How about Hedy Lamarr and

cmaukonen — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:31:43 +0000

How about Hedy Lamarr and 'frequency hopping', which was the basis for much of the wireless technology we use today.

Sorry forgot. Like I said I probably left stuff out. A variation on this was developed at MIT for cold war secure communications. It was designated F9C.

And a modified version of the CBS system became PAL used in the UK and part of Europe for colour.

For some strange reason, I

Beetlejuice — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:49:44 +0000

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For some strange reason, I can't help but imagine Calvin is asking a tea-bagger what the deficit ceiling is and why he won't vote to raise it.

I love Calvin and Hobbes.

MrSmith1 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:00:56 +0000

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I love Calvin and Hobbes. Thanks for reminding me why.

That can't be true:

Donal — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:30:18 +0000

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How about Hedy Lamarr and

MrSmith1 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:13:17 +0000

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How about Hedy Lamarr and 'frequency hopping', which was the basis for much of the wireless technology we use today. http://www.women-inventors.com/Hedy-Lammar.asp

One of my favorite stories about the rivalry between David Sarnoff and William Paley is when Paley called Sarnoff to his office, and when he arrived Paley put on a record, then went back to his desk and started chatting with Sarnoff. At the time, 78's usually lasted only about 3 minutes. The two men talked for a while, and Sarnoff began looking over at the record player every so often. Paley just kept talking and the record kept playing. After ten minutes Sarnoff couldn't help but stare at the record player as the music was still playing. Paley kept talking. After about 20 minutes, Paley quietly got up, and went to the record player. He said, Oh by the way, what do you think about this new project my people have been working on? It's a 33 rpm long-playing record and we're releasing our first ones tomorrow. Sarnoff was livid, but congratulated him, left his office, drove straight to the RCA labs and demanded his people create something overnight to out-do his rival. The next day, RCA announced the invention of the 45 rpm record.

Paley may have won that round, but Sarnoff got his revenge in the fight over Color television technology. In the very early days the best color system was one invented by CBS, the RCA color system was mediocre by comparison. The main thing the RCA system had going for it was that it was compatible with black and white TV technology and the CBS system wasn't. So when the fight went to the FCC as to which system to approve as the industry standard, the FCC initially chose the CBS system, which meant all black and white televisions would be obsolete, and TV wouldn't have had that decade of black and white TV, it would have been in color from the beginning , but RCA had a plan: While stalling and going through legal appeals, RCA managed to flood the market with black and white TVs and then appealed to the FCC that too many people would have to buy new TVs ... so the FCC reversed their initial decision and made the RCA color system the standard. American exceptionalism. hahaha

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How about Hedy Lamarr and

For some strange reason, I

I love Calvin and Hobbes.

That can't be true:

How about Hedy Lamarr and