Empire strikes back from 1980 is my favorite to re-watch. How about you?


Yeah, I would have to agree, I think me and you are like most people as well when we pick that one.


I find fish to be very interesting. How about you?


I do too, it's interesting that the seahorse is the only fish with a neck


That is very interesting. Have you heard of the black swallower fish?


Yea, the black swallower sounds lke a scary fish, it can eat prety twice it's length


Yes and 10 times it's own weight. That's pretty terrifying. I wonder how it digests that?


I'd like to know too. Did you know a zebrafish shares 84 percent of genes associted with human disease? They must be used for research if true


I did not. I agree that we must really study them further. Another that I would like to see studied it the jellyfish because some of them are immortal. We need to find out how and why that's possible.


The immortal jellyfish sounds like something from a science fiction novel. I wonder how long the oldest one has lived?


That's a very good question. If they do not get disease or injured they will never die so I wonder if there is an ancient one out there somehow.


That be pretty funny if there was an immortal Jellyfish that has been stinging humans since ancient Egypt


That would be funny. Do you know how freshwater and saltwater differ in how they consume water?


Yea, apparently freshwater fish drink through there skin by osmosis and salt water fish just drink through their mouths, I'd would think it would be the other way around


You would think that. It's very interesting. Off topic but do you enjoy Disney films?


I loved the lion king, it was the first disney movie to be dubbed in Zulu


I'm glad that they did that so others could enjoy it. Did you know that the first animated Disney film directed by a woman was Frozen? It seems like that took far too long.


Yea it does, you'd figure with all the movies disney has made there would be a female directed on way before Frozen came out


I agree. Have you ever noticed identical scenes in any Disney movies especially those from the 70's?


Yea, I've seen videos on youtube that show the identical scenes that Disney recycled from the 70s


It's because during that decade they recycled a lot of their frames. I wonder if that was budgetary of time concerns?


Possibly. Did you know Wreck-it-ralph stared development all the way back in the 1980s?


I did not. I'm actually glad they took longer to make it though because they got to add so many other cool characters that would not have existed yet.


Hello, have you seen the new A Wrinkle in Time? Oprah is in it.


Actually, I haven't but I have read the original novel by Madeleine L'Engle way back when I was in elementary school.


That is a good book. This new movie is done very well, especially the young actress, Storm, who plays Meg.


Yeah, I've read she really felt a bond with the character.  And really related to her on several levels.


I was surprised to find that Meryl Streep's first role was in a sports movie.


Hey that's pretty neat!  Did you know she also speaks fluent Italian?


I did not, I know her daughter plays an FBI robot on a series.


Yeah, some Italian producer called her ugly (in Italian) when she was auditing for King Kong (1976) and she surprised him by responding in his language!  That had to be embarrassing, huh?


That would have been hilarious. She's been nominated for 18 academy awards, she's awesome.


Yeah, it's weird though, she's been nominated 18 times, but only won 3 times.  Most have been some stiff competition or something.


Politics, lol. It even inflates awards. I never knew her middle name was Louise, that's my grandmother's name.


Oh, that's awesome!  Speaking of awards, she's also received 31 Golden Globe nominations and won eight.  That's a lot of awards!


Frozen was the first Disney film to be directed by a woman. it's about time they become more inclusive.


Really?  Huh.. could have sworn Brave had been co-directed by a woman... or maybe it was just co-written by one, I can't remember... (I'm getting old.. lol)


I am too, lol. I cannot believe Disney actually recycled some of their animation frames, I wonder if the artists receive royalties on those movies?


Yeah, I saw a youtube video about that.. they recycled, for example a "dancing" scene in Snow White for their Robin Hood cartoon.  Did you know the toy industry gets involved in Disney animations before the film production even begins?


That is so insane. So is taking three decades to make Wreck-It-Ralph, and I still don't think it's a good movie.


AHHHH blasphemy!  I loved Wreck It Ralph!  Ahh, well, to each is own, I guess.  Did you know Lion King is the first film to be dubbed in Zulu?


I did. That is amazing. Thanks for chatting with me, have a wonderful day.


Hey, you too!  Hope the weather is good where you're at!


YouTube is an American video sharing website created on February 2005.


I watch a lot of videos on YouTube. Do you spend much time on there?


One hour a week. How much did you spend time in it ?


