i know , i didnt know either that they expermineted with hard rock , to me all that sounds very melodic not hard at all


Agreed, but I guess it was pretty hard compared to other music from that day and age. Im still surprised to learn that the song Come Together was written for a political campaign, I would have never guessed.


me neither , im from another time but i think their music is very melodic and soothing , great lyrics


So, do you watch Comedy Central? I didn't realized that it was created in 1989


After being a station for almost 30 years.... 100 cancelled shows doesnt seem like much to me. What do you think?


Comedy shows seem to have shorter careers, so you would think that a channel thats has so many shows, would have had more cancelled shows. I guess they just have a good record lol


me too , thats an understandable number considering the time that the channel has been out , well it was nice talking to u , have a good day !


yes actually... my grandfather liked him, how about you?


i have never heard about him , kind of interesting story how he made his career as a comedian


Even though I knew of him, I learned quite a bit. What do you think about learning that The Green Lantern was originally meant to be a comedy, and was to star Jack Black?


i learned that reading this article , do u like pokemon?


Not really, but I thinks it is crazy that there are 750 episodes! It doesn't seem like it has been going that long.


i have never thought it was interesting , theres even a game i think about it and it got really famous


Ive never played the game either. Did you ever watch That 70's Show? I never knew there was a remake in the UK.


I do own a car.  When I had a dog, it had a Eureka moment every time he got to go for a ride.


The little arrow on the gas pump symbol, next to the fuel gauge.  That arrow points to the side the filler is on. Eureka!


Yes that took me awhile to realize too! I can't believe cars have been around since 1886 when Karl Benz patented it. I thought it was only around 120 years old.


The model T was an amazing successful car. Many of the features it had exist today.  1908  and evolving ever since.


Funny how some things never change, especially the trunk of the car. It used to be a literal wooden trunk.


Apparently Audi had to create a new horn for the Indian market.  They are heavy users of the horn.


That is funny. Car history is interesting, especially how companies get their names. Cadillac was named after an explorer who founded Detroit.


There are a lot of french names in Detroit.  Gratiot is a street.  Do you believe that googles self driving cars have an aggressive option?


No, But I like dogs.  They are the first species to be domesticated.


I do believe it because Google is probably located in areas where there is heavy traffic.


Should a device that carries one to eight people have four tires and runs on a road be aggressive.  Sounds like a bad idea.


It does. Driving is supposed to be stress free, but others make it stressful, unless you're beating 90,000 people in a video game.


So, if we lock your dog and a chimp in my car, which one will cause the most stress?


I would say the dog for sure. They really show emotions.


Is a cold day here, I think I will warm up the car and go somewhere.  Good thing I am not in Ohio. Terrible place to be.


Crazy! I wonder how long it took for that! I always liked the rumor that they were color blind, but they just don't see as many colors as us.


The dog has a long association with humans.  They have uniquely tuned behavior. To bad about the colors, they make great art. or a mess.


A mess indeed! Speaking of messes, South Africa allows flamethrowers on your cars to prevent carjacking!


Right.  I bet riding around with a big dog is effective as well.  Does your dog know 1000 words?


My dog is super smart so she probably knows more than me haha. Dogs and elephants are the only animals that know pointing.


So, if we could get a chimp and your dog together, would they become a 1000 word knowing crime fighting duo, or just fling poo and bark a lot?


haha that's too funny. They definitely would fling poo and bark a lot because why not?


I like the idea of the crime fighting duo using the subway.  They would clean up a lot of unguarded food.


I wonder if they count junior players in that 250 million. If they did, then I was one of the count as a kid!


I never played, I have a nephew that plays he loves it, Have you ever heard of the 3 team matches?


Three team matches? I can't imagine how that would work. It sounds complicated, and it doesn't sound like it would work on the standard rectangular pitch.


I am not sure exactly, But it would be fun to watch!


I'd love to see some top FIFA teams try playing that way. They practice so much for the normal game, it would be interesting to see them adapt to a new field.


I had gone to a game last year in The stadium that the Patriots play in. It was a great time.


Is there an association football team called the Patriots too? I'd only ever heard of the American football team, and I didn't think the stadiums could be used for both.


Yeah the New England Patriots football team, Their Stadium is also the home of the New England Revolution of Major Soccer League.


I had no idea! It's cool that they share a name like that. What team did you get to see them play against?


No worries. Sometimes sports is so exciting and full of energy that the details slip my mind too!


Haha, sorry, football it is! Just didn't want to get confused between the types. Do you have a favorite team?


I really don't, I just get into it for the World Cup. Fair Weather fan I guess. Haha


Can't blame you. The World Cup is really exciting, and it's about the only time I watch too. Sometimes I root for a team just for the hype though.


You can not go wrong With Mexico or Brazil. Did you know That the US placed in the first World Cup in 1930


I didn't know that! I have heard that the US women's World Cup team is pretty stellar, though.


Football (soccer)is the most popular sport in the world played in more than 200 countries. I was in Thailand and they have no idea what american football is, haha


It's amazing how far-reaching the sport is. I don't think there's a single other sport that has an international audience in the same way.


with 250 million players that is definitely hard to beat


He says he is the best at Halo 3, and can beat anyone at the school in the game.


Yeah, that is pretty cool. I've never played it, have you?


No, I am more of a Mario Brothers person.


Interesting. Do you game now? I was looking at buying a system.


Nice. Did you know that in the 60s bowlers made twice as much as top football stars?


I heard that, that is pretty crazy.  But the real money is in Engineering.


Yeah, apparently. I studied engineering. Well, nice chatting with you!


A little, more college than pro.  How about you?


I tend to watch pro, but that's because I went to a basketball college.


I went to a small private college, the basketball team was awful, and didnt have a football team when I was there.


Did you know that Kellan Moore is the only lefty QB in the game?


I heard that, that must really throw off the other team.  I am kind of surprised by the fact there is only one though.


Yeah, I think it may be due to setting the offense around a lefty.


Speaking of quarterbacks did you hear about Baker Mayfield?


Is is a quarterback at U of Oklahoma who almost quit football for gaming.


Did you watch the Academy Awards this year?


Really? that can happen? an award nominated for another award? lol that is insane.


Sounds like the movie Inception lol. I heard that George Lucas's wife has more Oscars than him!


Even Eminem has more Oscars than Lucas lol, so that is a soft topic for him.


I bet you don't speak of the oscars in front of him haha. Do you watch the NFL at all?


Yeah thats a sensible topic indeed lol, I do watch the NFL, what about you?


Same here. Did you know it's considered an entertainment business rather than a sport?


No first time hearing about that, do you like the Walt Disney Company?


I do to a point! I didn't know they accept outside ads from companies.


I like Disney movies, Big Hero 6 was one of my favorites it required a lot of computing power and I didnt know that either.


That is interesting! Did you know they make 1110 dollars per second that is insane! I need to get on that haha. Nice chatting with you!


That is a lot of money! wow, I would be traveling the world with that much green lol, it was nice chatting with you as well have a great day


I did, not all 24 awards but some of them, they have been around for a while a lot of history


Didn't they start as a private dinner in 1929? I thought there was more than 24 given it takes forever to get through the show haha.


Yeah it started out as a small event hosted by Douglas Fairbanks I guess the awards have grown a lot since then.


After that, they went to radio in 1930 and then televised for the first time in 1953.


I do! I like him in a bunch of movies! Has he won many oscars?


He has one the best actor Oscar 3 times, his the only actor to win it that times.


That is fitting for him! Can you believe the oscars were nominated for 9 emmys in 2013? Must have been a rough year lol.


That's an interesting fact.  Nice.  If you publish a book in Norway, the gov't will buy 1000 copies of your book and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.  That's interesting if you're an author from there.


I'm sure that encourages more authors to publish, knowing that copies of your books will end up all over the country!  What is your favorite kind of literature?


I'm a fan of non-fiction.  I always wanted to try writing someday and maybe I could win a contest like that annual one they have where writers have to come up with the worst opening sentence to a novel.  lol


LOL!  What?  I never heard of that!  Now I'm curious...  Maybe you should try comedic fantasy?  An author was once knighted for his "services to literature" through comedic fantasy!


lol How interesting is that? In 19583 Sir Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature!


Wow, that's interesting!  But how about a gold metal?  The father of the modern Olympics won a gold metal for writing poems about sports!


That is pretty neat!  I didn't know before today that literature was an olympic event from 1912 to 1952.


OH!!!  I did not know that!  I guess that's how he won the gold metal.  I thought they gave it to him because of the Olympics connection...how interesting!!


How about the FDA burning 6 tons of literature in an act of US censorship.  I wonder when they did that and why?


Wow, not cool! It had to have been many years ago.  There is a doctor who teaches heavy metal as a form of literature.  Isn't that curious?


Yes, I sometimes use it.  I mainly use it to watch DVDs...Do you use the library?


That is pretty neat!  I like it!  I have a meeting I have to get ready for.  Loved chatting with you!


I do.  I use it to get out books, cds, and dvds mainly.  I love it because of all the money I've saved.


Yes, it is a wonderful resource to have.  It's one place I don't mind paying taxes for! Did you know that when ships visited the city of Alexandria, they had to surrender their books for copying?  They put the copies into a library in Alexandria!


I didn't know that.  There are more libraries than McDonalds in the US


Wow, really?  That's good to know!!  I hope that never changes!  A man once opened a library from his personal collection because he wanted to "bring together books who had no readers with readers who had no books", I think that's just wonderful!


That is awesome!  I bet he had a huge collection!  The Sacramento public library started a library of things where people can check out items that they can use, but don't really need to own long term.  I think that's a great idea!


That is a great idea!  Like if you need a chainsaw because a tree branch went down in your yard, but you don't want to own one!  That happened to me...we had to pay someone to remove the tree branch.  It was a big branch!


That's what went through my head when I read that.  Every library should follow their lead and do that.


I agree...and maybe people would read more books too.  I guess when libraries started lending video games, to attract teenagers in, books started getting checked out at a much larger rate than before!


Yeah and they passed on that for just $50 million. They could have made billions now


What a horrible business decision that was. Now they only have one store left. A bit off topic but do you use the internet a lot? I am online all of the time in some way.


