I do know that! I think I would love to be that ambassador!  Who knows someday maybe he or she will actually have a job to do!  Did you know that moon dust can cut through kevlar?


That's a bit scary. Soon we will see a moon dust saw.


We just might at that.  The only problem is that moon dust is harmful to people. It can cause a disease called moon hay fever.  It doesn't sound too serious by the name but you never know I suppose.


Sounds like summer and spring allergies, with a bit of moon mixed in. Wow. When the earth was first formed days were 5.5 hours long


That seems so bizarre to have days that short.  i'm assuming the planet was close to the sun otherwise how would the trees and other plant life get enough sun?


I'm not a scientist - dunno! Apparently the sun produces enough energy in one second to fuel our entire planet for a half million years.


We really should all be using solar energy considering that fact.  Did you know that a lightening bolt on earth is hotter than the surface of the sun?


I heard that somewhere. Have you thought about solar panels?


I have thought about solar panels but i can't afford them.  I am hoping that the powers that be will start marketing them for everyone.  Have you thought about them?  It makes sense to use solar energy.  Our sun is only 1 billionth the size of the largest star in our galaxy so if you think about it, solar energy use can be endless.


I have a couple trees thaht might make it difficult.


I don't know. I 've seen solar equipment from companies that doesn't have to be on roofs.  It's expensive but possible.  Our moon and other moons however don't have energy as far as I know.  Oh, I do know though that titan, one of Saturn's moons produces methane and even has shown evidence of methane based life.


I certainly wouldn't mind powering my house especailly in the summer. I'm not counting on winter in the upper midwest. Pluto also has possible methane ice.


I wonder if it has methane life on it.  Have you heard about the earth's moon moving away?  I've heard that it is getting farther away every year.


I had not heard that. Interesting since it controls the movement of water on earth


I was thinking the very same thing. I wonder what will happen with the ocean tides and currents as it moves away.  Better yet, I would like to know why it is moving away.


It doesn;t like us, it is moving in orbit. I would imagine just directional changes in how the oceans move.


It really amazes me what all scientists know.  I mean, they are able to detect that Mar's largest moon, Phobos, is partially hollow!


Nice chatting with you .Have a great day


hi how are you? what do you think of our solar system?


I think it is amazing. the pictures you see of space are so beautiful.


Yes, the sun is white from the moon because there is no atmosphere. it is yellow on earth.


Yeah I heard atmospheric scattering causes that to happen.  Did you know that a lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the sun is.


Yeah, that makes sense. it would be great if we could harness that energy somehow.


considering enough energy hits the earth in one second to meet our needs for 500000 years, I think we do need to find a way to harness that energy.


And we would need to store it somewhere too. that is a lot of energy. i guess solar is a good start.


Well if we hook solar up to the grid it can be stored where all the other power is stored.


I wonder how many panels are needed to meet all energy needs at the moment. we should be doing much more in that regard.


We really should. Did you know that on July 11 2011 neptune completed its first orbit since being discovered in 1846


Neptune has always been a slow poke. it takes it time, and that is why we will always be a superior planet. LOL I have heard that Venus is unusual too.


Oh yeah what is so unusual about it. The one I think is unusual is Uranus.


The sideways rotation, yes, that is unusual. I wonder how that happened


Did you know that the highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than mt Everest is.


That is quite high. i would not want to scale that peak, even under low gravity conditions.


Mars largest moon is on third hollSome believed it was artificial in origin.ow.


That would be spooky. artificial? i wonder who built the hollow moon, and what they stored in there.


Maybe it was a spaceship of some other intelligent lifeform. Maybe they left it there so they could monitor what we are doing on earth.


Yeah, we need Elon to go out there and check it out for us. He probably is busy though. Anyway, great chat!


He probably is busy you are right about that. Good chat though, have a great day.


Have you heard that Jupiter's moon Europa might have jagged ice spikes? Pretty neat!


Yeah, I guess now we know why the monolith said attempt no landing there.


Haha, interesting! But in the future scientists may want to do missions looking for possible alien microbes in the liquid water.


From what I've seen the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are the most promising prospects for finding life.


Yeah, and it's neat how there are several forms of ice.


I think the conditions on those moons are a lot like those on Earth when life appeared. I wonder if the earth's day is so much longer now because of the moon's tidal effect?


It is surprising that days used to be only 5.5 hours long. I can't get enough done in 24 hours, ha


Well, the day's (very slowly) getting longer, so if you can live another billion years or so it might get better for you.


It's disgusting how much of earth's forests have been destroyed. I  read recently that reforestation and rewilding could absorb decades worth of CO2.


Yeah, so sad. Even though if Earth's history was viewed as a 24 hour period we would only have been here for over a minute.


Apparently we've used up almost all the helium in that short period as well.


That is crazy. Well maybe we will have to move to another planet and destroy it as well. The UN has appointed an official ambassador to alienates in case we ever made contact.


It might be better not to have all our eggs in one basket if we destroy this one.


What do you think of space exploration? Like going to the moon?


I'm definitely in favor of it. I'd like to see it move more in the direction of open-source projects organized along p2p lines instead of under government or corporate control. How about you?


I'm on the fence. I guess we can't live on the moon, though, since moon dust is harmful to humans. It causes a disease called moon hay fever.


Yeah, I only recently learned about that. I wonder what the dust composition is -- it sounds like asbestos or talc or something.


Yeah, I wonder. I'd love to visit the highest point on the moon though I doubt that would be possible. It is 1938 meters higher than Mt. Everest.


I guess it would be easier to climb in that gravity though.


Yeah, it probably would. I will go look into that further now. Have a good day!


Hello, I am good. How are you? I do like google.  I use it so much every day that it is hard to believe it's been around since 1998. It seems like it's always been around.


I know, I use it alot too! its always there to go to!


Yes it is.  Larry Page and Sergey Brin have to be geniuses for thinking it up.


Agree, One single Google search requires a huge amount of computing power.


That is amazing to think about.  Do you know how much power it uses?


More than for Neil Armstrong and 11 astronauts to the moon!


Wow!  I had no idea it was that much.  So many people use google nowadays.  When it went down back in 2013 for five minutes it took %40 of web traffic with it.


That's scary! They had a good idea to use goats instead of a mowers.


Instead of mowing the lawn, they eat the grass at the headquarters.


I'm really impressed with that.  That sounds like they care about the environment.


Nice.  Europe, makes me think about how google does their maps.  If there is a border dispute they tailor it to the claims of each country where the browser is located.


Yes, I know. Hard to believe red and blue colors started  for both parties in 2000.


Are you talking about the political parties?  I thought those colors had been around much longer than that!


Yes, Thats what surprised me too! At least that what I always saw.


The parties have been around for a while. There hasn't been a president that hasn't been republican or democrat since 1853.


Yes, Republicans were the only party that had presidents with beards. lol Great chat!!


Harry Truman hated republicans so much he wouldn't even be photographed with Dumbo at Disneyland!


lol, I know, crazy! Good to be tall to win the election. They win most of the time.


Well, thank you. Do you like Michael Jackson or Elvis?


I like both of them. I didn't know that Elvis dyed his hair. I just assumed it was natural.


I didn't know that.  I wonder if he did it prior to his fame, or after.  I don't remember seeing any blond pictures of him.


I didn't know that Freddie Mercury wrote a song for Elvis. I didn't get an Elvis vibe from the beat.


I like it when artists do art for each other.  It's a flash of genuine.  Do you think it should have been in Elvis style or Freddie Mercury style?


Should be Freddie. He had his style, and Elvis had his own. I like the fact that Elvis failed music. That says a lot about school and life.


For someone who broke barriers with his music, it doesn't surprise me that he'd fail a class likely devoted to convention and history of the field.


Exactly. His conception of music just didn't fit.


"Just didn't fit" describes a lot of innovators.  Michael Jackson too, and likely many others.


I wonder what it was like to be married to Michael Jackson. I guess if you grow up the daughter of Elvis, it's not so strange.


I can't imagine trying to navigate marriage as a famous person.  It's sad that it seems they hookup and breakup just for the tabloids.


Probably a lot of lawyers involved before and after the marriage. I guess that why famous people marry other famous people. Dolly Parton married a regular guy though.


I'm glad to hear that.  I once thought that all rich and famous people should marry poor people so they could share their wealth.  But now I think it's the rich who best understand the rich and have a greater hope for a good marriage.


All of the weirdos and stalkers that try to get into their lives. It must be irritating. I'd love to have the money that Elvis had, but not the fame. Nobody ever leaves you alone!


It's gotta be hard.  And to grow up as a child star like Michael Jackson ... even harder.


His childhood must have made him want to do things like build a giant robot of himself in the Nevada desert. What purpose does that serve?


Sounds like a silly daydream idea.  Maybe it would help to improve the environment too with every step.  That would be cool.


I think that would be a cool aspect of fame. You could promote important causes.


It would.  But then again, it seems you would have to stick to a fairly non-controversial cause like hunger.


LOL. "I'm against bad things in the world!" "Which ones?" "The ones that everyone hates so that they'll like me for opposing them!"


Yep, exactly.  If you're edgy as an artist, you should be allowed to be edgy as a philanthropist.


Money and fame should give you the chance to challenge the status quo.


Exactly, otherwise, what's the point of having the money and power?  I fear they get scared of losing it all, so they don't speak out.  Fame can go away easily.  What cause would you champion if you could?


Something pretty basic like public transportation. I think it's not rocket science and would help the average Joe.


Yeah, I can't see a celebrity talking about that. What would you do?  Free transit for the homeless?


Free transit would be good. Just more of it. High speed rail. STuff like that.


Now you're getting to Elon Musk territory.  I'd hope it would be self-sustaining without continued need for cash.  But cash to start it up is important too.


Gas taxes could help. Higher bridge tolls could, too. I enjoyed chatting with you!


Actually, no, though some say watching them helps burn calories. Some kind of fear factor?


I bet, I think it is like 180 calories per movie. I can watch 10 per day and get rock hard abs soon


As long as you don't use them to chop up victims! Some horror film plots seem predictable, almost silly. People do laugh at horror films, don't they?


lol I won't, just for the beach! They all seem predictable lol, you can yell dont go into the room in almost every one!


