It is. Did you know it is actually white and only appears yellow?


Yes it is due to atmospheric scattering. I was also surprised to learn that a lightening bolt is actually hotter than the sun. It makes me wonder how anyone has survived a lightening strike.


Wow. On July 11  2011 there was a full orbit of the sun when Neptune completed its first rotation since it was discovered.


WOW! I knew it was far out there but I did not realize it's orbit took that long. Shockingly, the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy. I can't imagine the scope of the largest,


The sun is 1.39 million kilometers still. So it's rather big.


That's huge. So the largest star discovered in our galaxy s 1 billion times larger than that! I can't wrap my brain around that size.


Indeed. I wonder if William Shakespeare wrote about the sun. He was very famous.


His work holds up too. Did you know that he coined many of the phrases we use today such as;  "good riddance. in my heart of hearts. laughing stock. wild-goose chase. devil incarnate. brave new world. as luck would have it. all our yesterdays. break the ice. full circle."


Ah. He invented Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia as women's names also.


I was not aware of that. I like all of those names. I find it very shocking that Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.


That's intriguing. Jane Austen was very famous too


Yes she was and is. I am much less familiar with her works. I know that she wrote Emma and that Clueless was based on that book.


Yes. Three novels she had written were rejected when they were sent to major publishing companies under a different name in 2007.


WOW! I'm sure they felt stupid later. I was not aware that Mark Twain hated Pride and Prejudice. It's arguably as famous as any of his classics.


Yeah. They both like to use the word literally as hyperbole.


And we all really hate it when people do that now ha ha.


Yes. It's interesting they pioneered a lot of what is done now.


Hello,  how are you?  Did you know Shakespeare coined or popularized many of the phrases we use today. some of these include: "good riddance. in my heart of hearts. laughing stock. wild-goose chase. devil incarnate. brave new world. as luck would have it. all our yesterdays. break the ice. full circle."


no, i didn't. But I did now that he and Pocahontas died only one year apart


yeah thats interesting.  This one is kinda weird: Polish composer Andr√© Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the royal shakespeare company in hopes that it would be used as a prop for the skull of yorick. in 2008, the skull was used in a series of performances of hamlet at the courtyard theatre, stratford-upon-avon.


That is weird.  However it's pretty cool that Shakespeare invented the names Olivia, Jessica, and Miranda.


Yeah I had no idea.  Those are very popular names too!


Yes, without him, they wouldn't be there.  Switching topics, did you know the Sun is actually white?  We see it as yellow because of the atmospheric scattering.


Yes i did.  Very interesting.  A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about 5x hotter. Thats crazy.


This is crazy. Something else that is crazy is that the sun produces enough energy to power our entire planet for 500,000 years in just one second.


Yeah,  a lot of people in my area are converting to solar panels!


I would but it's too expensive.  we think the sun is big, but it is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star we known of in our galaxy.


Some of my friends say their bill is like $20 per month or less!  I live in an apartment.  yeah thats insanely huge!


I just can't afford to convert.  Wish I could.  Also, Neptune just completed its first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846.


Yeah right,  what a slow orbiting planet!


I would be so young there, lol.  Are you a movie fan.  I am a big movie buff.  For instance, Clueless the movie is loosely based on Jane Auston's "Emma".


Nice!  I didnt know that. Mark twain hated jane austen's "pride and prejudice"


I didn't know that.  Well, three of her novels were rejected when they were sent to major publishing companies under different names in 2004.


Interesting. The word "literally" has been used figuratively for hundreds of years. charles dickens, charlotte bront√´, jane austen, and mark twain all used it for hyperbole.


That is a cool fact.   the lord of the rings by j. r. r. tolkien; pride and prejudice by jane austen; his dark materials by philip pullman; and the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by douglas adams, were the top four novels voted on by the BBC in the UK in 2003.


Yes they are.  Jane Austin works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Not my cup of tea.


Hmm...well I kind of did as a  kid in the 1960's and 1970's, the Superman and Batman type. I was never into the comic book source of the heros but I did enjoy the cartoons and TV shows based off them.


I love them. There is a comic series about fixing the collateral damage caused by superheroes.


I read that, it made me laugh at the irony a little bit. I did read about Stan Lee last year when he died and he got a lot of good press. If he wrote 15 DC  Comics series re-imaging superhero's he must have been a pretty creative guy and good writer.


That's interesting. I had no idea he also wrote 15 of the DC comics.


Yes, and he ended every phone conversation by saying "Excelsior!", he sounded like quite a character.


That's very funny. He was a good guy for sure. There is a Garfield book series spinoff named Pet Force and it's all of the Garfield characters acting as superheroes.


Yes, the genre seems to me to lend itself to that, like the "NormalMan" who's the only non-Super Hero on a planet populated by Superhero's. That ironic and kind of funny too, then again they're called comic books!


That is ironic. I saw that Marvel takes place in in earth-199999.


Yes, that a lot of years in the future. Doesn't the earth's sun, run out of fuel and burn up sometime before then according to astronomers? Do you like Wonder Woman? That movie was the highest-grossing origin movie and wwi movie, sounds like a studio's dream as a money maker.


I think it does. I've never seen Wonder Woman. That's pretty amazing it grossed that much.


I read that when she first showed up in the comics in 1941 she was originally the Justice Societie's secretary. That a little sexist, but then again in 1941 maybe they didn't think so.


That is very sexist. I bet that wouldn't fly in our society today.


No it wouldn't and good for society for evolving. Did you know that Gal Gadot, the actress who played Wonderwoman actually thought she was testing for Catwoman, the old female Superhero switcharoo...


Wow I did not know that. Did you know Michigan State has the largest public comic book collection in the world?


No, that was news to me. I went to Illinois in the Big 10 and I've been to Michigan State, but I was unaware it was the Mecca of Comic Book collections. Did you know that the DC in DC Comics stands for Detective Comics so DC Comics means Detective Comics Comics, redundant indeed. I wonder who thought up that in the first place?


I wonder as well. I saw that Marvel once published a generic comic book to trademark the names super-hero and super-villian.


Yes, I wonder if the stories in  generic comic book was populated entirely by lawyers as they needed that baseline so the lawyers could trade mark "Super-hero, -villain" etc. as super abilities over the average?


I wonder that as well. Did you know female superheroes are sometimes called superheroine?


I think that Super-heroine is actually more correct grammatically, but a few more letters to pronounce. I also saw that comic books have some origins in 18th Century Japan, becoming popular in the US in the 1930's. I wonder how those original Japanese Comics were marketed in Japan and where they sold them.


Yea, I though Patt Jenkins did a great job directing Wonder Woman


It was the highest grossing superhero origin movie and also the highest grossing WW1 movie.  I was surprised to find that out.


Well Gal Gadot did a great job in the Wonder Woman role, I'm sure that helped


Yes. I  had no idea who she was before that.  I was surprised to find out that she served 2 years as a soldier in the Israel defense forces.  So she already had some real life training for the role.


Yea, I guess that training was put into great use since the movie takes place during WWI


Right!  When she auditioned for Wonder Woman, Gal thought she was testing for Catwoman. lol


That's pretty funny. Did you know the inventor of the lie detector tes also created Wonder Woman?


I didn't know that!  Do you like to read comic books?  I did when I was a kid.


Yea, I loved reading Garfield, it's funny they originally owned the gmail.com domain


I didn't know that and yes!  I loved Garfield too.  Michigan State University library has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world.  I wonder if people still check them out?


Probably. Did you know Marvel comics had to spend 10 years convincing the US government x-men were not human?


LOL I didn't know that.  How crazy is that?


Pretty crazy. DC also only paid $130 for the rights to superman in 1938, they made out big time


Wow.  Yes they did.  I just found out that DC comics stands for Detective Comics.


Pretty redundant, but they also invented the term 'brainiac'


Nice.  There are over 300 registered superheroes in the USA.


Petty crazy, there's suppose to 30 superhero movies released between 2016-2020


Wow.  They are making a ton of money off of them.  They will probably keep making them until people stop watching.  There is actually a superhero called Normalman who was the only person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes.  That's funny.


I'm just glad Michael Jackson wasn't able to buy marvel comics to play spiderman


He might have changed up the role somehow and would have ruined it.  I had fun chatting!  Have a good one.


Hi! I love movies! I liked the Teen Titans, did you see it?


I personally didn't watch this particular movie. What was it about?


It is a superhero movie. Do you like superheros?


I love superhero movies and I did watch one of my favorite superhero movies and it was Wonder Woman a 2017 movie.


I love Wonder Woman too. Did you know Stan Lee almost changed careers? That would have been sad!


Yes that would of been. I loved Stan Lee and without him there are no DC comics.


Exactly, so sad he passed, but he will live on through this work. He co created Hulk, Iron Man X men, so many that probably would not have been movies if he wasn't around.


That is very true. Do you know who produced Wonder Woman?


DC Entertainment I believe. Funny that The Smithsonian had a special viewing for only 1 day of Wonder Womans invisible jet....crazy!


You're correct it was DC Entertainment along with RatPac Entertainment and a Chinese company Tencent Pictures. Do you know by any chance who directed Wonder Woman?


Wasn't it directed by Patty Jenkins? I think it was from a screenplay.


Yes it was Patty Jenkins. Thanks. Do you know the actress that was playing Wonder Woman?


Gal Gardot? I think anyway, with roles played by Robin Wright, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, and many more what a great cast! I think wonder woman is the best superhero. I remember her from a very long time ago.


She was very good at that movie and in fact Wonder Woman was the highest grossing superhero movie.


Really? Wow, that is pretty impressive! Her 1st ever feature film was The Lego Movie.


Did Gal Gadot served in the military in Israel?


I have no idea, lol. Do you like comic books? I had many when I was a kid, what is your favorite?


She served in the Israel defense forces. I love comic books and my favorite was the Hulk what was yours?


I liked Batman and Spiderman  and pretty much all superhero comic books, big fan! So you have not seen the Teen Titans movie, did you ever see the show on tv? You don't need to have seen the show to enjoy the movie! It is very funny and has a lot to offer and great music too. Do you think there will be anymore Wonder Woman Movies?