I usually spend about a half an hour a day. It's great entertainment for when I'm multitasking. What kind of content do you prefer on there?


Comedy videos, sometime news or latest songs, cartoon videos. which is your favourite content ?


I like music videos, vlogs, and TV shows. I enjoy mixing content that individuals create and upload with media corporations' content.


You can upload the video also it is quite interesting. YouTube now operates as one of Google subsidiaries.


I wonder how much money Google has made on the initial $1.65 billion acquisition of Youtube. It's such a popular site.


It is very interesting. Youtube  is the second search engine on the net. We can search all type of video we needed. It is very useful to show our talent.


It shares more than just talent, too. It also shares ideas and information about companies, like when Elon Musk's interview went viral on there.


We can watch live videos also. It is very amazing. Elon Musk is a successful person.


Elon Musk is very successful, and I think he knows he can utilize YouTube to make his company grow. The ability to record videos and stream live content on YouTube makes it very versatile.


Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur, he utilize the technology which reach the people as quick as possible to make ads for his products.


Exactly! He is business-savvy enough to reach out to multiple audiences too, marketing cars through Tesla Inc. and crazy things like flamethrowers from the Boring Company.


He is very interested in making solar panel and electric cars which are very good for environment. To reduce global warming and climate change.


He has a lot of interest in his company's success as well, since he took a pay cut to his Tesla salary one year for all but $1!


Tesla is American automotive and energy company, the company is specializes in electric car manufacturing.


It sells three different car models right now - the Model S, Model X, and Model 3. I'd love to try driving one of them.


The Tesla model is road tested on an indoor track because their car don't produce emission.


The lack of carbon emissions is why it is supposed to be so environmentally friendly.


Yeah. They are also manufacturing solar panel also, they know the use of renewable energy resources also. It is the future.


I will be excited to see where Tesla goes, and I won't be surprised if I see news about them on YouTube. It was interesting talking with you about it!


Did you watch any of the new Holiday movies over the Christmas period?


Hi! Yes, I did! So many, one of my Favorites however, is the classic Nutcracker! You can never go wrong with that. How about you?


I did not see that one, my daughter will want to watch it though.  Maybe we'll wait to stream it next Christmas.


Oh its, great. Im sure she will enjoy it. I didnt know Morgan Freeman was in it, he was great!


I'd like to see that Bohemian Rhapsody movie too, probably not great, but it's fun to hear toe songs again.


Oh, I havent heard of that one! Do you know who is in it?


There's a Rami Malek, I know he's been on TV in a show called  Mr Robot.  There's not anyone famous, but the subject matter is, Queen the rock group.


Oh! Im gonna have to check it out! I recently watched "the thief and the cobbler" did you know it took 31 years to complete?! Thats my entire life!


Never heard of that one.  Why 31 years, just a slow worker or was the nature of the production that it had to take time?


due to lack of funding and complex animation atleast it holds a record for the longest production time for a motion picture of all time... thats crazy. Do you enjoy Fantasy film?


I don't mind them, I'm usually not too bothered by the genre of a movie, as long as it is good.  I enjoyed those Lord of the Rings movies.


Me either, as long as its good. I like all movies, and I watched the Lord of the Rings too, they won an academy award for Best Picture, another good one was Harry Potter, did you watch that series of movies?


Yes, I never read the book but my wife did, I used to go with her each time a new one came out.  I liked them and have re-watched them with the kids.


Same here, my husband forced me to watch all of them too, I was reluctant at first but glad I did, not I enjoy them. I didnt know JK Rowlings was a woman!


That I did know.  The publisher was concerned boys would not read her books if they knew it was written by a woman.  So they made her put JK on the cover rather than her name.


Wow! thats brilliant yet sad she couldnt be herself. It takes alot of creativity. Did you hear about the Janitor in Chicago and his Art work?


Its insane! he made a 15,145 fantasy manuscript with over 300 watercolor illustrations, he called it "in the realms of the unreal" it's amazing, Ive come across it before. it was found after his death


That's dedication, I'll have to look that one up.  In the realms of fantasy there is Terry Pratchett and his novels.  He created this whole world over the span of about 50 books, each one adding new details and characters.  Some people are devoted to it.


Wow, Im gonna have to look that one up later, I find it all facinating! I wish I would have known ther was an actual university where you can study science fiction and fantasy literature with Tolkien Studies, I love the weirdness. Do you Netflix?


