Are you a big fan of watching films?

Yes, I am.

Currently, I don't have a lot of time, but in my student time I watched a lot.

How about you?

I am a big fan of comedy and action films like pineapple express and tropic thunder.

I have kids so i also watch alot of kids films have you ever heard of the movie ' A Wrinkle In Time'?

Is it the last year movie?

I've seen a trailer.

Changing a topic, did you know that Disney used a special multiplane camera to make their older films like Bambi more realistic?

Thats amazing, do you know which city Walt Disney Studies is based in?

Yes, I know.

I've been in this city in Cali about 5 years ago, but I didn't know before.

Yes in burbank where there is a famous airport.

Do you know which is the first Disney animated film directed by a woman?

No, I didn't know.

I was also surprised that the term "scientist" came into regular use in the 19th century.

The film is Frozen.

Do you know who the emperor of japan who is still currently a scientist?

No, I don't.
It amazing.

His name is Akihito.

Do you happen to know who coined the term scientist?

I believe it was William Whewell.

However, this is the first time I've heard about him.

Have you ever heard of who the first scientist to walk on the moon was?

No, I have no idea.

I also didn't know that Walt Dusney won academy award for animation classic snow in 1937

Walt Disney is a superpower when it comes to the film & animation industry

Yes, they amazing things.

For example, it took over 9 million party balloons to lift Carl's house, in the movie "Up"

I love up The grumpy old man is my favorite character what is your favorite Disney movie?

The Lion King.

I know it's too child, but it's fantastic.

No I completely agree the lion king is an absolute classic simba is the classic journey of every young man.

Well, we know there are a lot of amazing facts about Dysney.

It's number 1 in the world.

Yes they basically made my whole childhood

True.
It was my pleasure to talk with you.

Have a good day my friend watch a disney film for me today

Sure.

Bye :D


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

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

Right?

Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling???!!!

What a movie!

That's an all star cast I can't wait!

Well, At a recent screening, the filmmaker herself seemed eager to manage expectations.

In a taped prologue, DuVernay urged filmgoers to watch the movie while in touch with their "inner child," a useful piece of advice for a movie that turns out to be a kids' film, for better and for worse.

I love Walt Disney Pictures, so exciting.

The book came out so long ago this will be a treat!

I know, Disney is the best.

"the lion king" was the first disney film to be dubbed into zulu for its african release.

Really?

Wow that's interesting.

In 1937 Snow white earned Disney an academy award!

Seriously?

Wow, is that the first Academy for a cartoon?

I have no idea but it's amazing.

I like some animated films better than than the real films sometimes.

Have you seen Black Panther?

I have.

I have also seen Frozen.

Frozen was the first animated disney film directed by a woman.

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

I know.

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

Oh I did not know that!

Did you know The four vultures in disney's the jungle book were both designed after and originally supposed to be voiced by the beatles.

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

Really?
How cool is that.
Very interesting!

I know.

I learn so much here.

The richest superhero is actually black panther, who has an estimated of $500 billion, whereas tony stark is worth $100 billion and bruce wayne $80 billion

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

Me too.

The emperor of Japan  is a scientist and still publishes papers to this day.

I think he will catch up to the black panther shortly.

True!

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

He did a great job.

I was impressed with the shoots all movie long.

The symbols and written script featured in black panther are based on an actual script called nsibdi, dating back as far as the 4th century and indigenous to present-day nigeria

Really?

That's interesting!

I didn't know that.

Did you know Chadwick Boseman couldn't afford the summer theater program at Oxford and Denzel Washington funded his tuition!

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

It is!

I love the little facts we never hear about.

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

Whoa, that's awesome!

Right?

Marvel censored m'baku's utterance of "praise hanuman!"

in indian releases of black panther, fearing that showing a seemingly villainous character praising a hindu god would lead to backlash.

indians reacted highly negatively as they found that empowering rather than insulting.

Very interesting!

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

No!?

that is amazing!

