Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-up1627arrow-down16
arrow-up1621arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoFun fact, most military ships and submarines use fmcw sonar, that doesn’t really ping in the same way.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoFuck My Concurrent Walrus?
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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