Yes we do, canceled our cable about a year back and now save about sixty dollars a year.


Me too! Youtube and Netflix, thats all I need. Best decision Ive made, sadly lol JK. Fun chat!! Take care!


Hey would you ever go to a poetry stage? I don't really like poetry myself so my answer would be no


No I'm pretty bad at poetry, I suck at writing patterns of rhyme


Well don't despair, poetry has been around since about 25 BCE, and even the name is taken from ancient Greek and means "making"


Yea I remember reading some Greek poetry in school like the Odyssey, the Greeks really liked their poetry


Yeah they did. It's interesting to that one poet wrote a poem that when read forwards is depressing but when read backwards it is very inspiring


Yea that's pretty amazing, it takes a lot of talent to make a depressing poem inspiring when read backwards


Haha yes I agree. Do you know what a palindrome is by the way? Apparently Demetri Martin wrote a palindrome poem that is 224 words in length


I think it's something to do with words being the same after a certain pattern but w/e it is I couldn't write a 224 word Palindrome


On a different topic what do you think about Birds by the way? I did eat a chicken for dinner and it was delicious


Birds are pretty awesome, they are technically dinosaurs so I find it fascinating to see living dinosaurs


Yes I agree, it's very crazy that they can range in size from 2 inches to over 9 feet


Yea, it's crazy birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the extinction event 66 million years ago but they are hardy species


What do you think about the dodo bird? I'm kind of sad that it is extinct but at least it is related to pigeons


I would love to of seen a real dodo, they look much cooler than pigeons


Yep I agree. It's crazy to me that bird bones are actually Hollow and weigh less than their feathers


Yea that is pretty amazing, so are the birds who migrate straight to mexico from Alaska without sleeping


Yes I wish I could stay awake that long LOL, what do you think about hummingbirds that steal spider webs? They use them to make nests


Pretty cool, I guess the webs must help keep things together in the Hummingbirds nest


Another topic, do you think we will ever go to Mars? Apparently you would have a higher sounding voice on mars because of the difference in atmosphere


Probably not for a while due to all the iron oxide and other hazards on Mars


It's weird that there is bacteria that could actually survive on Mars, I don't think there is life on there unfortunately though


I don't remember it well. Tony Stark is an industrialist/engineer who comes up with a suit for combat?


Robert downey jr does a great job at playing tony stark


He gets paid so much! Such a life change for a guy that went to prison for drug problems. The other cast members in the movie are great, too.


I haven't seen the recent ones. I'm not big on superhero films, though I did like the Deadpool films. It was a shame that Stan Lee died.


Yeah, stan lee was awesome!  He's an animal!


He always ended his phone conversations with the word Excelsior! Not sure why though. I guess it sounds cool. Do you follow GoT?


Game of Thrones is an HBO series based on a novel by G. R. R. Martin. This year is the final season. Huge following!


That's cool it's filmed in Ireland.  ALways wanted to go there


It costs like a million an episode. One of Charlie Chaplin's descendents is in the series. Would you name your daughter Arya?


i like the name... but woulld not name my daughter a trendy name


I would name my daughter Hodor, in honor of the giant who says only his name.


LOL... ummmmm ok! There's also a descendant of charles dickens


Yes, I wonder how many descendants Dickens has. Might quite a large number. Half of London, maybe.


It's crazy howmany countries they've filmed in


I think it's part of the charm of the series. The writers must have a lot of fun choosing interesting backdrops.


yeah of course, and good for the actors that get to go to all those countries!


Tourism goes up in the countries where the filming is done. I would think that governments would do what they could to attract GoT episodes.


True! Funny how theres a show about lions using the GoT charecters


I think National Geographic is trying to milk the trend. I doubt people watch it for that, though.


Hi, how are you? I like movies! Do you??


Hi! I do love movies as well! In fact, I loved Black Panther and do agree with the fresh eating on Rotten tomatoes as well as the 100% rating it got on the first 50 reviews!


I ain't seed the Black Panther film yet, but I knowd that it got nomanated for a prize or something.


David Ehrlich from Indie Wire said it's the first superhero movie that "flows with a genuine sense of cultural identity, memory and musicality" and he couldn't be more accurate!


I guess I shold ought to see it then. It sounds real good. Is it based on a comic or something?


