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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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To: rickyc
It's a burst of high-frequency sound on active SONAR and is used to detect submarines and other submerged objects.
It is usually followed by the sound of high-speed torpedo propellers or ASROC launches.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:47:15 AM PST
by
Ronin
(When the fox gnaws -- Smile!!!)
To: rickyc
It's the sound that little white ball makes on the green table, before it goes pong.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:47:39 AM PST
by
Focault's Pendulum
(The Sixties song/mantra....Where Have All The Flowers Gone?.....low carb dieters living large.)
To: rickyc; dirtboy
What is really funny is that this thread will go on for many posts and dirtboy answered the question in the first reply.
Ya gotta love it.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:47:51 AM PST
by
leadpenny
(- Vietnam Vet Not Fonda Kerry -)
To: rickyc; Theodore R.
TR explain to this freeper what a ping is and how to do it!! :>)
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:48:03 AM PST
by
WKB
(3!~)
To: rickyc
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:48:14 AM PST
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: billorites
It is a gnip spelled backward.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:48:15 AM PST
by
billhilly
(If you're lurking here from DU, I trust this post will make you sick)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
"You've been registed for three years and don't know what ping is?"Methinks we might've discovered a sleeper troll......
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:48:56 AM PST
by
SW6906
To: FreedomPoster
Yep, you be stylin'! :)
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:49:02 AM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: SW6906
Who knows how to freepmail. :)
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:49:34 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'--- Kahlil Gibran)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
I like Calloway myself. But Ping's putters are pretty solid.
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:49:43 AM PST
by
mhking
To: rickyc
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:49:55 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I know exactly what opinion I am permitted to have, and I am zealous -- nay, vociferous -- in it!!!)
To: billhilly
Now you've done it...
I feel Monty Python quotes coming....
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:50:31 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If a Democrat falls from office and nobody is around will they make a sound?)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:50:36 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: mhking
ROTFL Good form, good show... and all that!
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:51:53 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 is short for PENGUIN.
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:51:59 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I know exactly what opinion I am permitted to have, and I am zealous -- nay, vociferous -- in it!!!)
To: leadpenny
Well, some of us don't have cable and we have to make our own entertainment!
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:52:18 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:52:40 AM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: Lazamataz
Ping is a short penguin?
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:52:47 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'--- Kahlil Gibran)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Ehm... I recall that 2004 (current year!) - 2000 (year of first log in of our fellow FReeper) is 4 (!) and not 3!??? ;-)
To: Zavien Doombringer
"Better keep listening. Might be a bit about 'Blessed are the big noses'."
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posted on
02/10/2004 4:55:12 AM PST
by
general_re
(Remember that what's inside of you doesn't matter because nobody can see it.)
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