All Lasers Blasting: Friday’s Conversation Topic
You’ve got to love Fridays: It means that in just a few hours the weekend starts!
And to make sure you have plenty of conversation to make I’ve collected some of the best news stories for you to talk about. Read on.
Watch a Navy Laser Gun Blast a Drone Right Out of the Sky. Gizmodo
This is the future of warfare. And it’s so, so cool. The US military has been toying with lasers for a while now. The Air Force is considering them as weapons on future fighters and bombers, and Lockheed Martin has been working to make them a source of fuel for drones. The Navy? They just like to shoot stuff with ‘em.
‘Game Of Thrones’ Craigslist Ad: Woman Seeks Robb Stark Look-Alike To Fulfill Sexual Fantasy. Huffington Post
You read that right. So if you have the looks, and the right parts, you’ll just need a few lines to get this party started!
Hijacking airplanes with an Android phone. Net-Security.org
A security consultant at n.runs AG in Germany, about the completely realistic scenario of plane hijacking via a simple Android app has galvanized the crowd. Do you feel safer to fly now that this cat is out of the bag?
This Week’s Best Conversational News Stories
Time is running on!
Stay current, be interesting. Get prepared now by reading our conversation topic suggestions below.
- Is a robot or human better at kicking field goals? If you’ve ever been stumped by this question you now have the opportunity to find out the answer. This is good for a few great minutes of conversation and can lead to whole new areas of continuing the conversation too.
- Beware when you’re texting personal messages at work! If the place you work for and they supply you with a phone, they may have every right to “ckeck in” on what personal business you’re dealing with while on company property or using your employers electronics. For me it’s a no-brainer, they own it, they can do what they want, even if it means they are invading your privacy. Will the supreme court agree?
- ‘Balloon Boy’ dad to pay $36,000.00 restitution. I have to ask, is 36K enough of a deterrent to stop the next media-crazed individual to staging a news-worthy event for a media starved public? Time will tell. And you can keep up with today’s most popular video on this page.
- Craigslist Lovers. Henry Russell’s book, Craigslist Casual Encounters: The Hilarious and Disturbing World of Seeking Sex Online, is out listing some of the most freakish encounters that have been attempted to occur through the free classified site. Go ahead and read the article, you need a laugh about now anyways. Order your copy of the book here at Amazon.com
Have a great weekend!
