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What is a Ping?
Posted on 02/10/2004 4:38:15 AM PST by rickyc
What is a Ping and what does it do?
TOPICS: Free Republic Policy/Q&A; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ping; pinglist
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:38:15 AM PST
by
rickyc
To: rickyc
If you want to call the attention of posters to a thread without making a comment, type their names in the "To:" box and then simply say "ping" as a reply.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:40:00 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(We have come here not to insult Howard Dean, but to bury him...)
To: rickyc
It's somewhat like a Ding-a-ling.
Only smaller.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:40:10 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: rickyc
In the IT world a PING stands for Packet Internet Groper.
What it is is like SONAR on your cat5 cable. A signal is sent to a server to see if there is continuity, timing the "bounce".
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:40:12 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If a Democrat falls from office and nobody is around will they make a sound?)
To: rickyc
Some people keep group lists of Freepers that they know have an interest in a particular subject. ( Pro-Life, Israel, War on Terror , many many others) When the list-keep notice an article for which the list applies, they post a short PING message to alert the list that something interesting has been shared.
You can also do it with individuals.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:43:29 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: rickyc
What exactly do you mean by the word "is"?
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:43:33 AM PST
by
LurkedLongEnough
(Oh-no, I don't leave no stone un-turned.)
To: rickyc
Are you logged in ?
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:43:41 AM PST
by
MJY1288
(IF JOHN KERRY IS THE ANSWER, IT MUST BE A STUPID QUESTION)
To: rickyc
You've been registed for three years and don't know what ping is?
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:43:43 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'--- Kahlil Gibran)
To: rickyc
ping
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:43:52 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'--- Kahlil Gibran)
To: dirtboy
OK - but I see there are lists that get pinged - is there a list of lists, and how do I join?
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:43:53 AM PST
by
rickyc
To: rickyc
The Lexicon of FreeRepublic BTW, disregard this part as the pendulum has swung back decidedly in that direction:
At some point there were those who thought FR should be only and exclusively Republican.
There were also those (including Jim Robinson himself) who thought the forum should stand for and work toward a return to true Constitutional standards of government no matter which party or candidate.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:44:21 AM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: rickyc
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:44:28 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(This space intentionally blank)
To: rickyc
We'd tell ya' ....but then we'd have to kill ya'.....
To: rickyc
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:44:41 AM PST
by
Catspaw
To: rickyc
It's short for "penguin".
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:44:52 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I know exactly what opinion I am permitted to have, and I am zealous -- nay, vociferous -- in it!!!)
To: rickyc
OK - but I see there are lists that get pinged - is there a list of lists, and how do I join? When you see a ping list being used that you wish to join, simply reply on the thread (or via freepmail) to the poster who used the ping list that you wish to be added to it.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:45:01 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(We have come here not to insult Howard Dean, but to bury him...)
To: michigander
You beat me to it, but I was more stylish. You went for informative.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:45:12 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(This space intentionally blank)
To: Zavien Doombringer
"Internet Groper" ?
Has Bill Clinton gotten himself a web-cam?
(teasing)
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:45:25 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: tiamat
HAHAHA, I just thought of that....But it was with the Shwanzennegger :)
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:46:13 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If a Democrat falls from office and nobody is around will they make a sound?)
To: Catspaw
Good morning , Catspaw!
I had that book when i was little and thought the same thing! ;-)
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:47:02 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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