Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Worldwatch New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Your Cheatin' Shorts - Japanese husbands who cat around better watch out: Technology can help suspicious wives nail the old man in flagrante delicto. New Scientist reports that a chemical spray, sold over the counter in Japan, can turn up evidence of semen stains in the cheater's shorts. There's also a gel a wife can rub discreetly on her husband's back before he goes off to work. If he showers during the day -- which the article says is a sure sign of an office affair -- the gel forms a water blister And if she rubs the gel into his socks, they'll change color if he takes them off. What happens if an innocent man goes to the gym at lunch time? His socks change color, his back blisters, and his wife divorces him. [Wired News]   Your Move - Chess masters can be odd ducks -- remember Bobby Fischer? -- probably because of the tunnel vision necessary to dominate those 64 little squares. So Garry Kasparov, the game's reigning world champion, can be forgiven for taking his current opponent lightly. Kasparov is playing on the Internet, and his opponent is ... the world. As in every chess player who's ever had a hankering to knock off No. 1. But it's clear that Kasparov has the upper hand: "The world turned out to be very smart," he told Reuters Friday, "but it has a very difficult task to save the game." A great quote, and he even got the pronoun right. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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