The 3/1/99 Problem

[Keith Rowland]

Does anyone know anything about Herman DeVry, one of DeForest's colleagues, who
started the group of excellent colleges that now bear DeVry's name?

Keith



Bill Evans wrote:

> The story of Edwin Armstrong, one of the greatest inventors in
> communications history, is truly tragic.  Just like that of Mozart.  One
> wonders how such genius can be destroyed and depricated by the greed and ego
> of others.  History suggests that Sarnoff and DeForest were the villains in
> this piece of tragedy.
> 73 de VE4UD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nolan Lee <nlee at GS.VERIO.NET>
> To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: The 3/1/99 Problem
>
> >At 04:31 PM 9/17/98 -1000, you wrote:
> >
> >>annals of radio history are many, but one particular comes to mind; when a
> >>young Russian immigrant, David Sarnoff, copied the dots and dashes of the
> >
> >The same "General" David Sarnoff that drove Armstrong to suicide. If
> >you get a chance, read a bit about this guy, he was one evil bastard.
> >"Empire of the Air" is one book that comes to mind.
> >
> >>distress message from the ill-fated SS Titanic. As most of us know,
> Sarnoff
> >>went off to become the head of RCA and probably did more to bring
> television
> >>into the homes of Americans than any other industry leader, but that is
> >how he
> >>got his start.
> >
> >It's been a while since I read the book, but I seem to remember that
> >there was a good chance that HE was off and wasn't even working at the
> >time that the distress call came. Still an evil bastard. I watch a total
> >of about 2 hours of TV a week. I have lots of free time to do other
> >stuff. Average person gets home from work and flops down in front of
> >the TV till it's time to go to bed. Total waste of time, and they never
> >get anything done, not to mention all of the liberal programming and mental
> >conditioning that has contributed to the decline of morals and morality
> >in this Republic.
> >
> >Sarnoff was evil. Sarnoff pushed TV. TV is evil...
> >
> >>  The IMO says, "Morse code is being phased out because of its many
> >drawbacks.
> >>These include the need for years of training and practice for operators to
> >use
> >>it." The truth hurts, but the IMO says that if something happened to the
> >radio
> >>operator, it is unlikely that anyone else onboard a ship would be able to
> use
> >>the telegraphy equipment.
> >
> ><ROTFL> I love their reasoning. Face it, the code is dead, there are
> >much more efficient methods of communication. Actually, ham radio is
> >dead if you get right down to it. I hold the hard line "code requirement"
> >people to blame for this. As the numbers of licensed hams continue to
> >drop, more of the spectrum will be lost, but who cares, we still have
> >"the code". Maybe we need a secret handshake too! Sheesh... Another
> >thing to consider that ham radio peaked before everyone had a TV in
> >their house to eat up their time.
> >
> >I guess that indirectly, you can blame Sarnoff for the failure of
> >ham radio and the failure of American society as a whole. Hopefully
> >he's burning in hell along with DeForest. <grin>
> >
> >yes, I passed the code test,
> >nolan
> >
> >
> >Treasonous government officials should have their bronzed,
> >severed heads displayed on poles in Washington D.C., or
> >their respective state capitals, as a promise of justice
> >to all future generations.
> >
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