I use it all the time actually. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


It is the three horizontal line menus on different apps


Oh wow, I didn't know there was a name for that. Did you know that you can get internet service on Mount Everest?!


Wow we have reached that far now. A copy of the Internet is saved in the Library of Alexandria


Whoa. How is that possible? I can't imagine how much storage space that would take.


Yeah exactly. Did you know who can develop addiction from clicking too much on the internet?


I did not but I have certainly gone down the internet wormhole myself and not realized that hours have passed so I can see that.


I watch Netlfix all of the time actually.


Yeah exactly, it is easy to get distracted. Nice chatting with you


Nice. It account for 33% of all bandwidth across north america in the morning


Wow! I knew is was used a lot but not that much. I did know that Netflix and YouTube combined make up half of peak traffic in North America. That is some serious traffic to those sites. \


Yeah they have both become really big. Netflix stills spends more on postage than bandwidth though, about 20 times more


I'm shocked that they still send out that many DVD's. I dropped that part of the service years ago and  I don't know anyone else that still has it.


Yeah exactly, who knows what they are shipping. DO you know how Netflix was invented, or why?


Yeah the guy who invented it was not happy that he has to pay a VHS late fee and it is all history from there


It was certainly a fantastic idea. Do you know that Blockbuster had a chance to own Netflix?


Yea it stress tests the auto pianos. The song is called Circus Galop. If its unplayable by humans, I wonder how it was even composed


Yes that's a good question. Do you like the comedy genre?I love how most comedy movies have happy endings.


I do, theyre some of my favorite films. Have you ever seen Kung Fu Hustle? Bill Murray is a big fan


Never seen that movie but I think I might add it to my list. Especially since he says it's the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy.


which is a surprise to me, because it really isn't all that great! I thought Bill would have better tastes


Maybe it was a joke then? I also want to watch third rock from the sun because it won a Golden Globe for best comedy series in 1997.


another surprise! It beat out Friends AND Seinfeld. Talk about a stacked year for comedy shows


Seriously. Are you familiar with the genre of movies called bromantic comedies? One example of a movie from that category is the hangover.


oh I never knew there was a name for that kind of comedy film! but i guess its pretty fitting. just films about friends being friends


Yes exactly LOL. Other films in that category are Harold and Kumar, and pineapple express.


A good morning to you too my friend. What are your thoughts on the piano? It has definitely been around a while as it was invented in Italy around 1700.


both Stoner Comedies haha what a surprise. Do you like those films?


Yeah I think they're pretty funny from time to time. I think it was cool Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy. It was really nice chatting with you today.


I think it is a very beautiful instrument, but very difficult to play! Do you play?


Are you still but not anymore. Yes very difficult to play. Freddie Mercury used the same piano as Paul McCartney.


yea the one he used to record the song Hey Jude i heard. I love that song


Yes very good song indeed. I love the song Bohemian Rapsody too. Very unique. There is apparently a piano at the top of Britains highest peak!


woah! I wonder how it got there? It would be very heavy to carry that high up


Yes it would indeed. Maybe it was aluminum. An aluminum piano was once built for an airship and weighed only 365 pounds!


"Only" haha thats still massively heavy. That piano was built for the famous Hindenburg


Yes it was. I guess it's all relative because compared to normal pianos that is light. Aren't those pianos that play themselves really cool? Apparently there exists a song compose solely to stress test those.


Then I wonder how much mass the biggest star discovered in our galaxy would be. After all it is 1 billion times bigger than our sun


Wow, that big! it must cover a big percentage as well, I would love to see the sunset on Mars though


Does Mars have an atmosphere? Without one, the sunset should look white


The sunset is supposed to be blue, it must be a really nice landscape to watch.


Wow! A blue sunset? It seems beautiful just imagining it.


It does seem beautiful, you know the equator actually rotates at a faster rate than the poles, I thought it was the other way around.


is it because of the centripetal force, the distance for rotation at the poles is less than at the equator, leading to a faster rotation rate at the equator?


Wow that sure is an interesting explanation thanks, our sun sure is interesting.


I agree and what makes it even more important is how it alone basically supports life with a nearly infinite amount of energy


I think about the perfection of the sun, its almost a perfect sphere that provides us with the energy every living things needs to survive


I do, I love listening to the radio, what about you?


I couldn't agree more. In any case, thank you for this enjoyable chat about the sun.


I personally find the technology behind radios to allow for the transference of sound to be intriguing. However, I myself have never really used the radio


You have never used a radio? how can that be!! and it is intriguing I wonder who discovered those waves and decided to use them.


I am interested in the uses of radios in both history and in space as soldier made radios with just a razorblade and pencil. However, I found no need to use the radio since I had computers and phones


Yeah  I guess radios are becoming obsolete, there was a ventriloquist show on the radio back in 1930, sounds kind of silly to me though


Well I don't completely think radios are obsolete. There is even a free website to listen to thousands of classic radio drama. With the surge in audiobook and listening to literary works, maybe previous radio dramas may surge as well


There is a radio station that picks up solar activity I wonder what station is that, it would be cool but eventually become boring.


I think it would be as boring as a Finnish radio broadcasting entirely in classical latin


Yeah I wouldnt understand a word of it, you know that the sun is so massive it makes up 99% of the mass of our entire solar system


I have learned that a CNN person thinks that Kellyanne Conway is wrong when she says, "No evidence of collusion"  Big surprise that a CNN person would assert that!


I am a Prime member and shop there several times per month.  Imagine being the first customer and getting a building named after you.


Yes, for 27 dlls, cool! I would had prefered to have packages delivered to my door for free per life, I didn´t know that Ali Baba is richer than Amazon.


The market in China is just so large and potentially larger as the nation's wealth grows.  I admire Bezos for growing Amazon from just books.


I admire him for the idea that had. And I would love to be an amazon warehouse worker, I need to lose weight and walking daily 7 or 15 miles each day would be wonderful, getting paid for be thinner.


I live in Phoenix, so I would hope that the warehouse was air conditioned.  They, like Netflix, now make their own shows for streaming.


That would be so cool, love Netflix too. I am amazed to see that USP is working just for amazon to deliver packages on Sundays, amazing, what a strong company!


Great fortune for the Post Office.  Regular mail volume goes down due to email and the Amazon package delivery volume increases a lot.


You are right, you are pretty intelligent. I happen to own a kindle fire, I just love it! you can read about somebody´s history, if they mention where they were, you can actually see the place, if they mention the music that they were listening, you can listen it, love it! marvellous gadget!


Wow!  I did not know that Kindle could do so much.  Our computing power is so great nowadays that we are only limited by our imagination.  It is surprising how much innovation comes from newer companies and the older ones try to keep selling buggy whips.


Well, I highly recommend it to you, I was reading about Juana the Crazy, Queen of Spain and they  mentioned the Alhambra and the song that she was listening, and it makes you feel more into it. Nice to meet you, giving you an excellent.


Well, I was hoping not to enter into politics, but , I think Kellyane Conway is a politic figure.


Yes.  She is.  She is the President's spokesperson.  I suppose the researchers want to see how we handle the subject.  Four our of 10 Trump supporters gets news from FOX.  That is described as source loyalty, but it also means that 6 out of 10 do not.


Yes, I was surprised about the topics today, did you know that JFK, Washington and Jefferson were the 3 most wealthiest presidents? I wonder how JFK made his money, do you happen to know?


JFK inherited it.  His dad sold liquor during prohibition by importing it from Europe.  I would think that Trump would be in the top 3. I am glad it is not like 1805 where the VP was the person who came in second.


Hahaha, thank you, I am glad that you knew. Well, it seems that it paid off to be selling liquor then. Would be like selling drugs now?


I don't think it was looked down on quite as much, but it was illegal.  It is also amusing that a president of a country would be called president banana.


Yes, the President of Zimbabwe, I wonder why the choose the word banana. And I wonder too, why the President´s gues hourse is larger than the White House. To give more status?


I suspect it has to do with when it was built.  The White House is very old.  Can you imagine a cable channel that only broadcasts "The Simpsons?"


Hahaha my ex husband would had loved it, lol, do you like to make purchases in Amazon?


Probably not. From 9pm to 12 am they are 33% of the bandwidth used in NA.


Did you realize that after a bad experience something good could happen? netflix started after someone had to pay a really high late fee for a movie!


Isn't that cool! Wish I had had that idea! Netflix also still sends out DVD's!


Anyway, technology is always changing, so companies have to adapt to new technologies as soon as they can. DVD's are not going to last!


I thought that too. 5 years ago. But they are still going strong.  You said you like music. What kind do you listen to?


Right now I'm listening to Lenny Kravitz, New York city! Music it's awesome. And these companies know music is powerful. Youtube is making a lot of money from music!


That's true. Music is a wonderful form of entertainment. A lot of people listen to music.


Talking about entertainment, did you know Ronald Reagan was an actor before to be President?


I did! Especially in westerns. I remember him running for election. No one thought he would win!


I guess nobody because he was even rejected for a movie role cause he didn't look like a president!


No, I don't like television. I prefer to watch movies once in a while. I love Music. To play and sing!


That's wonderful! You may be interested in watching the Rom com Sierra Burgess is a loser. Noah Centineo is in it!


I din't know Netflix released 126 original series in just one year! Isn't that amazing?


It is! I wonder how many of those have Noah Centineo in them!


I guess you are a fan! I'm surprised to learn that Netflix and YouTube together use half of the internet traffic in north america


I am! That's a crazy amount of traffic. I heard netflix has about 137 million subscribers.


That is a lot of people, and, a lot of money!!


Netflix isn't available in Chine or North Korea though.


Like a song said, "everybody wants to rule the world". I don't think Netflix need those markets to survive.


The Rog could bust a move. He really could go to town. I would probably dance worse than him.


Haha I'm inclined to agree with you! Do you play any instruments by the way? I have a guitar but I'm really bad at it


I don't play. I have no musical ability. Tone deaf. Two left feet. How long have you played?