Did you know it is illegal in Queensland to own a rabbit unless you are a scientist or a magician?

I did not know that.
Where is queensland?

Australia

The 7th continent?
Down under

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

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

No problem!

it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively.

Crazy!

Speaking of crazy...

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

WRECK IT RALPH!!!!

Wow!
That is crazy!

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

You too!!!
!

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

hahahaaa

Yeah....
So where do you live...

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

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

Yep, love it here!

Winter is the best and I am from southeast Iowa originally

So there is a difference in weather!

I wish I was somewehre warm, although this has been a mild winter.\

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


Are you a Walt Disney fan?

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

How about you?

I used to when my kids were little.

I got enjoyment out of seeing them enjoy the movies.

They loved the Lion King which was the first Disney film to be dubbed into Zulu for it's release in South Africa.

I remember being excited when the trailers for A Wrinkle in Time came out, and then forgot all about it.

I've got to see that!

Have you seen it?

I've haven't seen that one.

During the 70's Disney recycled a lot of their animation frames resulting in identical scenes in some movies.

Interesting.

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

Yes.

I believe you are right.

Frozen was the first animated Disney film directed by a woman!

I've never seen that one.

Have you seen Black Panther?

I'm trying to get better about actually watching movies that I want to see when they're advertised.

I'm actually getting ready to watch it soon.

Do you have Netflix?

It's now on there for free.

It was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney as well.

Really?

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

It's fairly cheap.

You can share it with other people as well.

We have Amazon Prime, but also share a Netflix account with our older kids.

If you can spread it out like between family members, you could really have it for only a few dollars per month.

Then you could watch the Black Panther!

Did you know the characters name was briefly changed to "Black Leopard"?

I didn't know that.

Definitely want to see it though.

Thanks for the info on Netflix.

I'll see which is the best deal, it or Amazon Prime.

Netflix would be cheaper probably for month to month.

Amazon prime is $120 for a year but you can also get it monthly.

Not sure of that price though.

You also get the free 2 day shipping as well in addition to the video movies and shows.

Do you know much about scientists?

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

Do you?

Haha me too.

I was reading a little about some today.

Akihito the emperor of Japan is a scientist and still publishes papers to this day!

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

I wonder.

I'm going to google him when we're done.

Harrison Schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon.

Interesting.

Think they would have had more than one go there.

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

Yes it did.

I'm kind of bummed that it doesn't make flights any longer.

Did you know that the world wide web was invented in 1989 by an English scientist workin in Switzerland?

Wow did the internet come on faster than I thought.

Really?

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

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


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

I've heard that people can recover.

Some brain functionality can shift to new parts of the brain.

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

Tanner is getting therapy to help him develop.

He can't play certain sports, but other than that, he might have a pretty normal life.

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

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

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

I'm not really into chess.

It's a complex game.

For example, there are more possible moves in chess than atoms in the universe.

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

I wonder who those aliens are.

The ones that are using Area 51 as an AirBNB?

The negative correlation between IQ and chess says something about the mind and intelligence.

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

It's funny that there's a negative correlation.

Probably IQ tests measure different ability.

One grandmaster beat a friend at age 5 and didn't even look at the board.

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

Are you a tennis fan?

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

The shirts originally designed for tennis players?

Funny that the inventor called them polo shirts!

And why the crocodile?

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

I guess that must have been Arthur Ashe.

I can't recall any others either.

It's funny that they used a helicopter to dry the grass in 1969.

That's a rich man's solution to a problem!

LOL

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

The prize money probably helps focus the mind.

A match that lasts 11 hours and takes place over three days is a bit much, though.

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


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

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

Only twelve, and apart from a few problems with his vision, he's fairly normal.

He still does therapy and avoids contact sports, but he's fairly active

At least the operation worked out for him.

I could not imagine having any of my brain removed.

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

That is really impressive.

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

I know!

Another amazing feat are the ones who played in the longest tennis match in history.

Even though it spread over 3 days, 11 hours is a long time for one match

11 hours??

