I'd want to be all-knowing.  That way I could know how to give myself all other super powers.
ooh that's a good one! very clever
What about you?
gosh i don't know, there's so many options i'd probably get really overwhelmed with yours though lol
Do you have a favorite super hero?
nah not really, im not super into the genre
Same here.  I could stomach the movies for a bit, but now I'm just burnt out.
hahaha
Of everything that has come out though, I think I like the Christopher Nolan batman trilogy the best
i do wanna see the two latest marvel movies though, they look really good
I heard Black Panther was good, but I haven't seen a super hero movie since Guardians of the Galaxy
same lol
I liked that one because it didn't take itself seriously.
agreed, i love it when things are like that genre-savvy, trope-subverting kind of jazz
Yeah Ant Man was a bit like that too So what movie genre is your favorite?
i like fantasy a lot, and family stuff lots of disney and pixar lol
I'm more of a sci-fi person, but I allow fantasy when it doesn't go overboard on the magic I feel like magic removes too much suspense - I never feel worried about anything because there's always the chance someone just gets a magic potion to deal with something or brought back from the dead
yeah, it's best to establish limits with your magic
I like Disney/Pixar as well, but haven't liked much of their more recent things Tangled was friggin' awesome
tangled is my favorite thing in the whole darn world it's just...so beautiful
That's my favorite disney animation movie by far 100% perfect
have you seen the recent tv series they made of it?
I didn't even know there was one is it good?
definitely, it's got some really great new characters and beautiful artwork
I'm surprised - usually the sequels and things that come after are just blatant money-grabs I'll have to check it out I also really like Megamind, although that's not Disney
omgsh megamind is the besttt definitely one of dreamworks' most underrated
"You were right.....I was....less right" Yeah that studio is sometimes good.  A lot of lame stuff mixed in with their hits I can't stand Despicable Me I thought the idea was fine, but the execution in almost every way, was awful That's illumination though, isn't it? I get dreamworks and them mixed up
yeah lol they both have their highs and lows
Have you seen Coco?
yes! only the once though, i need to rewatch it sometime
I haven't yet. I'm excited/nervous for Incredibles 2 though
same here omgsh the stakes and expectations are so high.... the previews and trailers look very promising though so my fingers are crossed
Yeah. If they drop the ball I'm gonna start a riot
hahaha you probably wouldn't be alone in that
One of my main worries is that they'll just redo all the original jokes. The recent trailer had so much of that it was worrying. Like Frozone and his wife
mm, i feel that that one's a classic though, i feel like they kind of have to pay homage lol
Yeah, it's a hard line between those two hard line to walk, that is
the bane of all sequels especially when they're So Far Apart lol
Yeah how long has it been? 14 years? Holy cow
that's older than three of my siblings me oh my their whole Lives
It's so weird to think there are people born after that movie came out haha Makes me feel old
the turning of time is terrifying
That was some nice alliteration haha
i do my best lol alliterations are always a fun thing to have in writing and stuff still there?
Oops! Yeah, kind of :) Just finishing up some work
haha, what kind of work?
Working on one last part of my dissertation
that sounds intensive mind if i ask what it's about?
Not at all
what's it about? :3
All of my dissertation work is about computer security and encryption. I'm currently finishing up a piece that (hopefully) will remove the need for passwords online
oh cool! how does that work??
There's a technology  called public key cryptography that allows you to prove that you have something without actually disclosing what it is. And using that technology, you can essentially prove to a website that you have a certain password, without ever sending it It uses a lot of really fun math behind the scenes but the way it's usually explained is like this you have a "key" that replaces a password. The key itself is split into two parts: a private part and a public part each of those parts is really just a really massive number, but they have a special property anything that is encrypted with the public part can only be decrpyted by the private part the same is true the other way around anything encrypted with the private part can be decrypted with the public part So the way you can use something like this is your computer/phone/whatever generates a key, and hands  the public part to a website when you register for an account so the website remembers your public key, instead of your password And in the future, whenever you visit that website, you no longer need to enter in a password all you need to do is encrypt something using your private part of the key and the website can verify that you are who you say you are because they can decrypt that thing using the public key they have stored for you the best part about this process is, it can be fully automated so you don't have to worry about entering the keys or anything
that's so cool! :o
from your perspective as a user, you just sign on to Amazon or something and it just logs you *logs you in and it's much, much safer than a password an average password can be found out by hackers pretty quickly but the keys I'm talking about would take millions of years to crack so that's cool too :D
that's crazy awesome how long do you think it would take for this to become the norm?
Well, with the things I'm doing (and the things I hope others will do after I graduate), I really hope it can be used a lot within the next 5 years but it's hard to get new technology adopted by everyone - a lot has to go right and you can't control everything :)
for sure, for sure
I totally expect it to take off eventually, though.  I'd be surprised if it didn't But the sooner the better!
when it does arrive i'll be sure to support it! lol
haha thanks! Ultimately I want your smartphone to act like an official ID for the Internet
that's radical
if you have your smartphone on you, and you start using a computer, you'll automatically be logged in to whatever site you're trying to log into (and the private key I talked about will be stored on your phone) Are you excited for the semester to be over?
yesss, i'm so ready to move on lol to bigger and better things!
Graduating this semester then?
nah, i'm just excited to move further in the program i'm actually just finishing my freshman year lol
Further is good - I hated my freshman year I felt like all I did was boring generals
yeah haha, fortunately ive been able to take some cool classes but there's even cooler ones coming up
That's gotta feel good plus you're about to get a nice break from it all Unless you're taking summer classes haha
nah, im just takin a couple in spring. hooray for summer break! ooh would you look at the time. looks like i better scat and get ready for work lol, it was great talking to you!!!