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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 20:20:31 -0700
From: Val Henson <val@nmt.edu>
To: jdow <jdow@earthlink.net>
Cc: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "Mother" == "computer-illiterate"
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On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 06:15:39PM -0800, jdow wrote:
> From: "Chris Adams" <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
> 
> > Once upon a time, Alan Cox  <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
> > >and of course Sally Floyd, and even Hedy Lamarr (bonus points for those
> > >who know what her networking related patent is on)
> > 
> > That's HEDLEY!  Oh, but he doesn't have any patents.
> 
> No, it's Hedy Lamarr and she invented frequency hopping spread spectrum
> with George Anthiel. I worked on one of the first practical implementations
> of the concept back in the early 70s. Somehow it seems appropriate.

Chris was making a joke which you won't get unless you watch "Blazing
Saddles" (something I've never gotten around to myself).  Hedley
Lamarr was a character in the movie who, indeed, doesn't have any
patents.

Neat to hear you got to work on such an interesting project!

-VAL