I would have purposefully missed the ball LOL

It may have been an important match.

The US Open is important enough that in 1969, they used a helicopter to dry the grass court

I forgot that there are actual important matches in Tennis.

It is not a sport I watch.

I wonder who was playing that US Open match in 1969.

I'm not sure since it's not a sport I pay much attention to either.

The only black man to win first place in the US Open won in 1968.

I wonder if he was an inspiration to the Williams sisters

I am sure he must have been.

I think I read that their father had them train every single day.

I wonder if he knew about this man.

He likely does.

I wonder if they had a natural talent for the game like Gael Monfils did.

Just days after learning how to play, he beat the "Roger Federer of paddle tennis"

I wondered the same thing.

It seems odd that two sisters would both excel as much as they do in any one activity.

What is paddle tennis?

Ping-pong?

I believe so.

Another name for it is table tennis.

I think playing at that level would take the same level of concentration as it does to play a game of chess, though I don't really play either

I had no idea that it was ever called table tennis.

Oh it definitely has to take some serious concentration.

The amount of adrenaline they probably feel playing a game.

There was a five year old who beat a family friend at chess without looking at the board.

That has to be a case of natural talent

Natural talent and really good memorization skills or something.

I would have loved to watch that happen.

I'm sure the kid had a lot of fun winning that.

The game can be traced back to into during the Gupta Empire, yet the President of the World Chess Federation has a theory that it was invented by aliens

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

So the aliens came back during that empire?

Or did they arrive during the Persian empire when the game was improved.

Maybe we'll never know


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

I have actually.

That's pretty crazy.

He said he feels like a "perfectly normal 12-year-old-boy."

The surgery was 6 years ago, so he has adapted a bit.

But that is so great that he feels normal and doesnt have many problems.

Yeah, we've come so far in the past few decades with medical technology.

It's absolutely amazing!

It really is, and even our bodies are able to adapt.

I had my sciatic nerve removed due to cancer, and should not have any hamstring function, but my body has regained a little.

That's awesome!

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

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

It's really interesting.

So with your sciatic nerve removed, have you lost a lot of motor function?

Yeah, I cant feel my foot at all or move it.

I have some feeling on the inner part but nothing else.

Same goes for the calf.

That's really cool that you seem to be in good spirits about it, much like the little boy.

I guess an event like that can really change your overall perspective.

It really does.

I figure getting mad about it doesnt change anything.

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

Very true.

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

Really?

Which ones?

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

It is the End of the World as you know it podcast.

It started talking about if we are alone in the universe.

Yeah, I've heard of that Podcast.

That's awesome!

I think some scientist believe that there is a "cold spot" in the universe that may lead to a parallel universe.

It's really hard to wrap my head around!

It is.

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

Really blows my mind

Yeah, it's a super existential feeling, like the theory that our entire universe may just be inside a black hole.

It reminds me of the movie Interstellar.

I didnt see that one, was it good?

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!


Do you like to play chess?

well I used to play actually, I'ts pretty fun what about you?

Yeah... Did you know that there are more possible moves in Chess than there are atoms in the entire universe?

no I didn't, I do know that I read a book by Juit Polgar, she apparently beat a family friend at chess when she was only 5 which is impressive

That is crazy!
I couldn't even imagine doing that!
I am definitely not that good!
LOL

haha not at all, also weird is there is a negative correlation between iq and chess skill, meaning that high intelligence isn't necessary for good chess playing apparently

Oh yeah... i can understand why.

A lot of higher intelegence doesn't have the intuition for strategy like you have to have in chess.

it is interesting that chess was invented in India, then later the persians improved on that base, that's a long time ago

That is a long time ago!

have you heard the theory that the whole universe is only a hologram?

No i haven't?
How do they figure that?

well they say this whole universe is like Virtual Reality, kind of like the Matrix where we are all plugged in, Elon Musk believes that apparently

Oh yeah?

