tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8313005878049439443..comments2024-03-29T06:53:23.405+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Monday miscellanyVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-69268121785261061102010-09-06T16:41:16.882+01:002010-09-06T16:41:16.882+01:00"PING" is also known to old school inter..."PING" is also known to old school internet buffs as the name of a classic computer program that allows the distance between two networked computers to be determined. An account of its origins by the program's author can be found at http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html<br /> together with synopses of a 1970's childrens' story about an Chinese duck of the same name who lived on the Yangtse River.Ronnoreply@blogger.com