ping me? -> typhoid a ping rings a rock. a ping, packet of meaningless information, thrust forth into a spider's web of wires and switches, to be routed to some distant distanation only to illicit some automatic response. where do pings go when they are no longer needed? do packets have a god? ping -c 100 -l 100 -s 1016 localhost? 991223 ... Ninny Nu Nu ummm yes rightlike a sound or like a game, I 'm kinda lost in your bundle of words. 010628 ... paste! ping dong the pitch is dead. 010629 ... p2 ping blather.newdream.net ping www.asses-of-fire.net see anything interesting? 050208 ... Mister Brightside "...And, over here, we have the machine that goes 'PING!' " (monty_python) "Meaning of Life" 050208 ... ACK? NO ACK 160425 what's it to you? who go blather from