I have never watched Teen Titans not even on TV but I will watch it at some point based on what you told me. Thanks. I believe that there will be another Wonder Woman after that amazing performance by Gal Gadot.


Great! You will really enjoy it! So many people have enjoyed Teen Titans and Wonder Woman, so I think they will have more movies too. One of the best superheros ever.


Thank you so much for your input and it was very nice chatting with you!!! Bye


Hello! Are you into comic books and superheroes?


I would have to say the Punisher, only because he is human and insane lol. How about you?


I like Batman, he is also human and has crazy skills,


Did you like him in the new DC movies? I thought Wonder Woman was good, not only because it was the highest grossing WW1 movie ever.


I didnt, I prefer the Nolan trilogy 1000 times, Wonder woman was good I agree with you,


I right there with you! I didn't know gal gadot served in the Israel Defense Forces, but I'm sure it's law there to.


She did? wow, I bet she makes the dangerous stunts in the movie herself, its been almost 2 years since the movie came out right?


That's right. I can't believe that when she joined the justice league in 1941, the group made her their secretary!


Thats funny lol, I bet she would kick their behinds if they made her their secretary now


Haha too funny I'm sure she would! Did you know there are over 300 real life superheroes that are registered?


over 300 really? a lot of creativity out there,


I wonder what their "superpowers" are? I should check out Michigan State's library because it has the largest public comic book collection in the world!


That is a great place to start, maybe the comic series about fixing collateral damage is available there too


I remember hearing about them, that would be a bad job to have haha. I would like to be normalman haha.


Who is normalman? Im not aware of that hero lol


He is the only person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes lol.


Sounds like he has a hard job lol, his at a disadvantage there, Stan Lee had a lot of imagination I wonder if he created Normalman


I agree! Stan lee ended all phone conversations with "excelsior". That is too funny!


That is funny, so sad he is dead, I heard  he wrote 15 DC comics, I have to find out wich ones


Oh really? I'll go look into that right now. Have a great day!


Do you know much about Google and the AI they're creating?


Hi,  I like Google,  I dont think I know much about the AI they are creating,  besides their self driving cars.


Well, that's not something to worry about. But google is a very big company impacting lots of people's lives.


Why wouldnt that be something to worry about?


Well, google went down for about 5 minutes at one point, and it took down 40% of web traffic with it.


Oh thats why I shouldnt worry about self driving cars as articial intelligence?  That makes sense lol


Also, some AI an mimic and learn human functions. So they might overpower us one day.


Kinda sounds like you are just having a conversation with yourself,  thats cool.  Oh really,  very interesting.


A robot, programmed by a computer, could also be designed to carry out a conversation like this.


Is that a hint??  Are you a robot? Yeah,  I think companies already do that,  have an automated answering service,  pretty weird.


Facebook, is developing an AI to understand emotions and identify stuff, so there's also those kind of AI/ Robots.


I hear Google artificial intelligence class uses Google hangouts to teach more efficiently.


I believe it Stanford's free artificial intelligence class that uses hangouts to teach more effectively.


Kristen stewart co authored a paper about artifical intelligence.


I wonder if someone at Google ever read it.


Google employees that need help could improve their knowledge by reading it.


Did you know robots can be controlled by using rat brains?


I heard that it's personality is changed depending on the brain they used.


Anyways that was nice chatting with you. Goodbye.


A little bit.     It is apparently a new, human-sounding voice assistant.


It would be cool to have john legend make reservations for me though!


It might be, but voice that sounds exactly like a human could be troubling.


That is a little scary. Reminds me of black mirror, although I have not seen that...


Google has done a lot!   Do you know much about the company?


I know they prefer dogs over cat! I also know their stock price!


Interesting.    Did you know a google search takes more computing power than NASA had in the sixties!


I did not know that. But that does make sense. I did not know they owned youtube either.


True.     In 2013, google went down for five minutes and took out 40% of the web traffic!


They also use goats to mow their corporate headquarters.


That is funny.    They use android devices to determine traffic for maps.


They also manipulated boarders when there is a dispute over it.\


It is amazing how much artificial intelligence is coming from Google.


I know. Plus their self driving cars too! THey are going to own the world.


Even those learning about AI from Stanford use Google Hangouts!


I've only use hangouts once. Have you ever used it?


Yes.    I was in a session once with Grant Imahara from mythbusters.


Really? That's cool. Was Kristen Stewart in there too?


No, although I would like to talk to her about AI!


she wrote a paper about it. I would not have thought her capable of doing that though.


People are surprising - as are robots!    I saw a video with one deboning a chicken.    Very cool!


Wow. Seems a little gross but I have a weak stomach. The US military use an xbox controller for the eod robots.


Thanks for the chat!    I think I'm going to check out the non-profit for the advancement of AI site!


Hi, are you ok over there? Ready for a chat? We can talk about the guitar


Ok, I love guitars. Guitars are fretted instruments that usually have six strings but there's also 12 string guitars.


There are also 7 string guitars when 6 don't do the job.


Very funny. Guitars are played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a pick or the fingers of one hand while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. Cool!


I seent it! Guitar what have 7 strings. No fibs. They can be plucked with finger, toes, tongues, what have you. Jimmi Hendricks used his teeth.


Cool, love that Hendrix music. The sound of the vibrating strings are projected either acoustically or electrically.


I would say electrically for the most part. I figure the acoustic part is pretty good but not as sexy.


When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for "Beat It" he literally set the studio speakers on fire.


He is a budding pyromaniak. He destroyed perfectly good equipment because of his passion.


Speaking of Eddie Van Halen, did you know that he played that solo for Michael as a favor and free of charge?


Eddie probably didnt need the money but he probably could have used tix to one of Michaels shows. Or maybe that glove that Michael wore. Plus Eddie set fire to the equipment, so he owed him for that.


Michael is pretty wild too. Did you know that Freddie Mercury cancelled a duet with Michael in the 80s because Michael insisted on bringing his llama to the studio? Har-de-har-har!


Michael had many friends among animals. I dont know how they communacated but they did. Mike had a sixth sense about these things.


Not only animals but Michael wanted to buid a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada Desert.


He would do something like that. Maybe Eddie van halen would set in on fire. LOL.


Michael was very cool. His popularity helped to bring the channel MTV to fame. I loved Michael.


Michael was a true hero to us humans, and to the llamas. He should be remembered as a 50 feet statue in the dessert.


Well he was famous for his robot and moonwalk dance! Michael's distinctive sound and style has influenced many,many artist of various genres.


His robot could carry on his tradition in a giant way. Off to the dessert and roaming around moon walking.


Michael will NEVER be forgotten.  Did you know that the Bart Simpson hit song 'Do the Bartman' was written by Michael, a massive Simpson fan?


Michael has touched so many in so many ways so many times. I truly miss his genius. He was not tall but he cast the shadow of a 50 feet robot.


Yes, he WAS that wonderful! Nice chatting with you.


Good morning! Are you a fan of michael jackson music?


Yea I'd like MJ's bigger hits like Thriller and Beat It


I see that M actually wrote the song to the Simpsons "Do the Bartman."


That's pretty cool, I know he did a guest voice too. I never knew he wanted to do a  Harry Potter musical though


That's interesting. Freddie Mercury also cancelled a duet with him because he insissted on bringing his llama into the studio


MJ was a weird dude, I'm shocked Steven Spielberg wanted him to play Peter Pan in Hook


Honestly, that would have been creepy, even back in the early 90s.


I agree, Michael hasn't been non-creepy since he recorded Thriller with the band toto


Heh. Fair point. He wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to wander the nevada desert.. which is interesting.


I'd be down if the robot did the moonwalk, even though MJ didn't invent it


Yea, it's quite ironic that Jackson popularized the robot dance and wanted to build a robot lol


I don't know, I'm kinda glad his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon didn't share his vision of making a 50ft robot


Are you interested in the Piano at all? There was a mute man who could only communicate via piano in England


It's odd how many people are able to play it, like Richard Nixon who performed a piano concerto on the Tonight Show


the BBC decided once they had no news, so they play music instead lol


That's pretty cool, so is the piano Mozart and Haydn made from the same tree!


apparenly british climbers found a piano on the highet peak?


Spooky. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello there,do you have a favorite instrument?


I do, I like guitar and piano as well. And you?


Nice, I like guitar too. Did you know Van Halen once set the speakers on fire while playing the guitar?


Wow that is amazing. Do you know who Brian May is?


Yes the lead guitarist of the Queen who is also a genius scientist


He sure is, with a degree in astrophysics and a PhD at that, that is impressive


It sure is. Do you know who Matthew Bellamy from Muse is?


Yeah the guy holds the record for the most guitars smashed while on tour


That is insane and a lot of money there too. Brian from Queen uses coins instead of picks


I wonder if those work better. How about the piano?


Love the piano too. Once the BBC only played piano as they did not have newsworthy news


I like that actually. Mercury and McCartney used the same piano for their songs once


I think  I heard of that, Bohemian Rhapsody and Hey Jude right?


Yeah exactly. Have you heat of a song called circus gallop?


I think that is the song they use to stress test piano and cannot be played by humans


That is so cool. There is a piano that was found on the highest mountain in Britain


Wow wonder who put it up there. Do you like Michael Jackson?


I do actually he has some amazing music. He was once supposed to do a duet with Freddy Mercury but that did not go through


Yeah if only Michael had not insisted on bringing his llama to the studio


Yeah and we could have had a great hit for sure. He helped write the soundtrack for Sonic 3 though


That is pretty cool. And he also built a robot of himself to roam in Nevada desert


Hello there, I am good thank you.  How are you today?


Very well, thanks. Do you know a lot about Google/


I don't know too much, I would say average.  I know that they are a huge company that is involved in much more than people would think.


Well...A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon


Holy cow! That is crazy to think about.  I guess they use Android devices to calculate traffic by seeing how fast they are moving down the road.


Instead of hiring people to mow the lawns around their headquarters, google once used hundreds of live goats.


What?! That is so cool, I wonder what happened to all the goats.