It is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. But Black Panther himself actually made his debut in Captain America: Civil War in 2014!


I dint see that one either. There are alot of superheros out there and a bunch of films with them. Marvel? Is that the batman, and the superman?


I honestly don't know. But I do know, surprisingly enough, That Black Panther is actually the richest superhero with an estimated networth of $500 billion. That's more than Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark combined! That is crazy, isn't it?


I guess any thing is possable in the superhero unaverse. I could be rich if i were a superhero.


So true! Speaking of money, Marvel actually offered 5he cinematic rights of nearly all of its characters to Sony for $25 million but they would only purchase Spider-Man's rights for $10 million thinking movie goers would only like him. Boy, was that a mistake on Sony's part!


Boy, they WERE dumb. $25 million? That aint hardly nothin for Sony.


Agreed! I think it's also crazy that Disney doesn't own the rights to the characters like Spider-Man,X-Men, Avengers, etc. in theme parks on the east side of the Mississippi river because of a contract they signed with Universal Studios back in the 1990s!


That is a odd legal scramble over those characters. I think that it would be better to buy them all and not have the confusion.


Agreed. Speaking of legal scrambles, Marvel was successful in their court arguments that mutants weren't people and thus, were able to pay lower rates on X-Men toys instead of higher rates for the dolls simply because they're not technically human. I thought that was funny!


I agree. Totally. Funny! It's a good idea to be human in the US, but not if you're a doll. I see now how I should proceed if I get a species change in the future.


Ha! No kidding! Since we're on the subject of comic book characters and movies, are you familiar with Rotten Tomatoes? I never knew until recently that they were owned by Warner Bros.


I use Rotten Tomatoes for many things. They got rid of the best parts of it though. Now its just got regular movies on there. Still, its good enough.


Agreed. I think it's sad that Michael Bay's average movie rating on Rotten Tomatoes is an abysmal 38%. That's bad for such a big name director.


He is good with the special effects and such like. He knows how to blow up things. Boom! 38%


Ha! So true! And then, no video game based movie has received a rating over 44% on the site either. That's sad as well.


That sounds wrong. Those movies have a loyal fan base. I figure something must be good in there.


So true! And I thought it was surprising Spy Kids received a higher rating than both The Dark Knight Rises and Lincoln. Spy Kids got a 93%. Now that is unbelievable to me. Ha! Well, it was nice chatting with you today. Take care, friend!


Hello,  have you ever seen Black Panther?


No I haven't, but from everything I've seen I think I should. Have you?


Yeah,  its a great movie!  Kinda slow at first then it picks up. Did you know Black Panther is the wealthiest super hero?


No, I didn't. But I'm really curious to know more about the technology and economics of Wakanda.


Yeah its really advanced,  they even have a sort of healing bed,  that would be super amazing if we had that.


I'm really interested in post-scarcity themes in science fiction, so I need to watch it for sure.


Its on Netflix right now,  you should before they take it off lol


Have you watched any of the other Marvel movies?


I'm not normally much of a comics or superhero person. Have you?


Yeah I think I have watched all of them lol Did you know there is one character that both marvel and dc own?


I didn't. But I wish there was less intellectual property over characters and it was easier to mix them up in fanfic.


Yeah.  I guess.  I hear marvel created a super hero called blue ear for a 4 year old boy who didnt want to wear hearing aids.


That's cool. I like the idea of regular people seeing themselves more in comics.


yeah.  Do  you know Michael Bay?  His average rotten tomatoes film rating is 38%?


No, I've never heard of him to be honest.


He is the director of most of the Transformer movies.


Hello. Do you use Google much? A single Google search is so powerful!


I love Google, it is the #1 search engine, how about you


Yes I love it too. I mention that it was a powerful search engine. A single search requires more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong to the moon.


That is so crazy to think how far technology has come. I click enter in Google and I have more power than that!


It really has come along way. Google maps even tracks traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving.


wow lol, that is awesome. Did you hear about their headquarters?


Are you referring to the fact that they haven't goats mow their lawn instead of people LOL?


right, you think they would help the economy more and hire a lawn crew or something lol


Yes good point. They have so much traffic on their site. In 2013 Google went down for about five minutes and took 40% of web traffic with it.


wow, I bet that is true! What do you think of their self driving cars?