Elon Musk is quite the eccentric visionary, that's for sure!

ya he has his own way about him for sure, there is another theory how the universe is a single electron but I don't know how that works haha

OH WOW!

Those are some far fetched theories!!!

I just saw that there are stars that are cold enough for us to touch.

Wonder how that works?

ha thats another one I don't understand!

do you play or watch tennis?

That is one sport I do play and will occasionally watch

Well... i haven't played in a VERY long time.

And i haven't watched since agassi retired.

ya I liked agassi, can't imagine a 3 day tennis match, that was the longest match and it lasted 11 hours thats so exhausting

Dangggggg... yeah.... that's a bit much!

LOL

also a bit much is using a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts, seems crazy too haha

OMg... yeah i saw that one!

That's one expensive way to do that for sure!

also crazy is no black man has won the us open since 1968, I wonder why that is


do you know much about the universe?

Some stuff.

There is a theory that it was formed through evolution

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

Yet another one that it is just a giant hologram

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

THat is so cool.
DO you like chess?

Somewhat.

THere are tons of moves in the game though

yes more positive moves than atoms in the universe

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

Yes he thinks it was the aliens

Yeah and the game was in reality invented in India

Yes during the Gupta Empire and the the persians refined it

Yeah, there is a negative correlation between IQ and chess

Yeah I always thought it was the opposite of that

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

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

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

I know.
Do you like tennis?

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

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

Yeah and then adopted by the others


Hi, do you like literature?

Somewhat.

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

That's pretty crazy.

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

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

lol

I think that would be tough to do honestly.

In 1953, Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature.

Wow.

I never knew that.

Romantic kissing is a fairly recent development in literature.

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

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

lol

Ahh lol.

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

I wonder how that worked out for the judging?

Had to have been tough.

Do you like poetry?

I like poetry.
What about you?

I do.

But, don't have much time to read it.

Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 for the publication of "The Raven".

Wow.

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

I know right?

Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.

That sounds like a pretty impressive feat!

That sounds hard to do.

Almost all of the Hobbit's character names were taken out of an old Icelandic poem.

That's pretty neat.

Always wondered where they got those names from.

I would be curious to read the poem that when read normally is depressing, but if you read it backwards it's inspiring.

Yea it's pretty cool.
Do you like cats?

I like cats.

I have 2 outside cats.

They have cat cafes in Japan where people pay an hourly rate to play with cats and have drinks!

I like cats, but I like dogs a little better.

That's hilarious you can pay to drink with cats.

Anything to make a dollar!

There is a place in Alaska called Talkeetna where they have a cat named Stubbs as their mayor.

Must be for publicity purposes.

lol

Good talking to you!


Do you enjoy reading?

I kind of do.

There is something intriguing about it.

There has also been a lot of important information written down.

No wonder the FDA burned over six tons of literature!

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

Haha yeah that is a good point.

what about poetry?

I am not a huge fan but there is something special about its long history dating back to prehistorical times with hunting poetry in Africa.

I don't love poetry, but do enjoy some of Churchill's work.

I'm surprised his nobel price wasn't for literature

Oh yeah Churchill is classic for sure.

I know I think he deserves to win-he is a definitely a household name.

Another classic poet is Edgar Allan Poe-once he only recieved $9 for his poem the raven-now it's a classic!

That's a great poem!

I'm curious to read Demetri Martin's 224 word palindrome poem.

It sounds interesting!

Oh yes I have never heard of Martin.

Palindrome poems are interesting though I would give it a read as well.

I went to Indonesia once.

Did you know the Javanese alphabet when recited in order, forms a poem?

I would like to hear that.

That's very cool!

I would also love to read the poem that is depressing, but inspiring when read backwards.

That takes talent to write!

Yes very good point!

Do you have any cats.

I feel like lots of poets have cats.

In Japan you can pay an hourly rate to play with cats and have drinks!

I don't.

I don't really like cats!

The physicist who coauthored with his cat to use first person plural made me laugh.

Yea I am more of a dog person.

Haha yeah I would agree with you.

