I don't know anyone who has both a cat and a computer who does not talk about the special relationship between the two. My cats like to sleep on the keyboard when I'm not there and walk across it when I'm working. There's always some good reason for them to be on the other side and in the journey "accidentally" step on esc, mute, num lock, and CD eject - a perfect storm of annoying buttons.

It's easy to think that cats are just jealous and want attention, (they do), but there is something special about the computer. They don't care nearly as much if I read a book or do the dishes. The answer (I base this solely on be being a friggin' genius) is that cats have a special relationship with technology.
Why did the Egyptians worship cats? Because they were the first to think that if you gave them a little attention then maybe, just maybe, they'd stay off your architectural Giza drawings you stayed up all night working on. But does it work? NO, the pharaoh comes over first thing in the morning and low and behold somehow there are inky paw marks where the burial chamber is supposed to be - so now it's in the shape of a pat's paw and the pharaoh has renamed it "architect ritual sacrifice room". Fucking cat.

Can you imagine a cat at the telegraph office? A google search of "cat telegraph office" produced nothing interesting but a poorly written joke but there has to be some good stories there. I bet C.O.K (cat on key) was a common excuse for a mistake. If only there was some way to do research that didn't involve google! But I digress.

Cats are not domesticated like dogs are. Dogs are part of the family in a way that cats are not. Cats are here to distract us just enough so that we won't see the mother ship until it's too late.
SETI my ass - more likely CATI