I think they are fascinating and likely the future. Nevada thinks so too because they're the first state to allow self driving cars.


wow, I think it is scary allow AI to drive for me, but I think it will be the future of cars in my opinion


YesIt will free up a lot of time I hope. Mercedes-Benz creative self driving car in the 80s. I thought it was more of a recent thing.


Wow, I never knew that. I am one of the 75% of people who are scared of self driving cars, are you?


That is a lot of people. I think I am in the minority and I am not scared by them. I am more excited by them.


that is awesome, I think that number will change more and more they become popular. It will be like cell phones probably, you need to have one eventually


Yeah I am definitely looking forward to getting ones in the future. It would almost be like living in a video game. Speaking of video games they used to be called cathode ray tube amusement devices.


Video games sounds much better, lol! I love video games!


No doubt about that I do too. A lot of people do actually, as a planet we play 3 billion hours of video games a week. Well I really enjoyed this chat.


I enjoyed this chat as well, time to go play cathode ray tube amusement devices! Enjoy your day!


Yes a lot. Do you know how much a single search takes in terms of power?


Yes more than in took to take Armstrong and 11 others to the moon


Yes. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes they take the average of devices as they more around


Once they hired goats to eat the grass, pretty cool


Yeah I know. Did you hear of that time GOogle went down for 5 minutes?


Yes and took down 40% of the web with it


Yeah that just speaks volumes on how powerful and used it is


Yeah. what do you think of self-driving cars?


They are cool. Nevada is the frist state to allow them


Yeah. Do you know which game they are using to advance them?


Yeah. Do you know who was the first person to have an unlocked iPhone?


That was George Hotz who built a self driving car in his garage


Yeah. Mercedes created self driving cars in the 80s


Yes and they went 1200 miles at 109 mph successfully


Yeah that project was called the prometheus project


Yeah. Did you know that many people are afraid of self driving cars?


Yes more than 3/4 of people. Nice chatting with you


Hey there what do you think about Puerto Rico? You think it should become a state.


I'm on the fence. I see good points and bad points. I'm more concerned with the devastation the destruction they've had from Hurricane Maria.


Yeah it sounds like it was really bad over there. I guess they started a comic book about Puerto Rico to help raise money


Yes, I heard that too. It's called Puerto Rico Strong. I can't remember who the donations go to though, do you?


Yes they go to the United Way of Puerto Rico. I think that's a good cause. And also the donations will be matched by other


Yeah, that was it. I'm not a big comic book fan, but this is such a great cause. I like h ow they are involving so many Puerto Rican comic book writers and they write about any topic to bring awareness to Puerto Rico.


Yeah I agree. Definitely a good cause. Would you read comic books outside of the Puerto Rico comic though? I only watch comic book movies myself


No, not really my thing, but when I was growing up, my Dad had a collection from his younger years that he would pull out from time to time and we'd read through them. They have changed so much over the years. They've been around in the US since 1933.


Yeah that's impressive. that's definitely a long time, it said Stan Lee passed away, I love that he would end his phone conversations with the word"Excelsior"


That's funny! There are so many fun facts! Like MSU has the largest comic book collection in their library.


Yeah I didn't know that. I actually have friends that went there and I never even heard that they had a comic book collection. Do you like Marvel or DC Comics more by the way?


I like Marvel. Have you seen Black Panther? It was based on the Marvel comics.


See black panther. I was shocked to learn that he is actually the richest superhero, even more wealthy than Tony Stark who is Iron Man


Really?! I didn't realize that the character black panther predated the founding of the black panther party.


I didn't know that either. I also didn't know that the symbols used in the movie were based on real written symbols from the 4th Century, that is impressive


That's pretty cool...I wonder how many movies have been made based on Marvel comics. Do you know of any more?


Yes there's Iron Man, Captain America, and they're coming out with Captain Marvel soon. Personally I think there are too many Marvel movies coming out though LOL


lol...Yeah, my son likes them, but not me. I think Deadpool was another one. Also, another one I didn't see. lol


Oh Deadpool's actually really good! I like knowing that the main character in Black Panther gave thanks to Denzel Washington, because Denzel lent him money back in the beginning of his career


I didn't know that! That's pretty cool. There were some really good actors/actresses in Black Panther. I actually may take the time to watch that one. lol


Yes it's worth a watch. and you should see Deadpool 1, but maybe not Deadpool 2, I thought Deadpool one was a lot better personally


I thought it was pretty good. The character is the richest superhero with an estimated 500 billion dollars.