Of course, yet I bet the characters always do. It's the violence - and the unexpected shocks - that I don't enjoy.  What's the scariest movie you ever saw?


I enjoyed the VHS horror movies, they are little know but scary. There was a ghost one on netflix too, 2 of them, and they were great also. How about you?


Silence of the Lambs. Scared for Jodie Foster's character. Thought Anthony Hopkins played creepiest character I've ever seen!


that is awesome and a great movie! I like the stephen king films too, what about you?


The Shining, It, The Mist. All scary and crazy endings!


Didn't see either one. When I was a kid, Psycho was the big horror movie. There's been a ton of motel-themed horror films since Psycho, I know.


That is true, I like those, kind of thrillers. In the movie the Shining, there was a boy named Danny in it that never knew it was a horror movie he was in until years later


Maybe that was a good thing - for the kid. Wasn't that a Jack Nicholson film?


Yea, it was set in a snowy hotel I think. Did you hear what horror films do for abstract art?


Let me guess. After viewing blood, guts, torture and gore, the art actually looks good!?


Yes lol! I don't know what it triggers in the brain, but it happens! Do you like Rock music?


Sure, even though it's always been connected to violence in some ways. Concerts turned bloody when stands collapse; premature deaths of some rock greats...


I never thought of it that way, but valid point! I think about the turnover of some bands too like Whitesnake


Weren't they a band with a revolving door of band members?


For sure, they had like 50 members since their start! It was nice chatting with you, enjoy your weekend!


I do, I like to learn as much as I can about the earth in my free time, what about you?


It is definitely interesting. I recommend reading a short history of nearly everything if you are interested in earth and history


That sounds like a great book, thanks for the advice, you know that by the end of this century chances are there wont be anymore helium left


I wonder why? Could we artificially create helium?


I guess that's possible and I think we will be helium free because its disappearing into the atmosphere, it's rising, we will have to store it I guess


I wonder where we get helium in the first place. It is incredible and a pity that humans only represent 1 min on earth's history, yet we are causing so much damage to earth


I agree, earth has a 4.5 billion history and we are only small part of that, its hard to believe it with all the accomplishment our race has made


I hope that in the next 1min of earth history, humanity has changed the earth for the better


hopefully because in the first minute we have already destroyed 80% of our forests


I wonder if earth will continue to be the only astronomical object known to harbor life in my lifetime


I hope they find life elsewhere that would be interesting hope I can be alive as well, you know we have an Alien ambassador appointed by the UN?


Didn't they do so on september 2010. At this point I wonder if it is ceremonial or they work with nasa to find a representation and the best humanity has to offer


Yeah back in the year 2012. I guess they are in the job in case aliens want to abduct someone and no one wants to be it lol. I would like to visit the interior of the earth, watching the core, the temperatures are extremely hot though


I wonder if it would be as hot as a lightning strike? surprisingly lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun


That must be really hot! you know that when earth was  formed days only lasted like 6 hours long!!! that would make me like 90 years old by now


I wonder if the days are gradually growing longer or something else changed to have 24 hours today


Its sure nice to have 24 hours in a day, can you imagine just having 5? I would spend almost two days working in a straight line, that would be depressing


I think people will sleep two days at a time


That might actually be pretty nice, sleeping two days, that would recharge some batteries.


I wonder how many years that earth will have. Furthermore would it still be 71% water and 29% land?


Yeah i think that wouldn't change. It 's interesting to wonder. Earth is full of wonders, magical places and unique species.


hi how are you? do you like this planet of ours, our Earth?


Love it most of the time. What's not to love, it's 4 times more dense than the sun!


It is a dense object, it provide gravity. it has many seasons and much weather. it tilts. some planets dont or cant tilt


Yeah, that's a nice feature.  You could also fit all the planets between the Earth and the moon with room to spare.


I guess if i had the time and the equipment, i could fit those planets in there. I dont know what to do with them once i get them in there though.


Explore!  If you have the time before they collide.  I wonder why the Hudson Bay area has less gravity?  Less mass there?


i don't know. that is a good question. what determines gravity? is it amount of mass? speed of rotation?


Newton says mass.  Did you know that the Green Lantern movie may have been a comedy with Jack Black.  I think it would have been even worse.


Could that movie have been worse? well, ok. I like j black, but he is not a superhero. not a serious one.


Yeah, can't see it either.  It would have to exceed Evan Almighty as the most expensive comedy to make it work.


what did they spend that money on for that movie? why so much? was the talent that expensive?


I wondered the same thing.  I've seen it and don't remember much about it so... Did you know the Lord of the Rings trilogy lost a lot of money despite being a huge box office hit.  Wow...


That sounds funny. i know that studios will cross collatoralize films to offset losses. or lie about numbers to avoid payment


That does seem very, very odd.  Odd like Mortal Kombat being the first game to surpass Hollywood box office sales.


That was a tremendous game. sold a ton of cartridges. i think the movie probably was not so good.


Have you seen the movie "Crazy Rich Asians"?  I guess it's OK but doesn't track well with reality.


No, it is basically a soap opera. it visits some familiar places, so if you know film you will recognize the story.


Did you think it was more Hollywood than a real depiction of Asia?


it was high asian culture. the grand themes of asia, but not true to real culture. more like the highlights of the stereotypes.


I see.  I'm not sure that's for me.  I guess one needs to mindset of just enjoying to movie and to put reality on hold for a while.


Yes, it is an escapist film. cinderella story. lots of fun. anyway, great chat!


It sounds that way.  That is, I agree.  Thanks for the excellent chat!


Yes, I love rock music. Have you seen the movie "Destroy All Monsters"? It's about rock stars.


I have heard of it.  Havent watched it yet.


From what I've heard, it's about rock musicians getting shot while they're performing on stage and it was happening all across the country.


that is interesting.  Did you know the band Whitesnake has a total of 50 members throughout its history?


I didn't realize there were that many, that's a lot. Wonder how they keep the songs sounding the same. I was reading something about geology, do you know how old the planet Earth is?


Well,  I think they just have replaced so many members,  they never had 50 members at one time.


Right. It just seems it would be tough to make the song sound the same as the original guy who has left the band. Oh by the way, Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago. Can you imagine?


Yeah i can imagine that,  I think it looks pretty young for its age lol


I wonder if it will survive us humans. We've already destroyed 80% of Earth's forests.


WHen earth was formed,  it was only 5.5 hours long in a day.  Must have been really small.


Yeah, it had to be spinning pretty fast for that. Maybe that's what happened to the dinosaurs, they got flung off into the atmosphere. Did you know that UN has an alien ambassador?


Well, it happened back in 2010, the UN decided they needed to be ready for extraterrestials to make contact with us Earth people. I wonder if there's something there to read between the lines, though, like there was already a contact.


the UN had an ailen ambassador so they would be ready for extraterrestials?  But where did they get the ailen ambassador?  i am confused.


Oh, I see where you're at. No. It's a human person who has a job at the UN to be the go-to guy if aliens contact us. He's the guy that's going to talk with them and make sure they don't kill us all, I suppose.


Did you know if earth's entire history was represented by a 24-hour day, that the period of time us humans have been around is only a minute and 17 seconds of that day?


Yeah, it makes us seem pretty small. The other thing that's going on is all the helium in the atmosphere is expected to be gone by the end of this century. That's scary.


A little bit, I dont particularly align myself with them though.  I know the colors red and blue to represent parties didnt happen until 2000


Well it does seem like a lot longer thant that, did you hear about the funny anecdote involving Turman and Dumbo?


I know that is a bit crazy, it would be like a republican not being photographed with Eeyore.


I know right, poor little Dumbo didnt know why he was getting rejected lol


Yeah.  Did you know that in Nevada there is a neither of these candidate options on the ballot.


I didnt, I think its a great choice, another interesting fact about politics is that every president with a beard has been a republican


I wonder why, not many have had facial hair at all.  I can remember Lincoln, hes the most iconic.


Yeah I cant recall many either, there hasnt been a president who want either a democrat or republican since 1853


That is sad, it is bad that we really wind up with two people to chose from.


I agree usually two candidates, Im not a fan of Trump or Hillary, I wish there was another candidate hopefully in the future that can change


Same here.  Since 1900 the taller candidate has won 75% of the time.  So hopefully that could bring someone good luck!


I agree, hopefully a stronger candidate can become the leader of our country, so do you follow the company Google?


I do, I even read a book about their development, along with amazon, and facebook.


Any interesting facts in that book, I didnt know it was created by two PHD  students


There were tons, none that I specifically recall now, but Google maps calculates traffic by how fast devices are moving on the road.


That  seems kind of invasive, I wouldnt like an app tracking my location like that, not that I have something to hide but it seems like a privacy breach


I wonder if that is only if you are using google maps to go somewhere.  I mean its probably listed in that Terms of Service that none of us read.


It must be but I agree few people read those terms, I know I didnt, its amazing how much influence a company like Google has.


It does and it requires a lot of power.  It is said that a single google search can use more computing power than it did to sent astronauts to the moon.  Crazy


That is crazy and suprising, I guess tech has advanced a lot since then.


Some stuff. did you know Hillary clinton was the leader of young republicans in college?


WOw nice. The president has either been a republican or a democrat since 1853


Nice. They also play a game against each other in baseball every year


Nice where are they sitting right now? Anyone leading?


Yes the republicans as of now by three points


Cool. Nixon was the only republican to propose a guaranteed minimum income


Nice. THe blue and red colors for both parties came into use in the 2000s


I though it was earlier. Did you know a senator was arrested for disobedience in 1985?


Do you know how officials in ancient athens were elected?


Not sure, they were not elected like nowadays?


Nope it was all by lottery, pretty crazy right?


