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    Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
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    07/10/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    Re: Subject Question.

    Yes, yes I did. ;-)
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    07/10/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    Hmmm, kinda reminds me of when I invented and patented a system to help prevent being torpedoed too frequently by using bar hopping.
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    07/09/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    Looks like she got the idea and applied it to her marriages...
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    Image of SakhiKabobular SakhiKabobular
    07/09/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    "My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives"

    H. Lamar :)
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    07/09/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
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    07/09/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    Hedy is my heroine!

    I think she is probably more famous for this than her films!

    I found out about her as she was the inspiration behind Rachel Tyrell from Blade Runner. The sexiest woman in the world in my opinion!
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    07/09/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    I remember Bob Wuhl talking about this on his Assume the Position comedy special... highly recommend that you check it out, funny and informative stuff.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    07/09/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: great stuff. Thanks for the head up
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    07/09/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: NSFW, but here is the clip...
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    07/09/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    ""Any girl can be glamorous, all she has to do is stand still and look stupid."


    Yes I did! I have an old issue of "American Heritage: Invention & Technology" magazine with Hedy on the cover, and its about how she came up with the idea of frequency hopping by combining the machinery of a player piano into a torpedo. But the fact that her patent mentioned a player piano, and because she had a vagina, she couldn't get the military and engineers to pay any attention to her.


    But there's no doubt that Hedy Lamarr was the complete package: Beautiful, smart, willing to take her clothes off on camera, and not above inventing anti-jamming technologies for torpedo guidance systems.

    Here's a link to their archives where you can see the issue and read the article:

    http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1996/

    Edit: Sorry for the horrid formatting, It's not me, I swear!
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    07/09/09

    @ludwigk: Your comment shouldn't need a reply to be the featured comment. It was far better than my Blazing Saddles quip and more insightful. And it's buried under a Show All Comments button.

    Thank you for a good comment.
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    07/09/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: You know you can just promote without replying right? Just hit the little Thumbs Up!

    Which this definitely did deserve.
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    07/09/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I know. I've probably promoted about two dozen comments this afternoon. But I wanted to make a point with a problem with the new system.
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    07/09/09

    In reply to Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?
    That's Hedley.
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    07/09/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Froggie.... Where's my Froggie
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    07/09/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: GMTA. You speedy bastard.
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    @Curves: How you adjusting to the new look?
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    07/09/09

    @OMG! Ponies!:Im struggling with it partially because my only net access this week is my iPhone. Would be great if Gawker would create an app for reading and commenting onctheir sites.
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    07/09/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: So far I am floundering around in it. I hope time will give me greater insight into its good points.
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