Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down12
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoAt work we say “i pung it” Because pinged doesn’t sound right. And pung is more fun. Another one we haven’t named yet is when an address goes through translation. Is it NATted? “Its been NATted” Doesn’t feel right.
minus-square_g_be@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoOh so ‘NUT’ is not work appropriate language? Take it up with the author of NAT and with linguists
minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoIf i was from london then saying Nutted would sound like i was saying natted so that brings a whole new layer to this.
minus-squaresqw@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoyou’ll need to do better than this. maybe you’ll stumble on the right term in a moment of post-NAT clarity.
At work we say “i pung it”
Because pinged doesn’t sound right. And pung is more fun.
Another one we haven’t named yet is when an address goes through translation. Is it NATted? “Its been NATted”
Doesn’t feel right.
Oh so ‘NUT’ is not work appropriate language? Take it up with the author of NAT and with linguists
If i was from london then saying Nutted would sound like i was saying natted so that brings a whole new layer to this.
you’ll need to do better than this. maybe you’ll stumble on the right term in a moment of post-NAT clarity.