It sure is. The faster blinker in the debates always loses for the past 40 years


WOw cool. In Nevada you have the option of none of these candidates when you vote


Nice that should be in every state. A can placed third in a virginia senate election once


Haha that is awesome. However not many people for presidential elections come out, less than 63%


Oh that is low. IN Oregon it is all conducted by mail, the elections


Wow that is a lot of mail. The taller candidate also wins the election most of the time


Nice. A dog once beat two people in the mayoral elections and was elected in office for 13 years


Haha that is amazing, must have done a good job to stay that long


Yes, I love it.  I tell you I did not know one of my favorite bands from my youth, Whitesnake, has had over 50 members throughout its history.Totally amazing.


That's a lot of members. Are they your all time favorite group?


No, I think that honor goes to Metallica.  They're my favorite all time Rock band. It's funny to think that Sonic the hedgehog was originally supposed to be a member of a Rock band. Lol


Sorry, premature send... The "'" button is too close to enter this morning... no coffee... That's odd that he was supposed to be in a rock band... Did you know Flaming Lips has the state song for Oklahoma? I wonder if they are from there. Interesting choice....


Cool, didn't know that tidbit, maybe they are from Oklahoma.  I thought you had a beef with my man, Sonic..Lol


Never! I loved that game growing up. I also like his slushie drinks... HA!


Me too!  Did you know Sonic was supposed to have a blond haired human girlfriend named Madonna?


No, I didn't. Hanson was the most requested song on a Chicago alt station becuase they did not reveal the band name. Im from chicago and listen to that station... never heard of that.


Loved Hanson growing up, very talented brothers, they are.  Do you watch horror movies?


I do not... I get too scared for my taste. Do you?


Yes, I watch them to burn calories.  You know watching one burns 180 calories. Too funny.


Dang! I might have to start watching them as part of my workout routine... I'll watch a dozen a day and get my summer body!


That's what I said, easy workout. I have always liked ,The Shining, with Jack Nickelson, and that little boy that played Danny didn't have a clue he was acting in a horror film until many years after.


Seems a little unethical but at least he wont be scarred by knowing about it.


I know that is one creepy movie.  Did you know Stephen King was terrified as a child after seeing," Bambi"?


I saw that movie. I thought it was pretty funny also. Typical romantic comedy type stuff.


I usually like fantasy or science fiction movies. Mostly the big box office hits.


I think the comedy films are great too. Surprised about evan almighty


Yes I do like comedy. Bill Murray is a favorite actor of mine.


did you know Evan almighty was the most expensive comedy film made


Did you know 3rd Rock from the Sun beat out Seinfeld for the Golden GLobe award?


I did not know that what article is that from?


I'm not sure. But Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentin'es Day. That's crazy,


Not the kind of movie I would take someone on Valentine's Day.


I think it was funny Green Lantern was suppose to star Jack Black


Wow I never would have thought that. Where did you read that?


Hollywood is interesting. Did you know Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office star?


OMG yes. I cant wait for all the remakes


Disney actually considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty bombed at box office.


How are you, do you listen to rock music? Did you know the biggest rock star in russian history Viktor Tsoi kept his job in the boiler room of his apartment after hitting it big?


Yep, and US states have state rock songs too! Oklahoma's state rock song is "Do you Realize?" by the flaming lips


That was interesting.  A Hanson song became the most requested track on Chicago rock radio because DJS did not reveal the band.


Wow, I wonder how embarrassed the listeners felt when the Chicago dj revealed it was Hanson


I can imagine.  I watch horror movies because I want to lose weight and, apparently, you could burn up more than 180 calories.


Nice, I like horror movies too, mostly the ones that have macabre and supernatural themes


Those are more fun and less bloody, I think.  Apparently, Stephen King was terrified to see Bambi, the movie, when he was a child.


I guess seeing what happened to bambi's mom terrified King a lot!


That was it - thank you for telling me.  It had nothing to do with Bambi itself.


DId you know watching a horror movie may make you enjoy viewing abstract art more?


No, I did not.  Thanks for the info.  Danny, the boy from the Shining, did not know he was acting in a horror film until much later.


How couldn't Danny's actor figure out he was in a horror movie when an elevator released blood into the hallway lol


Maybe they used some kind of technology.  He might not see that scene. I watched that movie once - it was scary.


Yea, the metallic noises made by waterphone instruments really set an eerie mood


I wondered who started that technology.  The waterphone instruments are effective in making scary noises.


Speaking of horror, did you know more than 80% of earth's natural forests have been destroyed?


Yes, I heard about it.  It's like a non fiction horror scene.


It's a shame, by the end of the 21st century earth will be helium-free too


That's scary.  Apparently, when earth was first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours.  Does it mean the earth was dark for 18.5 hours?


I don't know, maybe the 5.5 hour days was caused by a faster spin by earth


I will research further.  Talking about the natural forests, we need to take care the 20% that is left. I've got to run.  It was nice chatting with you.


Yes, all the time..Recently one of his founders Larry Page by Sundar Pichai


Google uses goats for mowing the grass instead of hiring people.


That is pretty wise, I like they think outside the box. Do you know how much computer power takes to do a google search?


I know its alot! They say its more power than it took Neil Armstrong to the moon!


Google did go down for 5 minutes on 2013


Yes it did and took 40% of the web traffic with it.


The IPO of Google was in 2004 and it became a company in 1978


That's interesting! Did you know every president with a beard was a republican.


That is funny! Did you know in Nevada there is an option to select None of these candidates when voting for president


Really, None of them? I thought it was before the year 2000 when they started using red and blue for the election.


I thought so too. It is kind of new. Did you know harry Truman did not want to go in the Dumbo ride when visiting Disneyland?  You know why?


Yes, he didn't want to be associated with the republicans. I didn't know Disney is related to the republicans?


I did not know that either, how is that?


At that time maybe it was. I didn't think it's that way today? not really sure.


It is because the Elephants, that is why he did not go in that ride. Did you know since 1853 there has not been presidents that are from a party different than republican or democrat


Well I believe that. That makes sense, of course. Its interesting since the 1900's 75% of the time the taller candidate has won.


Interesting.  I found funny the method of election they had in ancient Greece, it was by lottery


Yes, they believed it would lead to oligarchy. Good chat!!


Yes it has been cool.  I am happy to learn always about interesting facts, like the ones we talk about, google and history . Have a good one


I don't watch TV much. I like listening to music better than watching TV.


Speaking of music, are you a fan of Elvis?


Elvis is one of my favorite musicians. My favorite song he did was "American Trilogy."


Nice. Apparently music was the only class he failed in school.


That's ironic. Elvis is one of my favorite singers, but I also like Michael Jackson.


He was a legend in deed. He was a huge simpsons fan and even wrote the song "do the bartman"


I did not know that!  My favorite Jackson song is Thriller. I really enjoyed the video for that song.


Yeah, he was involved in a lot of stuff, even the soundtrack for sonic 3


That duet he was supposed to do with Freddie Mercury which was canceled would have been epic, I wish that could have happened :(


Yeah, I guess Jackson's llama being in the studio took precedent.


Freddie Mercury seemed to like Elvis better than Jackson. He wrote a song "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" as a tribute to Elvis.


Everyone loved Elvis. His daughter was even married to Micheal jackson.


And so they come full circle. The two greatest American singers have a family connection!


Pretty much. Have you seen Forrest Gump?


It is great, I loved it and there is someone impersonating the voice of Elvis in it. It was Kurt Russell of all people.


What genre is the movie? Would you call it a drama?


Well, some of them can be dramas. But then you have drama TV shows as well.


Like, Bohemian Rapsody is a drama movie, since we were speaking of Freddie Mercury.


i have to be honest with you; i really don't. how about you?


Oh, I must admit I love it! I write it as well.


wow! would you mind telling me about the poetry you write? i'm impressed.


I have always loved words and lyrics to songs and just decided to start researching articles and wrote my first poem about 20 years ago. I am not published or anything I write for people I am close to though :)


have you ever considered trying to have any of your poems published?


People have told me I should but I have never tried. Maybe I will. I wrote a poem for a dear friend at work who's son died and the weekly news letter published it I thought that was very nice.


i think it's great that you did that and i'm sure your friend will always remember that.  the folks who become famous poets are surely gifted.  did you know that Poe only got $9 for the publication of his classic poem "the raven?" amazing.


Thank you, I like to show people how much I care in different ways and poetry is very personal. That is crazy! I love that poem. Did you know there is a poem if read normally it is depressing yet reading it backwards is inspiring!


fascinating.  i wonder if the poet who wrote that meant it to be that way, or if it just turned out that way.


That would be extremely difficult to do! I may have to research that lol i want to read it now lol


i was thinking the same thing.  jumping to something else, do you find studying the various planets interesting?


Oh my, I love the universe! The sky, the planets and my favorite is the moon!


i have always found the universe such a fascinating.  Did you realize that a mars colonization project planned for 2023 is under way? can this really happen? sounds like something from "x files"


Haha! Right! I hope they do that would be fascinating! Mars also has a higher pitch in the sounds there because of the different atmosphere, very cool!


i wonder if this project is some type of publicity stunt.  it is set to be funded by creating a reality tv show.  as far as the "higher pitch," i find all that type of information interesting because it's so important to realize that life on earth is just part of the whole scheme of things.


You have some very good points! They could use a sci fi set and make us think it is on Mars lol but yes! I am a firm believer that we are not the only planet in this vast universe to have life living on it.


i hadn't thought of that...a sci fi set and make us think it's Mars! reminds me of people who think that we didn't really go to the moon.  i know someone who thinks we didn't go because the flag wasn't blowing.  then someone else told me that due to the atmosphere there it couldn't move.


I believe we went to the moon but with how much technology there is now and special affects it is possible they just want to make money on this show.... It is good to question things though, I do all the time lol


is it true that it has been pretty well shown that there is some type of Mars? wasn't water seen? if there is water, doesn't that mean there is some type of life?


They did in fact just report and published pictures from Mars and it does show water...but the temps are wildly cold because there is no sun and they have a recording on youtube of the sounds that Mars was giving off as it was recorded by the satellite very creepy!!!


i guess that's why elton john sang "mars...it's cold as hell..." in his classic "rocket man."  would you go to another planet if you had the chance to? like the Moon?


