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In Reply to: But... He and Heddy Lamarr invented Packet Switching! posted by John Marks on February 12, 2015 at 14:40:47:
I've never even heard of "packet switching" [why would I care?], but intrigued, I've looked up 3 articles on the topic in Wikipedia. Neither one mentions Hedy Lamarr or George Antheil. What they do contain are brain-gouging-boring technical explanations that might actually work as a remedy for early Alzheimers:
"...engineering institutions via 12 national points of presence with DS-3 (45 Mbit/s), OC-3c (155 Mbit/s), and OC-12c (622 Mbit/s) links on an all OC-12c backbone, a substantial engineering feat for that time. The vBNS installed one of the first ever production OC-48c (2.5 Gbit/s) IP links in February 1999 and went on to upgrade the entire backbone to OC-48c.[65]".
But, some persistant Googling [i.e., page 2], finally revealed some fascinating info:
"The couple often entertained the “who’s who” of German society, including Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and other similar characters. During these parties, the conversation often centered around the latest in military technology and, in particular, torpedoes. However, these new weapons lacked a guidance system. The best idea anyone had come up with involved tethering the bomb to the ship until detonation. It was generally agreed that this might not have been the most practical solution if they wanted to keep the German navy afloat.
Hedy listened to these conversations and took it all in, though the men looked right through her. At some point, she had an idea: Why not use radio signals? The experts dismissed her immediately. Radio wouldn’t work. After all, what if the enemy detected it and discovered their position? Or, worse, what if the enemy jammed or redirected the signal and turned the bomb back toward them? No, it was agreed, radio would not work. And besides, what did an actress know about military technology anyway?
Hedy persisted. She suggested breaking the message into tiny pieces and sending it out over a variety of different frequencies. Then, when it reached the torpedo, the message could be reassembled. (For those of you with any network experience, this might sound hauntingly familiar.) The experts simply laughed and told her to leave the thinking to the generals and the engineers."
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Follow Ups
- Amazing & True, But Not on Wiki - Mike Porper 08:47:17 02/13/15 (1)
- Both of them were smart and clever and it seems funny too - John Marks 11:58:46 02/13/15 (0)
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