Jon sez
The space elevator contest I mentioned a week or so ago went off, with the winner (LaserMotive) climbing 1 km up a tether at 2 meters per second. (That's faster than it sounds - it's 7.2 kph, a fast walk.)
Mark sez
I totally did research for this page! Well, I typed "mob boss" and "judo throw" into Google. That counts as research these days, right?