Hahaha, great song! I would love to go to the moon!


am i wrong or did i not read at one point that they were looking for volunteers to go to the Moon? or some other planet? it's vague to me.  yes there probably more life on other planets than we know.  it just seems to make sense.


I did hear the same thing, not sure which planet though. I truly believe one day we will have proof of other life ....if we don't already and don't know about it.


what a great point! yes there may be proof which we do not know about.  do you believe some type of "beings" from outer space were on the scene in roswell, new mexico as has long been rumored? or a clever diversion by the army? or pure nonsense?


I think they have probably found some type of life other than on earth, I guess I believe so much that there has to be life out there so yes I believe the government knows and hides facts. I think Area 51 is one of the places that have some facts....


i agree. it seems far fetched to think that ALL that we have heard is fiction.  i guess the government hides facts because they think we'll be freaked out if we know some things that are, in fact true.


and then we get to the question of whether the government should hide things from us.  even if those things are scary, do we have the right to know? it's one of those debateable issues.


I truly believe we should know, but maybe it would cause total chaos I don't know.....but I would love to find out one day. It is only common sense to me that there is more than us lil humans in this Universe that we have no idea how large it really is.


couldn't agree more.  and the way many people are, i think it probably would cause a lot of chaos.  i mean look at all the fear about possible problems that happened about the year 2000 that didn't happen.  a lot of fear over nothing.


True! So true. I think after seeing all the chaos over thinking the world was ending ...how many times, and how people were getting safety homes dug in their back yards, I think that's why they keep it hush hush. I really want to know! lol


i think all through history there have been times when various groups of people truly believed that "signs" indicated the world was about to end when in fact, if and when it does, there won't be any preventing it.  if it happens, it will happen and not much we can do to stop it.


My thoughts exactly! We cannot predict that. I don't want to know ahead of time anyway lol...live in the moment!


i ABSOLUTELY don't want to know.  there wouldn't be any good in knowing.  some say it would give us a chance to get things "in order," but if we live  in the moment as you say, that's all we can do.


Yes! If I could know my exact date of death as I was asked that once if I could know, would I want to know....ummm noooo! lol


i've thought about that too.  i don't know when or how i will die.  that would be awful.  not to get gloomy here, but i think if the world ends it won't be because of "natural" events, i think we humans will end it...but there will be some type of life left and we'll start all over again.


I think the same way, and hopefully there will be the ability to start over, look how long earth has been here, crazy to think about but Man is definitely going to be it's undoing.


do you think the dinosaurs met their demise because of some huge asteroid or meteor as some believe?


I think that is a huge possibility yes. Think about how much the atmosphere has changed over the years and everything evolves, I think that is very probable or they all died off....it's so interesting to think about!


it's fascinating to me.  these are the things i have to focus on when i run into the everyday nonsense than life so often presents.  the fact that we are just a small part of something huge and that we need to enjoy and appreciate the people, and the time we have been given.


So very true, life is only a moment really and another thing is we don't know what happens after we pass on....I think our souls do in fact live on somehow but nobody can say for sure. I think our time here is too too short.


oh i can talk about this all night (and it looks like we may have to do so; i thought these talks end at a certain point).  any way i also believe there is something after this life.  i don't see how life on earth can be all there is.


Lol, I love conversations that get deep like this so thank you so much! I truly believe there is something after death, my whole family has died and I have feelings and smell certain perfume or cologne, have heard whispers....I think we live on somehow! That's a whole other conversation! Yes our time is up so I am going to end this now, thank you so much!!!


I think it is awesome. Wonder if we will be able to fly to Mars soon. If we traveled at 1g acceleration it will only take two or three days.


Dang, I wonder if our bodies could take that much, probably not lol


Right, if only we could beam ourselves like in Star Trek. So Lichens and Cyanobacteria are a type of life from our planet that would be perfectly fine living on Mars.


for sure lol. Do you think man will reach Mars in our lifetime?


I'm not sure though SpaceX sure seems to think so. There's a reality tv show for a Mars colonization project planned for 2023. That seems a little close to me.


Me too, I think i have seen that. It would be interesting with sounds while there because mars has a higher frequency


Sounds like that might drive me crazy, haha. I would have to read some soothing poetry to calm me down.


For sure, I like reading in general, poetry is nice


Poetry has been around for a long time, since prehistoric times with hunting poetry in Africa.


Wow, I would be interested in hearing that poetry! Have you read the raven?


I have! I heard Edgar Allan Poe did not receive very much money for it!


I heard it was like 9 bucks! That kind of stinks lol


Haha, wow! I kind of dislike depressing poetry. There is one poem when read in the normal manner is depressing but when you read it backwards it's inspiring.


wow, now that is what poetry should be like. Different meanings but awesomeness both ways!


Yeah, I wonder what kind of poem the Javanese alphabet forms? It forms a poem when recited in order.


That is amazing. Is that kind of like the demetri martin 224 word palindrome poem?


Oh, wow. Anne Jones would read that poem in a snap. She has a reading speed of 4700 words per minute.


for sure lol, she could read it in like 2 seconds i bet. It was so nice chatting with you, I need to go practice my speed reading


Okay, I think I will go curl up with a good book of poems now. Have a good day!


I do like some rap, especially Drake. Do you listen to him?


Yeah I do, he is a Canadian rapper, songwriter and record producer, he is an entrepreneur as well.


I remember him in Degrassi the most. It was one of my favorite shows growing up. Did you ever watch it?


of course, Drake graduated high school on October 2012, he was 25 years old


Well, better late than never! Hotline bling was sampled from 1972 hit why we can't live together.


interesting. Drake spent a lot of money on first editions of classic children's books like Charlotte's web and Winnie the Pooh during a tour in the UK.


He seems like a pretty good guy, especially after that music video where he spent the who budget on other people.


Yep he is a good guy and good rapper, Did you know that a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of rap during a case against rapper eminem


That's kind of funny. What kind of other rap do you like?


rap that has a good content and meaningful and you


I like the new emo rap genre that's emerging. It's got a pretty interesting concept.


interesting. Korean rappers invented a new style of rap, it's called Compliment battle


That's pretty interesting. Busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the rugrats movie.


cool, Did you know that Eminem dreamed of becoming a comic book artist


That would have been a different route, he could probably still pursue it if he wanted.


yeah he is talented. Tupac was a talented rapper, his music is in the library of Congress of Cultural Significance


He was a pretty significant rapper. Did you know pilgrims only wore black on special occasions?


really that's cool, Also Apple had a clothing line in 1986.


I bet it was really minimalist and expensive!


How you been? do you listen to rap. I listen from time to time and find it fascinating James Brown had a great influence on early rap


Hello, how are you?  yes I do,  not all the time though. That is interesting.  what a great influence! Did you know The rapper drake graduated high school on october 2012 at the age of 25.  Thats a long time to be in high school.


No I figured he graduated much younger. I like to listen to tupac, his music is in the library of congress


Thats cool! During a uk tour in 2011, drake spent an "obscene amount of money'' on first editions of children's classic books 'charlotte's web' and 'winnie the pooh'.


Interesting, I didn't know he was into children's books. Eminem was into comics


After hearing eminem's verse on drake's song forever, kanye west took two days and cancelled appointments to rewrite his.


Lol, that's hilarious. I wondered if Drake did a song with Busta Rhymes, he would probably think it was cool he did a voice in the rugrats movie


That is very cool! The rapper drake visited drake university in the middle of the night after students gave up trying to get him to visit during a tour stop.


Lol, that's cool of him. I wonder if they talked about his time on Degrassi


maybe,  have you ever watched that show?


No, I don't get it on any of the tv channels but I hear degrassi is really popular in Canada, at least before Drake left before 2007


I wonder if  Drake is popular in Korea, they have a type of freestyle called compliment battle


Korea has some weird rules lol they dont allow songs that are negative and for a long time most of their songs honor their country so its no surprise that they have that type of style lol


Yea Korea is a weird place lol. Rip curl makes clothes in North Korea


Pilgrim clothing was full of color. they only wore black for special occasions.


I never knew that. I also never knew apple had a clothing line in 1986


I'll have to google it. I never knew people check collar gaps on your clothes to tell if they are tailored


Never knew that either,  I wonder why that matters. There is a store in alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports


I wonder how much profit they make from selling unclaimed clothes


How's it going do you like rap? It's precursor came from West African Griot tradition


I do like the genre, not my favorite bit it has a nice beat, I'm guessing you do


I like the older rappers like Tupac Shakur, It's cool that his music is in the library of congress


Tupac is the best, he changed American culture thats a sure thing its a great thing his music is in there.


Yea, I like the old eminem music too, funny he wanted to become a comic book artist as a kid


That is funny, good thing he decided to become a rap artists his songs are pretty good,. there is a deaf rapper.


I never knew there was a deaf rapper,, I have heard of Korean rappers engaging in compliment battles


Yeah his name is Singmark, he rhymes with sign language and really?compliment battles? that sure sounds weird


Yea it does sound strange, so does a Michigan judge delivering a ruling in a rap


That sounds really unprofessional do you know who Jason Paige is?


No, was she the judge in the suit filed against Eminem?


No Jason Paige is a singer, he is the rapper of the Black and White Pokemon song.


Oh I had no clue. Did you know Busta Rhymes did a voice for the Rugrats film?


I didnt, I used to love the Rugrats great show as a kid, the world's faster rapper is called NoClue


I never knew that, maybe I'll youtube him, sounds like it will be better than Drake's "hotline Bling" song that sampled "Why we can't live together"


So you like Drake? he used to have a pair of solid gold Air Jordans, he must be a real fan of the game and of MJ to have those shoes, they are really heavy too


Not really, it's sad he didn't graduate high school until he turned 25


I guess the phrase it's never too late really applies to him, good thing he made it though.


Yea, it's kinda odd he spent a bunch of money on classic children's books though


That is odd, maybe he didnt have a good childhood and was trying to make out of it. Did you know he found fame as an actor as first.


Hey there I do like video games. I especially like fortnite, have you ever played that game?


I have't played that one.  I'm an old school gamer. lol  Did you know video games were initially called cathode ray tube amusement devices which were used by the military?