All they do is sleep.

At the age of 15 , a cat will have spent 10 of those years sleeping.

So boring!

How do cats always have good things happen to them though?

I mean the stray cat found on set that was then in the Godfather is probably living the good life.

Yes I bet he is.

Must be that whole 9 lives business.

They can just relive until they get good fortune.

Also quite surprising there are 70 cat breeds, seems like a lot to me.

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

Good question!

Definitely more of a symbolic gesture.

Otherwise that town would be in shambles!

If I had a mouse problem I may consider getting a cat though.

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

Oh thats true I never thought of that.

Yeah I know in certain cultures, like the Egyptians, that used to worship cats.

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

When did kissing first become a thing?

It has always been odd to me but it is a universal signal of affection so I guess everyone does it now and it's normal!

I guess maybe they used poetry to show love to others since they were big into literature??

I mean they took all the name for the Hobbit characters out of dvergatal, so poems were important!

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

Very cool!
Nice chatting with you!


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

They call it griot court poetry.

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?

I

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.


Good Morning!

Elon Musk is at it again - the SpaceX program is going places!

I agree!

He's even sending things to the International Space Station now!

Yes - proof that the private sector is more than capable in this industry to succeed and thrive.

Wonder how NASA feels?

I'm sure they are always wanting to get back more into it.

The place I work for manages the Cape Canaveral Launch Pad so we are doing more and more business with Space X than NASA these days.

That sounds like an interesting job!

I was amazed when SpaceX was able to land the boosters back on the pads - I got so used to them just falling into the ocean.

The boosters are now reusable, which cuts the costs dramatically.

I wonder how much money they save doing that!

AI has come a long ways, not only with that, but with nonprofits spreading the advancement of AI!

Very true - and I find the non-profit component interesting because that's usually not the first thing one thinks of when discussing AI - I wonder who is behind it?

I wonder that too, I will have to research it for sure!

I'm sure it's not as cool as the Russians building a computer than ran on water.

You mean a computer running on hydroelectricity or a CPU that actually uses water for power - I need to know more!!

I'm guessing hydroelectricity haha.

But who knows!

Make sure you don't smoke by an Apple computer though because it voids the warranty!

Smoking cigarettes I assume - I wonder if they've updated that policy to include vaping?!?!?

They ought to!

Speaking of computers, robots are crazy lol.

They can even debone chicken with surgical precision!

Oh man, I hate deboning chicken!

But it also makes me think that humans are next!!!

What will happen when they turn on us?

It will be the terminator all over again!!!

PREPARE YOURSELF!!!!!!

lol I'm sure it's going to make our lives easier!

There is going to be a point where making our lives easier is going to = making our lives boring...  Like an old French proverb I live by:  Sometimes patience is mistaken for laziness

You couldn't have said it any better.

That's about as lazy as the us military using the xbox 360 to control their EOD robots.

But oh well, I'm sure it helps a lot!

Is an EOD a drone/attack drone.

I am in favor of those because of the lack of risk for US soldiers to be harmed or killed.

Who they are attacking and why is a totally different discussion....

I agree with you on that statement but EOD stands for Explosive Ordinance Disposal so that helps just about everything in this earth!

Aaaaahhhhh - yes!

That is a great application for robots - I know there are still landmines in far flung parts of the world from conflicts of long ago...

I'm sure that will take ages to finally get rid of!

I do like how Stanford teaches a free AI class to anybody through Google Hangout!

I'll have to look into those classes, I enjoy remote learning!

Hey - in case this ends abruptly - it's been really great chatting with you!!

Thanks you as well!
Have a good one!


Hello

Hey.
Do you use YouTube much?

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

Yeah I do.

Do you know what the most disliked video in YouTube history is?

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

That's Correct.
Do you have any pets?

No, I wish I did, I have friends that own pets.

I used to own a fish.

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

Yes!

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

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

How depressing.

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

You know much about animal cloning?

A good amount of information, it's a very interesting topic.

