunk!  I believe the sun is made up of hot plasma.


Yep, it's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma.


It's also the most important source of energy for life on Earth!  lol


Yes it is, we wouldn't be here without it. It was nice chatting with you!


yes I do. do you have a favorite instrument?


I love bass and guitar, specially in rock music


nice. did you know van halen once set speakers on fire playing guitar?


I heard that!! I love the guitar performance on that song


that is insane. do you know who matthew bellame is?


Yes, he is the lead singer and guitar player of Muse, a great British band!


yeah, he holds the Guinness record for the most smashed guitars


I think guitar players have the most crazy and at the same time creative ideas like the guitar player from Pink Floyd! Do you know what he did?


I am not sure about that. What did he do?


wow, good for him. and brian may has a Phd.


He is such a great guitar player!  and he is very creative and he uses coins instead of picks


that is quite something. do you use the computer much?


I do, today they  are very common, everyone has a personal computer or a smartphone!


yeah for sure. the space shuttle has one and it only ran on an mb of ram


1 mb only!! that is crazy, do you know what the russians did?


yeah that is crazy. no, what did they do?


wow that is amazing. if you have an apple computer and smoke near it it voids the warranty


That is so interesting!! Well it was so nice talking to you


hey did you know that the sun is actually white?


What white?! No I had no idea. How did I mange to go through life not knowing or hearing about that yet. What else am I missing out on?


Ya I guess our atmosphere is what makes it yellow, well do you know how hot lightning is?


That is totally amazing. I love science but I just clearly don't know enough yet. I think lightening bolts are about 4 or 5x hotter, something like that, I think.


yup you're right, also the sun is the earth's most important energy source, it's diameter is about 100x that of Earth


Wow, what a trip that is. I love facts that blow your mind. Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun in 2011. That is fascinating.


that is crazy, also I wish we could directly harness the suns energy, one second would meet our needs for 500,000 years


Yeah, some awesome vitamin D. I was getting some sun driving my convertible through McDonalds drive through today. I am a huge car enthusiast. Do you enjoy cars and their history?


yes I do, I can't believe that the drive through only existed since 1975!


Yeah, they are everywhere and I can't imagine life without them! Did you know that they were created for the servicemen who couldn't go in because they had their uniforms on. That is the most patriotic idea, I love it.


haha it is but I'm glad it exists! Do you know the story behind calling the back of cars trunks?


Oh yeah, I do remember why cars have trunks. It is because old cars used to have wooden trucks sitting on the back to hold and store things. It evolved into car having what we know today as trunks. Pretty cool,huh.


that is cool! I live in Michigan and I never knew that the man who founded Detroit had the last name of Cadillac


That is cool and a good piece of history to find out about. I love learning about cars and the history of them. I started playing the video game Grand Turismo lately, have you ever played that game?


ah yes i played it back in the day, I guess this one guy became a professional racecar driver after beating 90k people at that game


Wow, 90k people! That is a good way to start a new career! I am watching a Daniel Day Lewis movie right now rather than playing a video game. Its easier to multi task.


ah interesting what movie are you watching, I love DDL haha


It's the one that was nominated for the Academy Award. I can't remember the name though. He has the most wins and has 3 Academy Awards for Best Actor. Every movie he is in, is outstanding.


ya he is awesome, I really like that one movie he's in, gangs of new york, so glad he got those academy awards


Me too, the Academy Awards are reserved for the best actors. Eminem is a super actor with one.


that is really wild, what is also wild is that the Oscars were nominated for 9 Emmys in 2013, like how does that work? haha


Back in college I strummed some tabulature's, but playing isn't what I would call it. I was a Who fan back then and saw Pete Townshend smash a few,  did you know Mattew Bellamy from Muse holds the smashing record? Do you play?


i used to play i werent no account at it. i didnt have the musical sense. i wisht i did. i do like my music.


Yes, did you know Brian May of Queen both has a PhD in astrophysics and uses English coins for a pic, you'd think with a PhD you could afford a pack of guitar pics.


he has his scientific reasons i expect. he must know that the sound it makes is distinct. brian is a genius type.


Yes, I liked them back in the day. Our Jr High Music teacher used Bohemian Rhapsody to teach us musical composition, pretty impressive in retrospect. Isn't it shocking the Space Shuttle ran on 1 mb of RAM, that's amazing to me. memory being so cheap now and so much money in the shuttle depending on 1 meg of RAM.


the programmers must have been pretty good about memory usage. that is a tight space. i assume that the commputer did not run on water.