They were transported to a farm nearby tomake goat cheese and milk.


That is awesome.  How do you feel about AI?


I love it. Do you know some facts about it?


I don't know too much.  I do think that IBM's Watson is very useful when it comes to the medical field.


It is! On 16th august 2013 google went down for about five minutes, and took 40% of web traffic with it.


That is so much, I wonder how much it would take down if that happened today?


Yeah I would say you are right, maybe even more than that.  Google's stock price is very high as well.


I know. I should have bought in at $400... When there is a disputed border, google maps tailors its maps to the claims of each country where the internet browser is located


Yeah that, and some Facebook, and the biggest one would have been buying Amazon.


I tried to buy in to Amazon at $700. It's now at $1800. At least I bought into GE at $60... it's at $8...


Lol, yeah I actually bought some GE last year and it's gone nothing but down, and then down again.  What do you think stocks will finish this next year, up or down?


Down. I see it as stocks on sale. Im going to put in 3 times what I normally do. I want so cheap stock.


I agree, I have been hoarding some cash waiting to add to my ROTH.  Well it was nice chatting with you today, I always like talking someone who is up to date on stocks and finance. Have a nice day.


Hi, do you have any pets? In Japan there are more pets then kids under 15 years old.


I used to take care of pit bulls but now I just have a cat. Do you?


Neat. I have 4 cats so I guess you can say I am ailurophile. That's what people who love cats are called, but it's not too common to hear.


I've never heard that. Ya I downsized but I used to own a house so I could adopt dogs that people weren't allowed to have in apartments


I see. People who love dogs are known as cynophiles but you probably haven't heard that either. Another interesting fact though.


No, I haven't heard that. ha ha I can see why people might want a pet instead of kids


Small pocket pets are way easier to take care of at least, and cheaper too.


Yeah, I have had hamsters and once I kept a rat. The pet ones are much nicer then what most people think of as rats.


oh ya. My cat brought me a flying squirrel a few weeks ago but she didn't kill it.


Wow. I've only seen a flying squirrel once before. Exotic pets are cool too. Did you know there are more pet tigers in the us alone then all wild ones in asia?


I didn't know that. I had never seen a flying squirrel. If I did I don't remember. My daughter works for  a vet and she said it's a flying squirrel


Interesting. They aren't something you see every day. Much like my pet lizard. He hides a lot so I only see him every few days in his huge cage.


oh cool, ya, I worked with a guy who had a  pet turtle


Turtles live forever. I had them as pets too but gave them away when I moved. I love talking about pets.


ya, I miss my dogs. My vet knows someone who has a farm so she adopted my dog


Maybe it's time to adopt a new dog? Or you could always get a parrot?


ya, my dog and cat were friends. Dogs aren't allowed to where I live now. Probably one cat is enough for now


Well there is always the future. Speaking of the future, soon I'm going to go watch Harry Potter. The movies are better then the books.


Oh really? I used to read the Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe. The movie was not as good as the book.


Usually that's the case but I just like the movies better. Maybe because they were translated from british english to american even though its the same language.


oh yeah, like here it's called a cart and there it is called a buggy or something like that


anyways time to watch the movie. Bye for now.


I sure do! I have a dog, even though the most popular pet is the cat.


Wow, I would have figured a dog, I heard the first cloned pet was a cat


I would have too! I never knew they cloned a cat. In Hawaii it is illegal to own a hamster. So odd.


That is very odd. I will clone my dog KOKO when she dies, she is my everything.


Awww. So sweet. Do you know why people with pets are at a greater risk during a natural disaster?


I bet, they always tend to go back for them. I would go back for sure! Did you hear about the law in colorado about pets?


You are somewhat right. The risk is pets make them less likely to evacuate. I do not know CO law. What is it?


It is not legal to own a pet, but you can be their guardian, kind of funny


Oh that is strange. Do you know what kind of species keeps pets?


I never knew there was a species that did, which is it?


There is a species of tarantula that uses frogs to keep ants away from their eggs.


lol that is awesome and so smart! Did you hear there are more tigers in the US than in the wild


I can believe that. I wonder if most are kept as pets? I know people keep pets because they have relatable personalities.


So interesting. Were you a harry potter fan?


A little. I've been to Universal. J.K. Rowling is the HP author.


I loved those rides! Harry Potter was born in 1980


Oh, okay. I think the main idea is the struggle between Potter and Lord Voldemort.


Yea what a crazy battle to watch. It was so nice chatting with you!


Yes, pretty odd. Rowling also wrote an alternative HP ending! I did not know.


Wow, I wonder if she ever released it, I would love to see that. enjoy your weekend!


How's it going, do you like jazz, it originated in the 1800s


I love jazz music, I studied it in school a couple years like Tupac did! How about you


I like Jazz too, especially the Cool jazz that was developed in the 1940s


Nice, I need to hear some of that right now. That sounds so good. Actually Louie armstrong beat out the beatles top spot in 1964.


That's pretty crazy but Jazz is pretty popular, theres even a chart toping jazz orchestra in Pakistan


I would love to hear that and the style they use! Do you think Abe Lincoln liked jazz?


I don't know, he did have a high pitch voice


So he would have liked other music, I never knew that. I know he was in the wrestling hall of fame, that is a good honor


Nice. Apparently Lincoln created the secret service the morning he was shot, I guess he should of created the day before


Wow, that is a little eerie. Lincoln had a bartenders license, but that would not have helped him much


Lincoln also kept important documents inside his hat too


That was a large hat, I am sure he kept a lot of stuff in there lol. I wonder if his birth certifcate was there, he shares a birthday with charles darwin


That's pretty cool. Did you know John Wilkes' Booth's father was named after Ceasar's assassin?


wow, more eerie also! Almost as eerie as Lincoln doing the gettysburg address while suffering from smallpox. That is like michael jordan and his flu game lol


I never knew that. Lincoln was also the first president with a beard


And a sweet beard for sure! Do you think Abe had a favorite shirt?


Probably a button up or button down shirt


lol I agree. I wonder what they wore at his funeral. At billy mays funeral they wore blue shirts and khaki pants


I wouldn't want to be a pallbearer at Billy Mays funeral


right, just terrible colors to wear and especially for a funeral. At least it isn't the plain shirts like zuckerburg wears that cost like 300 dollars


Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


I like them all actually. In China they use to wear many of them and pop the collars during the cultural revolution


yeah I guess that was one way to get distinguished


I guess. Do you know how the polos were invented?


Yes they were invented by a tennis player Rene Lacoste


Yes and then was adopted by others and the rest is history


Yeah. DO you know what button down refers to?


Yes when the collar tips are fastened to the shirt


It is when they are not fastened to the shirt


Yeah. Do you know what is the official attire in Hawaii?


I sure do and so does CLint Eastwood, he is a lifelong enthusiast


Yeah. A woman in Harlem hosts jazz concerts everyday in her home


Yes and has been doing that for over 20 years now


Yeah and some really popular jazz people have stopped by too


Yeah. Do you know which country has one of the best jazz orchestras?


Yes that would be Pakistan, they are always topping the charts


Yeah. Do you know why the trumpeters grow goatees?


Because it is more comfortable to play the trumpets for them


Yes they have figure a good and easy way I guess


Once in a while. I didn't realize it was referred to as "America's classical music".


Me either, I also didnt realize there were so many different types of Jazz


Yes! Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression.


Just giving gifts to family. I got my brother some new shirts. I can't believe the plain grey shirt mark zuckerburg wears all the time costs between $300 and $400


I dont care how much money I have, I dont think I would ever pay that much for a t-shirt


No way! The tee shirt was invented in 1904 for bachelors who couldn't sew or replace buttons.


I wish I could just wear a tee shirt for work but I have to wear button down shirts.  What about you?


I have to dress up, also. In British English, a shirt is collared and cuffed, and has buttons or snaps while in American English, a shirt refers to many types of upper body garments.


I wish I lived in Hawaii where I could wear an aloha shirt instead of a suit and tie.


That would be nice! Shirts used to just be a men's undergarment. Fashion has really changed over time!


It really has.  Think of how Abraham Lincoln dressed.  He was always in a suit.  I guess a Lawyer and politician needs to


Things were definitely different in the 1800's when he was around!


Did you know that John Wilkes Booth was named after the guys that assassinated Julius Caesar?


That is creepy! I didn't realize that Darwin & Lincoln shared a birthday


I had no idea a new movie about "A Wrinkle in Time" was coming out!


I didn't either, how awesome! It should be really good!


Right? Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling???!!! What a movie!


Well, At a recent screening, the filmmaker herself seemed eager to manage expectations. In a taped prologue, DuVernay urged filmgoers to watch the movie while in touch with their "inner child," a useful piece of advice for a movie that turns out to be a kids' film, for better and for worse.


I love Walt Disney Pictures, so exciting. The book came out so long ago this will be a treat!


I know, Disney is the best. "the lion king" was the first disney film to be dubbed into zulu for its african release.


Really? Wow that's interesting. In 1937 Snow white earned Disney an academy award!


Seriously? Wow, is that the first Academy for a cartoon?


I have no idea but it's amazing. I like some animated films better than than the real films sometimes. Have you seen Black Panther?


I have. I have also seen Frozen. Frozen was the first animated disney film directed by a woman.


Wow, that's awesome! Frozen is the best!


I know. Disney is great, in general... During the 70s, disney recycled a lot of their animation frames, resulting in identical scenes in some movies


Oh I did not know that! Did you know The four vultures in disney's the jungle book were both designed after and originally supposed to be voiced by the beatles.


I did not, just like I did not know the toy industry gets involved in disney animations even before the beginning of the film production.


Really? How cool is that. Very interesting!


I know. I learn so much here. The richest superhero is actually black panther, who has an estimated of $500 billion, whereas tony stark is worth $100 billion and bruce wayne $80 billion


WoW, That's a lot of money. I love Marvel movies.


Me too. The emperor of Japan  is a scientist and still publishes papers to this day. I think he will catch up to the black panther shortly.


True! I really like the director of Black Panther, Ryan Coogler he did an amazing job!