Well I've had the guitar for years but like I said I mostly play the piano, I can play a little bit, it's just interesting that Brian May from Queen build a guitar out of an old fireplace LOL


The piano is a great instrument. You cannot build one out of a fireplace I think. Brian May is always up to something.


Yeah he can even play the guitar with a coin, he's very talented, did you know that you can use a dial toneto  tune your guitar?


Oh, yes I guess the tone is the same everywhere. That is a good idea. I think you'd have to have good ears though.


Yep I could see that. Do you know how to read by the way? Apparently Braille, which was invented by a fifteen-year-old, is used by the blind in order to read


Yes, I've never learned it. A French guy created it. Quite clever actually. Good for him!


Yep he seems very smart, even Andrew Johnson, who never went to school, was able to learn how to read from his wife


Hey I like to dance from time to time. Do you watch Game of Thrones? Apparently Emilia Clarke did a funky chicken dance during her audition


That is a very kind woman. And he was smart to many someone smarter than him. A good man.


Yep I agree with you. Do you know how to silent read by the way? Apparently that is a recent invention and that a long time ago people would have to read out loud


That sounds like Emilia! I wonder why she felt the need to dance. I cannot dance myself.


No I can't dance well, but I could do the robot dance and Funky Chicken LOL just like her


That's good! I can't even do that. I wish I could dance. People see me than ask me to stop. It hurts their feelings.


Do you think you could do the moonwalk? Apparently it was invented back in 1955


Oh, the Michael Jackson thing? There is probably a tutorial on YouTube for people like me. Still, I wouldn't want to do it in public.


Well I used to date a ballerina, but I never heard about these ballerina shoes that will make drawings based on their movements, that sounds cool


That sounds cool. How were her feet? I bet they looked painful. Did you know that Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the Nutcracker?


Yes her feet were always beat up which was weird, you don't think about that when you think about ballet. I want to see the episode of mr. Rogers where he learns to breakdance though LOL


So do you like Tom Brady as QB? I think the guy is a legend of the game


Yeah, he is amazing.  It is unbelievable that he threw 50 touchdown passes one year after never throwing more than 30 in any year prior.


It is right, that is a great record to have, he must earn a lot of money, I heard his wife earns almost double


Yeah.  It is interesting he never ate a strawberry in his life.


Yeah I wonder why lol, Its crazy how he was won the Superbowl or lost it with only 3 or 4 points of difference in the past editions


Tom Brady, as strange as he is, demands credit from the New England Patriots for helping them become such a successful team.


Did you hear how the author of Game of Thrones referred to the team?


I have to agree with him, they have dominated the league for a while now


The New England Patriots have such a rich and interesting history.


Yes.  I guess the New England Patriots need to have a replacement ready for Tom Brady.


They do indeed, they have dominated the league in the past years and are the owners of the greatest comeback in Superbowl history, what a team!!


Yeah he is about to turn 41 and probably will retire in a few years, they must have a good backup plan


I have faith in the New England Patriots.  They are the only team to appear in the Super Bowl ten times!


I think they not only have a great coach but also good administrative staff, that is always important, what do you think about the new hires?


I think Sam Darnold would be a good quarterback.


Brandin Cooks also seems like a good player but I agree Darnold sure had a bright future in front of him, maybe the Pats will do that for him


I think Bill Belichick contributes greatly to the New England Patriots success.


I agree, he is a great coach, he has changed things for the team, what do you think about the whole Garoppolo case, I know Belichick want happy about that


I believe Robert Kraft lacked oversight in his decision.


Swimming is a very interesting sport. It's awesome that Sean Conway Jr. got so many all-American times in 2018. What about you?


Yes, that's what I was thinking too. I wonder if it's only banned in the Olympics or in high school and college too.


Probably both if it is affordable. Is there any other sports you enjoy?


Yes, I really enjoy ice hockey. It's the national sport of Canada, along with lacrosse.


I am always amazed that people are able to play so well on ice. I can barely stand up


Same with me. It's amazing there are so many great hockey players. They can lose up to 8 pounds in one game!


I mean the calorie expenditure must be immense. Did you know a player traded for 1 dollar in 1993 went on to win 4 stanely cups?


That's crazy! The team that let him go must have regretted it.


Yeah. Did you know that in the first winter olympics Canada's ice hockey team scored 132 goals, and only let 3 goals in?


No wonder hockey is their national sport.


Swimming is a great sport. Not only do you get great exercise, but because you are in water, the stress on your body is lowered


Yeah, they are really into hockey. I guess that's why they're one of the few countries who refer to ice hockey with the word "hockey".


Indeed. In any case, thank for taking the time to chat. Hope you have a nice day.


It's so interesting that babies can swim within weeks of birth. Have you ever heard about that before?


I haven't but hopefully they are wearing some floats


It's supposed to be a survival response. They can even hold their breath underwater at that age.


Oh I see. Did you know it was native americans who introduced the crawling swimming stroke?


Yes, they even beat the British with it, because the British only ever used the breaststroke! That's so cool.


Do you think that the swimsuit used in the olympics should be standardized?


I don't think so, since only 94% of all the swimmers used it in 2008. Maybe some countries weren't able to afford it for their swimmers.


I mean it isn't that 94% of all swimmers used it. It was that of those who won, the vast majority used that swimsuit so it may be considered an unfair advantage


Greetings! I hope you are well. These readings were certainly interesting!


Even scarier, the next biggest star is a billion times the size of our sun.


Our sun is so tiny.  I'm not going to think about it.  It's way to scary.


I think you were trying to say something.  Apparently professional soccer makes more money than football, baseball, golf, basketball, and hockey combined.  How can it be?


Yes, my text box keeps disappearing. Sorry about that! I was trying to ask if you're a soccer fan.


I'm more into football but I watched some games on tv with my boss.  He is from England.  I like it that soccer is less harmful to players than football.


I didn't grow up around soccer, so I never really became a fan. It didn't make it to my backwater Indiana town.


Mesut Ozil, A German soccer player, donated his EU300,000 victory bonus to pay for poor children's surgeries in Brazil.  It was very nice of him.


Hello, how are you?  Do you like to read?  To me, reading is a simple word but the scientific definition that I read from an article sounded complex.


I guess that part about soccer making more money than any sport is true. Yet, I've never seen a pro game in the U.S.


I've got to run now.  It was nice chatting with you.  Have a good night.


Yeah, we don't have think about reading once we do it well, so it's kind of interesting to think about it. Are you an avid reader?


I used to but I have been busy with work, grand kids, etc.  Apparently, in the 18th century there was a moral panic because people began to enjoy reading novels.


Yeah, that cracks me up.  I also like the idea of CS Lewis JRR Tolkien having a "you laugh you lose" competition.  I used to be a real book nerd, but now I'm mostly reading on the internet.


I read mostly on the internet too.   Yes, I heard about CS Lewis and the competition your were talking about.


All the articles were interesting. I had no idea the Sun accounts for 99.86% of our solar system.  Our little planet is pretty insignificant.


It is scary, isn't it?  I did not know that the sun is actually white.  I thought it was yellow.


It would be amazing if we could capture the power of lightening bolts. Dr. Frankenstein had the right idea.


Apparently, they are hotter than the surface of the sun.  I always thought that the surface of the sun was the hottest thing in the universe.


He was out there too.  Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada desert. lol


Yeah, that makes sense. i guess when you're rich, you're not weird, youre eccentric. thats the word. eccentric.


Yes!  He even wrote a song for the Simpsons called "Do the Bartman".  Jackson was a massive Simpsons fan.


They did a great episode about him writing a song with Bart for lisas birthday. classic.


Neat!  I didn't know that.  Are you a Van Halen fan?  Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's hit "Beat it" and did it free of charge as a favor.


Yes, i like EVH. he played for free, even though his friends told him not to. i think that it was the right thing to do. it was a great tune!


Yes!  I agree!  Do you know much about the history of cars?


I do not know much about the history of cars. what kind of car do you like?


I have a soft spot for muscle cars from the 60's and 70's.  I was surprised to find out though today that the first patent for a car was issued in 1886 to Karl Benz.  I had no idea they were being developed that early.


oh like the 64 mustang and the 69 camaro? great cars.


I agree!  It's been fun chatting with you!


He is rapper.  Out of the top 10 most successful songs of all time, his "Gold Digger" song is in a minor key.


what did he mean when he said, "I'm not black, im Kanye?"


I have no idea.  He's out there when it comes to things he says.  He believes that aids is a man-made disease. I don't believe that he uses his mind much.


A man made disease. why would we make a disease like that? it is not a very effective disease. the flu can really kill. AIDS is a lot easier to avoid.


I agree.  He's out there. lol  He says weird things but then he'll go and do something nice like the one time he gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at one of his concerts.


i guess he has a good side, but i dont really know how stable he is. he met with trump. they seemed to get along. does that say something about him?


He's very different.  Sometimes I think he says crazy things just to get publicity.  He once did an SNL skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows.  Were you a fan of Michael Jackson?


Kanye spoofed himself on SNL before he did that silly thing at the awards show. LOL I was not really a fan of MJ, but i did like some of his tunes.


Nah, I'm not interested in old classic radio dramas, are you?


Not really,  but thats cool for people who do!  And its free!


Yes,  I do like baseball.  How about you?


Yeah, i think it is a great game. I love it to be honest.


Nice, they were popular with Gwynn and Bonds, are you a fan of them?


Yeah,  definitely Barry Bonds.  In the past few years they have won a few world series so we are not totally loss without bonds lol


Hello,  yes sometimes,  how about yourself?


You are lucky, we never win over here. Nice chatting with you!


Not really anymore. Did you know that soldiers in WW2 could make a radio from a Pencil and razorblade?


That is really amazing,  I don't even know how radios work so I probably couldnt do that lol


oooh is that with Tom Hanks?  Or am I just thinking every war movie is with Tom Hanks lol


No, it is with Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell.


It was ok, I recommend it if you like WW2 movies. Did you know that Jupiter has radio storms so loud that they can be picked up by AM radio.


Yeah I have never gotten the chance to listen to it though.  Have you?  Did you know theres a website that you can listen to old classic radio dramas?


Haha. I wonder why they changed their name? It used to be Goodfellow Dry Goods.