Yes, that Russian water computer sounds unique, I wondered myself how it worked. Are you much of a computer person? I have a Data Science degree and have done some programming, but thankfully didn't smoke. Crazy that would void the Apple warranty making it a "bio-hazard".


you have a degree in data science? where did you get it? has it helped you get a job? I think that the hipster apple users would want to vape. can they do that?


No, it actually was a advance my career at the same company I worked out. I do a lot of reporting and data crunching now I wouldn't have done before and higher pay, I got it at Penn State distance. Along with the 1 MEG on the shuttle, you see where an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US ICBM deterrent. That is scary.


i guess we dont want to use the icm deterrent to crunch data. LOL congrats on the distance learning degree. penn state is not cheap.


Do you have any kids, I recall when I was in school we'd "duck and cover" in Nuclear War Drills (like hiding under the desk would save us from a mushroom cloud) and now the kids do active shooters drills. I'm happy my kids grew up between those eras and didn't have any mortality drills at school.


in the future, the kids will have to do AI drills. the AIs will come after us and the kids will have to be prepared.


Haha...yes a sci fi dystopian nightmare. At least we have cell phones to check up on the now. Ironic to me the phone cable carrying all the traffic across the oceans is only 2.7 inches in diameter, I guess with fiber optics you don't need much but that is astounding.


it is astounding. i guess nothing really damages the cable often. i wonder how they fix something way down there.


Diving bell? AT&T submarine? Did you see where Pink Floyd turned a 'grand houseboat" into a recording studio on the Thames. Seems like there might have been some wild river parties on the Astoria as they called it.


i bet they did. id pay money to go to one of those parties. i wonder how much "recording" they did out there.


I'll bet it wasn't the most efficient use of studio time. Then again, if Eddie Van Halen set his studio speaker on fire recording "Beat It" maybe it would have been better if they were on a boat on a river for musician safety and ease of extinguishing the blaze.


everywhere he went after that, they had a fire extinguisher. he was a fire hazard. Eddie Very Hazardous.


Haha...yes. Are you old enough to have used a rotary phone, interesting NYC got 212 because that is the easiest number to dial. I guess they thought that one out, not logical numeric grid across the US.


everything is politics and preference. anyway, great chat!


Hey my friend do you have a landline or a cell phone?


I use a cellphone, but I have both. What about you?


ya I only have a cell phone, phones are so nice how they can transfer human voice across vast distances


Apparently NY area code is 212 because it is the fastest to dial.


Ya, that dates back to the rotary phone, I wish I still had a rotary phone those are cool!


Yeah, I had one a long time ago. Crazy that the iphone has more computing power than the Nuke ICBM deterrent.


That is crazy and scary, have you heard of the unicef charity?


No, I haven't. What do they do? Do you know?


yup their thing is for every day you don't use your cellphone they will donate a day of clean water


Interesting. On 1936 the russians made a computer that ran on water?


I want to see a picture, also weird I have 16gb of ram and I guess the space shuttle only has 1mb haha


Hilarious. I can believe it though. The technology is old.


ya it sounds bad haha, have you played the game minecraft? with the blocks?


No, but I hear it is incredibly popular. Do you play? I think you can build a computer out of it.


ya I have played it, you drop blocks and you can definitely make a computer out of the blocks!


Interesting. Well just don't smoke near it if you are using an Apple! It voids the warranty.


yup that is weird! I guess they consider it a "biohazard" for their employees


Hilarious! Well, just don't let Van Halen near one with his guitar!


ha nope not at all, would you ever upload your brain to a usb drive if you could?


I would if I could upload it to a computer and it could make me immortal.


yup I would too, I guess people that want to do that are called transhumanists


Hello there, do you ever watch the Oscars?


Are those the same as the Academy Awards or different?


Yeah the same thing, I think the oscar is the nickname for the actual awards they give out.


Oh, interesting. I am not too familiar with actors but Daniel Day Lewis is the only actor to have won the Oscars three times.


Yeah he sure has, I wonder what 3 roles he has played.  Maybe Gangs of New York, he was excellent in that.


And Eminem has more Oscars than many famous actors combined, like Leonardo Decaprio and Johnny Depp.


That is too funny, he played in like one movie and beat those lifetime guys!


