April 26, 2002
Patent On An "Amusement Apparatus" For Kicking Your Own Ass

And we all know how amusing that can be. (Second only to banging your head against the wall...)

See:
United States Patent: 6,293,874: User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks.

Posted by Lisa at 02:52 PM
China Figures Out How To Spy in the Year 2002 I'm not saying this story is true (consider the source :-) -- but if it was true, China would sure be smart.

Why bother with all of the usual Double Agent hassles when you can just sit back and hack into the entire military industrial complex from the comfort of your own home?

See the LA Times story by Eric Lichtblau:
CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S..

Posted by Lisa at 08:31 AM