Maybe because it's shorter and easier to remember. Do you shop more at Target or more at Walmart?


Really? Goodfellow's? How is that harder than Target? Oh, I don't shop at Walmart. How about you?


I meant the whole name. Walmart is my go to store. Did you know that smoking near an Apple computer voids the warranty?


Well, I was wondering if that includes second hand smoke, and could you sue someone for smoking near your computer and voiding the warranty.


I would imagine it would be the laptop owner's fault for being somewhere smoking was allowed.


Could be. Do you know what a transhumanist is?


Haha, yeah. They're a little out there. Wanting to upload our minds into computers. Apparently, that'll probably happen someday. Anyway, it's been nice talking to you.


Some people won't take up much computer space. Nice talking to you have a nice evening.


I almost can't go to Target because I like it too much, haha. I didn't realize it's technically been around for over a hundred years.


I had no idea either. Did you know that Vermont is the only state without a Target store?


That's crazy. I wonder why? Do people from Vermont not like affordable housewares and apparel and groceries?


I don't know that would interesting to find out. Maybe it's because Target doesn't carry tobacco products.


Or maybe it's because 80% of the supplements they carry contain none of the advertised herbs.


Now that sounds a lot more likely. How do you think they get away with that?


Apparently it's not just Target. Walmart, Walgreens, and even GNC, too.


That's terrible. You know I wouldn't want to work at Target. The world is dangerous enough without wearing a target on my back, don't you think?


Hi, do you use the word tele or telly instead of television?


Yes, the book has sold over 500 million copies Including awards.


I find her dedication to charitable giving something to aspire to.


yes I agree, did you like the book? If yes, how many books you read?


I'm not a big fan. It really isn't my genre. I can see why it is so popular though. It creates a fascinating world.


This is no joke, I felt the same way, I try to get into the book, because it was popular.


There are a lot of popular authors that I just don't get though like John Green. His books have good messages but are very depressing.


I am not familiar with the author John Green, but heard of him.


He seems to be quite the accomplished guy. I wonder why he has chose to write such heart wrentching material.


He only received $ 8000 advance for his first book if I am right.


Yeah that isn't a  lot of money for an advance. I am curious about his youtube channel. It sounds rather educational.


I tend to use the abbreviation T.V. and just say the letters. I think it is more of a regional thing though.


I didn't know he had a youtube channel, I watched youtube a lot.


I guess he has a lot of history stuff on there. I wonder if it child appropriate.


Yes, I agree, have you ever watched a black and white T.V?


Yes actually I had one for years in college. What about you?


Yes, my family and I have a black and white T.V. for yes.


I try to play the game, but I never really understand it. I would love to learn to play pokemon.


I can't get into the game but my kids love the show. I can't believe it has been on for 16 years!


WOW, that true, I didn't know there were over 750 episodes of pokemon.


That is so many! I'm surprised that J.K. Rowling hasn't turned harry potter into some kind of tv show too.


Do you watch the World Series? I used to play baseball in school as a kid some, but don't pay much attention to it these days.


Cool. I never know how dependent we are on helium here on Earth. What are them most important things we use helium for?


It's a non-renewable resource. The UN actually appointed a UN ambassador for extraterrestrials. Unreal. Maybe the know something about baseball?


Yes, of course, that's why the earth will soon run out of helium, but I was just wondering what we actually use it for that's important? I know we need carbon and oxygen...but helium?


Did you know kickball is called soccer-baseball in Canada? Canadians are so weird.


So, we need helium for soccer-baseball in Canada? Interesting. I think it's funny that it takes Earth more than 365 days to revolve around the sun, so our calendars are actually kinda wrong.


It's only a quarter day's difference, and that day is made up on a leap year.


Technically it's a quarter day and an hour, so every four years when we try to catch up to the world's real time, we're still four hours off. I guess we tried, eh? It's interesting that the Earth's days were not even six hours long in the beginning.


I'm more interested on how they know that life is 4.1 billion years old.


Carbon dating I think. It's been awhile since I was learning any of that back in college. I've always been skeptical of it too, though. I just want to know how much that UN ET ambassador makes as salary. lol


I find it interesting that the Earth only has one moon. I'm wondering if we had another at one time.


I do not, as I am not a fan of baseball. Is it true that the Marine Corp Color Guard carried the Canadian flag upside down?


That would be nice to find out! Well, I'm gonna go watch an Earth documentary now. All this talk about it is making me curious! cya!


They must have been really embarrassed at that mistake! As a kid I ran the wrong way playing baseball once.


I think it's hilarious that the womens world cup had higher ratings than the world series.


I find it interesting that the Cubs initially won the World Series twice in a row and never again since. Almost like they jinxed themselves.


It's saddening to realize that over 80% of the world's forests have been cleared, how many of those trees went to make baseball bats?


I'm surprised we even still have enough oxygen to breath now that I know that about the Earth's forests. Did you know that Earth is the most dense of all planets?


Well, we will be out of helium by the end of the 21st century. That's going to do a lot of damage.


I'm not sure if the Earth even needs helium...it may only be for people to use for things that aren't necessary Do you think we'll ever have a modern day Babe Ruth?.


Actually, we need helium for a lot of things. I don't know anything about baseball, so I wouldn't know. If I were to find baseball cards in my grandpa's attic, I would toss them. Unlike that man who found millions of dollars in cards.


Yeah, that's what I thought. What do you think of Reggie Miller?


I think he is one of the great talents.  Played for the Pacers.  Hall of Famer.


In high school his sister kept bettering all the records he had achieved. Good thing he stuck with basketball though and didn't get discouraged.


Yeah, she was a force to be reckoned with.  105 points in one game!


And she had broken eight national records!


I'm not sure, I was about to look that up. I hope she did! She sounds like an awesome basketball player.


Tim Duncan of the Spurs was another stand out, he actually went to college before entering the draft.


I think that's smart, to have a backup plan! He did the full four years.


So many players go broke 5 years after they stop playing.


Maybe if they shot granny style that would make it more interesting. That is the proven way to consistently score points.


It is, its about the only way Im gonna score.  LOL


Haha. I wonder why Air Jordans were banned when they were introduced to the NBA. Did they provide an advantage or something? Jordan wore them anyway because he knew Nike would pay the fine for the game.


Nike definitely made their money off them though, so it was a smart choice on their part.  Wasnt it the pump shoes that they always claimed made you jump higher?


Oh, those were hilarious. Speaking of shoes, Allen Iverson has a lifetime Reebok contract where he gets paid $800000 per year until age 55 where he will get a lump sum of $32,000,000.


That is pretty sweet, getting money for a long long time.  his shoes arent as popular as Jordans.  I doubt any shoes will be.


Yeah I wonder if Reebok's money was well spent or not.


In my opinion, no.  I doubt in a few years Iverson will be relevant.  Unlike Jordan.


I only saw one parade of refs but not any of the floats, I bet they were great.


I know that fans wanted to sue the NFL over that decision. If it happened to the Eagles I don't know if I would ever get over it.


I feel like the saints are a persecuted bunch too. That cannot help their case. I laughed at the lawsuit. Nothing was going to come from that.


Exactly, there was unfortunately no way that was going to be overturned. Hopefully they can make something like that challengeable in the future.


I agree. I would be angry as bears fans. Although as a philly fan, don't you think you all would have rioted if that happened to you?


Oh I'm sure a few of us would have done something stupid. Unfortunately it seems like fans from the surrounding area like to come in and do dumb things and give us a bad rap. It's always funny to see the reports and it lists that they're not actually from the city.


I can see that. You did have a jail in your stadium though...


Yes we did, I think that was also somewhat of a publicity stunt mixed in as well. They did not carry that over when they built the Linc.


That's good. I do think it was sensationalized. Are you happy Foles is out? You're stuck with Wentz!


I am a football fan. I like both college and the NFL. Do you like football?


I can think of worse quarterbacks to be stuck with. I am not happy Foles is gone but I hope he has a lot of success in Jacksonville, just not against us. It was fun chatting football with you, have a great day!


I am more of an NFL fan myself. My favorite team is the Eagles, how about you?


Bears fan. Being in Chicago makes you a bears fan. Although we do have packers fans too.


I know how that goes, we have a ton of Cowboys fans in Philadelphia. It's really annoying.


I know! Go away! Don't come here to our cool city and keep your packer fandom. Although I do find Aaron Rodgers really interesting though.


That was a crazy playoff game the Eagles and Bears had, I thought we were getting knocked out for sure!


I did too! Ugh, the kicker. Then he goes on talk shows about it. Stay in your lane!


I don't mind the Bears as much as some other teams in the NFC, I was really rooting for the Saints to beat the Rams because of Brees. That was one of the worst calls I have ever seen.


Agreed! I felt really bad for them. Did you see the Madri Gras floats about it? It was funny!


Wow.  That was a big mistake.  Especially with the popularity of shoes like the air jordans.


No kidding. The players unions should have some kind of money management class for their players.


That would be an excellent idea, or have mandatory retirement plans that would be in effect 5 years after they retire so that there is some money there for them.


That's a great idea. I think baseball has some kind of retirement plan, but I don't know about other sports. I feel sorry for the players because I think people take advantage of them.


Very true.  I think that is why we also start seeing some older stars in commericals and selling different products.


Yeah, I've seen some older stars doing commercials that I just can't believe. I think Tim Duncan had the right idea. He stayed in college for four years so he would have something to fall back on.


It is always good to get an education.  I don't know anyone who has who regrets it.


True. I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure I could live the rest of my life off of what some of these guys make in one year.


I would give anything for some of the deals that they reject.  10 million?  Id take that in a heart beat.


You and me both. Have you seen some of the offers baseball players are getting these days?


Yes they are. It's been great chatting with you. Have a nice evening.


I watch a little.  I am really interested to see if the Warriors can make it three in a row!


That would be interesting to see. Did you know that 60% of nba player are broke five years after they retire.


Yeah, just poor money management, and still spending like those millions are rolling in.


I guess when you're living the high life maybe you expect it to last forever. NFL players are even worse with 78% broke after two years.


Ive known a few players that made it to the NFL (through my brother - they were HS teammates) they spent like crazy.  They will likely be in that statistic.


