What does "Ping" mean?

On the top right corner of the main page, you'll see either "pings" or "New Posts to you" (in red). When you just see "pings", that means you have already looked at the responses to you, when you see "New Posts to you" that means someone has responded to you since the last time you refreshed the main page.

That's a "ping". When you get the "New Posts to you" message. It's called a ping because it's a way of notifying someone that they have a response waiting. A ping list is a list of screen names some people have that they use to "ping" a large group of people at once, to notify them of something interesting in a thread. They post that list of names, separated by semi-colons, in the "To" box when they post a comment.

Hopefully that helps!

21 posted on 07/02/2006 8:04:09 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)

To: Slings and Arrows

What does "Not-a-Ping" mean? :-P

22 posted on 07/02/2006 8:04:47 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)

23 posted on 07/02/2006 8:04:54 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)

"This is HUGH"

And very SERIES.

24 posted on 07/02/2006 8:05:19 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde

It's from "Ping Pong". They're putting the ball in your court.

Sounds good!! :-)

25 posted on 07/02/2006 8:05:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)

By adding a name to the "to:" reply box, the post turns up in that person's list of "Pings," alerting them to the message sent.

It's a way to alert another member of a certain thread or post.

As for its origin, I can only suspect it is from "Hunt for Red October," when Ryan is communicating with Ramius via morse code and tells Ramius to reply with a sonar ping:

Captain Ramius: Re-verify our range to target... one ping only.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Captain, I - I - I just...
Captain Ramius: Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Aye, Captain.

26 posted on 07/02/2006 8:05:30 AM PDT by Petronski (I just love that woman.)

Ping delivers Chinese food to Jerry Seinfeld's apartment.

27 posted on 07/02/2006 8:05:40 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)

I got the ping thing down...what is the FReep etiolgy of "zot"?

28 posted on 07/02/2006 8:06:02 AM PDT by Canedawg (In God We Trust)

It's not just HUGH, it's SERIES!!

29 posted on 07/02/2006 8:06:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)

Perhaps the question you should ask is; what is the difference between a ping and a bump? ;)

30 posted on 07/02/2006 8:06:33 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)

To: FreedomPoster

Ping = Packet InterNet Groper

Really.

Wow. I guess that shoots my theory to hell. ;O)

31 posted on 07/02/2006 8:06:36 AM PDT by Petronski (I just love that woman.)

Yes, maineman. If you want to know about certain topics of interests you can be added to a list (ping list) and you will be given posts of such interests. Daily Rush Limbaugh is one, Daily press briefings another. Hannity, even "24". Its up to you to sign up to those who will happily ping you. I get lots of middle east news that I might miss otherwise. It shows up directly to you on your list.

32 posted on 07/02/2006 8:06:39 AM PDT by jackv (just shakin' my head)

I have a feeling you are going to regret posting this thread!

33 posted on 07/02/2006 8:06:45 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The media and the democrats are the biggest supporters of the terrorists.)