Google Logo Honors Morse Code

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It is very interesting that Samuel Morse was not a scientist but an artist, born in Charlestown, MA,that invented the first machine for communicating via code. Google has done a great job of remembering it.

Gary E. Haffer of MA 12:18PM May 11, 2009

i just love the way that Google changes their logo on special days such as halloween, st. george's day and samuel morse's birthday. its just soooo cool!!!! lol :P

Lainie of NY 3:45PM April 29, 2009

is this week special in some way

bill of WA 12:29AM April 28, 2009

So cool, color helps descises the code

gary of FL 12:15AM April 28, 2009

If you have to pick just a bit of Morse Code to learn, learn "S" (...) and "O" (---). That way you can at least signal a distress message, whether with a hammer, a stone, a horn, a whistle, rocks in the sand visible from the air -- the possibilities, luckily, are many, and require no batteries.

Doug Logan of CT 7:15PM April 27, 2009

lol

lol of AR 5:58PM April 27, 2009

Well, now, wasn't THAT the synesthetic doubletake! A military brat rather than a ham, I still get a kick out of drivers' roadway "comments." Let there be enough curious post-boomers out there to keep Morse code from becoming electronic Sanskrit.

Meg of HI 3:43PM April 27, 2009

Two years ago when the FCC dropped the requirement to be proficient in Morse code to earn an Amateur Radio license, many thought it would be the end of code. But much like Tom Sawyer's whitewashing the fence, when it was no longer manditory, the use of code, just for the FUN of it, went up significantly!
While "hams" now use computerized digital, vhf, uhf, satellite and other very modern communications, Morse code is still considered an art form and very much alive. Much like enjoying antique cars, we don't use them every day - but sometimes it;s nice to get out the old telegraph key and play.

Allen Pitts of CT 3:11PM April 27, 2009

Many a sailors rescue… silent successes… so many SOS’s… all via the art of Morse Code. Reviving this very basic form of communications may well prove it’s worth for years to come.
Doesn’t require but a pair of wires to touch together or a flashlight to blink… why even a mirror flashing sunlight is good for many miles of reliable messaging. Requires no computer or complex apparatus… just a pair of minds willing to learn and use the good cells given them. So here’s to Samuel Morse … may the code be un-broken and remain serving many for millennium to come. dit dit dit, da dit da

Peter Name of ME 2:09PM April 27, 2009

Remember the movie "Independence Day?" Was such a lost art that it was the most secure way for our military to communicate across the globe!
Let's not lose this type of skill! May be necessary someday when aliens invade or when our normal communications means are taken down by cyberterrorists. The latter threat is actually a very real one........

William of AK 1:59PM April 27, 2009