Probably. Do you know who Spencer Haywood is?


Well, 30 years ago he was offered a 10% stake in nike. Instead he took $100,000. If he had taken the 10% it would be worth $8 billion.


No it would be less! I wonder how many megabytes the computer was that ran on water, built by the Russians...


Yes it really is impressive. Especially since it happened in 1936!


Agreed. Do you ever dance? I think it is a beautiful, aesthetic, and symbolic form of human movement.


No but I heard Tupac was a ballet dancer?


Yes! He actually portrayed the Mouse King in the Nutcracker!


Crazy. I heard professionals wear out 4 pairs of ballet shoes per week?


Yes I think the shoe makers need to work on durability. Have you heard that babies spontaneously dance when they hear music?! How adorable lol.


Hah that is hilarious. I like when baseball players dance when they hit a home run. It is funny to watch. Hey it was really nice chatting with you tonight!


Yes I use it a lot as well. There is a group of people called transhumanist's who want to want to upload their minds to computers! A bit odd.


Yes you are right! But if you own a apple computer make sure not to smoke near it as it voids the warranty.


Yes a bit extreme if you ask me! People are so innovative. For example, someone built a working computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks!


It was a 16 bit computer, which isn't extremely impressive but still cool!


Is that more than the space shuttle computer that had one mb?


Neither do you like the Yankees? I used to watch them all the time


That is crazy! Also crazy the man found millions of dollars of baseball cards in his attic. What a lucky guy!


$3M!!! Kickball is called soccer-baseball in canada. That's cute.


Haha the name is cute but also dumb lol. Have you ever seen a baseball manager takes to the field and play? Apparently that's possible


Not in modern baseball. Can you imagine Sparky Anderson or Jim Leyland take a few hacks up there?


Dope I don't think they would do very well LOL. Did you know that baseball is huge in Japan? I hear the crowds get really wild


Yeah. It is a party. They also have a different baseball culture. Have you ever heard a game on the radio?


I have. The announcer gets really into it haha. What I have not heard is a Jupiter radio storm on the radio. I should check that out


I wonder if they have to play 40% jupiter music like Canada has to?


Haha that's a good question! I would rather listen to Jupiter radio than classical Latin though. They have a station that plays that in Finland


Is latin language popular in Finland? Can they understand that?


I do not like them. I am a cubs fan. Baseball starts this week. Do you like baseball?


I have no idea! Of all the places in the world to have a Latin radio station I have no idea why it would be Finland LOL. And that started back in 1989 and is still going


I watch baseball sometimes. I like the Yankees because they win. But I do live in Detroit so I also watch the Tigers even though they're not good haha


I thought you all were going to with the world series a few years back. You had such a great team.


Yep it's always a struggle haha. Did yujiro back in 1973 to Yankee Swap their families? What was that about


I have no clue but that is weird! I wonder where the locst yankee player is!


I know. They need to make a movie about that! Do you know who Bill O'Reilly is? Apparently he made up a fake press pass to get in to see the Yankees back in the day


I do know who he is. I had no idea he was a baseball fan. Don Mattingly was suspended for long hair?


That's funny! Do you know Bobby Richardson? He's the only person to win a World Series even though he lost the Series somehow


Wow! That's crazy. A married couple made the MLB schedule for 24 years!


Good morning. Do you watch football? Did you hear about Kurt Warner wanting to come back


That's true. Did you know there are only 11 minutes of live game play


I did not know that! I thought it was a lot more, I guess ads take over most of the game.


Yep. And the average lifetime earnings of an engineer are more than a football player


Well a football player only plays a few years so that makes sense, you know players have chips to track their moves in the field.


I didn't know that. Do you know why? Did you know kellan Moore is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL?


I think its to have a better knowledge of the game the football also has a tracking chip, and I did not know that.


The circlular middle was created by a deaf quarterback so the other team could not read his hand signals


Thats an interesting fact, might use it on Sunday for the Superbowl lol, The Junipero Serra High School had the best Quarterback, a hall of famer, and they never used him!


Do you like Tome Brady? I read he has never eaten a strawberry in his life.


I do like him in fact I'm counting on him this Sunday! and that's odd, I wonder if his allergic to strawberries.


I did hear about that, he had some good stats towards the end of his career but I imagine he's rusty.


If he's allergic, I wonder how he found out? He threw a record 50 TD passes


Wow thats a lot, thats double than what Kirt Warner did at the end of his carreer.


26 touchdown passes his last year is incredible


On the downside he did have about 14 interceptions and ranked in place #12 in the NFL.


Yeah he realized that he wasn't in his prime anymore and announced his retirement.


He did have a long career, he played about 12 yeas and was 38 years old, I guess he is too old for football now


Yeah definitely not the youngest anymore. Did you know the NFL has 32 teams


I did know that 16 for the AFC and 16 for the NFC.


There is no written rule against females players. They could play if they met the requirements.


I see, I wonder if they would be at a disadvantage though, maybe that's why there aren't any woman in the league


I am fascinated by space. How about yourself?


I agree. We need to do what we can about that. Did you also know that the UN has an oficial ambassador to ET's just in case contact is made?


Really?  That sounds like something you tell someone when you want to impress them, " Hi, I am the ambassador for aliens."


Ha ha, yes it does. It's pretty surprising that that was a priority. Did you also know that the sun is actually white?


Yeah we see it as yellow due to our atmosphere, and Mars sees the sunset as blue.


Yes, perception is very interesting. Shockingly a lightning bolt is actually hotter than the sun as well.


That is hard to believe, but there is a lot of energy in a lightening bolt.


Yes there is. Did you know that there are much larger stars in our galaxy than the sun?


Yeah.  did you hear about the Mars rover?


I am aware of it but what happened with it?


It died.  Its last words were my battery is low, it is getting dark.


I am!  I am listening to a podcast on it now!  Its called The end of the world as you know it.


I know it's just a robot but that makes me super sad. It was nice chatting with you. Have a lovely day.


That sounds interesting. Did you know that when the Earth was first formed a day only lasted 5.5 hours?


I heard that.  The earth is also 4x as dense as the sun!


Oh wow. I did not know that. To put things into perspective, if we viewed all of Earth's history as one day people would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds of it!


That is pretty incredible, I guess that is talking about modern day humans.  There used to be three types of humans and we are the only to evolve and survive.


I knew we were not the only ones and that we have a long extinct relative but I did not know there were three. Did you know thta we are running out of helium?


I do, but why I dont know, nor what the implications to our lives that will cause.  If it just means no floating balloons, I can deal with that.


Me too. We will be virtually free of that gas all together by the end of this century.


It is really scary the amount of damage we have done to the planet in our short time here.


That is so much, they must have been burnt out! I went to a creed one once, 4 people sued them becasue it was so bad!


That's funny but also said haha I would be embarrassed if I were them LOL. I wish I could have gone to the Pink Floyd concert that they recorded at a Roman Amphitheatre


That would be awesome. I know croatia has a famous roman amphiteatre that is still used


Yes they should make a Led Zeppelin cover band do a concert there LOL.


I would pay for that. Stairway to Heaven! Do you watch any drama shows?


Yes I watch them from time to time. I have seen the show House on TV with Hugh Laurie, I can't believe how much he makes per episode it's insane!


I used to love that show! It was worth him making 700,000 an episode, he made the show so good!


Yes I agree! Jim Carrey also used to make good movies, but he doesn't make dramas anymore, he says it's because they don't promote positivity


I could have sworn he was in a drama one time, but maybe not. Good chatting with you!


Yes Jim Carrey was in a drama, in fact he was in a bunch of them, he just says that he won't do any more of them now.


Yes I Love Led Zeppelin. I can't believe they formed back in 1968, that was so long ago


For sure, Jimmy Page was my favorite, he could really shred the guitar!


Yes he was the man. The drummer John Bonham was also a legend. It's too bad that he died


For sure, I liked the song black dog, it was about a black dog wandering around the studio, lol!


That's awesome I never knew that! I love the song When the Levee Breaks too, did you know that in the movie Argo they digitally altered the needle drop of the record player so that it would hit the correct spot on that record


Did not know that, I will check that next time I watch. Do you ever go to any concerts?


Yes I used to go to a lot of concerts. I always wanted to go to Linkin Park concert but they stopped wearing because the lead singer passed away


For sure, I saw one too, quite sad with their lead singer


Yes I agree. They did go to a lot of concerts though, they played 324 in a year, which is definitely almost one per day


wow.  Does it take a lot of power to break a guitar?


lol sure,  let me just text him real quick.


He holds a Guinness world record for most guitars smashed on a tour. What a waste.


lol wow, must be the heat of the moment on tour.  i wonder how many spares he carries with him.


He probably just stops by Guitar Center and gets another. I'm sure he can get one for free by signing a few others.


Do you like to listen to music on vinyl?


Yes I do. I play when I can. What about you?


I dont listen to anything on vinyl actually.  Its been great chatting! Thank you.


I love the guitar sound,  but my talents only go as far as guitar hero.


cool.  When eddie can halen recorded the part for beat it he set the speakers on fire lol


He has a PhD in astrophysics. And he shreds.


How's it going, do you listen to Jazz much? It originated in New Orleans .


He's a great actor, I know fox news loves him. Apparently Fox news corporation though of creating a channel that only aired the simpsons


Yes, that would fit right into their agenda. Fox News is watched more than either CNN or MSNBC combined.


Interesting, I never knew that Fox news owned ign website


Here's good one, did you know that Fox News Network was created by Republican media strategist Richard Ailes and President Richard Nixon?


I knew Richard Ailes help created it but had no clue Nixon was involved


Strange as it seems, Fox News threatened to sue the Simpson to stop the parody of its anti-democratic party agenda.


That is strange that Fox news would want to start a Simpsons network and then want to sue them too


Fox News does have international broadcasts, maybe that had something to do with it.


I wonder what countries Fox News' international broadcast air in


I know that they broadcast to 86 countries or overseas territories but I'm not sure of all the names of them.


Yes, I love jazz, all kinds of jazz, from swing dance bands to the hard-swinging, bluesy jazz to the Gypsy jazz. How about you?