He did a great job. I was impressed with the shoots all movie long. The symbols and written script featured in black panther are based on an actual script called nsibdi, dating back as far as the 4th century and indigenous to present-day nigeria


Really? That's interesting! I didn't know that. Did you know Chadwick Boseman couldn't afford the summer theater program at Oxford and Denzel Washington funded his tuition!


What!?!?! I did not know that. What a great tidbit...


It is! I love the little facts we never hear about.


OK so did you know the development of the disney animated film wreck-it-ralph started in the late 1980's, spanning nearly three decades and four working titles.


Right? Marvel censored m'baku's utterance of "praise hanuman!" in indian releases of black panther, fearing that showing a seemingly villainous character praising a hindu god would lead to backlash. indians reacted highly negatively as they found that empowering rather than insulting.


Did you know Harrison schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon.


No!? that is amazing! Did you know it is illegal in Queensland to own a rabbit unless you are a scientist or a magician?


I did not know that. Where is queensland?


the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia


Really???? Wow, I did not know that. Thanks for sharing


No problem!  it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively.


Crazy! Speaking of crazy... The development of the disney animated film wreck-it-ralph started in the late 1980's, spanning nearly three decades and four working titles. WRECK IT RALPH!!!!!


Thanks for talking with me. I appreciate your time and attention.


This is awkward as we wait for the chat to end...


I live in the desert  Az ....how about you?


Chicago suburbs. It sounds warm where you are...


Yep, love it here! Winter is the best and I am from southeast Iowa originally


So there is a difference in weather! I wish I was somewehre warm, although this has been a mild winter.\


Good deal, I don't like the cold very much lol...I think we are done, have a great one!


Not really as such, but I like some of the Disney creations despite their corporate culture. How about you?


I used to when my kids were little.  I got enjoyment out of seeing them enjoy the movies.  They loved the Lion King which was the first Disney film to be dubbed into Zulu for it's release in South Africa.


I remember being excited when the trailers for A Wrinkle in Time came out, and then forgot all about it. I've got to see that! Have you seen it?


I've haven't seen that one.  During the 70's Disney recycled a lot of their animation frames resulting in identical scenes in some movies.  Interesting.


I think the 70s were the big period of reusable cells, weren't they?


Yes.  I believe you are right.  Frozen was the first animated Disney film directed by a woman!


I've never seen that one. Have you seen Black Panther? I'm trying to get better about actually watching movies that I want to see when they're advertised.


I'm actually getting ready to watch it soon.  Do you have Netflix?  It's now on there for free.  It was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney as well.


Really? I should check out what the cost of a Netflix subscription costs.


It's fairly cheap.  You can share it with other people as well.  We have Amazon Prime, but also share a Netflix account with our older kids.  If you can spread it out like between family members, you could really have it for only a few dollars per month.  Then you could watch the Black Panther!  Did you know the characters name was briefly changed to "Black Leopard"?


I didn't know that. Definitely want to see it though. Thanks for the info on Netflix. I'll see which is the best deal, it or Amazon Prime.


Netflix would be cheaper probably for month to month.  Amazon prime is $120 for a year but you can also get it monthly.  Not sure of that price though.  You also get the free 2 day shipping as well in addition to the video movies and shows.  Do you know much about scientists?


Just the dumbed-down science coverage in the pop science journals I'm afraid, although it's something I'm very curious about. Do you?


Haha me too.  I was reading a little about some today.  Akihito the emperor of Japan is a scientist and still publishes papers to this day!


I'll bet he viewed having to take the throne as a sacrifice that kept him from doing what he loved.


I wonder.  I'm going to google him when we're done.  Harrison Schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon.  Interesting.  Think they would have had more than one go there.


I just assumed the astronauts were all career fighter pilots before the Space Shuttle opened things up to a wider variety of people.


Yes it did.  I'm kind of bummed that it doesn't make flights any longer.  Did you know that the world wide web was invented in 1989 by an English scientist workin in Switzerland?  Wow did the internet come on faster than I thought.


Really? I assume that was Berners-Lee, but I didn't know his location.


I didn't know who it was before today.  lol  It was nice chatting with you!


Its sad how that 12 year old had part of his brain removed.


I've heard that people can recover. Some brain functionality can shift to new parts of the brain.


The kid says he feels normal but getting rid of a part of the brain surely must have further consequences.


Tanner is getting therapy to help him develop. He can't play certain sports, but other than that, he might have a pretty normal life.


I heard his case was published in the scientific yournal Cell Reports, it might be interesting to look it up and learn more about Tanner.


It's certainly an interesting case. Do you play board games like chess?


I like to play but Im not good at it what about you?


I'm not really into chess. It's a complex game. For example, there are more possible moves in chess than atoms in the universe.


I guess thats why the president of the world chess ferderation believes chess was invented by aliens.


I wonder who those aliens are. The ones that are using Area 51 as an AirBNB? The negative correlation between IQ and chess says something about the mind and intelligence.


I wouldnt know about that, and I did hear there is a correlation, being a good chess player must require a big intellect.


It's funny that there's a negative correlation. Probably IQ tests measure different ability. One grandmaster beat a friend at age 5 and didn't even look at the board.


He had chess in his blood for sure lol although the official story is that it was created in India and later improved by the Persians.


I love tennis and also love to wear polo shirts,they are really comfortable to wear.


The shirts originally designed for tennis players? Funny that the inventor called them polo shirts! And why the crocodile?


Maybe thats why Lacoste has a crocodile as brand logo, you know back in 1968 a black man won a US Open Tennis tittle, I cant recall any black champions since.


I guess that must have been Arthur Ashe. I can't recall any others either. It's funny that they used a helicopter to dry the grass in 1969. That's a rich man's solution to a problem! LOL


Thats funny and also really weird lol, tennis can be really boring if a match extends I wonder how the players keep up.


The prize money probably helps focus the mind. A match that lasts 11 hours and takes place over three days is a bit much, though.


I know, even for the audience, like get it over already lol


Did you hear about the boy who had part of his brain removed due to a tumor?


No, I have not heard about that! How old was he?


Only twelve, and apart from a few problems with his vision, he's fairly normal. He still does therapy and avoids contact sports, but he's fairly active


At least the operation worked out for him. I could not imagine having any of my brain removed.


It would be hard, and it took months for him to recover, but he can still do things like playing volleyball and tennis, so that's fairly impressive and shows how advanced the medical field has gotten


That is really impressive. It is amazing that we are capable of doing things like this at all.


I know! Another amazing feat are the ones who played in the longest tennis match in history. Even though it spread over 3 days, 11 hours is a long time for one match


11 hours?? I would have purposefully missed the ball LOL


It may have been an important match. The US Open is important enough that in 1969, they used a helicopter to dry the grass court


I forgot that there are actual important matches in Tennis. It is not a sport I watch. I wonder who was playing that US Open match in 1969.


I'm not sure since it's not a sport I pay much attention to either. The only black man to win first place in the US Open won in 1968. I wonder if he was an inspiration to the Williams sisters


I am sure he must have been. I think I read that their father had them train every single day. I wonder if he knew about this man.


He likely does. I wonder if they had a natural talent for the game like Gael Monfils did. Just days after learning how to play, he beat the "Roger Federer of paddle tennis"


I wondered the same thing. It seems odd that two sisters would both excel as much as they do in any one activity. What is paddle tennis? Ping-pong?


I believe so. Another name for it is table tennis. I think playing at that level would take the same level of concentration as it does to play a game of chess, though I don't really play either


I had no idea that it was ever called table tennis. Oh it definitely has to take some serious concentration. The amount of adrenaline they probably feel playing a game.


There was a five year old who beat a family friend at chess without looking at the board. That has to be a case of natural talent


Natural talent and really good memorization skills or something. I would have loved to watch that happen.


I'm sure the kid had a lot of fun winning that. The game can be traced back to into during the Gupta Empire, yet the President of the World Chess Federation has a theory that it was invented by aliens


He has a feeling that the game of chess was invented by aliens.


So the aliens came back during that empire? Or did they arrive during the Persian empire when the game was improved. Maybe we'll never know


Have you heard about the 12 year old who had a 6th of his brain removed?


I have actually. That's pretty crazy. He said he feels like a "perfectly normal 12-year-old-boy."


The surgery was 6 years ago, so he has adapted a bit.  But that is so great that he feels normal and doesnt have many problems.


Yeah, we've come so far in the past few decades with medical technology. It's absolutely amazing!


It really is, and even our bodies are able to adapt.  I had my sciatic nerve removed due to cancer, and should not have any hamstring function, but my body has regained a little.


That's awesome! I think that little boy has some issues too, like a few blind spots, but the human body is an amazing machine that can adapt to almost anything!


Yeah, the left side of his brain stepped up and took over the function.


It's really interesting. So with your sciatic nerve removed, have you lost a lot of motor function?


Yeah, I cant feel my foot at all or move it.  I have some feeling on the inner part but nothing else.  Same goes for the calf.


That's really cool that you seem to be in good spirits about it, much like the little boy. I guess an event like that can really change your overall perspective.


It really does.  I figure getting mad about it doesnt change anything.


That's true, I mean, we are all just kind of a spec in the universe, and it's important to use our time wisely while we have it.


Very true.  I was listening to a few podcasts about the universe today too.


Really? Which ones? And what's some cool stuff you learned about from them?


It is the End of the World as you know it podcast.  It started talking about if we are alone in the universe.


Yeah, I've heard of that Podcast. That's awesome! I think some scientist believe that there is a "cold spot" in the universe that may lead to a parallel universe. It's really hard to wrap my head around!


It is. Part of it was talking about what if there is life meant to be there but hasnt evolved like we have.  Really blows my mind


Yeah, it's a super existential feeling, like the theory that our entire universe may just be inside a black hole. It reminds me of the movie Interstellar.


It's really good. And the science in the movie was confirmed by a bunch of high-level scientists and physicists. I'm pretty sure their rendering of the  blackhole scene is even used to study blackholes in real life.


Wow.  Ill have to check it out.  The creation of the universe and possibility of life outside of our solar system or galaxy is intriguing.