That's impressive. I always thought the richest was Tony Stark.


He is close - 100 billion dollars. With bruce wayne at 80.


I guess you need a lot of money to be a superhero these days.  Do you know if they are going to make a sequel to the movie?


I don't know, I would think so. It was really popular.


Seems like I saw the character, Black Panther, in the movie Captain America-Civil War.  Was he in it?


I'm not sure - I haven't seen that one.  Have you seen Deadpool?


Sorry,  I haven't seen that one either.  Was it good?


It was okay. There are so many superhero movies these days. It's the eleventh movie in the x-men series.


I didn't know it was part of the x-men.  I have seen a few of those movies.


I actually haven't. I know Ryan Reynolds is in Deadpool and I like him. I just haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.


He is funny. I liked him in that movie with Sandra Bullock.


It's good.  I think it's where she's his boss and has him pose as a boyfriend and then end up falling in love.  If I'm right, Betty White is in it too.  You know, Ryan Reynolds actually worked on the script for Deadpool.


Yeah he did. Well it was nice talking to you.


I cant believe its been 50 years. Thats really awesome


It is, the 50th anniversary was hosted in Chicago, I think its great to promote sports, disabled people have the right too.


Yeah, im glad we are trying to end discrimination. Not just in sports but other aspects as well


Yeah its a great thing, it demonstrates that the world choses to include everyone, Bank of America is one of the sponsors of the event.


They have been helping out for 30 years!


Its sad how 70% of Americans with disabilities seek employment but only a third of them find one, there should be more inclusion.


At least bank of America is helping out. They have more than 300 individuals with disabilities on the support team.


yeah they do contribute a lot and help a lot of disabled people, they provide work that has to do with warehousing, print services and others.


Even 100 of the employees are athletes in the Special Olympics.


Really that is so cool, I heard Erin Bailey is one of them and also Tyler Kennedy, both won medals at the Special Olympic games.


Nearly 350k people with disabilities entered the workforce in 2016!


I think its a good step, but more improvements need to be done, I think more businesses should follow the example of Bank of America then a real difference can be made.


I like swimming, not sure I understand your question but I do like it,


I meant how! oops. Im a slow swimmer. I would like to try that banned suit.


There is a banned swimming suit? I wonder why they did that, maybe its was an indiscreet suit.


It won 94% off all races in the 2008 olympics. More than Michael Phelps has golds over countries!


Oh so thats why, it makes sense to ban it after that, the US has also more gold medals than the rest of the countries combined


NBA star Tim Duncan was almost an Olympic swimmer. But he was scared of sharks. Wonder which career he would of been better at.


I have no idea I don't really know who he is I'm more of a tennis fan.


Swimming is the best exercise and make muscle relax.


Never really been into swimming myself.  My kids swim though, I'd like to get them one of those banned swimsuits that must make them go quicker.


I also like swimming in river is very nice. You like to swim in pools or river.


I used to prefer the sea until I got stung by a jellyfish.  Do you play any other sports, tennis maybe?


I know some about tennis. Who is your favourite player.


I've always liked Federer.  I once went to Wimbledon when I was in England, saw a whole bunch of tennis and can't remember a single players name.


Ok. There is a type of competitive swimming where the athlete has their hands and legs bound, and swims like dolphin.


That sounds like drowning to me! I like that Cornell University makes students pass a basic swim test.  Imagine being best in class and then failing because you can't swim.


So only America scored more gold medals in swimming compared to the rest of the world..


Like I said my kids swim, when we go to events there are so many kids doing it there must be millions in America.  Their coach says other countries don't take it a seriously.


yes, It also very good habit for the teenager because While swimming we get more oxygen to brain it make ourself active and focused.


Yeah, I like that the kids swim, it exercises all their limbs.


Yes, It make more active brain and good habit are hard to form and it make self-discipline and focused on single thing.


Have you ever player Hockey?  I'm not good on skates so it never tempted me, I'd be dangerous with a hockey stick in my hand.


When i am kid was hit by hockey ball. On this incident i always only watch hockey. I am very afraid.


Those pucks look dangerous flying around.  I understand that most other countries understand hockey to mean field hockey.  I guess it depend on if your country is cold or not.


Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports, lacrosse and ice hockey.