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


I listen to it from time to time, I do enjoy the swing and blue notes


Me too. I even like Cool Jazz that was developed near the end of the 1940s which introduced calmer, smoother sound and long linear melodic lines.


It's crazy how popular jazz is, they even have a chart topping jazz orchestra in Pakistan


Yes, I've heard that.  Another funny one is that jazz trumpeter grew goatees because it provided comfort when playing.


Yea I hear the goatees protect the Jazz Trumpeters from the friction of the trumpet


That's wild. Did you know that there's a programming language that's written in musical composition and functions with jazz-like harmonies?


Nope, I also didn't know Clint Eastwood was a jazz enthusiast


Yes, he was a lifelong pianist as well and scored several films including Million Dollar Baby.


Hi do you know many facts about presidents?


Yes lol  The planet Venus does not tilt, so consequently, it has no seasons.  It's the only planet that rotates clock-wise.


Well, that explains Bananarama's "I'm your Venus". President Banana should give this pop album thing a whirl.


lol  The US presidents guest house is larger that the white house.  Bananarama, who are still around and touring!, could stay at the guest house.


Yeah. I hear Abe actually had a high-pitched voice. I imagine he could belt out some tunes too.


lol  The father of the man who assasinated Abe was named after the man who assasinated Julius Caesar.  Creepy.


lol  Abe kept his important documents inside his hat.  That's why it was so tall. lol


Ha!  Every bearded US President has been a Republican and Abe was the first one!  It's been fun chatting!


Yeah. I gonna check out that venus tilt thing now.


Yeah. I was surprised to learn that Trump is not among  the 3 richest Presidents.


JFK, GWashington, an T-Jeff, not to be confused with A-Rod


Wow.  That is an interesting list.  The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


Does he call himself President Bananarama?


Haha!  No...that's the first president of Zimbabwe.  Actually President Banana! lol


Ahhh. Well, either way, none of them can touch Abe Lincoln.


No they don't.  Abraham Lincoln created the secret service the morning he was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth.


That is crazy. Not as crazy as Uranus, which rolls around the sun instead of spinning, but crazy nonetheless


That would be interesting to watch as two groups go back and forth. What are your thoughts about Eminem?


I love Eminem. I love that Dre brought him out. I wish I could have heard that judge rap her ruling lol


That would have been bizarre.  Doing a little homework, it seems the earliest communication form that is similar to rap it the West African griot tradition.  Oral historian would rhythmic techniques to pass on oral traditions and histories.


With me being of African decent myself. I consider myself as a oral historian or praise singer


My musical / historical culture arises from the "Acadie", that is the French who were exiled by the British after the French and Indian war.  Mixing that with the Creole and African traditions in Louisiana, we have Zydeco.  Lady Gaga has always been an unconventional and provocative artist.  Do you know if she rapped?


She does a little in song songs. She likes iron maiden just like me


I am a bit too old for Iron Maiden or to be big into social media.  But apparently she has 11.4 million Twitter followers.  Her following in Los Angeles is big enough the LAPD asked her to tweet about upcoming roadwork,


I remember her being on MTV's boiling points. She was not as loud as she is now.


I have never heard of MTV Boiling Points.  Elton John was big with my generation.  Did you know that Elton chose Lady Gaga to be godmother to his son?


That was nice of him and She will love his son. and I should have know that was busta rhymes voice in reptar wagon


No not really. I would like to go around the world like king kalakaua


I was never a fan of the Rugrats, but my kids were when they were younger.  In these animated movies, you get voice artists from unexpected celebrities.  Do you know if Lady Gaga has done any voice work for animation?


I would have to check. I know she has her own label now.


That is quite an accomplishment for royalty.  I would like to spend more time in Asia.  Did you know that all Japanese highways are toll roads?  Are their toll roads in your area?


No not here but there is a lot of toll in Chicago. It cost as much as Japan almost


I remember that when I lived in the Chicago suburbs for about 10 years.  Back then I commuted to work in Chicago via the Chicago & Northwestern commuter rail.  Did you know that in Iceland, no public rail service exist, so people without cars fly between major towns?


That would be so fun I love to fly. There should be no pollution in the Mackinac island with nothing but horse-drawn carriages or bikes


That is achievable outside major urban areas and is a good approach to maintain the local culture and limit pollution.  I read that the Dutch are developing a 160 mph commuter bus.  That is an impressive speed for a bus, but how do you safely travel that fast in traffic?


Too fast for me. Do you like rap ? I love Tupac


I am not into rap.  But, Tupac, while his life was cut short, was a groundbreaking artist.  Did you know his music is in the Library of Congress for its cultural significance?


Yes and It should be. I would love to check out Korean rappers compliment battles


That is sexist and needs to go. Why cannot they eat in the same place?


Yeah and the worst part is that they have to leave mid meal if the players walk in


That just does not sound right. Do you know who invented the circular huddle?


Yeah it is a pretty cool story, it was Paul Hubbard who was deaf and invented it so the other team would not be able to tell what he was saying


Yeah it is pretty cool. Do you now who Alex Smith is?


For sure, the guy finished college in two hears and had an amazing football career


That is true, he planned ahead, took many ap tests in high school


And Baker Mayfield considered quitting football to become a competitive player


Well good he stuck with football though. He still claims to be really good at Halo 3


Yeah and that he can beat anyone at U of Oklahoma at it


Hi, yes I do. Did you know what women can play too?


Yes, talk about self confidence. Maybe he is that good


yeah as long as they meet the requirements. Pretty cool  hope to see that happen soon


Me too. Did you know engineers make more than the players?


Yeah that is pretty neat but I guess it makes sense since they have longer careers


Yeah that is a good point. The average game play is only 11 minutes so I guess they still get paid a lot for that time


Very true, so short and yet we are glued to the tv for so long waiting for the game to end


Haha so true. Did yiu hear about them using tracking chips on the players?


Yeah they are tracking velocity and speed and such. Hope they can use that to make the game safer


I hope so too. that would be neat. Did you hear about that rule for the New Orleans cheerleaders?


We do it in the form of boxing, wrestling as well! for entertainment.


That is true, we have some weird sports here. Do you know bill Nye?


Do you think he looks like Steve Martin?


yes, he is a funny guy. have you played the nintendo system


See, I don't see any resemblance to be honest.


the old Nintendo was the form of entertainment back in the days before the playstations


Yeah, I used to have one. What is the most up to date entertainment system these days?


The playstation 4 and the xbox one . there is also the WEE


Not really I think i have not seen much of his movies. but he seems like a funny person.


Wow, I think I might get a playstation 4.


He actually thinks Kung Fu hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age, in terms of comedy of course.


I didn't know that. Did you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows?


I wonder why! could it be not passing morality test? I notice that comedy is including more and more profanity nowadays


I didn't know that. Most of their shows aren't very good. I've never watched the channel anyways.


On the same topic of entertainment, when Ceasar visited britain, in 50 bc, they used chicken as form of entertainment.


lol, I maybe chicken fights, they liked gladiator fights so who knows


The president is a head of state and nation. He was the leader of the republic state.


Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by radio. Mostly i can be used any natural calamities to hear the news. It's Amazing !


I can't imagine how a radio storm may sound! must be a lot of noise!


It occured in Jupiter so only we hear the noise.


Hahaha, It's not music from heavens! it is Noise from outer space.


Sure! There is website you can listen to drama freely. In the early stage we use radio to hear the football score. Its very interesting.


Football is great. But if you listen to the radio comments and then turn on the TV you realize that your imagination is more active than what actually happens in the field!


Yes, In olden days we have only radio now in modern days all technology is used to watch the match.


Now you don't even need a TV or a radio, you can watch a match on your phone using internet!


Yes, people always in social media now days, there communication was much reduced.


While radio increased imagination, social media make people dumb. Nobody talks to their family or friends anymore


Talking about presidents...I like the fact that the president of Indonesia release 3 pop albums. Music must be official!


We are able to hear the classical dramas and comedy in the radio.


Mostly they are think about the welfare of the nation and people only.


yes! The should think more about music and culture! But it's interesting to know facts about presidents, like the one about the runner up who can became vice president


The US president guest house is larger than the white house.


Interesting! One amazing thing is to know about radio waves!


Radio waves strike an electrical conductor, the oscillating fields induce an alternating current in the conductor.


I like sciences! And the fact that radio waves exist makes me think in who designed them. Must be someone really smart!


Yes, But now days people are social media very few only listen to radio. Its very useful to hear the current update in the cities.


Yes, I hope people could use more their imagination. When  someone listen to the radio he is impulsed to use the imagination instead of seeing the images like in television


Hi there. Telephones are great, but we can talk using our computers too.


And now Iceland is using it to get input on writing their constitution. I guess that's a sign of our time that


Yup, cant gather everyone. Let them communicate from where they are!


I'm a vegetarian so I wouldn't take Burger King up on their offer of a whopper, but would you be willing to unfriend 10 people to get one?


I would unfriend 10 people for less reason than that, but yes, I would! I think its interesting that the like button is illegal in parts of Germany


Speaking of saving money, I bet the people in Japan wish all their roads weren't toll roads. Hard to believe it cost $300 to travel across Japan.


Not too surprising, they are probably trying to keep vehicles off the road. Have you ever been in a hurriance?


Actually yes, I have. Two, as a matter of fact. Have you?


Nope, upper midwest here. The most we worry about is snow. The idea of even smaller hurriance force winds likd 65 MPG scares me


I live on the southern coast. So I stayed through one hurricane and evacuated for another. It's wild!


I dont envy that. We have received lots of snow lately, but we just move it!


Yep, I last used a landline about 13 years ago. Crazy to think the cablese that carry phone traffic are only about 3 inches wide and just lay on the ocean floor.


That's something I don't know anything about. I bet that makes the day start off in a difficult way, if you have to shovel snow before work!


Right, how does that hold up and not get tossed around by animals or something else?


No idea! I also see that unicef will donate a day of clean water for every minute we dont use ours phone (I assume this is over now)


I wonder how they verify that! It's a great idea though. I can often go a while without using my phone some days. I remember using a rotary phone at my grandmothers, decades ago.