No I didn't but that doesn't sound very fun haha. Did you ever play the video game GoldenEye 64? I played that a lot back in the day, apparently eight out of the nine developers have never even worked on a game before creating that game


I did play that one. lol  That's interesting too!  Game designer Jann McGonigal calculated that as a planet we play 3 billion hours of video games a week.


That's a lot of time! I didn't spend anywhere near that much time back when Mortal Kombat first came out, but I did spend a lot on that game haha. That's the game that started the rating system and video games by the way


lol  Nice.  I remember that game too!  Stepen Fry did the narration for Little Big Planet, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Harry Potter video games.  I'm not familiar with him.


No I'm not either. I'm glad he's getting a lot of work though. It's crazy that games today can actually make more money than a Hollywood movie, we've come a long way!


I agree!  Jim Hanks, Tom Hanks' brother, does the Woody's voice in video games and merchandise.  I've heard that voice in the merch. he sounds just like Tom.


Yeah they probably sound the same since their brothers haha. I also think it's wild that more games are banned in the country of Australia than China, you only hear about the Chinese government Banning things but never Australia


Wow that is crazy.  Speaking of which...it's illegal for kids 16 and under in South Korea to play video games past midnight.


Yeah I definitely would have gone to jail as a kid because I played video games past midnight lol. On a different topic though what do you think about planet Earth? Did you know that it's four times as dense as the sun


lol I didn't know that.  I know about 71% of the Earth is covered with water and the remaining 29% is land that consists of continents and islands.


Are this pretty incredible, I'm shocked that the magnetic field of the earth reverses every 200,000 thousand years, I wonder if it will reverse in our lifetime that would be scary


I hope not!  Earth will be virtually helium free by the end of the 21st century.


Pretty scary. speaking of scary, Google apparently uses about 0.01% of worldwide electricity, I think that is a lot for just one company


I'm sure they suck a lot of power.  A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send astronauts to the moon.


That's really crazy! It's also crazy that Google calls their new employees nooglers LOL I don't know what that means


lol I've never heard that.  That's funny because I call myself a googler when I'm googling at the office. lol  I can't believe I'ts been over 20 years since Google was founded in 1998.  Time flies.  It's been fun chatting with you!


Thanks it's been fun chatting with you as well! And keep in mind that next time you use Gmail, Google actually bought that domain name from Garfield lol they used to use gmail.com as their email domain at garfield.com


I had no idea!  That's interesting!  Have a good night!


Humans have come a long way, am I right?


Oh yeah for sure. We became modern in terms of behavior 50,000 years ago!


I am more glad we started losing body hair over 240,000 years ago. I have a lot and can't imagine having more lol!


Haha so funny yes me too. Pretty cool we are all descendants from Africa.


That is crazy to think. I wonder if they have tracked down the exact location where life had started


Good question I also wonder that. Humans are really a miniscule part of earth though.


that is a good fact, to think about how long this earth has been here. I wonder when the sound frequency began where it causes fear in humans if heard


Yeah what does that sound like? Up in space humans can't burp...because there is no gravity!


lol, that would make me so mad not being able to burp if i have gas in my chest. Did you ever hear that humans are adapted for persistence hunting?


Yes me too. I have actually heard that yes. Humans also get goosebumps because it used to make us look larger!


dang, that is so interesting lol. Next time someone wants to fight I will get goosebumps and scare them away lol


Haha not a bad idea! Unlike other mammals we humans can't breathe and swallow at the same time!


We may explode if that is the case, lol. The best thing I think a human ever did was create google


Yeah no doubt. I would like to thank those founders for creating it back in 1998!


Google is amazing, what would we do without it?


It absolutely is. If you start working for google they call you nooglers lol!


google noogle! that is hilarious. Computers have come a long way, Russia made one in 1936 that ran on water


Whoa very innovative. Wonder if that would work in todays day and age? The first google computer was housed in lego bricks!


That would have been amazing to see, I wonder if it still working! It was great chatting with you!


Yes I would like to know that as well. It happened at Stanford. Nice chatting with you too!


Do you follow Elon Musk?  He bet OpenAI could be a human pro gamer at a complex video game.


Hi, I don't follow Elon Musk, wow I think AI is pretty amazing!


He's a real rich guy.  Some say he's the basis for Iron Man.  His bot will compete and have to show great intuition.


Oh wow, that's awesome. I guess the bot is going to take on a team of 5 players who are professional!


Yes, OpenAI already has a track record of beating all levels of humans. It uses 5 of 115 characters.


Oh wow, that can be kind of creepy lol, I know bots are programmed by humans but it is so interesting how they act and think. They say this particular bot is changing the way humans are using strategy and thinking and how they look at strategies, very interesting!


It is and it is kinda scary.  The bot in the article learns from expert humans -- even some really unorthodox strategies.


Really? So odd in some ways, it seems this bot has independently hit on it's own strategies....


I wonder if bots will ever grow hair?  Humans lost most of theirs 240,000 years ago.


If bots grow hair I will be severely damaged lol, But humans are also the best distance runners among all running animals, that is crazy. I need to use Google on my computer and look this AI stuff up.


There is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.  For me, that's the sound of an accordion....


I didn't know that, interesting. I don't know what my frequency would be. So do you own a computer or do you use your phone? I like my laptop.


Laptop.  Funny humans can regrow ribs in only 2-3 months.


I heard about that, I wish we could regrow limbs. I was reading on a Google search that Transhumanists think it would be a good idea to upload their minds to the computer....very strange!


I'm old enough that I would be happy just to regrow hair.  I hope these Transhumanists have more RAM than the Space Shuttle did.  Only 1MB!


The space shuttle only had 1MB of ram? Wow, that's crazy! About as nuts as the Russians made a computer that ran on water....


Also crazy is a 16-bit computer that was build out nothing but basic Minecraft blocks.


Right? So many interesting facts. I was just reading on Google that the AI bot playing games was trained daily and the information it received was equal to 180 years of playing time by humans, I am so interested in those bot now lol....


Coo.  Do you remember on 08/16/2013 that Google went down and took out 40% of web traffic?  I don't...


Nope I don't remember that but that is huge! I love Google, looks like many others do too!


I use Google... I may not in the future.  I don't like their politics and how they censor people they don't agree with like conservatives.  Thanks for the chat! You were excellent!


yes I do. Do you know what they use to be called


yes they were called cathode ray tube amusement devices


Yes, I am so glad someone came up with just video games


Yeah me too. Do you know who Stephen Fry is?


yes the guy that did the narration for a bunch of games like harry potter and little big planet


Yeah what a talent. Do you know who does the voice of Woody in video games?


Yes that is Jim Hanks who happens to be TOm Hank's brother


Yeah. In south korea is illegal to play video games past midnight if you are under 16


good point. Do you know how many hours we play video games in a week as a planet?


yes it is about 3 billion hours as calculated by Jane McGonigal


Yeah I know that sadly we have destroyed 80% of the forests


Yeah. Do you believe in extraterrestrials


Somewhat but it is good we have an ambassador now in case


Yeah. Did you know the day had 55 hours when earth was formed


Yeah so short. Earth will be free of helium by the end of the century


yes no more fun balloons and funny voices I guess


Yes a lot. Do you know what they used to be called?


Yes they were called cathode ray tube amusement devices


Yes I am glad they changed it over to video games


Yes me too. Did you know that Stepehn Fry did the voice for the Harry Potter video game?


Yes and also did it for other games such as the little big planet and hitchhiker's guide to galaxy


Yeah. Do you know who does the voice of woody in video games


Yes that is Jim Hanks, who is Tom Hank's brother as well


Yeah. IN south koreas it is illegal to play video games past midnight if you are under 16


I wonder how they enforce that. Do you know much about the Earth?


I know that we have destroyed about 80% of the forests sadly


Yes I know. WHen it was formed, the day had only 5.5 hours


Yes I am glad that has changed otherwise I would also be behind on work


Me too. Do you believe in extraterrestrials?


Yes I do and it is good that we now have an ambassador


Yes just in case they decide to show up we will have the right guy


Yeah I know. Did you know that earth will be helium free by the end of the century?


Yes I guess no more funny voices and fun balloons for us


Same here and use those balloons as much as you can for now


Hi how are you? Look at this? "Colorado girls may have been killed, their father's defense attorneys say, in motion." Isn't this crazy?


Yes, it's a really sad story. I hope the suspect, if guilty, is punished.


I hope so too.  A motion filed Friday by attorneys defending Christopher Watts, who investigators believe killed his pregnant wife and daughters, asked that DNA samples be taken from the children's necks. I wounder what would have caused a person to do this?


I wonder too. But then I remember that there are some people with really sick mental issues. Some things we can't understand. Doesn't excuse the behavior though.


That is so true. Did you know they didn't find a cause to the death of the people?


I had no idea about that. I'm not surprised though since the bodies were contaminated by their surroundings.


There looks like there were a bunch of people that were all injured around there.


Yeah, that was an interesting story about what happened at the Backstreet Boy concert. I do think that the people holding the event should have warned the people.


Yes they should have warned them. Then the disaster would not have happened. It is sad what happened.


Agreed. I think that there might be lawsuits against the organizers since they were responsible for it.


Then there was the stuff going on with the Immigration. There's a lot going on.


I thought that situation with the illegal immigrant that was apprehended by ICE ws a tricky one. There was too much politics being played on that one. It was clear that the father was a suspect for a murder and ICE were only doing their job.


Yes ICE was only doing their job. I think they were trying to make a spectacle out of the people. So they could make a political mark.


Agreed. That's how politics usually works. It's sad. I hope that people start to understand that the law is important.


Yes you are so right. It is so difficult. Then did you hear about the Shark? Wow that was also a crazy thing. So many things in one week.


It's actually odd to think that there are people in Indonesia that has sharks for pets. I think culture plays a lot in terms of what we deem normal.


Yes culture does deem normal. It is weird you would think a dolphin would be a pet but not a shark. It only make the sharks want to come more around the swimming area. Sad.


It's unfortunate. Personally, I think people should let wild animals be free. But what can I say, we have dogs as pets while others eat them.