I guess they can't decide.  Just like the arenas that are both hockey and basketball, I wasn't aware they had the basketball court on top of the ice.


Ice hockey is very interesting, but they are playing very aggressive


I guess they sweat a lot, they can lose eight pounds in a game.


Sure, They want to run throughout the game.


I have to get the kids up, have a good day.


Yes, I did!  I loved both Deadpool movies!  I think it is hilarious in  2004 that Deadpool described himself as a cross between Ryan Reynolds and a sharpei!


haha ya I'm so glad they got him in the role, I was happy that both are rated R and not pg-13


Yes, the most surprising part by far of the first movie was how inappropriate it was.  I loved that!


lol yup I agree, I like it much more than the Avergers movies


Me too.  You know a movie is going to be good when both James Cameron and David Fincher read the script and champion the project.


you're right about that theyre both great directors, do you know who did the mystery villain voice at the end of deadpool 2 btw?


haha yes! did you play the deadpool game btw? Its actually really good and cost more to make than teh first movie!


I have not played it, maybe I should check it out.  That is shocking considering Deadpool is the highest grossing R rated movie not directed by George Lucas or James Cameron!


haha it is shocking! what other superheroes do you like? apparently there are 300 that are registered in the USA which is a lot to choose from


I was am a huge fan of all the Batman movies.  I would have loved to see Garfield as a superhero.  There was a spinoff of Garfield named Pet Force which featured a gang of superheros along with Garfield.


haha ya that sounds cool to me! did you know stan lee actually made some comics for DC? Im shocked he alwayd did stuff only with marvel


That is really cool  I was very saddened to hear that Stan Lee passed away a few weeks ago.  He was a pioneer.


ya I agree I miss him, I want to read the comic about the the collateral damage that is caused by superheroes that sounds interesting


That does sound interesting.  I am more interested to learn about normalman, the only person on a planet of superheros without power.


lol I would read that too, what do you think about our universe though, do we live in a big hologram?


It is so deep to even contemplate.  Some say that only one electron exists in the universe.  Mind boggling stuff!


yes I agree! I don't know how that works, or how a star could be so cold that you could touch it!


Some scientists think that, like Earth, universes are subject to natural selection and darwinism.  Puts a whole new spin on things!


wow yes it does! I also wish we could explore outerspace more, there is apparently a part of outer space that is pulling on our currenty galaxy


hi how are you? what do you think of this universe of ours?


I think the universe is very fascinating! what about you?


I love learning about science. i think it is interesting to hear all the theories of the universe.


I agree. Have you heard about the theory with the universe and natural selection


I guess it makes sense? better universes with better laws and constants would be more robust?


Yes, it is crazy to think that universes evolve through natural selection much like different species do on earth. I have never thought about it like that.


I wonder how our universe is doing. is it going to be around for another billion years? lets hope so.


I hope so too! Have you heard that the universe may be one giant superhologram?


if so, then are we just tiny holograms? am i chatting with a hologram?


I hope not! That is freaky to think about.


We could all just be illusions. some god dreams, and we are part of the holo-dream.


That is crazy. Have you heard about cold stars?


I have not. cold stars? i thought stars were hot.


I did too. But apparently there are stars in the known universe that are cold enough to be touched by the human hand.


i guess that could be interesting. i would rather mars. or the moon.


I think that stars are fascinating. many people do not know that our sun is star.


I know. I feel like you learn that in middle school though.


Yes, they should know that, but some people sleep through most of school. anyway, great chat.


Haha true. I bet Sir Isaac Newton did not sleep in school!


What did you think of Solo: A Star Wars Story?


While I am a fan of the franchise, I heard that it failed to gross more than 29million


Yeah,and it only had one third the size of its normal audience during opening weekend.


While I don't think the quantity of people of who watch a movie during the opening weekend is any accurate indicator, I have heard mix reviews of the movie


Some people think it's a bad omen for the Star Wars franchise and the rest of Hollywood because it tells about consumer's moviegoing behavior.


True. When a major release is having such a low turnout, it usually means the worth of mouth and interest is lacking.


The big drop on the second weekend also tells a lot.


Indeed. It is especially troubling when there were no other major releases since at that problem its a you problem


Yes, this ratio has been very accurate in predicting the overall box office of the spring and summer period.


