Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 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-square61linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 20 days agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoFun fact, most military ships and submarines use fmcw sonar, that doesn’t really ping in the same way.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 days agoFuck My Concurrent Walrus?
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.decakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days 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