I agree with that statement. That would be a crazy thought to eat a dog.


I personally don't want to think about it. I'll stick to hamburgers.


Hey, have you ever been to a concert? Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


I have, I didnt make it to their concerts but I really liked the band and 324 concerts in a year Woah!!


Me too. And the Ramones played 2263 and toured nonstop for 20 years!


I did attend one of their concerts, really good show, I liked them, do you like the band Creed?


I wish I had. Not really, and I heard Creed was sued by their fans. Is that true?


It is true, 4 concert goers sued the band I guess the concert was terrible, its a shame I used to love that band


That's bad haha. I'm not really a fan, but their music makes me nostalgic. I am a big fan of Pink Floyd. In 1972 they recorded a live concert with no audience in an ancient roman amphitheater.


Pink Floyd is one of the greates musicians in the history of man kind! he is a really talented and I heard about that concert too bad it didnt have an audience


Agreed! Great band. Off topic, did you know sharks evolved earlier than trees and dinosaurs?


Really? I guess they must be the older species around, really ancient and powerful and we are about to extinct them with all the hunting


I hope that doesn't happen. They're so smart that they can be trained to bark like a dog.


Really? a shark that barks I have to look that up lol that is amazing


And they don't have rib cages, so their weight on land can crush their own body.


They dont? I guess they are fragile animals on the surface, I like dolphins better although sharks are rescuers too, I would totally freak out


I've heard that sharks have rescued sailors before. I don't know if I believe that. Maybe if they were Nurse Sharks. ahahaha


Maybe lol, so what other animals do you like or find interesting?


Personally I really like elephants. How about you? And apparently there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth. I've never even heard that high of a number before haha


I liked lions, find them so interesting, and woah that sure is a big number there are 7 million species in the planet


That's a lot! Did you know that the Loch Ness monster is a protected species?


Really old Nessie is protected? well I think thats great, I think the Loch Ness Monster is a myth but who know.


Who knows! Scotland seems to believe in her! Well this was a great chat!


I would like to see the Loch Ness monster some day, anyway its been a cool chat I agree have a nice day bye.


I do! I use google as my main search engine and google mail. Do you?


I use google mail and google docs, is there any other search engine besides google ?


I think Bing still exists, but I don't know anyone who actually uses it. A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong to the moon! Amazing the technology that's readily available.


It is amazing how faster computers are. And those computers in the 60s, were among the fastest that they could build at the time.  As for google's services. I forgot Google Maps, it is very useful for me.


Yes, google maps is a must for me too! I never know where i'm going. It calculates traffic by how fast android phones are moving on the road.


I do that too! It is very useful in a big city with lots of roadwork.Also, Google modify the map to respect each country territorial revendication, I guess it is good.


For sure! When google went down for 5 minutes in 2013 it took 40 percent of web traffic with it.


Maybe it shows that Google is getting too big, don't you think ?


It is certainly the biggest and most powerful search engine. It's a little scary to think what we would do if it really did go down for good.


Like you said, if it was separated in smaller entities, if one part would go down, it would not take 40% of all internet traffic.


Yeah, I use Netflix, I think it grows faster than Google.


Yeah, it accounts for 33 percent of the bandwidth in north america from 9pm to 12am!


And you, do you use Netflix ? Do you have a favorite show ?


Yeah, I do it use it! I just finished watching that new Netflix show called You. Have you seen it?


No, I did not seen it, but it was recommended by the algorithm, I like shows that are produced in house by Netflix, especially those that came from Asia.


It was pretty good, Netflix seems to produce some pretty good shows. Netflix and youtube create half the internet traffic in North America.


That is crazy, I imagine that Blockbuster is regretting their decision to buy Netflix for 50 million.


Yeah, are there even any block busters left anymore? I do miss going in to pick out a movie sometimes.


I don't miss that much, especially the late fees.


Yeah, that's one thing that was annoying. I think I racked up so many fees from forgetting to bring stuff back.


They had a positive side, they inspired the founder of Netflix.


That's a good thing! Well, it was nice chatting with you!


You too, I wish you plenty of good shows on Netflix.


Hey there, I am really into music, art, poetry and concerts. The Kennedy Center is a place i've never been to yet.


Hello. Interesting. Are we speed dating here? If so, my favorite band is the Foo Fighters, they play loud enough to show up on seismic monitors.


HA, yeah I guess it does have that fun fact speedy kinda feel,lol. Yeah, Foo fighters are amazing. I have to brag and say I have seen the Ramones in person decades ago, I am one of their 2,263 concerts.


You are? That's interesting. I cannot believe ABBA turned down a billion to do a tour.


ABBA scored my favorite musical Mamma Mia too.


I haven't seen that one yet, is it good? I think it's hilarous that a woman on her way to the Dave Matthews concert, helped him while he was stranded.


Awww, thats awesome. I wanna meet or be stranded on the side of the road now, kind of. Yes, Mamma Mia is good but the music is epic. I used to like Creed until I heard that they aren't very good in person. They were even sued for an awful concert in the past.


Oh, i can believe that. I have been to a Creed concert. It wasn't great in my opinion. Did you know there are steam pianos? They can be heard for miles.


Awe, I never heard of that but it seems like it would be glorious. I would love to learn to play. I learned of an aluminium grand piano.


I'm not musical, but I would love to hear both. I find it interesting that music, art and poetry were once olympic sports.


Oh yeah, that is amazing. What a cool combo, it makes sense. I was impressed by this aluminum piano that was built for the airship Hindenburg. It only weighed 356lbs.


A mute man in England can only communicate by piano, that would be amazing to hear.


Oh my, what a gift to be born with. I recently heard about a poem that when read normally is depressing but when read backwards is inspiring. That is my kind of poetry and maybe I could understand it.


Tupac Shakur studied poetry in high school I guess that's why his rap is more poetry than gangsta.


Oh yeah, cool. I like rap and that's probably why because some of it is very poetic. The japanese alphabet, when recited in order forms a poem,too.


The vikings were very fond of poetry, as well.


Oh okay. Almost all of the hobbits characters names were taken out of old poems, dvergatal.


I did not, as I have never read any of the books. The vikings consider poetry, a gift from Odin


Oh cool, a gift from Odin. Ya know, Edgar Allen Poe only received $9 for the peon the Raven. I guess money does not live on like poetry.


Back then, that was a lot of money. It still is, when you factor in inflation. Nixon wrote a piano concerto, I didn't know he studied music.


I never knew that either, I did know that Pink Floyd played for an empty amphitheatre in Pompeii, that had to be awesome.


thank you for chatting with me, enjoy your day.


Do you subscribe to Netflix?  As of Oct. 2018, they had 137M subscribers.


I used to, but I haven't been with them for awhile.  Might if I ever get some extra money rolling in.  LOL.  But yeah, it's amazing how HUGE they are!


They are!  From 9pm to 12am they use 33% of bandwidth in N. America.


Did you know the guy who invented it came up with the idea after racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs rental?  That's kind of funny!


Yeah.  Turning anger into riches.  I love it.  Later, Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for nothing compared to what it's worth now.


Yeah, I heard about that.  They were offered to buy it for $50 and they said no, now it's worth like $2 billion!  I bet someone is kicking themselves over missing out on that!


For sure... Here's a head-scratcher... Some people think the universe in one big superhologram...


Like something out of The Matrix?  Yeah, I guess it's possible, but even if it was there's no way to know, so you'd really just have to keep living "as is" (if that makes sense.)


I agree.  Did you know there are stars cold enough to be touched.  Does that mean cold fusion is a real thing?


That I can't tell ya... although I'd assume it just means there's stars out there that aren't very warm.  Good thing our sun isn't like that!  Speaking of space.. ever seen Wall-E?


I watch part of it then fell asleep.  I didn't know it was derived from Walter ELIAS Disney...


Yeah, that's a neat little factoid.  Another neat thing is they got all sorts of hidden "Mickeys" (ie Mickey Head shapes) all over the various Disney resorts.  People make it a game to find them.


Are they worth anything?  I didn't realize Minnie Mouse's name is short for Minerva...


No, they're painted on various surfaces, you can't really take them with ya (unless you chip them out of the walls...) LOL


I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate that.  I bet Netflix doesn't like paying 20 times more on postage than they do for bandwidth.


Yeah, that surprises me.  I didn't think too many still got the DVDs in the mail, but I guess there's still some people out where internet isn't so great so streaming isn't really an option.


Yeah, I was puzzled about that too.  Another weird theory: there is only one electron in the universe.  OK, this one is crazy...


I'm not even sure how that would WORK given what he know about atoms and stuff.  Unless they're trying to say the electron is so BIG that the entire universe is in it... (shrugs)


Yeah, it's crazy on the surface... Crazy like Disney's Big Hero 6 used a 55,000 core computer to render it.  Wow, I am typing this on a 4-core computer...  Humbling...


Wonder how long the film took to render on that thing?  Bet you could play a mean game of Fortnight (or whatever is big now) on a computer like that!  ;)


For sure... That's one major computer... Thanks for your help.  You were and excellent chat partner!


Hello, do you like to go to a live concert?


I do!  It has been a while for me though.  how about you?


Yes I do also!  Sometime I go see a band, or an orchestra!


I teach band, I think that is really cool!


That's awesome!  One band I like is Linkin Park, they play 324 concerts in 2001 alone!


Wow, that is almost like one per day!  the Ramones did that too, but for like 20 years!


That definitely makes you quite busy!  I've been to Rome, but Croatia has an ancient Roman amphitheater they still use for concerts!  That would be neat to see there.


I wonder if that is the one Pink Floyd used to play a live concert to no one.


Maybe!  That is cool, I will have to look that concert up.  Speaking of band and music, do you like the piano?


It has to be one of my favorite instruments, although I dont play it well.


It was invented over 300 years ago from an Italian name Bartolomeo Cristofori!  I would love to learn the piano.


Maybe you could learn on the top of Britain's highest mountain there is a piano there.  Personally Id lke to how how it go there.


That is interesting!  How did it get there?  Another interesting thing is a aluminum grand piano was created for the airship hindenburg.  I wonder what the weight was.