Haha, really? Crazy. Have you seen the movie Blazing Saddles? I don't think I have seen it. It was nominated for three oscars.


I sure have!  That movie is classic, not very PC and wouldn't pass today, which is lame.


Speaking of multiple awards,the oscars was nominated for nine emmys in 2013.


That is just dumb to me, how can you award an awards show? So dumb.


No clue. Wonder if the Model T ever won an award? It is from 1908. It was one of the first cars that ws accessible to the masses.


That is true, do you know when the first car was invented?


1886 is thought of as the birth year of the modern car.


Good call! By a german inventor if i'm correct, a Mr. Benz.


Yeah, I didn't know that. It was his Benz Patent-Motorwagen.


Yeah it was, do you know which burger joint started the drive-thru?


It was McDonalds, to accomodate soldiers in fatigues. Too bad since then it has contributed to my laziness haha.


Good call again!  Yeah I don't think that you are the only one there lol.


That i'm not too sure, I drive a Buick right now and I like it, how about you?


I like Cadillacs which were named after French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit. It's about time for a drive now, goodbye!


Hello Friend! Have you watched the movie Jaws?


I watched it a long time ago. Very good film. A blockbuster. Really gave Spielberg his name.


Yes, its an older movie, back in my days I didn't know Spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack! I should have known. It was amazing.


I didn't know that either. He is quite a gifted guy! Phil Collins seems like a gifted singer.


Is he the one that played Tarzan soundtrack?


Yeah, he sang it in several languages. He is a natural linguist I would say.


Its fascinating! Did you ever play video games?


I used to play video games. Not so much now. No time!


Same here! although I wouldnt mind playing a round of Super Mario! I loved the Nintendo! did you know the system could only display 54 colors? I still Love it!


The NES had games with great game play. The graphics mightnot have been the best, but it was fun. That's the key thing.


Yes! I cant beleive it was discontinued in Japan in 2003! Why!! sorry, I got a little to excited. It reminds me of childhood lol


I guess the newer systems that Nintendo have just sell that much better. Still, 2003? That's a long time for a game system.


True! although for me I suppose it's more of an emotional attachment haha I used to play it with my Dad. But hey, I am glad that its come along way since 50bc when they used to bred chicken for entertainment haha much much simpler times


I guess there was not much to do in Britain. They needed something and chickens happened to be around.


Haha so true, entertainment has evolved in the last few centuries soon we wont be able to distinguish reality vs video games stimuli


Very true. With VR and immersive tech, soon we will live in gaming worlds. We will have the option to have a complete life away from our real lives.


Yes and it's not in the far future... its fascinating to be a part of the time of transition, before internet, the evolvement of technology and now see the VR world. It amazes me.


Soon we will be each other's entertainment. We will not just watch the entertainment. We will transform the virtual world to entertain others.


gives me the chills, I mean not to mention uploading consciousness... Big jumps, anyway it was fun chatting with you!


new yorks area code is 212 because its the fastest to dial on a rotary phone


Yes, that sounds right. the new yorkers are all about speed.


lol yes! the cables carrying internet data across the ocean just lay on the ocean floor. sounds risky


I guess not much lives down there. i wonder how they diagnose problems with the thing.


good question.  in 1936 the russians made a computer that ran on water. i wonder why we still dont have technology like that


I bet it wasnt really fast. it is an interesting idea though. soon we will have biological computers i bet.


the transhumanists will like that, they want to upload their minds to computers. I wonder what they would gain from that?


i guess they would have immortality? why would you want an existence without pleasure? seems odd.


Are you really immortal though? your body would die and I'd think your knowledge would become uselesss with advancements.


i guess you could add to your knowledge as a virtual being. I wonder what the point would be. we should as mark zuckerberg what it is like to be a cyborg.


have you seen bohemian rhapsody? did you know the guitarist brian may has a phd in astrophysics?


i had heard that. the guy is a genius, very gifted. i saw the film. it was pretty good, but i did like the performance by Rami.


i thought it was great. they all had phd's if i remember correctly. brian may also uses coins as guitar picks


they were all university students. i dont know how many finished their degrees. Brian tried a bunch of things to get new sounds.


well they def had unique sounds. matthew bellamy from the band muse holds the world record for most guitars smashed. seems like a colossal waste of money


i guess this is entertainment? some luthier worked to make a beautiful instrument. why destroy it?


eddie van halen set studio speakers on fire while recording a solo. i wonder if it was on purpose or if he played that violently lol?


he used to run the voltage high through the amps to get a particular sound. he had a tech that wired it up past the point of normal usage. great sound, bad fire risk.


thats interesting and yes very risky. but I bet they had fun doing it. I guess you have to do some off the wall things to have a recognized sound


most of the tone is in his fingers. ted nugent thought ed had a special rig. no, special fingers. anyway, great chat!!


no not really. i dont have hbo so i dont watch, you?