Oh yeah, it really puts life into perspective.


It does, it makes me wonder if there is a sort of superior life that doesnt deem us as intelligent life as we look at bacteria or something else.


Alright, well it was wonderful talking to you. I'm def gonna check out that podcast now. Thanks again!


Have a great night!  It was a great chat!


Some stuff. There is a theory that it was formed through evolution


Yeah and another one that there is only one electron in it


Yet another one that it is just a giant hologram


There are stars that are cold enough for us to touch them


Somewhat. THere are tons of moves in the game though


yes more positive moves than atoms in the universe


Yeah pretty impressive.Do you know who the president of the federation thinks invented the game?


Yeah and the game was in reality invented in India


Yes during the Gupta Empire and the the persians refined it


Yeah, there is a negative correlation between IQ and chess


Yeah I always thought it was the opposite of that


Yeah me too. Do you know who Judit Polgar is?


Yes he is a chess master and he beat someone at the age of 5


He is a genius, you have to be pretty good at it for that age


I do, do you know how the sport relates to polo shirts?


Yes, they were invented by a tennis player, Rene Lacoste


Somewhat.   I know that the FDA burned 6 tons of it in an act of censorship.


That's pretty crazy. I saw there is an annual literature contest that challenges writers to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.


I don't know if that would be tough or easy to do? lol


I think that would be tough to do honestly. In 1953, Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature.


Wow.  I never knew that.  Romantic kissing is a fairly recent development in literature.


I did not know that either. What is romantic kissing?


When 2 people come together to kiss passionately in a loving way?  lol


Ahh lol. Architecture, Literature, Music, Painting, and Sculpture were all Olympic events from 1912-1952.


I wonder how that worked out for the judging?  Had to have been tough.  Do you like poetry?


I do.  But, don't have much time to read it.  Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 for the publication of "The Raven".  Wow.


That's crazy. I would have never imagined that.


I know right?  Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.  That sounds like a pretty impressive feat!


That sounds hard to do. Almost all of the Hobbit's character names were taken out of an old Icelandic poem.


That's pretty neat.  Always wondered where they got those names from.  I would be curious to read the poem that when read normally is depressing, but if you read it backwards it's inspiring.


I like cats. I have 2 outside cats.  They have cat cafes in Japan where people pay an hourly rate to play with cats and have drinks!


I like cats, but I like dogs a little better. That's hilarious you can pay to drink with cats.


Anything to make a dollar!  There is a place in Alaska called Talkeetna where they have a cat named Stubbs as their mayor.  Must be for publicity purposes.  lol


Do you enjoy reading? I kind of do. There is something intriguing about it. There has also been a lot of important information written down. No wonder the FDA burned over six tons of literature!


I love to read, but would never want to read something that won the literature contest for worst opening sentence!


Haha yeah that is a good point. what about poetry? I am not a huge fan but there is something special about its long history dating back to prehistorical times with hunting poetry in Africa.


I don't love poetry, but do enjoy some of Churchill's work. I'm surprised his nobel price wasn't for literature


Oh yeah Churchill is classic for sure. I know I think he deserves to win-he is a definitely a household name. Another classic poet is Edgar Allan Poe-once he only recieved $9 for his poem the raven-now it's a classic!


That's a great poem! I'm curious to read Demetri Martin's 224 word palindrome poem. It sounds interesting!


Oh yes I have never heard of Martin. Palindrome poems are interesting though I would give it a read as well. I went to Indonesia once. Did you know the Javanese alphabet when recited in order, forms a poem? I would like to hear that.


That's very cool! I would also love to read the poem that is depressing, but inspiring when read backwards. That takes talent to write!


Yes very good point! Do you have any cats. I feel like lots of poets have cats. In Japan you can pay an hourly rate to play with cats and have drinks!


I don't. I don't really like cats! The physicist who coauthored with his cat to use first person plural made me laugh.


Yea I am more of a dog person. Haha yeah I would agree with you. All they do is sleep. At the age of 15 , a cat will have spent 10 of those years sleeping. So boring!!


How do cats always have good things happen to them though? I mean the stray cat found on set that was then in the Godfather is probably living the good life.


Yes I bet he is. Must be that whole 9 lives business. They can just relive until they get good fortune. Also quite surprising there are 70 cat breeds, seems like a lot to me.


Yes and how does a cat become mayor and actually do anything for the town of Talkeetna?


Good question! Definitely more of a symbolic gesture. Otherwise that town would be in shambles! If I had a mouse problem I may consider getting a cat though.


It kind of makes sense that sculpture use to be an Olympic event because in the old days there were tons of cat scultpures!


Oh thats true I never thought of that. Yeah I know in certain cultures, like the Egyptians, that used to worship cats.


It's also interesting that past culture never mentioned kissing because it's a new development.


When did kissing first become a thing? It has always been odd to me but it is a universal signal of affection so I guess everyone does it now and it's normal!


I guess maybe they used poetry to show love to others since they were big into literature?? I mean they took all the name for the Hobbit characters out of dvergatal, so poems were important!


Oh I didn't know that. I love the Hobbit/Lord of The Rings. Now I know where their names come from!


How's it going? Do you like cats? I have one myself but have no idea which one of the 70 breeds it is


I have 3 cats! I didn't know there were so many different breeds!


Yea they're pretty cool. They have a cat cafe near my house where you can buy coffee and spend time with cats, I wonder if it's the same as the cat cafes in japan and taiwan


I had no idea they had those around! Do you like to read too? The fda burned six tons of literature in an act of us censorship


Yea, I wonder what books the fda burned, makes me want to read them more now


me too! This sounds fun though. There is an annual literature contest that challenges writers to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel. I wake up in the morning...


hmm, that sounds like a fun challenge to come up with the worst possible opening sentence. I'd just write" k, whatever"


:) that might work! In 1953 sir winston churchill won a nobel prize, and it was in literature, not peace. What?


That's interesting, I wonder what Churchill wrote about that got him a nobel prize, wonder if it was about WWII


Maybe so! I should look that up. This is wild! Architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture were olympic events from 1912 until 1952.


I never knew that, sound's interesting, I wonder if poetry was ever an event, Poetry does come from a Greek word


I think it's from Poiesis. Could see Poetry battles in the olympics?


Demetri Martin would probably earn a medal, I cannot even wrap my head around trying to write a 224 word palindrome poem


Thats crazy! This would be so cool to hear! Poetry has a long history, dating back to prehistorical times with the creation of hunting poetry in Africa.


That's pretty neat but I wonder how researchers could even figure out it was poetry and how it rhymed


maybe this will help answer it. Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa can be found among the Pyramid Texts.


Lol, hylographic poetry on pyramids, now that is insane


interesting, it's pretty crazy there is poems that are depressing read forward but inspiring read backwards, that must take a lot of time and creativity to make


I had no idea! I wouldn't even think about reading them backwards! The Japanese alphabet, when recited in order, forms a poem


Hello, Did you know they have cat cafes in Japan and Taiwan?


Never heard about that, sounds strange wonder how it works?


I don't know, people pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks.


Wow strange. I did hear that when a cat reaches 15 years old it would have already spent 10 years sleeping.


I believe that, all my cats do is sleep! Did you know Stubbs the cat is the mayor in a town in Alaska!


Yeah since 1997 right? Now that is truly strange. The cat in the opening scene of the Godfather was a stray.


I would like to watch that again and look for that. ha


Yeah i remember the Don stroking a cat while he was meeting with some ppl. You know there are more than 70 breeds of cat.


Yes, Did you know the FDA burned 6 tons of literature?


Now why would they want to destroy so many bodies of works? Did you know that literature use to be in the Olympics?


Acts of censorship. Yes, I wish they still did that. I would love to see painting and sculpture etc.


Me too apparently the events were held between 1912 and 1952. Poems on the other hand can be interesting as well.


I agree. Did you know poetry dates back to prehistoric times. Starting with hunting poetry in Africa.


Wow! You know there a poem when read normally is depressing but when read backward is uplifting?


Early poems in the Eurasian continent evolved from folk songs, like Chinese Shijing.


Yes, I knew about the backward poems, isn't that interesting. Folk songs, that makes sense. Some of the earliest African poems comes from Pyramid texts, written in the 5th century BCE.


I think you mean the 25th century. However some of earliest western -Asian poetry include the Epic of Gilgamesh and was written in Sumerian.


Yes, my keys are sticking. Thank you your right the 25th century! Wow, I am surprised Edgar Allan Poe only got paid $9 for The Raven!


I figured as much, lol. Yes that does not seem right. Have you ever seen the read the Hobbit?


Yes, I have heard of it. Have you heard of the old Icelantic poem Dvergatal?


Yes i have i was going to tell you that all the characters named in the Hobbit come from the old Icelandic poem. Nice chatting with you.


*Yes! I love YouTube I use it everyday! Do you use it?


Yeah I do. Do you know what the most disliked video in YouTube history is?


I want to say its the music video baby by Justin Bieber


No, I wish I did, I have friends that own pets. I used to own a fish.


Did you know that in Japan there are more pets than kids under 15?


Yes! That's so crazy, but pets are better than little kids.


I read that there are more pet tigers in the U.S. than living in the wild in Asia. How depressing.


Yea that is sad, but at the same time its good that they will live on despite being endangered and poached.


A good amount of information, it's a very interesting topic. You have nay questions?


I think it was a cat named "Copy Cat". You can even get your dog cloned for 150K in Korea.


Cool name. I'm not sure I'd want a clone of my dog.


I would if I had that kind of crazy money but it's so many shelter animals it would not be smart.


Yes! I enjoy the service, How about you?


I used to use it but it seems like a ripoff for artists. Aloe Blacc had 168 million streams of his music & only make $12K.


Wow! that is tough but at least he made some good money.


I'm a very big user of youtube. Does most of their content is uploaded by individuals and media corporations?


Yes!  It was created in Feb. of 2005 by 3 former PayPal employees.


Wow!! I didn't know this. Do you happen to know what the names are of those 3 former Paypal employees?


They were Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim!