You have nay questions?

What was the first cloned pet?

I think it was a cat named "Copy Cat".

You can even get your dog cloned for 150K in Korea.

Cool name.

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

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

Have you ever used Pandora Radio?

Yes!
I enjoy the service, How about you?

I used to use it but it seems like a ripoff for artists.

Aloe Blacc had 168 million streams of his music & only make $12K.

Wow!

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

I agree.


Are you a big youtube user?
I am!

I'm a very big user of youtube.

Does most of their content is uploaded by individuals and media corporations?

Yes!

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

Wow!!

I didn't know this.

Do you happen to know what the names are of those 3 former Paypal employees?

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

Thanks.

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

I know that now!

lol  Netflix and youtube make half of the peak internet traffic in North America.

Wow.

That is a very interesting fact but it does make sense.

Do you happen to listen to Pandora radio?

I do listen to it sometimes at work.

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

I'm not sure about that.

I know they have a messed up financial sheet.

lol  They have a net income of negative $16 million dollars despite having $274 million in revenue.

Wow.

That is very bad and very bad management of funds.

No doubt!

Aloe Blacc only received $12,000 in royalties from Pandora for 168 million streams of his music.

Ouch.

That is depressing.

I feel very bad for Aloe Blacc.

Did anyone try to acquire Pandora in the past?

That I'm not sure of.

Pandora now streams stand up comedy in addition to music.

I read somewhere that Sirius XM Holdings have intended to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion.

That is interesting that they are streaming comedy as well as music.

Holy smokes that's a lot of money.

Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify, but kept it on Pandora.

I wonder why she did that?

That is strange.

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

It would have had to have been something like that.

Pandora works by using insight gained through the music genome project, which is an effort to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level.

Wow that is very interesting.

I read somewhere that Pandora is a freemium service.

Yes it is!

That's what I like about it that you don't have to pay!

lol  It's been fun chatting with you this morning!

Have a good day!

It was very nice chatting with you as well!!

Thanks

Have a good one!


do you like robots?

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

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

it was Isaac Asimov, the word was robotics

Nice.

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

Nice, but did he have a reason for that?

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

wow.

they have made arms that can be controlled by thoughts

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

Yes persons with disabilities can use them

Cool.

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

Wow that is something.

Have you heard of the Curiosity robot in Mars?

I have.

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

Wow cool.

Did you know Kristen Steward coauthored a paper on AI?

Cool.

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

Cool.

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

Wow.

THere is even an NGO for the advancement of AI

Cool.
Do you use your computer much?

All the time actually.

the computer for the space shuttle has only 1 mb of ram

Wow that is small.

Do you know who wrote the first computer algorithm?

Hmmm I really have no idea.
who was it?

It was a woman by the name of Ada Lovelace


Have you heard about CIMON?

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.

That will be exciting to see.

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?

Oh yeah.
Thats interesting.

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.

Lol.
I dont know about that.

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.


So what do you think about this ambiguity about actual square footage in houses?

I think that it can be sketchy, people can be deceived easily, usually you buy a terrain and trust the square footage is right.

Well, not for houses apparently.

Some places measure the exterior vs the interior to get the sq.

footage and it makes quite a difference.

I can imagine, I wish there was a better method, but I believe theres just too much controversy about this.

I guess so.

I also think that people buy houses for things other than the sq.

footage.

Location, amenities, schools, etc.

Not like for commercial real estate where you are buying just the space period.

Yeah I agree, there are other aspects that are really important.

I believe that you can compare homes and this can be a good way to have a better estimate

It's odd though.
Everything is so standardized today.
This has slipped through the cracks.

Its crazy how if you add a basement the square footing will go up as well, for example a two story home with 3200 feet would increase to 4800 feet with the basement alone.

It is crazy!

Do you do DIY?

I do and I watch a lot of YouTube for those types of videos.

Yes I actually have a DIY project in my home right now.

Im watching YouTube to complete it.

It is such a great thing.

