http://dan.hersam.com/2003/12/30/words-of-2003/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://dan.hersam.com/2003/12/30/words-of-2003/#comment-2826 jason Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=775#comment-2826 I've used the word "ping" with you before too Dan, but it might interest you that I was using that word back in 1989-1991 while in the Navy. We would use a ping or bang on a pipe with a dog-wrench with one or two hits to confirm something, let someone know we were ready, or start/stop something. That was long before I knew anything about ICMP packets. I’ve used the word “ping” with you before too Dan, but it might interest you that I was using that word back in 1989-1991 while in the Navy. We would use a ping or bang on a pipe with a dog-wrench with one or two hits to confirm something, let someone know we were ready, or start/stop something. That was long before I knew anything about ICMP packets.

]]> http://dan.hersam.com/2003/12/30/words-of-2003/#comment-2827 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=775#comment-2827 I also enjoyed the ping ducky book as a wee lad, but don't use it too often out of ICMP context. When I was at Novell, an instructor of a course taught us that it was actually an acronym (I don't remember what it was), but he was probably full of something. I also enjoyed the ping ducky book as a wee lad, but don’t use it too often out of ICMP context. When I was at Novell, an instructor of a course taught us that it was actually an acronym (I don’t remember what it was), but he was probably full of something.

]]> http://dan.hersam.com/2003/12/30/words-of-2003/#comment-2828 dan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=775#comment-2828 Mike Muus (who wrote the ping utility) addressed that by saying, "From my point of view PING is not an acronym standing for Packet InterNet Grouper, it's a sonar analogy. However, I've heard second-hand that Dave Mills offered this expansion of the name, so perhaps we're both right." Mike Muus (who wrote the ping utility) addressed that by saying, “From my point of view PING is not an acronym standing for Packet InterNet Grouper, it’s a sonar analogy. However, I’ve heard second-hand that Dave Mills offered this expansion of the name, so perhaps we’re both right.”

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