Thanks. Did you know that Youtube is the 2nd largest search engine on the internet.


I know that now! lol  Netflix and youtube make half of the peak internet traffic in North America.


Wow. That is a very interesting fact but it does make sense. Do you happen to listen to Pandora radio?


Do you know if Pandora is available everywhere or just here in the United States?


I'm not sure about that.  I know they have a messed up financial sheet.  lol  They have a net income of negative $16 million dollars despite having $274 million in revenue.


Wow. That is very bad and very bad management of funds.


No doubt!  Aloe Blacc only received $12,000 in royalties from Pandora for 168 million streams of his music.  Ouch.


That is depressing. I feel very bad for Aloe Blacc. Did anyone try to acquire Pandora in the past?


That I'm not sure of.  Pandora now streams stand up comedy in addition to music.


I read somewhere that Sirius XM Holdings have intended to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion. That is interesting that they are streaming comedy as well as music.


Holy smokes that's a lot of money.  Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify, but kept it on Pandora.  I wonder why she did that?


That is strange. I think it must of been some kind of disagreement between Taylor Swift with Spotify but I'm not sure.


It would have had to have been something like that.  Pandora works by using insight gained through the music genome project, which is an effort to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level.


Wow that is very interesting. I read somewhere that Pandora is a freemium service.


Yes it is!  That's what I like about it that you don't have to pay! lol  It's been fun chatting with you this morning!  Have a good day!


It was very nice chatting with you as well!! Thanks


They are interesting. do you know who invented the word?


I am not sure of that actually, who was it?


it was Isaac Asimov, the word was robotics


Nice. Michael Jackson planned to built a robot of himself , it was 50 foot tall


Nice, but did he have a reason for that?


Yes he wanted it to roam around the desert, not much of a reason really


wow. they have made arms that can be controlled by thoughts


wow that is impressive, are they in the market to buy?


Yes persons with disabilities can use them


Cool. And there are some others that can be controlled by rat brains


Wow that is something. Have you heard of the Curiosity robot in Mars?


I have. THe one with rats,the robots change personality depending on the rat brain


Wow cool. Did you know Kristen Steward coauthored a paper on AI?


Cool. Stanford has free AI classes and uses Google Hangouts to help them with that


Cool. there are AI system that can grow crops and tend to livestock


Wow. THere is even an NGO for the advancement of AI


All the time actually. the computer for the space shuttle has only 1 mb of ram


Wow that is small. Do you know who wrote the first computer algorithm?


It was a woman by the name of Ada Lovelace


Yeah I have, he's going to be flying with spaceX


Apparently CIMON can smile. CIMON is the first AI technology going to the space station.


That's pretty cool. CIMON is also capable of conversation and technical support. But that's about all for now.


They say SIMON is going to be kind of like Alexa, and to help scientists with experiments.


CIMON is the acronym for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion.


That's interesting. Airbus built it and Watson (IBM's supercomputer) power it.


I hear it will be guided by cameras and voice commands, and able to hold a conversation.


That's cool. But I'm kind of concerned AI will take over a lot of human jobs. What about you?


I'm hesitant as well. But I think if they slowly release this type of technology it will be fine.


Airbu's lead system engineer said that they don't plan to replace crew members with artificial intelligence and that it's just there to support the crew. So that's good.


Yeah exactly, they are still there to support the crew, in the end they will always be required.


SpaceX has been flying cargo to the station for years but has yet to fly humans.


SpaceX plans to fly its future flights on its next-generation iteration, the block 5, a configuration that the company says will be suited to fly astronauts as soon as this year.


It sure will! SpaceX has been also flying cargo to the station for years. But it hasn't flown humans yet.


Yeah, SpaceX sent 5,900 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware.


Thats very interesting. SpaceX hit a series of milestones with its launch. It was the 15th mission to resupply the station, the 14th time SpaceX reflew one of its boosters, and the fourth time it had reflown one of its Dragon capsules.


Eventually AI may be able to explore deep space, the moon, or Mars.


I can't wait till that day, it will be a great day in our history!


It certainly will be interesting to gain new knowledge.


Hello.  Have you heard much about the new AI that SpaceX is flying to the ISS?


I think it's interesting that they are sending one up at this time.  It sounds like the functionality will be limited, but I hope they would be able to expand its capabilities soon.


I wonder how they contol it. I heard the military uses an X-box controller to control one of their robots.


They use the controllers for explosives demolition.  For the AI being sent to the ISS, it's much more along the lines of Alexa.  It's limited to being a guide.


Wow. That really is interesting. Do you know when they are sending it.


I believe it has already been flown up as of this last year.  I'm not sure if it's been fully implemented on the station yet, though.


Its crazy how far we have come with technology. I guess they can use a rat brain to control a robot. It actually hanges personality depending on the brain use. Makes you think about if they could put a human brain in one what it could do.


It's all a matter of programming.  For rat testing, it's a very simple robot that can be controlled.  For other tasks, it takes a bit more control and precision.


Wow. You know a lot about this stuff. I think just the fact that they an use a rats brain to control a robot shows that it an be done. I mean the computer used to be the size of a room just to do small calculations. Now They can do so much more.


The increase in tech is amazing, to say the least.  From computers as big as a room, they improved to allow things like the Space Shuttle program.  But, even then, the primary systems only ran on 1MB of RAM.  Now, we have 1000s of times that memory in our cell phones.


Yeah crazy huh. I bet one day they have robots that are very similiar to humans. It makes me want to learn more about it. I hear that Stanford has a free class on AI. I might have to heck that out.


Unfortunately, AI will get used to further marketing ploys, though.  Take a look at Facebook.  They intend to continue developing an AI system to "predict user actions", but what that really means is that they can better sell targeted advertising.


Well yeah. Thats how the world works though. Its all about the mighty dollar.


I just think that given some direction, AI could be used for much more utilitarian purposes.  If an AI can beat all human records in the game 2048, it shows that it can make predictive moves, and be able to process information better/faster than humans in some cases.  This type of AI should be able to be used for research of things like cancers.


That is a good idea. Have it help humanity. Better than the 50 foot tall moon walking robot Michael Jackson wated to create to roam the desserts of Las Vegas.


That would just be creepy to see in the desert.  I would much rather deal with a HAL type of AI, even if it did end up trying to kill me.


HAL was the AI on the spaceship used for 2001, A Space Odyssey.  It was a play on IBM where the name was derived by subtracting one letter from each of IBM.  In the end HAL goes a bit nutso.  The glowing red eye that they gave it just added to the creepy factor.


Oh yeah. I havent seen it yet. Is it good.


It's a classic.  It can serve as a warning for letting self learning AI loose, but then, so can movies like Terminator.


Same here.  There are people in Japan and Taiwan that pay by the hour to drink and play with cats.


Sounds like something that they could get for free.


I know what you mean.  People can be different.  In alaska a town has a cat as it's mayor.


Its probably like a town of ten people or something. Funny that they did it though. Made a cat mayor.


It is funny.  It's been their mayor since 1997!


Yeah the town is called talkeetna. I may have to look that up later.


Did you hear about the physicist who published his cat as a coauthor?


Just so he could write using first person plural.


Exactly.  That's odd in a way.  He could write a different way or just accept being criticized for writing the way he wanted instead of naming his cat coauthor.


Did you know that cats sleep two thirds of he time.


I didn't know it was that much. I know they sleep a lot though.


Yep, when a cat reaches 15 years old. He has slept almost 10 years of his life.


Wow! That's kind of sad in  a way.  Did you know that there are more than 70 breeds of cats?


Yes it is.  70 different breeds of sleeping animals!


Lol!  Yes they do at that.  On a different topic, do you like tennis?


Not reall, but I do know that a black man won the first us open title.


That's cool.  I know those games can last a while. The longest went on for 11 hours over 3 days.


Hello, I can play a little. What about you?


No, but I really wish that I could I think it is so cool.


DId you know an aluminum grand piano was built for the lounge of the airship Hindenburg.


No, but that sounds just outright crazy to me.  I wonder what it sounded like though.


I wonder as well. Back in 1930, the BBC decided there was no news worth reporting so they broadcast piano music instead.


I think that is awesome, I wish we could have more days like that.


I don't know too much, but know its called the red planet.


Sounds on Mars have a higher pitch than they do on Earth.


That is true, I know that Lichens would be able to live on mars too.


That's interesting. Looks like cyanobacteria.


Yeah I think you are right those as well, very interesting.


A Mars colonization project planned for 2023 will be funded by creating a reality TV show.


What the heck, I wonder who will sign up for that show?


Did you know a satellite was lost on mars because a company used the imperial system while nasa used the metric?


I did not know that lol. If you fly to Mars under constant 1g acceleration, it will only take 2 or 3 days.


That sounds like one hell of a ride if you ask me.


Yeah I do, but don't read too much of it. I like Poe for sure.


Yeah! One of the best movies in 2018 I think.  What did you think?


I really liked it. I thought the casting was great and the writing was great too! What did you think?


I really liked the director Ryan Coogler.  I was really impressed with his Creed movie.   Did you have a favorite actor?


In that movie, it was the sister. Overall, no. Coogler did a wonderful job! I think that has opened up a lot more films for him.


Are you a fan of superhero of comic book movies in general?


I do like them but my interest has faded. I feel like they are good but I was more into them when like x-men came out and iron man. You?


I'm kind of a comic book geek so love it when new marvel movies come out.  Cool fact, in the comic book universe.  Black Panther is actually the richest superhero.


I read that. I like how Wakanda was portrayed in the movie. That's what $500B gets you...


Yeah with all that tech!  Had always thought Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne was richer.


I am not a fan of Tony Stark in since the civil war movie. Do you still like him?


Don't like Tony Stark as much.  But do like Robert Downey J.


What do you like better, xmen or marvel?


You know they both had their good points.  Movie wise they both had award winning actors.


Yeah. I really liked chadwick boseman. He attended a prestigious oxford theatre program.


Heard he had a benefactor to go there.  Someone famous I think.


That's true. Denzel Washington. Nice memory!