Me too, for a bit at my parents home. Confuses modern teenagers too!


Ha! Speaking of teenagers, can you believe that My Space turned down the chance to buy facebook? Talk about a bad decision!


I'm kind of glad they didn't. MySpace probably couldnt handle what Facebook would become, if that's a good thing.


I can barely remember what my space was like. It's funny to think that facebook was so limited at first and now anyone (well if you are 13) can have an account. And it seems like everyone does!


Just about! Like the text says, ti was used primarily for colleges and I had to wait to get an account


It must be full of surprises, it will live on crazy, and with sense. Well what would it be good to go crazy without money?


ya music makes life complete, this says pink floyd did a live concert in an ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii, that is awesome I need to look that up


And even you are right, sometimes a song can motivate you when you are depressed or many other things


what do you think about creed? that's hilarious their concert was so bad they got sued


Que? hahaha, how bad were they? Wow, I had not heard about it


ya this says they were sued by 4 concert goers because the concert was so bad. I think creed isn't very good but even I wouldn't think to sue a band because of a bad concert


Of course not, that is, they were trying. Can you imagine how bad that band would feel? I am sure that if they decide to improve themselves, they will cover too many mouths


ya that is true, it's crazy  linkin park played 324 concerts in a year, thats insane


Well, I do not remember well but I heard that a band was touring for more than 20 years and gave thousands of concerts


ya they have been around a while but thats almost one per day, ramones doing concerts non stop for 20 years


im good I didn't know that brian may had a phd in astrophysics, didn't screwy


Well, we all have a little bit of madness


well I think it's awesome eddie van halen set speakers on fire by playing a guitar solo, that is awesome


Yes, yes it is, crazy but everyone in his own way to surprise others


this says matthew bellamy has the record for most guitar smashes, that seems so wasteful like why would you smash a guitar?


Hahaha, it's your style, you'll have money to buy more. Although, it is something unprofitable when others would like to have it


ya I guess, I love pink floyd and it doesn't surprise me that they have a house boat that they use to record music haha


It is more diverse but celebrities still have an advantage on Youtube, being a search engine, popular results get more visibility.


Agreed.  It is a bit art / a bit science in figuring out how to get your videos promoted in the search results.  Or, hire an expert who will flood your videos with fictional views to promote its popularity.  But established names also help. Judge Judy makes $123K per TV episode; with that amount of draw, her YouTube channel can't help but be a success.


Do you think 123 000 $ per episode is too much for her ?


I do not watch her, so I cannot judge.  It is one of the few areas where free market economics still reigns.  So, if they feel she's worth it, then it's not my place to judge.  But that type of draw opens up other markets.  For example, Carol Burnett was the first celeb on Sesame Street.


It was the 70s, she was the star at that time, it makes sense. I wonder if youtube will have a lasting impact on the star system or this Youtubers thing is just a phase.


It is definitely here to stay if not expanding.  In the early days, you needed a good freestanding camera to make a good video.  Today, most cell phones have a good enough camera to make a YouTube videos.  Some high end phones can shoot videos almost indistinguishable from freestanding cameras.


So in your opinion there will be more "homegrown" celebrities and less Hollywood stars ? You could be right, Hollywood seems less and less connected to its public.


Agree.  What  is also evident is how we can get media from other places unfiltered.  Old days, what we saw was determined by the TV networks.   For example, you can go to YouTube and check out an Ethiopian celeb chef who believes he can combat hunger by getting people to eat more diverse foods.


I think that Youtube enables us to choose our own celebrities instead to impose a select group of celebrities like TV Networks do.


You are right on point.  Hollywood still has power, but it has conceded some to populist platforms like YouTube.  Quality Hollywood players, such as Pixar, will still thrive while lesser players diminish.  Did you know had a secret room visited often by celebs?  I wonder what's in it?


No.  In my opinion, the landline is going extinct.  Growing up my grandparents had a multi-party line.  My parents had a landline.  I killed the landline once cellular was cost effective.  Now cellphones are small computers that do so much more than landlines.


It is probably a special projection room with snacks, toilet and a special entry, so the celebrities won't interact with the employees.


A celebrity only john?  That could very well be true.   After all, they have seriously big egos.  its been good chatting with you...


Yeah, an IPhone has more computing power than a mainframe of the 60s. But data still travels best in cables.


Even on cellular networks, it still travels via cable, except for the last leg.  Could you imagine the atmospheric distortion of the signal if data was transmitted from the east to west coast solely via the airways?


We would be still at the era of ham radios and telegram. There would be less pictures.


Less pictures and more garbled messages.  Imagine how YouTube videos would look with atmospheric distortion; probably like the picture on old time TVs with rabbit ear antennas?


Youtube would be like a TV station, showing only clip to everyone at the same time. I think it would be less popular.


True.  Do you subscribe to any YouTube channels or follow any YouTube celebrities?


I subscribe to some educational channels. But I don't follow any celebrities, but I hear of them often.


I use to subscribe to certain hunting / fishing equipment YouTube channels, but found  temptation to buy the latest thing to be unproductive.  I do like "how to" videos on YouTube.  Given that YouTube is accessible to anyone with a computer, being a star has nothing to do with how good your Hollywood agent is and more with establishing a populist following.


How's it going, have you seen the 2018 release of Black Panther?


I guess $20-$73 for tickets isn't a bad price, if the Wiz is performed near me maybe I'll check it out


I may see the Black Panther.  I guess he is the richest of all superheros with $500B.  Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne aren't even close.


Nope, I hear Chadwick Boseman did a great job as T'Challa, he was great in Civil War


I don't even remember it being a comic book.  I wonder if people confused it with the radical civil rights group under the same name?


I used to think Black Panther was named after the group but I guess the comic came out before the group


Interesting.  Now I'm wondering it the civil rights group got their name from the comic?  They changed the name to "Black Leopard" -- doesn't sound as cool.


I didn't realize Siri was intended for Android until Apple bought it inn 2010.


Me neither. I personally find Siri creepy, especially when it sings the same song as hal 9000


Yikes!  Hal creeps me out.  It's like picturing Tupac as a ballet dancer.  I guess he did that in high school. I can't see that...


No I haven't but I understand there is some parallel being drawn between it and "The Wiz"


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I'm not to familiar with the Wiz, is that based on the Wizard of Oz?


Yes, it has much different music (e.g., funk and disco).  The movie had Michael Jackson.  It doesn't have the song "Be a Lion."


I've heard the Wiz as being described as weird, from the description I tend to agree


It is kind of weird... The music and the dancing are at the core.  You might remember the song "Ease on Down the Road."


Maybe but not that I think of it the normal Wizard of Oz is weird, like really weird so I guess the Wiz should be weird too


There is a big cultural difference between the two, like a farm in KS vs. Detroit.  Funny, it is at the Ford Theater in D.C.


Ford Theater, isn't that were Lincoln was assassinated?


Yep.  I didn't realize it was still a theater.  I would have imagined it as a museum.  The tickets are $20-$73.


Hey there what do you think about the president? Or at least the top three most wealthy presidents haha., who do you think they are


No I didn't know that either! And I didn't know that she was in the 1976 King Kong movie, I like the original King Kong movie, I'll have to check her eyes out


Yes, Woodrow Wilson is the only president with a PHD.


Yep that's interesting. Did you see the show mr. Robot by the way? Back to Meryl Streep, she actually has a daughter who plays the FBI agent on that show, I've seen that show but I don't remember her daughter, I'll have to check that out


No, I haven't, is it a good movie? She's made so many!


Yes it's a show actually. And I did like it, I just don't have time to watch all the shows that I want haha. But if you have a lot of time to kill I guess it's worth seeing. Did you hear the main thing that Dino De Laurentiis said to Meryl Streep in that King Kong movie?


No, what? My gosh, 31 golden globe nominations! winning 8!


That's amazing isn't it! Also she won three Primetime Emmy Awards oh, she just can't stop winning! And yes, Dino De Laurentiis said to his son in Italian "she's ugly why did you bring me this thing" but he didn't know that she spoke Italian and she then replied to him LOL


oh, lol. Very talented!  Her first name is Mary Louise, Often described as the "best actress of her generation."


So interesting. I just know that she was born in 1949 too, and on June 22nd which is my mom's birthday, it's pretty cool, I'll have to tell my mom that LOL


Yes! Her son must be a very song writer too! Great chat!!


Yes I bet he is! I wonder if he will ever win an Academy Award, because I know that no one will ever match her LOL


Yep you're right. Also Jefferson in Washington where the other two, I'm shocks Trump wasn't in there, or president banana from Zimbabwe for that matter haha.


Ha, ha, ha president banana! Interesting wonder woman was first featured in the lego movie.


Wow I didn't know that. I do know that Wonder Woman was World War 1 Movie, I think it was the highest grossing one of all time, they should make World War 1 movies in my opinion they're very under-represented


I agree Wow the inventor of the lie detector test also created wonder woman? go figure


Yeah that's interesting. Also interesting is that the actress that plays Wonder Woman was in the israili Defense Forces for 2 years as a soldier


I can't say that I like her dislike her. I guess she just exists to me haha. It's interesting though that she was nominated for 18 Academy Awards


I know that's a lot! Didn't know she went to Yale!


Hi. Have you ever visited the White House?


I have no idea! I guess they're out of touch on a lot of things. They didn't know bullets hit the White House in 2011 until four days later.


LOL. That is really sad if it wasn't so funny.


You would think the Secret service would be a bit more aware!


You really would think that considering all the training they get.


Exactly! It's strange to think the White House is where the President lives AND works. I wouldn't want to live at my job.


Well, that's true, I guess a lot of people technically live where they work! Speaking of government, did you know a man in France sold the Eiffel Tower twice while pretending to work for their government?


LOL. There is a fool born every minute and a scammer.


Very true! Governments have a lot of power, ours owns 86% of Nevada's land for example.


I wonder why they would want to. I've been to Nevada.


I did when Bill Clinton was the President. Have you?


No idea! I guess it's just a bunch of empty space for them to have? Who know! It's been nice chatting with you, Have a great day!


