Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...

On Mon, 8 Oct 2012, Tom Davies wrote:

> Hi :) Speculation can provide a lot of amusement.  I like 
> Anne-ology's explanation.  The real answer is quite good too.  So, 
> where did "boot-up" come from?  Wasn't that soem engineering term to 
> do with subs too? Regards from Tom :)  

Baron von Münchhausen was known for his adventures and exploits. he 
told of the time he got trapped in a swamp, quicksand. as he sank, he 
tried to grab hold of branches, vines, anything. to no avail.

finally, in a desperate bid to save his life, he reached down, took 
hold of his bootstraps and pulled himself up, saving his life!

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Münchhausen>

(maybe he had a submarine too; don't know.)

Felmon

> --- On Fri, 5/10/12, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:
>
> From: Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Friday, 5 October, 2012, 5:11
>
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, anne-ology wrote:
>
> >        Thanks for this explanation.
> >
> >        Just thinking ... before the 'phone, folks would ring the doorbell
> > ...
> >                                  after the 'phone, folks would ring the
> > 'phone ...
> >                                     so I guess ping is the cross between
> > ring and pc -
> >        interesting that's it's ping rather than p-ring p-ring p-ring ...
>
> quotation from "List of computer term etymologies"
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_term_etymologies>
>
> 'The author of ping, Mike Muuss, named it after the pulses of sound
> made by a sonar called a "ping". Later Dave Mills provided the
> backronym "Packet Internet Groper".'
>
> probably better to look things up than speculate.
>
> although not sure how reliable wikipedia is. I recall WWII movies
> where the crew of submarines suffered silently through 'pings' from
> enemy warships on the surface trying to locate them.
>
> F.
>
> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Girvin R. Herr <girvin.herr@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Joel Madero wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > >
> > > > A ping is just a quick email (or IRC message, etc...) that says "hey, any
> > > > updates", some users even just say "ping" in IRC basically saying "hey,
> > > > you
> > > > around?"
> > > <snip>
> > > Joel,
> > > "ping", another overloaded word:
> > >
> > >     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Ping<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping>
> > >
> > > But those of us in the computer networking field assume:
> > >
> > >     Ping, a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host
> > >     is reachable across an IP network
> > >
> > > Colloquially, it is used as you define it - to send a quick message to
> > > someone to see what's going on in their life. As in
> > > "I haven't heard from him for a while - I'm going to ping him to see what
> > > he's up to."
> > > Girvin Herr

--
Felmon Davis

Q:      What do agnostic, insomniac dyslexics do at night?
A:      Stay awake and wonder if there's a dog.


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