It was probably pretty light, maybe didnt sound too good.  But that wasnt the Hindenburg's biggest problem.


Not it wasn't!  Do you like Freddie Mercury or the band Queen?


As is mine!  Freddie Mercury used the same piano to record Bohemian Rhapsody as Paul Mccartney used to record Hey Jude.  That would be so cool to see that piano for the history it has.


Wow!  That is pretty incredible.  Id love to see it.  I wonder if it made its way to a museum somehow.


Hopefully it is somewhere safe!  Beside music I like to read poetry.  Do you like poetry?


Some, I am interested to see the poem Demetri Martin wrote.


Has to be pretty funny being from Demetri!  Well it was nice talking to you, have a great day!


yes I do love concerts, I want to see the concert put on by 81 year old Philip glass


Is he the one that is playing at the Kennedy Center?


yes he is, it sounds like hes been preparing for this concert for a long time. I just want to support him because he's getting old


Sounds like a good story he has.  In Croatia, there is an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still used for concerts.  That would be interesting to see a show at.


Yes I would love to visit there. I would also love to go to a dog concert LOL apparently they play high frequencies that only dogs can hear


lol  That's interesting!  Would be funny to see the dogs reactions.


Yep I wonder if they would enjoy the music? Do you enjoy Abba's music by the way


Hahaha I do because I grew up in the 70s and when I hear them it takes me back to being a kid.


Yep I like Abba a lot, it's crazy that they turned down a billion dollars to do a 100 concert tour


Wow!  I didn't know that.  That's a lot of cash!  The Ramones played 2,263 shows over a 20 year span.  Bet they didn't come close to making that for their entire career.  lol


Haha that's a good point! Do you ever listen to Foo Fighters? Apparently their concerts were so loud they show up on seismic monitors


I do listen to them!  Dave Grohl is actually from not far from where I live and his grandparents, parents, aunts, and uncles still live there.  He comes home a lot.  The Foo Fighters even played a show at a local record store.  It's on youtube look up foo fighters niles, ohio and you can watch it.


Wow I'll have to check that out. Do you play any instruments by the way? I personally play the piano


I play guitar.  Tried piano but for some reason I couldn't get it.  Thought I wouldn't have a problem because of the guitar.  But, I was wrong.  Did you know that Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney used the same piano to record their hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hey Jude"?


Wow that's very cool! Also cool is that steam pianos are a thing, you can actually hear their notes from miles away


I am going to have to look those up.  Sounds interesting.  They made an aluminum grand pianno for the lounge of the Hindenburg and it weighed only 356 pounds.  I wonder if it went down when the ship crashed?


That would be sad if it did go down with the Zeppelin, very strange that Richard Nixon could play the piano and actually did a performance for The Tonight Show


I never knew that about him.  I wonder if that's on youtube?  On April 18, 1930 the BBC decided there was no news worth reporting so they broadcasted piano music instead.  lol


That seems really nice! I wish they would do that today, what do you think about the mysterious mute man who they found in England and he could only communicate through with a piano, that should be a horror movie


Wow.  I never heard that story.  That's actually pretty interesting.  I have to get running. It was nice chatting with you today!


Hello do you know any facts about netflix?


I do like for a fact that the company has about 137 million of subscribers worldwide


I can'be believe it's already been 20 years since the company was founded in 1997.


Its been a long time I agree, it started as a DVD rental service and now its the biggest service out there


It is.  From 9 PM to 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33 percent of allbandwidth in North America.  I'm part of that 33% lol


I think I am too, did you know that in the year 2000 Netflix proposed Blockbuster to use them as an online service, Blockbuster laughed at the idea


They should have taken them up on it and they would still be in business. lol


I know right, I bet they are regretting that decision big time Netflix is a giant of the industry now


They are for sure!  Together with youtube, they make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  So that means 1/2 the people online are watching videos.  lol


I guess both services are really popular did you know Netflix has 150 movies with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes? great content


I will have to go check that out.  Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.  Pretty pricey but that's how they get subscribers to rent the new movies on dvd.


I guess they still have the DVD service, so what are your thoughts on the universe?


I think that it may be one giant superhologram from what I've read.


A lot of crazy theories out there, could be right also the one that we exist inside of a black hole


There is also a theory that there is only one electron in the universe.


Yeah I heard that one as well and think its crazy, but  I like to keep an open mind our model of the universes has advanced a lot since Copernicus, Newton


Yes lol  There are stars in the known universe that are cold enough to be touched by the human hand.  How would they even know this?


Years and years of science and improvement, but the curious thing is that the more we learn about the universe the more questions we have about it


I agree!  Do you watch Disney at all?  Bill Ney was the science consultant for Disney's Flubber.  I had no idea.  It's bee fun chatting with you!


I am a fan of Disney movies and I didnt know that I watch the movie but I guess I didnt pay much attention to that detail. It's been great chatting with you as well.


Hello, how are you? Do you watch Netflix?


I'm doing great! I watch Netflix occasionally - just another one of the 137 million people that do. Do you?


Yes, I do too! I have other places also, like Hulu and Amazon prime. Think blockbuster made a mistake.


Blockbuster made the same mistake other companies like Toys R Us and Sears did by not playing the online market. Netflix took a risk and hit it big that way.


Yes, true. That $40 late fee was inspiring!


That's one nice thing about online streaming. They can't very well charge a late fee!


I use Netflix and YouTube also in the evening usually.  Peak internet traffic time.


It's amazing that everything still streams so smoothly when Netflix sometimes gets up to 33% of all bandwidth in North America.


Yes it does. Good idea of google to use goats to keep lawn mowed!


I bet Google could make some money off that if they started filming the goats and streaming them on something like Netflix. People love watching animals do the most random things.


Oh yes, like that. A single google search computes alot of power!


It has to when it searches the entire web and generates millions of results at a time! A five minute downtime in 2013 accounted for 40% of web traffic.


I don't have any personal experience with the company, but I'm really intrigued to see where they go with their ideas. Elon Musk is so innovative.


Yes, i think so. Didn't know Toyota owns %10 of Tesla.


I wonder if they want to make sure not to miss out on a potentially successful new car idea, like doing the opposite of Blockbuster and buying into their industry's "Netflix."


could be? I love driving electric cars. No sound. lol


I've never driven one, but I can see the appeal of that! So many people around here drive big trucks with even bigger engines and you can hear the rev, rrrrev, RRREVing from across the neighborhood. A quiet Tesla sounds nice.


lol, I love big trucks too! All American!! Didn't know Tesla helped to develop Toyota's 2nd Gen Rav4 Great Chat!


That's true, big trucks are awesome for a lot of things. My mom drives one! Not a Toyota, though. I wonder if Tesla's made any big trucks. Great chatting with you too!


Yes a lot. Do you know how much computing power a single search requires?


yes more than it took to take Neil and 11 others to the moon


Yeah. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes they take the average with which android devices move in traffic


Yeah And once they hired goats instead of people to mow the lawn


SO good, they are really creative with stuff like this sometimes


Yeah true. ANd they once went down for 5 minutes and took with them 40% of the traffic in the web


Yes I do. They account for one third of bandwidth in NA in the morning


No surprises there together with youtube they account for half of the peak traffic


Yes. And they still spend more on postage than on bandwidth, 20 times more


Yes when there was no Netflix, how about you?


Me too. They had a chance to buy it but did not , too bad


Yes and for just millions they could have made billions


True. DO you know how the idea for it came by?


Yes the guy who started it got a late $40 fee on a VHS


I love cars and my favorite brand is Tesla. Do you like them?


I sure do they are good cars. It was nice chatting with you.


I see,  it's a great service.  Looks like Netflix spends more money on postage than bandwidth,  that's really interesting!


I heard that.  So much for "old school".  I heard Netflix was inspired by a late fee on a video rental.  Funny...


That's hilarious!  I guess that's when all the good ideas come to someone,  when they are fed up with what already exists.


Yep.  Netflix is bringing back some 80s comic book stuff like Voltron.  I prefer Walt Disney cartoons like good ol' Mickey Mouse myself.


Voltron!  What a classic,  that's amazing!


Yeah, I had forgotten about Voltron.  'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power' somehow escaped me.  Nextflix is doing that too.


Omg,  really?  I use to love She-Ra,  saying it now sounds kinda funny.  Like what kind of name is that lol I also,  like Walt Disney,  Did you know Wall-e was named after walt disney?


I didn't know that.  To each their own... Why take to fantasy things when the universe is fantastic enough?  Ya know, there are suns that a cold enough to touch?


I think you mean stars!  Got it!  Yeah isn't that amazing!


They are synonyms.  I think dark matter and dark energy is a fascinating riddle.  Much like the theory that  universe may be one giant superhologram


yeah,  I wonder what makes them think that.


I don't know.  I may be the same people that think the moon landings were faked.  Like the Blockbuster people that refused to buy NetFlix -- Doh!


Yeah,  what a missed opportunity on their part!  They would still be in business if they had bought Netflix!


Yep.   I bet they wished they had that one back.


Can you believe that Netflix and YouTube make up half of the internet traffic in America?


Wow.  I guess I won't feel guilty streaming EVER.


lol I absolutely love that nowadays we don't have to been home at a certain time to watch a show,  streaming has changed lives!


Agreed!  lol Well, its been fun,  have a good one.


No. I do not. But I have a question. If Google were to operate in China, what it would look like? The project called Dragonfly, is already performing to the satisfaction of Google executives..


Not sure about that.  I do know a single Google search requires more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong and eleven astronauts to the moon.


Ha ha... What Do you think about Musk, who agreed to pay $20 millions fine and step aside, as Tesla chairman for three years to settle charges?


Yes. It was quite interesting for me to see early versions of google moon using pictures of cheese for the closest zoom level? What about you?


Sounds cool, I've never seen that.  I do know that Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road.


Oh, I did not know that , thank you. Yes, It reminds me of  when google launched  gmail. At first "g-mail" was the name of a free email service offered by garfield`s website, brings so much memories, good old days.


Yeah, google does it all.  You know when there is a disputed border, Google maps tailors its maps to the claims of each country where the internet browser is located?


