Google Marks Morse's Birthday:
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Google Marks Morse's Birthday:
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If you use the Google search engine (www.google.com) today, you'll be in for a surprise: The Google logo is in Morse Code:
According to the Search Engine Roundtable, the folks at Google put the logo into Morse Code in honor of Samuel F. B. Morse's birthday today. Morse was born
on April 27, 1791. Various reports credit Morse as inventor of the telegraph and of the code that bears his name. That is actually only half correct. While Morse
did indeed invent the telegraph, his original code was a series of numbers that corresponded to word-entries in a book at each telegraph station. It was Morse's
assistant, Alfred Vail, who actually developed the dot-dash code that allowed any word to be sent efficiently, without the need for "translations."
Google regularly gets creative with its logo in order to honor special people or events, with a particular focus on pioneers in science and technology. While there is
nothing official, we are assuming that the letters in the logo are staggered in order to fit within the standard space allotted on the web page for the Google logo.
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by RADIO123US on April 27, 2009
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Please don't tell Lem AF6AY....he will think Google is trying to force him to learn the code...
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by KB6QXM on April 27, 2009
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The funny thing is that these new "2 box top" hams would have to search google to understand what the dashes and dots mean on google today.
and they call that progress
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by N3PRZ on April 27, 2009
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I noticed the change over at around 1am this morning.
http://www.eham.net/forums/Misc/9441
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by KJ4IDH on April 28, 2009
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65 108 119 97 121 115 32 97 32 99 111 100 101 32 119 104 105 110 101 114 32 115 111 109 101 119 104 101 114 101
Hint "32" is a space
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by K5ADF on April 29, 2009
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You expect them to understand the code you sent, KJ4IDH? They are probably scratching their heads trying to figure out what that message was and yes, I already knew what 32 was. BTW I agree with your statement 100%. The world moves on and those who do not adapt are lost.
68 105 103 105 116 97 108 32 105 115 32 116 104 101 32 114 101 112 108 97 99 101 109 101 110 116 32 102 111 114 32 109 111 114 32 109 111 114 115 101 32 99 111 100 99 33
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by KJ4IDH on April 30, 2009
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K5ADF, 72 101 121 32 84 101 114 114 121 44 32 121 111 117 32 104 105 116 32 116 104 101 32 110 97 105 108 32 111 110 32 116 104 101 32 104 101 97 100 46 32 55 51 32 97 110 100 32 104 111 112 101 32 116 111 32 99 97 116 99 104 32 121 111 117 32 111 110 32 116 104 101 32 97 105 114 32 115 111 109 101 116 105 109 101 33
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by KI4UCO on May 1, 2009
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102 117 110 110 121 32 115 116 117 102 102 46 32 100 111 101 115 32 116 104 105 115 32 99 111 117 110 116 32 97 115 32 107 110 111 119 105 110 103 32 99 111 100 101 63
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by KG4TKC on May 2, 2009
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Jean Shepherd-K2ORS would love this. From Morse Code to Little Orphan Annie and her secret decoder,,:) 68 82 73 78 75 32 89 79 85 82 32 79 86 65 76 84 73 78 69
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