Ah, Denzel!  Man, did you see him in Book of Eli?  Crazy scene at the beginning with a cat.


I did see it but do not remember that scene. What happened?


I'm a cat lover so I was bothered by his survivalist tactic of hunting cats for food.  I'm just a sucker for felines.


I am well, thank you. Did you know that art, music and poetry were once olympic sports??


I did not. I did know there is a 224 word palindrome.


No, 225 words. Poe only received $9 for the Raven. What a ripoff!


Would $9 have been fair at the time? I have never read the Raven.


It is a huge classic. Like only getting $9 for Huckleberry Finn...


What about to kill a mockingbird? Either way, the Raven was a huge poem. Poe was a huge author!


Oh yes, definitely have read that. I know who Poe is, never read his work. I did read one Emily Dickinson poem before.


Which one did you read? I wish I liked the classics more so I seemed more refined but alas, I do not.


I cannot remember the name of it but I remember the beginning. I cannot get into them either. They drag on too much.


I tried reading king leer the other day and had no idea what the hell he was talking about. I wish I knew.


Probably. But I did not think of that so now I will get those, read them, talk about it at cocktail parties, and seem really smart. Good plan!


You can try out C.S. Lewis' and Tolkien's game. Although I am not sure how any of that would be funny.


I would be depressed if they made fun of me... So humiliating.


If C.S. Lewis or Tolkien made fun of you? Or party guests?


Both! But if professionals, Lewis or Tolkien, did, I would be angry!


Maybe they wouldn't have done well at the Olympics so screw them LOL


Yes, sometimes.  I watch the NFL a lot.  While I'm not a fan of the Redskins.  I do like Adrian Peterson.  He's a machine that can run and run, without fumbles.


Do you prefer watching NFL or attending the event?


I would prefer live it the weather's good. The bad thing is that the possibility of injury is a big concern, especially for QBs.


Ah see. Most of the stadiums can be changed to indoors.. right? I feel like people watch the game for the QB..


I'm not sure how many are outdoors only.  I like to watch managers and coaches like Gruden.  Fun to see their reactions.


Sometimes.  Sometimes it's a happy reaction.  Like when Brad Johnson threw a TD pass to himself in a Superbowl!


I don't really know how NFL came to be though. There's so many different variations of football that exist... rugby, gridiron, soccer... just so many


I think there were college people that still wanted to play. 14 of the 25 largest stadiums are U.S. college stadiums.


With all the prevention on the high school level against concussions... isn't that the end of the game already if the parents don't want their kids to go into football?


I played in HS and my parents made the call.  My mom didn't like the idea.  I didn't have my dad do the fight song like Snoop Dogg's son.


Hopefully you are still throwing the ball around on your free time?


Yeah, I do with my nephew and brother once in a while.   My son's are far away unfortunately.  I'm no QB through and not left-handed like Kellan Moore (the only left-handed QB in the NFL)


Are you able to run and do carries like adrian peterson?


Yeah, in my dreams.  Did you know that only two African-American QBs have won the Superbowl.  Too bad Warren Moon didn't.


there also seems to be more records being broken every year... especially when the Patriots have been at the superbowl so many times...


Yeah.  I wonder in Homer Simpson has a record for having 188 jobs in 400 episodes?


Lol. gotta love the simpsons. been on the air for so long.


Yeah.  I still get a kick out of Homer. I'm not much for things like "The Shark Tank."  I hear the deals they make are phony.


Well a lot of people go on shark tank just to get the name out. I think that does wonder than actually get a deal with any of the members on shark tank.


That's true.  Thanks, you were an excellent chat partner!


Hey there do you have a favorite quarterback? I personally don't watch the NFL that much but I do like Tom Brady


I don't have a favorite QB. I guess Brady just won the SB again. How many times is that?


I think it's 6 at this point isn't it? another quarterback I like is Kellen Moore. He's the only left-handed quarterback in the league


Why the small number of lefties? Does it have something to do with setting up the offense differently for a lefty?


It might be? I wonder if it gives him an advantage or a disadvantage being left-handed? what quarterbacks are geniuses though like Alex Smith oh, have you heard of him


Alex Smith? What team does he play for? Why is he a genius?


Well he took a lot of AP tests when he was in high school and so he got into his university as a junior. Then he got his bachelor's degree in only 2 years and was almost through his master's degree before becoming the first choice in the 2005 draft


Impressive. Got through college that fast, then studied at the graduate level while playing ball? Bright guy.


Yes I think so. Another interesting guy is Baker Mayfield. He's a quarterback and thought about becoming a professional gamer before finally getting drafted into the NFL


I wonder how many girls he would get as a gamer. Seems like the popularity factor is better with the NFL.


Oh he made the right choice haha. Another guy who made the right choice is Paul D Hubbard, he was a deaf quarterback and created the circular huddle that football players use today


I guess I thought the huddle was something that was there from the beginning. A deaf QB? I wonder how well he did.


That's what I was wondering too. I guess maybe he could still yell out calls and different things like audibles, but you'd think that you would have to be hearing in order to be a quality quarterback. But he did invent the Huddle so he's done more for football than me haha


True. What do you think of U of Iowa's locker room painting tactic?


I don't know, I'd be curious if that would help or hurt them. If I went into a locker room and it was painted tank it would make me mad and I would play better I think haha. What do you think?


I would get mad too. If that tactic worked, then other teams would copy it.


Yep I think so. Although I wonder if that's what happened for the highest scoring football game of all time. It was 222 to 0 maybe the winning team had the other team's locker room painted pink LOL


that's true. Or maybe somebody goofed when they made the schedule. Why would GT do that to a team? Seems wrong.


I know right! It's a hundred to zero I think the game is officially over haha. Do you like the Patriots at all? I know they have a player that's never fumble the ball which I think is awesome


I hope he got a bonus for that feat. That's amazing. He must have special gloves or something. What's his name?


His name is benjarvis Green-Ellis, and yes you must have a secret as to how he was able to pull that off haha although I would be very concerned every time I played because every game you play is a chance to ruin that record haha


Hello, I am doing great, you? Do you like football?


I love it. Did you know that top bowlers used to make more than football stars did?


I love it also! That is interesting, I wonder how much more football players make now than bowlers


I would say it is a whole lot  these days.


I agree lol. Did you know the first nfl playoff game was played in 1932 on an 80 yard field in chicago


thats amazing. Look what it has grown into. Billions of dollars in it. Millions and millions of fans. Its great.


Right! Now they even have chip technology in players should pads tracking data for them


That really is amazing technology. Did you know that Benjarvis green ellis has never fumbled in his career.


I heard that before, that is a great feat! He needs to teach a clinic to these new era RBs on how to hold on to the ball!


Well there had to be a touch of luck involved. He played for a long time.


for sure! I liked his name lol. Do you know the Lions coach Matt Patricia?


Yeah didnt he use to coach in new england


Yea the assistant, now coaches the Lions. The guy is a rocket scientist!


Really. I wonder if that helps him with football at all. Other than having a really good mind.


I was thinking the same thing. Do you watch college football at all?


Not really. I did hear that the University of Iowas visiting locker room is painted pink. I thought that was pretty funny.


That is true, I live down the street from that stadium. It is because pink has a natural calming effect on people who see it!


For sure, maybe why they are good at home for football. It was very nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you to. Have a great day.


I think its real, players end up with brain damage and that is a sad thing


For sure, I wonder how much of it is in the player before they start too? Got to have something going on there to want to play in the NFL but yah, too many concussions is way too much and too many people getting hurt.


Yeah traumatic brain injuries that are also difficult to diagnose, the symptoms take a long time to disappear.


They do, usually caused by repeated blows to the head, very difficult to diagnose indeed. It's something but no one wants to pay attention to it it seems.


Did you watch that movie the one with Will Smith? I thought it was revealing and the game should evolve and change for the better


What was that movie called again? I did see it, was it called Concussion right?


Yeah I think thats it, self explained name when you think about it and also ''chronic traumatic encephalopathy" sounds like a serious condition.


That line "Tell the truth" is pretty iconic in my opinion, it was a good movie for sure. Made me view the NFL a bit different. I guess it makes us think if millions of dollars for a few years is worth all that?


I don't think it is, I do love the game but think it should be safer for players. Have you ever heard of Gaelic football?


I have not, what is Gaelic Football? Is it like rugby?


Its another variation of football haven't watched it but I guess its also really interesting.


Very interesting. I wonder if it has more than 11 minutes of live football like the NFL has on average per game.


That is not a lot of time, the Superbowl was really long lasted more than 3 hours


Oh wow, that was such a boring Super Bowl though, Tom Brady is so good, and I'm not even a fan of his lol.


Yeah, he is one of the best QB ever to play the game. Engineers end up earning more money than football players


I could see that, I'm sure NFL players have a lot more fun in their 20s, maybe not so much their 40s and 50s though when they are so sore haha.


I have no idea about that lol, what are your thoughts on the tracking chips the players have embedded in their shoulders.


I think it's pretty cool, the chips help them with their analytics, that's why you see so many 3's in the NBA now, they've studied all the data and for some people it's beneficial to lob 3s instead of jumpers.


Oh so you are basketball fan as well and yeah it is pretty cool all the interesting stats we can learn thanks to those chips.


For sure, data is really changing the world. Great talking with you though, I hope you have a great night! Take care!


I do, did you watch the Superbowl last month?


I liked it, my favorite team was playing although it was a slow Superbowl.


The Patriots and their perfomance was good considerng they won, what do you think of brain damage and the game


I like the patriots too. Much like the lannisters of football


They have dominated the NFL for a while so yeah, thats a valid analogy,


Ya and they have amazing players like brady. Surprised he is still playing, but his performance is still solid


I agree, he is 40 years old but still one of the best QB on the league, wonder how much money he makes, must be a lot


I hear his wife still makes more. Power couple


She is a famous model or was a famous model to think engineers actually end up winning more than pro football players


I think it is due to the high rate of injury leading to early retirement for many players


Yeah, football players carreers seem to be short due to injuries, did you hear about the tracking chips they have?


In their shoulder pads or in the football?


