Hedy Lamarr was known primarily for her career as a major film star many years ago. However, she was also a scientist, inventor and mathematician who co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications, a key to many forms of wireless communication from the pre-computer age to the present day.
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 03:19 PM
I knew that.
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 03:34 PM
I am wearing a green shirt today. 
The last government were convinced that we were there to do their bidding. They wasted vast quantities of our money in order to spy on us, intimidate us and needlessly over regulate us, whilst gold plating their own pensions and expenses. Their behind the scenes encouragement of, and turning a blind eye to, the kettling and harrassment tactics of the Police are a shameful episode in our history which we need to remember and address urgently. - Haloman
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 03:39 PM
I'm picketting this thread on the grounds that it infringes directly on the remit of the UTF thread, whilst using non unionised labour working with no statuatory rights, unpaid holidays and at sub minimum wage rates after bogus deductions are made from wage packets.
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 03:39 PM
She worked on the idea with the composer George Antheil, as his experience with pianola rolls was part of the solution. He was a little eccentric - the picture linked below shows him leaving his flat. He had a key to the downstairs exit, but usually preferred the direct route.
LINK TO PICTURE
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 03:55 PM
she also invented the guidance systems for the US navy's homing torpedoes.
tbf She is actually quite well known for these things.
tbf She is actually quite well known for these things.
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 03:57 PM
Sharpe, he of the peninsular war novels ws modelled on a real person.
He is buried at Utley just outside keighley
He is buried at Utley just outside keighley
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 03:59 PM
nonononnonononono ..yes
This isn't going as I had hoped.
Which other famous entertainment stars have done something properly useful?
This isn't going as I had hoped.
Which other famous entertainment stars have done something properly useful?
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:04 PM
QUOTE (JohnM @ Dec 14 2010, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Which other famous entertainment stars have done something properly useful?
Michael Jackson killed himself!
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:05 PM
QUOTE (JohnM @ Dec 14 2010, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
nonononnonononono ..yes
This isn't going as I had hoped.
Which other famous entertainment stars have done something properly useful?
This isn't going as I had hoped.
Which other famous entertainment stars have done something properly useful?
james stewart was a bomber pilot
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:06 PM
thats more like it. Thanks! 
Edited by JohnM, 14 December 2010 - 04:07 PM.
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:12 PM
A person from the country of Nauru is called a Nauruan; this is the only palindromic nationality.
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:12 PM
Jeremy Clarkson's Mother made the first toy Paddington Bear and then sold them through her own company
Edited by Shadow, 14 December 2010 - 04:18 PM.
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:32 PM
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:33 PM
QUOTE (Shadow @ Dec 14 2010, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Jeremy Clarkson's Mother made the first toy Paddington Bear and then sold them through her own company
Ah, Paddington Bear. He represented Darkest Peru at Rugby League, don't you know? There's even an illustration of him with a scrum cap on.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:36 PM
Sid James. Former diamond miner, fairground boxer, recording artist and serious actor, before the comedy work came rolling in.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 04:39 PM
James Child gave 66 penalties against the Bulls in just six games last season, while he only gave us 43 
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Posted 14 December 2010 - 05:07 PM
Ronald Reagan, the famous B movie star of the 1950s was also, and you won't believe this, elected 40th President of the United States of America.
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