OT Re: [PLUG] KVM switch - spelling

[Wil Cooley]

On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 12:03, Kyle Hayes wrote:

> I used to work with a guy that had been in the US Navy submarine fleet and 
> spent considerable time in subs.  We talked about this one and he thought 
> that it had actually originated with sonar operators back in the '60s.  Up 
> until then, I had always assumed that it came from the "ping" utility (and 
> subsequent new verb meaning).

While that's the standard explanation, I prefer "The Story About Ping":

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140502416/qid=1059592274/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4117276-7813766?v=glance&s=books

Wil
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