No, but I think it would be neat to see. Every President has lived there since 1800!


They say that the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France. I guess they liked the design.


I guess so! The white house has solar panels which is pretty cool.


I wish I had solar panels. I guess it was George W Bush that put them back up.


It's funny that they are advanced enough to have solar panels but still use floppy discs.


Yeah! Apparently they still use floppy discs to store some files!


Apparently there is only one lefty quarterback as well.


That is so weird. I do think it's great that they still use the circular huddle.


Yeah, that was made to hide hand signals.


It's amazing it took a deaf player for them to figure that one out.


That is pretty cool. What about pink locker rooms, ever hear of that?


Yeah, they painted the guest locker room pink.


It's weird how the top bowlers used to make more than the top football players.


I know crazy, right? It reminds me of the movie Kingpin. Well, nice chatting. Have a nice evening.


Hello, no I am not. I do find it oddly satisfying that his wife makes more money than he does


Interesting. I think he is a good quarterback.


lol. Is that why Belichick lists him on the injury list each week?


Yeah, I think it is to trick the other team.


That doesn't make any sense. It's hilarious that his high school coach wouldn't start him.


Yeah, that is weird, same with the strawberry.


Is that due to his weird diet, like the avocado ice cream?


Yeah, who knows. It works so perhaps he doesn't change it.


Now that Cleveland has OBJ, I bet Mayfield is thankful he didn't quit to become a pro gamer.


There is a programming language called Ada. Probably named after her. In 1936, the Soviets made a computer that ran on water. That sounds like something Elon Musk would do.


ah that makes sense then, did you ever play doom? That was the number 1 most installed thing on computers in 1995


Doom was addictive. I don't play games much now, but I did play Doom. I guess as a transhumanist, I could play Doom.


lol yes that is what I will do for eternity! Nice that Bell gave out manual cardboard computers back in 1968 so the public could learn about computers


I bet plenty of people smoked around them, too. Smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty. What about vaping? Apple hipsters like to vape.


lol good question! i've seen that, have you ever had to solve a captcha? I guess they are used to tell humans from computer bots


Once the bots figure out solutions to captcha, there's no telling what they'll do. It would be like a horror film.


haha nice segway! the genre was created by edgar allen poe and Mary Shelley which is interesting


Horror is a great genre. I just don't like lots of blood. Anyway, I had fun chatting! Have a good day!


you too, check out ET the movie it was originally going to be a horror movie haha


hey I'm good, do you have a computer by chance?


ET as a horror film? I prefer it the way it is.


Yes, I think I could find a computer around here somewhere. What about you?


yes i use mine every day, its cool you can use them to control robots or do computer aided designs today


Would you want to upload your mind to a computer?


yes! if I could live forever that would be cool, what about you?


Well, it would be a non-human existence, so thing that you enjoyed would be gone. And what if people smoked near me when I was in the computer?


ah yes haha you couldn't escape! I want to see the google computer built in lego that sounds interestings


I guess if you have the basic pieces, digital computers can be built from many things. Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but Minecraft building blocks


that is interesting, also interesting is the first algorithm for a computer was built by a woman named Ada Lovelace


I like DC more but appreciate Marvel. I am not an absolutist about it.


I like the flash but I think my love of the TV has influenced that. Yours?


I was all-in with Flash for season 1 and 2, but haven't watched the more recent seasons.  Believe it or not, but Shazam was always a favorite and Firestorm.


There actually was one in the 1970s, but it predated me a bit as I never watched it.  Shazam could also be a lighter offering on DC's CW network today. The others have gotten dark (Arrow / Flash) or too political (Supergirl).


I only watch super girl on the cross overs and I do agree that Arrow and Flash have gotten a little dark. I feel like this is usually the signal of the end because they do not know how to go deeper with it.


I just think Shazam could take us back to the fun I had with Flash when we all watched it as a family. I liked when Barry was more forensic scientist with powers, than just a superhero.


It's such a big universe of superheroes that it seems they could find something that works for everyone.  I do fear the crossovers get a little overdone, but they can be fun.


I am well.  It's a ways off, but I am really looking forward to the Shazam movie


When I first read the title, I thought about the Shaq movie and didn't think that was good enough for a sequal... HA!


Lol.  That was Kazam I believe.  This one is about the DC comics superhero Shazam who used to go by Captain Marvel.  He is a lot like Superman, but his alter-ego is a boy named Billy Batson.


HA! I think Kazam would be a nice addition to the DC universe.


I think Shazam has the potential to be a hit, but it's funny because I swear DC comics doesn't want to ever use him.


Will it be dark like the batman movies or more upbeat (as much as it can be...) like Deadpool


I think it will be more fun than Batman and way more kid-friendly than Deadpool.


Yeah Deadpool was crazy bloody and not kid friendly at all. Do yo like comics? Marvel or DC?


I used to collect when I was younger and got into it for a few years after DC relaunched.  When I was younger it was Marvel, but it's been DC more recently. What about you?


Man how technoloy has advanced right? I wonder when quantum computers will become commonplace


I heard that smoking near an Apple computer voids its warranty. I guess it makes it a biohazard


I have no idea. Maybe it's just a way to get people to stop smoking


So in the meantime, what do you browse online? I like to learn about the universe


I do too. Do you think that the universe is one big superhologram?


Who knows? Perhaps the world is one big matrix. I don't think the universe is just one electron though


Some scientists think that universes evolve just like humans through natural selection. I want to know what they've been smoking


Do you think we will ever find life out there? The UN has official ambassadors in case of first contact


I don't think so. I'm glad we have official ambassadors though.


A bunch of stuff. Recently I've been looking into quantum computing.


Ya right? Don't want to anger people who may be technologically superior. Anyway, thanks for chatting.


Did you know quantum computing could be a more imminent threat than artificial intelligence?


Even more so than like in the matrix? How so?


It would take quantum computers minutes to compute the most efficient route between 22 cities


That sounds like a good thing. Not something threatening


But quantum computer might one day provide a skeleton key to confidential information. Imagine if a rival nations got a hold of one of those locks?


I guess it is more a problem of who is behind the technology and using it rather than the tech itself


Did you know the space shuttle's computer ran on 1MB of RAM?


Yeah I would like to hear it at some point, sounds fun


Me too. Did you hear of that judge that gave the ruling in a rap form in Michigan?


Yes that was because the suit was filed against Eminem


Yeah, so funny and creative. Did you ever see the Aladdin movie?


Yes, Robin Williams actually did the voice for the animated movie


Yeah. Did you know LeBron is the highest paid celebrity?


Yes he makes even more than Jude Judy and she makes $123 000 per episode


Yes that was the first celebrity that appeared in Sesame Street


Yeah. Did you hear of that secret Pixar room?


I do actually. Did you know that Tupac's music is in the library of congress


Yes but only celebrities are allowed in there, kind of unfair. Nice chat


Yes it is there for cultural significance


I sure do. Did you know he wanted to become a comic book artist


Yeah. Did you know that Busta Rhymes was in the RUgrats movie?


Yes he played the Reptar Wagon in that movie in 1998


Yeah pretty cool. Did you ever hear of compliment battle?


Yes that is a form of rap that is practiced in South Korea


He did? I dint know he played the piano what other instruments do you like maybe the guitar?


The guitar is totally rad man. I dig it. Since its debut in 1949, the Les Paul Gibson es-175 guitar has never gone out of production.


I like Eddie Van Halen I heard the studio got on fire with one of his solos, so much power in that guitar


He really can shred. Setting the amp on fire! Great! Brian May of Queen built his guitar out of parts from an old fireplace and his mother's knitting needle.


How the level of skill and the determination to become a guitarist, he also has a PHD in astrophysics, really intelligent man


True. Cornell university researchers built the world's smallest guitar,played by a laser, about the size of a red blood cell. I bet Brian May could figure out a way to play that guitar.


I bet he can he can put that PHD in astrophysics and his mad skills as a guitarist to work I think his one of the greatest of all time


The bio-pic of Freddie Mercury did well at the Oscars. Rami Malek won Best Actor. I guess Queen is finally getting recognized by Hollywood.


He won the Oscar right, I thought he nailed it, he was great on that movie, that movie made me cry


Great guitar and piano playing too. Anyway, thanks for the chat!


Yes, I like the piano. I don't know how to play it, but I think that it works well in many kinds of music.


I agree and also great songs in the movie, the actor that plays Brian May also looks really alike


There is an aluminum grand piano that weight 356 pounds, Im guessing thats pretty light for a piano like that one


True. That was the one on the Hindenburg. Probably sounded pretty tinny. Aluminum. Hm.


Probably yeah, theres another cool fact about a piano, a group of climbers find one in the strangest of places


I wonder why someone put a piano up there. Did they play it? Did they want others to play it? How did they put it there?


I have no idea how it got there, that is a big mystery can you imagine reaching the top and theres a piano right there


A mystery, like the  mysterious mute man  found wandering the streets in England in 2005 and could only communicate via piano


I didnt hear about that mute man, sounds like an interesting anecdote


Almost as strange as Richard Nixon's piano concerto, which he wrote and performed it live on the Tonight Show


It was so sad to hear about the Parkland shooting.  Watching the video that was uploaded online is awful.


Yes I cannot believe that flamethrowers on vehicles are legal in South Africa!


Nope I agree with you! do you think that they have drive-thrus in South Africa? Do they ever use the flamethrowers on the drive-thrus? I hope not


Drive thrus are so common everywhere these days its hard to imagine they were only invented in 75


I agree, it's nice that McDonald's created them no, they did it in order to accommodate soldiers who couldn't leave their cars in their fatigues


Yes I love driving fast.  I wonder if I can get a job as a Nascar driver by playing video games


Haha well if your name is Jann Mardenborough, then you could become a real race car driver after beating 90,000 people at Gran Turismo haha


Is that game an internet game or just a solo one on a gaming device?  Playing with other people across the wires is more fun


It depends which version, I'm not sure which one he played but the newest ones you can play online, the original ones were offline only


Did you know that the Library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet?  I cannot fathom how much space that would take up


Yes I wonder how often they back it up too. It would take up a lot of space like you mentioned, how often do use the internet by the way