Comments on: Hedy Lamarr: '30s film diva, mobile phone tech pioneer, anti-Nazi gadget inventor. http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563974 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563974 "the first actress to simulate an orgasm onscreen in 1933" And no link? Ahh, jeez. “the first actress to simulate an orgasm onscreen in 1933″

And no link? Ahh, jeez.

]]> By: MajorD http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563719 MajorD Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563719 Damn! You beat me to it! Damn! You beat me to it!

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563720 Glenn Fleishman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563720 There's also a book on this topic, that appears to be freely readable at Google Books: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rI1BcLv_8jkC&printsec=frontcover">Spread Spectrum: Hedy Lamarr and the Mobile Phone.</a> There’s also a book on this topic, that appears to be freely readable at Google Books: Spread Spectrum: Hedy Lamarr and the Mobile Phone.

]]> By: hisdevineshadow http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-565004 hisdevineshadow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565004 I am very attracted to beautiful, smart women. I am very attracted to beautiful, smart women.

]]> By: MattF http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563733 MattF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563733 Right-- 'Spread Spectrum' is the correct term. It has the nice property (foretold in a sci-fi story whose name I don't remember) that it encodes messages in a 'dense' fashion-- the signal looks like noise. Right– ‘Spread Spectrum’ is the correct term. It has the nice property (foretold in a sci-fi story whose name I don’t remember) that it encodes messages in a ‘dense’ fashion– the signal looks like noise.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-565283 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565283 kaosmonkey: Wow. I think I just dropped my pearls. kaosmonkey: Wow. I think I just dropped my pearls.

]]> By: dr.hypercube http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563752 dr.hypercube Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563752 She was a pretty popular topic for Ada Lovelace Day posts - mine's here: http://hawkdog.net/wordpress/archives/1002 . Me 'n Hedy, getting on a Short flying boat for the run to Kenya to visit the Happy Valley set - sigh. She was a pretty popular topic for Ada Lovelace Day posts – mine’s here: http://hawkdog.net/wordpress/archives/1002 . Me ‘n Hedy, getting on a Short flying boat for the run to Kenya to visit the Happy Valley set – sigh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-564520 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564520 if you're interested in other inventions by women check out www.inventivewomen.com by Annie Wood and Circle Media. Hedy's in there. Annie has another site www.inventivekids.com, all about inventions by children that's lots of fun... if you’re interested in other inventions by women check out http://www.inventivewomen.com by Annie Wood and Circle Media. Hedy’s in there. Annie has another site http://www.inventivekids.com, all about inventions by children that’s lots of fun…

]]> By: sisyphus321 http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-565039 sisyphus321 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565039 sigh ... CDMA doesn't use frequency hopping. CDMA uses code-space orthogonality, not frequency orthogonality. GSM, on the other hand, does have a frequency hopping mode for interference avoidence. Can't you guys get anything right? sigh …

CDMA doesn’t use frequency hopping. CDMA uses code-space orthogonality, not frequency orthogonality.

GSM, on the other hand, does have a frequency hopping mode for interference avoidence.

Can’t you guys get anything right?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563760 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563760 I would think BB readers would want to thank Heddy for wifi more than cordless phones, both being applications of spread spectrum technology. I would think BB readers would want to thank Heddy for wifi more than cordless phones, both being applications of spread spectrum technology.

]]> By: kaosmonkey http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-564534 kaosmonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564534 @ dculberson your link, sir. http://www.hedy-lamarr.org/apps/videos/videos/view/4278435-ecstasy- Note the "string of pearls" falling to the floor at the climactic moment. Touché! @ dculberson

your link, sir.

http://www.hedy-lamarr.org/apps/videos/videos/view/4278435-ecstasy-

Note the “string of pearls” falling to the floor at the climactic moment. Touché!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563788 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563788 Never lovelier then in her film banned in America, "Ekstase" from 1933. Below is a still shot showing why it was banned. She did her version of the famous scene from WHEN HARRY MET SALLY in the water, rather then in a restaurant, and without clothes. Without clothes: http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj117/Ana_Ivanovic/6.jpg With clothes: http://www.premiere.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/list/the-100-sexiest-movie-stars-of-all-time/93.-hedy-lamarr/45025-1-eng-US/93.-Hedy-Lamarr_imagelarge.jpg Never lovelier then in her film banned in America, “Ekstase” from 1933. Below is a still shot showing why it was banned. She did her version of the famous scene from WHEN HARRY MET SALLY in the water, rather then in a restaurant, and without clothes.

Without clothes:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj117/Ana_Ivanovic/6.jpg

With clothes:
http://www.premiere.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/list/the-100-sexiest-movie-stars-of-all-time/93.-hedy-lamarr/45025-1-eng-US/93.-Hedy-Lamarr_imagelarge.jpg

]]> By: eti http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563799 eti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563799 She's getting way too much credit for this relative to Antheil's contributions. She’s getting way too much credit for this relative to Antheil’s contributions.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563801 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563801 ♫ <i>Let's talk of Lamarr, that Hedy so fair</i> <i>Why does she let Joan Bennett wear all her old hair?</i> ♫ The above Cole Porter lyric will be meaningless to anyone under 50. ♫ Let’s talk of Lamarr, that Hedy so fair
Why does she let Joan Bennett wear all her old hair? ♫

The above Cole Porter lyric will be meaningless to anyone under 50.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563807 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563807 Fascinating! And today, we have Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox. How sad. ;) Fascinating!

And today, we have Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox. How sad. ;)

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563809 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563809 Antinous, what does it mean? I am under 50. Antinous, what does it mean? I am under 50.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563834 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563834 <i>Antinous, what does it mean?</i> Ms. Bennett styled her hair to become the ersatz Hedy Lamarr. By the time she starred in Dark Shadows, she had graduated to wearing Joan Crawford's old hair. Antinous, what does it mean?

Ms. Bennett styled her hair to become the ersatz Hedy Lamarr. By the time she starred in Dark Shadows, she had graduated to wearing Joan Crawford’s old hair.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563873 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563873 She was also the cover art for Corel Draw. Used without permission of course. So she sued their asses off. She was also the cover art for Corel Draw. Used without permission of course. So she sued their asses off.

]]> By: agoodsandwich http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563878 agoodsandwich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563878 spread what? *cough* I'm so sorry, that was inappropriate. But seriously, I am very attracted to smart women. spread what? *cough*

I’m so sorry, that was inappropriate. But seriously, I am very attracted to smart women.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-564144 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564144 The operative word in "onscreen." The operative word in “onscreen.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-564166 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564166 Clearly her mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. Clearly her mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

]]> By: Keeper of the Lantern http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563927 Keeper of the Lantern Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563927 Hey... Spread spectrum ain't no mere "gadget"...it's the basis for modern cellphone communications. CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is simply a digital variant of Spread Spectrum. Hey…

Spread spectrum ain’t no mere “gadget”…it’s the basis for modern cellphone communications. CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is simply a digital variant of Spread Spectrum.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563931 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563931 On a side note, Lucille Ball claimed that during WWII, fillings in her teeth intercepted radio transmissions from enemy spies, leading to their capture. On a side note, Lucille Ball claimed that during WWII, fillings in her teeth intercepted radio transmissions from enemy spies, leading to their capture.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563681 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563681 Thats Hedly. Thats Hedly.

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563683 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563683 Not to be confused with 'Hedley'. Not to be confused with ‘Hedley’.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/hedy-lamarr-30s-film.html#comment-563698 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-563698 That's HEADLY! That’s HEADLY!

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