Semi off-topic, anyone else get annoyed when people use the word "ping" to mean "contact (me)"?
Sadly I've never had the chance to ask "Ah, are you ICMP compliant?" in response to a "ping me!"...
Sadly I've never had the chance to ask "Ah, are you ICMP compliant?" in response to a "ping me!"...
64 bytes from eventhorizon77: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=31mJokes aside, I use it when I'm chatting (IM) with other net-ops people, it just basically means "get ahold of me however you think is best based on the urgency".
And for annoying friends in their meetings.