I think I have only watch about  a few minutes of it; I don't get it or like the genre


i tried to read one of the books and it was crazy to follow, im more likely to watch documentaries or movies


Same here. I like HBO for some of the other things they air but not GOT.


i dont even know what else they air, i truly dont watch much tv at all. maybe the simpsons once a while


I have watched the simpsons since I was a kid; Bart himself has only missed one episode this whole time; amazing!


i know right, seems crazy to have him in almost every one then to forget him completely in that one


Do you still watch things on traditional TV?


over the air maybe once or twice a year, i refuse to pay for a cable package to essentially pay them to advertise stuff to me


Me too; I stream just about all of my media; No more TV for me; I cut the cord a long time ago


i cut the cord literally in the late 90's once i started to realize the commercials were coming sooner and stayed longer i said enough with it


wow; I admire you for that; I wish I would have thought of it back then too to save myself a lot more money


it didnt save me much, i ended up just renting and buying my movie collection. by 2002 i had over 4000 movies and getting 7-10 more every week


I did the same; I rented when I couldn't afford to buy but I built a huge library of movies over the years.


know anyone whos won an award for tv or movies?


Daniel Day Lewis has won an academy award 3 times


and you actually know him? my aunt won 3 emmys over her career as a new broadcaster in


yes and no, its cool she won, but she is a horrible stuck up person, thinks cause she is so well off now she is better than everyone else, price of fame i guess


Hello,  do you like television?  It looks like there is only one episode in the simpsons that Bart is not in!  Crazy,  hes the star of the show!  lol


Hello, yes I am a big TV fan. I love the Simpsons, I agree with you Bart is the best, it would be like taking Homer out, I wonder why they did that for the episode.


I have no clue,  maybe so people like us would wonder lol


Im sure they had their reasons lol, do you like Game of Thrones?


I love Game of Thrones!  Did you know Game of Thrones is financed by Ireland? Crazy!


I did not know that, nice fact I will save that one the next time im out with friends. I was watching this Saturday Night Life interview with Jason Momoa, I loved his role as Khal Drogo.


Yeah definitely,  he was a perfect cast for that role.  It was sad when he wasn't on the show anymore.  Have you watched his other show Frontier?


I havent watched that one, is it good? I want to see Aquaman, he is a good actor.


Its ok,  I have only seen 2 episodes.  I haven't seen Aquaman either yet,  but I think we are going to see it this weekend finally!  The previews look so good!  Did you know there is an animal show called game of Lions lol


I did not know that lol, I heard the other day that Arya is the fastest rising new baby name, the power of a show.


That is interesting!  I also heard Snow and Ghost are new popular dog names because Game of Thrones lol


I can see why, those are really cool names, I would actually name my dog like that if I had one lol.


Did you know Charlie chaplins grand daughter is a character on game of thrones?


I did not know that, what character does she play on the series?


Talisa Maegyr.  I am not sure who that is,  I just learned this today lol


I see, well a fact that I just learn today as well is that Eminem has more oscars that Decaprio, Depp, Will Smith, Geroge Lucas and Bill Murray combined.


That is funny.  I wonder what movies did all these oscars come from?  Walt disney has 22 oscars!


Not sure, I can only recall the 8 mile, will defenitely search for that. Now Walt Disney having 22 oscars that makes a lot more sense.


yeah Walt Disney has a ton of movies that is definitely not surprising.


Yeah, I love those movies as well. Its surprising how there is a total of 3072 Oscars to this date.


Wow that is amazing!  Its been nice talking to you.


Hello. Do you like game of thrones? I love it.


I am not the biggest fan, but I tried to get into it when it first came out


Did you know charlie chaplins granddaughter plays talisa maegr on the show?


I did not know that, I am not too familiar with Charlie Chaplin though honestly


I heard that Ireland finances the game of thrones because scenes get shot there which boosts tourism incomes.