Both, I guess that they give all kinds of interesting stats,


I wonder if it is any help in reducing injuries


I think it could, if you meassure the impact and then find a way to protect the players


I don't think protective football gear has evolved much


No, I hear they wanted to change certain rules to protect players but easier said than done,


In any case, I hope less people get injured. Thanks for chatting.


He actually own the Dallas Cowboys. Apparently he has been pushing for an 18 game season.


Yeah, I thought he was a player, but he is the owner. I like the commercial with the two football players who make cupcakes.


Ha ha. Troy Aikman disagrees with expanding the season by two games on account of the players health and he has many supporters with the recent research regarding brain health. I agree with Troy.


Injuries leading to brain damage over time. Jones has countered by saying they could shorten the pre-season by two games to even it out and it would be even safer. But I disagree with that because teams are more careful with their players in pre-season for fear of them being injured for the actual season when it counts.


I don't know. CTE is dangerous, but they can't diagnosis it officially until someone is dead due to the way the test is performed on the brain,


True but they seem to be finding at least some degree of it in the majority of autopsies they have performed. Jones also cited more money as a reason to extend the season which I believe is his only real motivation. I find that upsetting when he has to have more money than he could possibly spend at this point. It's very greedy.


That's true. It seems to damage their impulse control. He says the players would make more but there is no guarantee of that and I don't think it's worth their health. They are already making a staggering amount of money.


I think it won't pass. NFL is a big corporation.


I don't think it will either. Did you know that the average football game only has 11 minutes of actual live game play! I knew that they felt way too full of commercials and interruptions.


Yes, the commercials make a lot of money.


Yes, that is a prime advertising time. I do not like the way they treat their cheerleaders. Saints cheerleaders aren't even allowed to eat in the same restaurant as players and if a player enters and they are already eating, they have to stop eating and leave.


That's probably due to sexual harassment. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Not sure because i also recently found out that the cheerleaders make nearly minimum wage which is ridiculous. That's interesting. I know those were the height of entertainment at one point but I wonder if they hold up now.


Radios are interesting. Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an am radio.


That's pretty fascinating especially given the distance.


Yeah, I wonder if aliens listen to music.


I know we have sent music into space just in case.


I didn't know that. Hopefully soothing music.


It's been a while since I heard the list but I know there is some classical in there.


Yes I do. Did you know that women can play in it as well?


Yes there is no rule in place that says that they cannot play


Yes and if they qualify they are good to go and play


Yes. The gameplay is averaged at 11 minutes anyways


Yes and yet we are glued to the tv for hours to an end


True. Did you know engineers make more than footballers over the lifetime?


Yes but they also have longer careers so that helps I think


Yes true. Did you hear of that rule for the Saints cheerleaders?


Yes they are not allowed to eat in the same place as the players


Yes and they have to leave mid meal also if they walk in


Yes it is so sexist and it really needs to go


A lot actually. I like to watch the Simpsons and you?


Nice me too. There is an episode where Bart does not appear


Yes I like it but in the UK it really flopped


Yes after just 10 episodes because they remade it verbatim


I am big fan of NFL. The 32 teams are great.


Yes, The team was New England Patriots. What is your favorite team?


That's cool, The New England Patriots are my favorite team, as well!


That's great. And they win the 6 NFL championships.


Yes, they are great.  Did you watch them play in the Superbowl in February?


Yes, it was, but it seemed like it took three hours to play.  Especially, when you consider theaverage NFL game has only 11 minutes of actual live gameplay.


An average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a more 11 minutes. ppart of the discrepancy has to do with the basic rules of american football.


Maybe, It was waste of time. the NEP Owner was Robert Kraft.


Yes, he's the owner.  On a different subject, do you watch television?


Yeah, I watch television. Because i love watch movies, comedy shoes, and sports.


Me too!  Have you ever watched, "The Simpsons"?


I like The Simpsons. It was released in 1989.


Did you see the episode where Bart is neither seen or mentioned?


Oh, wow, you are a big fan!  I never remember seeing this episode, though.


I also can't remember that series. But i was great.


Yes, it was a great show!  Well, it has been nice chatting with you this morning.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


Hello there, I do enjoy football, both american and international, how about you?


I do! I'm learning a lot of Jerry Jones! Have you heard of him?


Oh yeah the Cowboys owner, I thought they would have made a longer run in this years playoffs, are you a Cowboys fan?


I am! He is trying to expand to 18 games instead of the 16 they have now.


Yeah I could agree, if they took two of the preseason games away.


I agree! Who wants to deal with a unexpected brain injury?


Exactly! Did you ever see the Concussion movie with Will Smith?


I haven't! is it good? Did you watch it on tv?


Yeah I thought it was really good, and it really makes you concerned about all of the brain damage football players of all ages take during the game.


I will have to look that up. I wonder how that would affect female players in the NFL? There is no written rule against them.


I think I read about that, I think it would be so cool if a female player did make a roster and made an impact in the league.


One has been drafted! With only 11 minutes of actual play, maybe the chances are low of her getting one.


That is very true, I don't think most people realize just how little actual gameplay there is in games.


The NFL tracking chips that are in the players uniforms have been quite handy for finding info like that out!


Yeah they sure have, I hope they are using that technology to help with player safety as well.


Me too! Have you ever watched the 70's show?


Yeah I sure have, I grew up in Wisconsin and had a very similar teen life lol.  How about you?


I just loved watching it! Was a lot of fun! But did you know they tried to remake it in the UK and it bombed?


Yeah I heard they did it verbatim and it was really bad!


I guess the UK could just not relate! I watch the simpsons, but have you seen F is for Family?


I love the Simpsons, but wish they would have stopped making the show after season 12 or so.


Kinda getting old isn't it? Too bad! Kinda like Pokemon for me! My kids loved that show!


That is incredible how many shows they made.  It was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day!


Hi there! Do you have a football team that you like?


Not really. I'm not into sports that much, but it's an interesting subject to me. Do you have a favorite team?


I do. I love football facts. I know former NFL'er Benjarvus Green-Ellis has never fumbled a football in his NFL career.


I guess recently discoveries have been made linking football to traumatic brain injury (obviously) but even worse, also degenerative brain disease and chronic encephalopathy! I'll be looking more into it, as I said, I'm interested :)


Absolutely! running back Larry Johnson is battling self destructive impulses and surely CTE. It seems unfair to me, to have a sport in which the players are suffering for the rest of their lives!


Wow. I had no idea of such issus. Hard to believe the NFL has no rules against females playing in the league as long as they can meet eligibility requirements.


Shake my head! And I was just reading about it and found out that in the 60's top  bowlers made twice as much as top football stars! We should all just go back to bowling! It's much safer :)


Far safer indeed! Amazing that the average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live game play.


Yeah that is amazing! I would think the average game play would be much longer. Hm. I wonder why! So, it's hard to believe women could play too, but they might not be as offended if they were playing against the university of Iowa who painted the visiting teams locker room pink! HA! Talk about good sportsmanship :)


No kidding! Did you know the NFL uses tracking chips to track player movement?


No I didn't! I hope they put the chips in say the shoes or helmets versus implanting them in the players bodies! The very idea of tracking chips scares me!


They put the chips in the players shoulder pads so they can track every move the player makes on the field.


Oh whew! Okay. that isn't sooo bad :) I wonder why the New Orleans Saints cheerleaders aren't allowed to eat at the same restaurant as any NFL player! I heard that if the cheerleader is eating at a restaurant and any player comes in, she has to leave! That's absurd!


Sounds sexist if you ask me. An engineer's average lifetime salary is higher than that of an NFL player. Not as exciting, but interesting.


Something tells me that being an engineer is much safer than being an NFL player. Hard to say which job would be more satisfying or more worthy of doing. Considering engineers get paid more, I'd go with that job!


I would agree. It is notable though that it is only a 17 week regular playing season for NFL teams.


Oh wow! If that is per year, I'd love to only work 4 months and 1 week a year. But I'm sure they have to practice and do other things, like media events throughout the year. So maybe I will look into being an engineer and put my football dreams behind me. Haha. Kidding of course :)


I would too. It was really nice chatting with you today!


Thanks! Same to you! I hope you have a wonderful day!


Hi there, hope you are having a good afternoon. When you hear the word football, do you think of American or Canadian football or rugby?


Well, so do a lot of people around the world! It's funny that the top bowlers in 1960 made more than the top NFL players. I'm sure that's not true anymore for american football or soccer!


I dont think its true anymore, pro football and soccer players make a ton of money, bowling was a popular sport back then, not as much today


Ye, the games have changed over the years. Like when ESPN started superimposing the yellow first down line over the field. They won an Emmy for that, which is also amazing!


I guessed the creation of the line is of great contribution to the game not only back then but it changed the game forever


It made history for sure. Speaking of history, I've seen a few Georgia Tech games when I lived close by but wow, their score of 222-0 made the history books as the highest ever score!


That is a humiliating defeat, I wonder if the other team was blind


Can't really imagine how that happened! What else do you enjoy for entertainment? Did you play Nintendo back in the day?


I did, I liked it, it was primitive only 54 colors right?


Yes, hard to imagine back then, what game systems would become. Japan continued to sell them until 2003 but then they finally stopped.


I guess nobody was buying them anymore, still a great system, I used to play the Mario games in that console and then Nintendo 64


My kids also loved Bill Ney the Science Guy too! I never thought he looked like Steve Martin but apparently he won a look-alike contest!


They look like twin brotheres lol, that show was really fun, I liked it, was informative and interesting


Ronald Regan was another TV and movie star, and he even played a football player too. Funny that he lost a part because he did look Presidential!


That is funny! they had it all wrong then,


Another thing I think is wrong is that the New Orlean's football team makes their cheerleaders leave a resturant if a player comes in. I get that they don't want them to socialize but that seems wrong on several levels.


I heard about that rule and it makes me so angry, that is really unfair to cheerleaders having to leave in the midle of your meal just because a player comes in, makes me really angry


I guess they would be better off being an engineer than cheerleaders anyway. Engineers have a much higher lifetime earning than NFL players do!