Do you think there is an emerging trend of less people interested in seeing films immediately after they are released in movie theaters?


I think so. Is Netflix to blame? I know I'm not interested in going to the movies anymore!


I don't know. Personally I do enjoy going to watch movies in theaters, but I don't feel an need to go as soon as it is released.


Then again, what about the success of Black Panther and Avengers Infinity War?


Perhaps Marvel is just doing better than star wars


They made that box office year up seven percent. It's a similar ternd for the year before but by August things had cratered out and the box office was down.


Currently, the star wars franchise is worth 65 billion. I wonder how these recent releases will affect the star wars franchise


It's the fifth highest grossing media franchise. I would have thought it would be higher on that list


I mean George Lucas became a billionaire off the merchandising rights along for the original star wars


He has his wife to thank for some of the little details in the original star wars film. She got the academy award for editing the film.


When I can. I prefer to watch TV series though. How about you?


I like both.  Did you know disney considered shutting down their animation studio after sleeping beauty was a failure?


I didn't know it was a failure in the box office since I loved it as a little kid. Disney doesn't always make the best choices though. Its treasure planet was the most expensive box office flop of all time.


ouch,  that sucks.  although,  I never watched it.  What disney movies do you like?


I like all of the animated ones, haha. I guess Tom Hanks does not know about box office failure. He is the highest earning box office star of all time.


Good for him.  He is a great actor,  I cant even think of a movie he is in that sucked lol


It's difficult to predict what will flop and what won't though. 20th Century Fox was convinced that Star Wars was going to flop. George Lucas said that he would forgo a $500K directing fee so he could keep licensing and merchandising rights. The decision cost fox billions


Since valentines day is coming up,  I heard Silence of the Lambs came out on v day in 1991 and made 270 mil at the box office hahaha that doesnt seem like a valentines day movie.


No it does not, haha, though,  I wouldn't mind watching a superhero movie like Avengers Infinity War. It's the first film to be shot entirely with digital imax cameras.


That was a great movie,  the second one is coming out soon!  You should watch the others to catch up lol


Yeah, that sounds like a fun Valentine's Day actually. The Avengers caused an increase in shawarma sales. Did they eat shawarma in the movie?


hahaha Tony Stark says it at the end of one of the avenger movies that he wants to eat shawarma after a huge battle,  i think they show him eating shawarma a few times after that


Interesting. I remember watching the original hulk when I was little. The actor who played the hulk in that series has been voicing the characters for decades.


Yeah probably the only way he gets work,  I havent seen him in anything else.


Speaking of voice work, the voice actor who played Jarvis in the Iron Man series has never actually seen the films.


yeah thats pretty funny.  He has a good voice.


The waitress that Captain America saves in the Avengers was also the voice of Gretchen in Recess


I actually dont know that show recess, and I dont think I know that actress,  is she good?


I am not really sure. Interesting how there is a lot of overlap in voice work and acting though.


its been fun talking to you,  have a good one, bye.


The sun is quite fascinating. Don't you agree?


Absolutely. It is a hot star at the center of the Solar System, after all.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


That's intriguing. Jane Austen was very famous too


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Yeah right,  what a slow orbiting planet!


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hello! Are you into comic books and superheroes?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


over 300 really? a lot of creativity out there,


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


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


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


Who is normalman? Im not aware of that hero lol


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Why wouldnt that be something to worry about?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Kristen stewart co authored a paper about artifical intelligence.


I wonder if someone at Google ever read it.


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


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


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


Anyways that was nice chatting with you. Goodbye.


Hello there,do you have a favorite instrument?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


That is awesome.  How do you feel about AI?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


yeah I guess that was one way to get distinguished


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


Yes they were invented by a tennis player Rene Lacoste


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


Yeah. DO you know what button down refers to?


Yes when the collar tips are fastened to the shirt


It is when they are not fastened to the shirt


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


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


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


Yes and has been doing that for over 20 years now


Yeah and some really popular jazz people have stopped by too


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


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


Yeah. Do you know why the trumpeters grow goatees?


Because it is more comfortable to play the trumpets for them


Yes they have figure a good and easy way I guess


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Oh yeah, it really puts life into perspective.


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


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


Have a great night!  It was a great chat!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Lol, hylographic poetry on pyramids, now that is insane


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


CIMON is the acronym for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


It certainly will be interesting to gain new knowledge.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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