We’ve long known that cats rule the Internet, even getting their own film festival this year at one of the nation’s most prominent institutions of contemporary art. But two incidents last week lead me to believe that video contests are just good PR and we all need to be even more prepared than ever to welcome our feline overlords.
First, I saw where a cat with a cell phone, drills, assorted batteries and two saws taped to its body was caught trying to enter a Brazilian prison. I think if he hadn’t gotten so ambitious – perhaps starting with just a saw, then the drill on another trip, you know – then he might have been more successful slipping past the guards. If you’ve seen the photo, the bulky package was a bit too obvious on his white fur.
But, then again, perhaps it was just a rookie mistake? A prison spokeswoman told the Estado de Sao Paulo: “It will be hard to figure out who is responsible, as the cat does not talk.”
Then later in the week, I saw where Japanese authorities captured a cat that was carrying computer code used to make terroristic threats such as potentially blowing up a shrine in Mia province and possibly bombing a passenger jet.
According to Kaspersky Lab’s Threat Post blog, “The chase began again in earnest last week when the hacker announced a ‘new game’ and sent a series of riddles that said the code used to commit the threats remotely was attached to a cat’s collar somewhere in a remote part of Tokyo.”
Ultimately, the hacker or group – or should I say clowder? – that issued the threats using remotely controlled computers in Japan remains at large despite a three million yen bounty.
But never fear, Google has trained a computer to spot cats; and probably not so that the computers can eliminate their main competition to take over the human race, right? Right?
[Update 6 Feb 13: Their march continues. The iron is out of Monopoly and a cat is in...]
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