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Amazing.
Thank Australia for your wifi
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Because Australians invented it, and because it's awesome.
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The entire WiFi/CDMA/Bluetooth communication system is based on a patent awarded to movie actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil during WWII. I don't think either were Australian.
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Wifi wasn't even dreamt of in WWI. For fuck's sake Ish. They only barely had the telephone.
WWII invented radar.
CSIRO filed Wifi patents in Australia. If you have wifi you can google.
As far as Americans are concerned, Edison was the only inventor that ever lived. Snerk.
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I've visited the CSIRO at the back of Eastwood, but apparently there was another at Prospect.
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Wifi wasn't even dreamt of in WWI. For fuck's sake Ish. They only barely had the telephone.
WWII invented radar.
CSIRO filed Wifi patents in Australia. If you have wifi you can google.
As far as Americans are concerned, Edison was the only inventor that ever lived. Snerk.
Whatever.
Hedy Lamarr Inventor
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The WiFi story is controversial.
But nobody disputes Australia invented sheep fucking.
But nobody disputes Australia invented sheep fucking.
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From wiki ...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
On August 11, 1942,*U.S. Patent 2,292,387*was granted to Hedy Kiesler Markey,*Hedy Lamarr's married name at the time, and*George Antheil. This early version of*frequency hopping, although novel, soon was met with opposition from the U.S. Navy and was not adopted.[3]*The idea was not implemented in the U.S. until 1962, when it was used by U.S. military ships during a*blockade of Cuba*after the patent had expired. Lamarr's work was honored in 1997, when the*Electronic Frontier Foundation*gave her a belated award for her contributions. In 1998, an*Ottawa*wireless technology developer,*Wi-LAN Inc., acquired a 49% claim to the patent from Lamarr for an undisclosed amount of stock.[4]
Lamarr's and Antheil's frequency hopping idea served as a basis for modern*spread-spectrum communication technology, such as*Bluetooth,COFDM*(used in Wi-Fi network connections), and*CDMA*(used in some cordless and wireless telephones).[5]
Main article:*IEEE 802.11 § History
In 1971,*ALOHAnet*connected the Hawaiian Islands with a UHF wireless packet network. The protocol was an early forerunner to*Ethernet, and later the Wi-Fi protocol.
A 1985 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission released the*ISM band*for unlicensed use.[6]*These frequency bands are the same ones used by equipment such as microwave ovens and are subject to interference.
In 1991,*NCR Corporation*with*AT&T Corporation*invented the precursor to 802.11, intended for use in cashier systems. The first wireless products were under the name*WaveLAN.
The*Australian*radio-astronomer*John O'Sullivan*developed a key patent used in Wi-Fi as a by-product of a*Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation*(CSIRO) research project, "a failed experiment to detect exploding mini black holes the size of an atomic particle".[7]*In 1992 and 1996, CSIRO obtained patents[8]*for a method later used in Wi-Fi to "unsmear" the signal.[9]
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
On August 11, 1942,*U.S. Patent 2,292,387*was granted to Hedy Kiesler Markey,*Hedy Lamarr's married name at the time, and*George Antheil. This early version of*frequency hopping, although novel, soon was met with opposition from the U.S. Navy and was not adopted.[3]*The idea was not implemented in the U.S. until 1962, when it was used by U.S. military ships during a*blockade of Cuba*after the patent had expired. Lamarr's work was honored in 1997, when the*Electronic Frontier Foundation*gave her a belated award for her contributions. In 1998, an*Ottawa*wireless technology developer,*Wi-LAN Inc., acquired a 49% claim to the patent from Lamarr for an undisclosed amount of stock.[4]
Lamarr's and Antheil's frequency hopping idea served as a basis for modern*spread-spectrum communication technology, such as*Bluetooth,COFDM*(used in Wi-Fi network connections), and*CDMA*(used in some cordless and wireless telephones).[5]
Main article:*IEEE 802.11 § History
In 1971,*ALOHAnet*connected the Hawaiian Islands with a UHF wireless packet network. The protocol was an early forerunner to*Ethernet, and later the Wi-Fi protocol.
A 1985 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission released the*ISM band*for unlicensed use.[6]*These frequency bands are the same ones used by equipment such as microwave ovens and are subject to interference.
In 1991,*NCR Corporation*with*AT&T Corporation*invented the precursor to 802.11, intended for use in cashier systems. The first wireless products were under the name*WaveLAN.
The*Australian*radio-astronomer*John O'Sullivan*developed a key patent used in Wi-Fi as a by-product of a*Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation*(CSIRO) research project, "a failed experiment to detect exploding mini black holes the size of an atomic particle".[7]*In 1992 and 1996, CSIRO obtained patents[8]*for a method later used in Wi-Fi to "unsmear" the signal.[9]
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Let's post as many links as we can find to dispute the fact that Australians invented wifi. Even Wikipedia.
Lol.
Lol.
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Call us when you land on the moon.
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Agreed... An Australian invented wifi 65 years after it was invented.
I heard they are now working on something called a "fax machine".
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from wiki
1992 – Wi-Fi – A method developed by CSIRO researchers used to "unsmear" radio waves that echo off indoor surfaces was patented.[68][69] This method has caused WiFi to be attributed as an Australian invention,[70] although the Wi-Fi trademark, under which most products are sold, is under the ownership of the Wi-Fi Alliance based in Austin, Texas.[71]
1992 – Wi-Fi – A method developed by CSIRO researchers used to "unsmear" radio waves that echo off indoor surfaces was patented.[68][69] This method has caused WiFi to be attributed as an Australian invention,[70] although the Wi-Fi trademark, under which most products are sold, is under the ownership of the Wi-Fi Alliance based in Austin, Texas.[71]
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I thought I did support it ...
The*Australian*radio-astronomer*John O'Sullivan*developed a key patent used in Wi-Fi as a by-product of a*Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation*(CSIRO) research project, "a failed experiment to detect exploding mini black holes the size of an atomic particle".[7]*In 1992 and 1996, CSIRO obtained patents[8]*for a method later used in Wi-Fi to "unsmear" the signal.[9]
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Show off!
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Call us when you get to the moon with less computing power on the craft than is inside of your cell phone.
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Beat you!
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We don't need no steenking wiki!
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Outback has a good salad.
I thought that was New Zealand?
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New Zealand has a good...umm...well...
call us when you get to the moon!
call us when you get to the moon!
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Quite true, it was invented during WW11 to service US Marines on R&R.