There is actually NOTHING I have tried to look up that I didn't find!

I know, there is a ton of info available, even material from corporations like CBS and BBC, I think YouTube is a great invention.

They are the second largest search engine on the internet.

I myself usually just google what I want to find and then it takes me to YouTube.

The whole channels thing on YouTube confuses me.

Yeah, it can get quite confusing, do you also use Pandora Radio?

I like that it also streams comedy and I use it on my way to the office.

I do have an account.
Mostly I listen to NPR radio.

NPR radio is pretty good, have you heard about the music genome project in pandora?

No, what is it?

So basically it compiles feedback and insight from users and then using over 450 attributes describes songs and organizes them via a complicated algorithm.

Sounds interesting!
Do you have a pet?
I have a moss ball from Japan.

I do have a cat, what is a moss ball?
havent heard that one before.

They grow in the sea of Japan.
They're pretty neat!
They're called Marimo.
Look them up on YouTube!
Nice chat.


Good morning!
Do you like cats?

I like that they keep the mice away.

Same here.

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

Sounds like something that they could get for free.

I know what you mean.

People can be different.

In alaska a town has a cat as it's mayor.

Its probably like a town of ten people or something.

Funny that they did it though.

Made a cat mayor.

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

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

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

Just so he could write using first person plural.

Exactly.

That's odd in a way.

He could write a different way or just accept being criticized for writing the way he wanted instead of naming his cat coauthor.

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

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

Yep, when a cat reaches 15 years old.

He has slept almost 10 years of his life.

Wow!

That's kind of sad in  a way.

Did you know that there are more than 70 breeds of cats?

Thats a lot of breeds.

Yes it is.

70 different breeds of sleeping animals!

Lol.
They also hunt and poop.

Lol!

Yes they do at that.

On a different topic, do you like tennis?

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

That's cool.

I know those games can last a while.

The longest went on for 11 hours over 3 days.


Hello there, do you play the piano?

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

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

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

No, but that sounds just outright crazy to me.

I wonder what it sounded like though.

I wonder as well.

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

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

I do too.
Do you know much about Mars?

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

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

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

That's interesting.
Looks like cyanobacteria.

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

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

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

HAHA no idea!

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

I did not know that lol.

If you fly to Mars under constant 1g acceleration, it will only take 2 or 3 days.

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

I bet haha.
Do you like poetry?

Yeah I do, but don't read too much of it.

I like Poe for sure.

Great time chatting with you.


Did you see the movie Black Panther?

I did see it.
Did you see it?

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

I really liked it.

I thought the casting was great and the writing was great too!

What did you think?

I really liked the director Ryan Coogler.

I was really impressed with his Creed movie.

Did you have a favorite actor?

In that movie, it was the sister.

Overall, no.

Coogler did a wonderful job!

I think that has opened up a lot more films for him.

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

I do like them but my interest has faded.

I feel like they are good but I was more into them when like x-men came out and iron man.

You?

I'm kind of a comic book geek so love it when new marvel movies come out.

Cool fact, in the comic book universe.

Black Panther is actually the richest superhero.

I read that.

I like how Wakanda was portrayed in the movie.

That's what $500B gets you...

Yeah with all that tech!

Had always thought Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne was richer.

I am not a fan of Tony Stark in since the civil war movie.

Do you still like him?

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

What do you like better, xmen or marvel?

You know they both had their good points.

Movie wise they both had award winning actors.

Yeah.

I really liked chadwick boseman.

He attended a prestigious oxford theatre program.

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

That's true.
Denzel Washington.
Nice memory!

Ah, Denzel!

Man, did you see him in Book of Eli?

Crazy scene at the beginning with a cat.

I did see it but do not remember that scene.

What happened?

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

I'm just a sucker for felines.

Aren't we all.
Nice chatting with you!


Hi, how are you?

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.

The 274-line poem?

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...

Never read Huckleberry Finn either.

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.

Is there a Cliffnotes?
LOL

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

HA!
Nice chatting with you!