01-19-2003, 11:55 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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100th Anniversary of Wireless
Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the first long-distance wireless transmission (over the Atlantic), between King Edward VII and Theodore Roosevelt, via Marconi's technology.
"Can you imagine a world without television and radio? Not to mention cellphones, cordless phones, radar, microwave ovens, remote-control cars, and baby monitors?
All these devices rely on the transmission of radio signals through the air. And it was 100 years ago this Saturday that a young Italian inventor showed the globe-girdling potential of his wireless telegraph, or radio transmitter."
You know, I can't imagine a world without any of these anymore.
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01-20-2003, 12:01 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: 100th Anniversary of Wireless
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the first long-distance wireless transmission (over the Atlantic), between King Edward VII and Thomas Roosevelt, via Marconi's technology.
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Thomas Roosevelt? Who's that? (Maybe you meant Teddy Roosevelt? :-))
Anyway, here's to wireless! :beer:
Steve
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01-20-2003, 12:05 AM
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Re: 100th Anniversary of Wireless
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
Thomas Roosevelt? Who's that? (Maybe you meant Teddy Roosevelt? :-))
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Uhh... it must have corrupted over my wireless connection. Damn that Marconi! 
(Sorry about that.  ops 
--janak
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01-20-2003, 01:39 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: 100th Anniversary of Wireless
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
"Can you imagine a world without television and radio? Not to mention cellphones, cordless phones, radar, microwave ovens, remote-control cars, and baby monitors?
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Sometimes..... just sometimes...... I find the thought of this kind of world quite appealing.
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01-20-2003, 01:59 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Marconi? What he'd do???
Except for ripping off Tesla with Edison's help, what did he do again? :?
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01-20-2003, 03:20 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: 100th Anniversary of Wireless
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
"Can you imagine a world without television and radio? Not to mention cellphones, cordless phones, radar, microwave ovens, remote-control cars, and baby monitors?
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I can imagine a world like that, it's called camping :wink:.
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01-20-2003, 06:44 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I wouldn't quite call my microwave oven wireless technology :wink:
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01-20-2003, 10:45 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
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8O 8O
100 years...
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