Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square61fedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down16
arrow-up1628arrow-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 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoFun fact, most military ships and submarines use fmcw sonar, that doesn’t really ping in the same way.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoFuck My Concurrent Walrus?
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoyes. they use the slapping sound of someone on board fucking walruses as the ping sound
Fun fact, most military ships and submarines use fmcw sonar, that doesn’t really ping in the same way.
Fuck My Concurrent Walrus?
yes. they use the slapping sound of someone on board fucking walruses as the ping sound