"Bob Parnass" wrote in message
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On Fri, 07 May 2004 21:13:02 -0700, Bootleg wrote:

Check This out!

The US military is using SINCGARS (Single Channel Ground And Airborne
Radio
System) frequency-hopping radios in the field....

I googlized a phrase and found the full story at this web page:

http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news071.htm
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Bummer that they just say it came from WWII without giving credit to who
came up
with the idea for the the system... Although to be honest, using piano
rolls (the
technology at the time) was a bit crude. But then, no more than punch cards
in the 60's.

She was recently honored by the IEEE for it.

Not bad for a 'dumb actress'. Not bad at all...

Mike