'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by taylorbuley » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 11:44 PM UTC

'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night
npr.org

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by srean » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 12:32 AM UTC

The article comes close but does not mention one interesting piece of trivia. The frequency hopping device was made using (and inspired by) a pianoroll for an autopiano. An instrument that Lamarr and her collaborator, composer Antheil would have been familiar with. In their scheme of things, the torpedo and the sub would play the same "song" and jump frequencies in sync. Their patent lay ignored till fairly recently

EDIT: here is an Atlantic article that has more detail:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/celebr...

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by EvilTrout » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 12:44 AM UTC

Fun tidbit for gamers: in Half Life 2, the headcrab that causes the portal mixup is named Lamarr, after Hedy. Get it?

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by surlyadopter » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 1:01 AM UTC

That's Hedley.

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by yummies » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 3:23 AM UTC

i can think of a few trolls who would love to snatch up that patent and sue everyone who ever had anything to do with a smartphone.

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by Ryanmf » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 3:38 AM UTC

surlyadopter wrote: post #4

That's Hedley.

Oh, come on.

I sort of get the "quips that don't add materially to the discussion get all the downvotes" sentiment, but a well executed, topically relevant Mel Brooks joke in the gray? On a Sunday? We're very puzzled.

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by Jun8 » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 4:02 AM UTC

Previous coverage on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1368176.

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by topa » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 4:30 AM UTC

EvilTrout wrote: post #3

Fun tidbit for gamers: in Half Life 2, the headcrab that causes the portal mixup is named Lamarr, after Hedy. Get it?

and it hops around randomly..

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by enneff » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 6:52 AM UTC

Ryanmf wrote: post #6

surlyadopter wrote: post #4

That's Hedley.

Oh, come on. I sort of get the "quips that don't add materially to the discussion get all the downvotes" sentiment, but a well executed, topically relevant Mel Brooks joke in the gray? On a Sunday? We're very puzzled.

It's just noise. If you want pop culture references and one liners go to Reddit.

Re: 'Most Beautiful Woman' By Day, Inventor By Night

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Post by Nate75Sanders » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 7:01 AM UTC

Another piece of trivia about her that I remember and am surprised nobody else pointed out:

She was the woman on the cover of CorelDraw who sued Corel and won because they used her likeness:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fsDWp0rXAo8/TWyXPD4a_YI/A...