I bet, what's even more interesting is that Google went down August 16, 2013 and took 40% of web traffic with it!


Sure it is. Speaking about Netflix earlier. Did you know that Netflix has a movie that is nothing but an hour long video of a fireplace for your home? I am assuming some kind of screen saver.


It's actually quite popular around the holidays for people to sit and watch that log burning in the fireplace.  Who would have thunk it?  I read somwhere that Google once used goats to mow the grass around their headquarters instead of  people.


What? That`s odd?! But Google is quite efficient when it comes down to using electricity, their data center uses about 0.01% of a total worldwide electricity use.


Yes, they are.  Getting back to Netflix, did you know they spend 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth?


No. But I am not surprised. As of October 2018, Netflix has 137 million total subscribers worldwide, including 58.46 million in the United States. They mean business.


Yes, they do.  Did you realize Blockbuster turned down several offers to buy Netflix for $5o million and now Netflix is worth $2 Billion.  Can you say Blockbuster, who?


Yes, right? In 2000 Netflix proposed that blockbusters should use Netflix as its online service and blockbuster laughed them out of office.


Big mistake, HUGE!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you friend.  Have a good day!


Hi, yes I do although I have not been to a concert recently.  I have to say I never even saw the Ramones even though they toured almost non stop for over 20 years.


Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone! That's a lot of shows!


Yes it is!  I'd like to go to a concert in an ancient roman amphitheater.  I understand Croatia has one still in use..


I wonder if Creed has ever played there. I am sure they would be sued for their performance there too.


Lol! I've heard about that. Didn't they get sued back in 2002 for a bad concert?


Yes! I remember that issue. He played for 10 minutes passed out and then called it art... The concert lasted 10 minutes and had him passed out on stage. Light weight!


He passed out after 10 minutes! No wonder four people sued!


Not like a Pink Floyd show. In 1972 they recorded a live concert in the amphitheater with no audience!


That's one way to keep from getting sued!  They could do anything and no one would know.  Speaking of no audience, I heard that a group of climbers reached the top of britain's highest mountain in 2006 and found a piano.


I read that and want to know who actually dragged a piano up there. You have to be dedicated to climbing and the piano!


Yes you do.  Even if you used the piano built for the hindenburg it would still be heavy. It was 356 pounds.


That's one great sherpa! There's a piano that freddie mercury used to write bohemian rhapsody and paul mccartney used for hey jude! Now thats a good piano!


Agreed!  Say, back in 1930 the bbc decided there was no news worth reporting so they broadcast piano music instead. Don't you think they should do that in this day and time?


That's too much piano for my desire... I get irritated with the news but must be a glutton for punishment because I still watch it. Although I would like to hear the stress test song...


Yeah. I guess it is not playable by humans...


Yes. Unlike other forms of art, like poetry, which is done by humans.


Poetry dates way back to prehistoric times.  Interesting when you think about it.


Agreed. There is a 224 word Palindrome! Nice chatting with you.


I love several kinds of music.  I have been to concerts in big venue settings.  How about you?


I don't go to concerts much now. No time, little money. What have you gone to recently?


Garth Brooks in a stadium.  One music group played 324 concerts in one year.  That had to be exhausting.


They must have been youngsters. 324 is almost one a day. I guess they had a great fan base, plus a strong album to tour on.


It was Linkin Park.  That was back in 2001.


Linkin Park. I think their singer died. Too bad. Very popular band. One of the best selling of this century.


The Ramones played over 2200 in 20 years.  I hated travelling for business, so that must have been excruciating.


I guess they had a tremendous support team. I don't like travelling but the riders for the contracts must have given them everything they ever needed to be comfortable.


Good point.  They probably did not go far each day with a well planned itinerary.  In Croatia there is an ancient Roman theater that is still used for concerts.


I guess the seats are comfortable? Seems like everything would be stone. I guess the acoustics are "classic." Did the Ramones ever play there? I wonder.


I somehow doubt it.  Croatia has only recently become free enough to be on western concert tours.  There was a Creed concert in 2002 that was so bad, some of the audience sued them.


Maybe Creed should have practiced in an empty stadium, or started their tour in Croatia. Sued? Wow. They must have been terrible.


They must have had free legal service or one of them was a lawyer.  Have you ever heard recordings of Vladimir Horowitz playing a piano?


I don't think so. I've heard his name, so maybe I've heard him.


He had a marvelous concert grand.  Great pianists clamor to play it today.  Freddie Mercury us the same piano for Bohemian Rhapsody and Paul McCartney used for Hey Jude


There must be magic in that piano. Probably more that the one that a group of climbers found on the top of Britain's highest mountain


No doubt.  The UK mountain must be short enough for a helicopter to elevate above it.  A piano is both a percussion instrument with the hammers and a stringed instrument because of the....wait for it...the strings.


The strings?! I had NO idea! Plus the highest mountain in the UK? Did the piano weigh less than the one on the Hindenburg?


Undoubtedly not.  That Hindenburg piano was aluminum so it could be strong and light.


That makes sense. I wonder if it sounded good. Would Horowitz play it? Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


I do, actually! What about you? I love Golden State's new championship rings and how they have a bristly texture with a perfect circle at the top to match the Oracle Arena!


The Oracle Arena is impressive, I heard the diamonds are vast like 74 diamonds


They are! It is so beautiful! So do you have a favorite? I like Tim Duncan because I admire how he elected to finish four years of college before joining the NBA. He sacrificed money for an education!


I like Tim Duncan as well, I  think he made the right decision, I also used to like Michael Jordan,


Same here. In fact, did you know Air Jordan's were actually banned when they were introduced but Nike paid the fines each game so Jordan wore them anyway? That was a great way to market them!


I didnt know that, they paid for the fines? wow I bet those shoes generated lots of money a fine didnt matter


Agreed! Well speaking of basketball, I heard that physicists have proved shooting granny style is the best  technique to score points on the line. However, NBA players refuse to use that method because it looks stupid. Can't say I blame them!


I would use that technique if I earned as much money as they do, wouldnt mind looking stupid


You're right about that! After all, they are the best paid athletes in the world by average annual salary  so they shouldn't worry about looking silly or stupid.


I know right, so do you like Drake? that Canadian musician?


I do, actually! I just can't believe he graduated high school at the age of 25 back in 2012. What about you?


That is crazy, I bet he grew in a poor family, I do like him, think he has a lot of talent


He does. I like how he visited Drake University right after the students there gave up on trying to get Drake there during a tour stop!


Canada has great artists, do you follow Justin Bieber as well?


You're right, Canada does! I do also follow Justin Beiber and not the Justin Beiber who was banned from Facebook just for having the same name as the singer. That was just wrong for Facebook to do that.


It was, why ban that other guy, he is the author of the most diliked video in Youtube I guess a lot of haters out there.


So true! But can you believe Beiber has yet to have a number one single in both the US and Great Britain?


Yeah, I guess he is more popular in other countries, sounds like he has a great heart as well he granted 200 wishes in the make a wish foundation


That is very admirable! So nice of him to do that! I'm glad he gives back after becoming the first artist to have seven songs from a debut chart on the Billboard Top 100!


He is the first artist really? wow that is impressive, I like his music,


Hi turker, do you like NBA, If yes, do you like the Golden State Warriors?


I don't pay much attention to basketball. I've heard most of their players actually end up under financial stress after retirement


I didn't know that, because they make good money, maybe bad Investments.


It's possible. One former player chose upfront money over a stake in Nike, which was a bad financial decision on his end


Ok, but I think Michael Jordan made lots of money from Nike shoes and shirts, I guess it depends on your nba performance.


True. The league wasn't formed until the 1940s, which is fairly recent compared to other popular sports


The think that a player like Steph Curry would make a good living after retirement for him and his family.


He seems to have a good head on his shoulder. Tim Duncan is another one. Instead of going directly into the NBA, he stayed in college for four years


I always like to see Tim Duncan play, because he was a cool player and easy going, never really get upset while playing.


That's really cool. One thing I don't get is why Coach Stan Van Gundy was fined. All he said was that he didn't think they should play games on Christmas


Yes that did sound strange, I didn't know the reason for his comment, did you know the reason for that comment?


Not sure. I guess it's one of those things we'll never know. One thing I do know is that Just Bieber has the most disliked video on YouTube


It doesn't surprise me too much, such a young guy when he started, but lived as an adult.


He was on an episode of MTV's silent library when he was only 15. That's pretty young


Yes, I like a few of his songs when he first became famous. As he grew older that change. Did you know the nba was found in New York City on June  1946.


Of course it was in NY. They even have international offices there


Yes, I thought Reggie Miller was a pretty good three pointer, he was another cool player almost like Tim Duncan.


If you take the average per playter, basketball players are actually the best paid athletes in the world. I guess that shows how much of a team sport it is


Yes, you are right, what do you think about wnba? Have you watched one game?


No, I don't usually watch television at all, let alone sports. Of the four major sports leagues in the US, the NBA isn't one I keep up on much


Ok, nba player allen Iverson signed a lifetime contract through reebok for $800,000 a year until age 55, wow.


That's pretty legit. I wonder how much they make through sponsorships along


Hi are you a fan of Justin Bieber or now any interesting things about him?


I know nothing about him. well, he is canadian. what do you know?


I know that he was discovered on youtube in 2008 and was signed to a record deal.


I wonder how many people ahve been discovered on youtube. I guess he must be worth 10 of millions by now.


I bet.  His first full length studio album My World 2.0 debuted in 2010 at number 1 in several countries.


I think the fans skew pretty young. i know that one of his videos is the most hated on youtube. i dont know why.


I cant imagine that he can go on much longer. he is getting old and the new generation will want someone younger.


Yes.  He does some nice things for charity.  He has granted 200 wishes for the make a wish foundation.  It's the most ever done by a recording artist.


He does a great job with the fans, i guess. i am not into his music. i am probably too old. LOL


No.  Never too old.  Just a different generation.  Bieber has never had a number one single in the U.S. or Great Britain.  Interesting seeing how is albums were No. 1's. lol


I guess the fans bought them but there wasnt much radio play?