Ping?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Pong.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Ping?

[Nicadymus]

"Verify range to target.  One ping.  One ping only please."

Hunt for Red October

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I've been saving all my things since you left when I lost Ping, in the hopes the phone might ring and it might happen to be you, even just to tell me where to send them to.

[JP Dogberry]

Connection to host lost.

[Oldie Black Witch]

C:\Windows\Desktop>ping www.timewastersguide.com

Pinging timewastersguide.com [128.121.61.130] with 32 bytes

Reply from 128.121.61.130:  bytes=32  time=23ms  TTL=48
Reply from 128.121.61.130:  bytes=32  time=139ms  TTL=48
Reply from 128.121.61.130:  bytes=32  time=41ms  TTL=48
Reply from 128.121.61.130:  bytes=32  time=32ms  TTL=48

Ping statistics for 128.121.61.130:
       Packets: sent = 4,  received = 4,  lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round-trip times in milliseconds:
       Minimum = 23ms, Maximum = 139ms,  Average = 58ms

C:\Windows\Desktop>

Heh. DOS.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

looks like fake DOS too. What version of windows you running that command prompt from?

[Oldie Black Witch]

That was Windows 98. We have two desktop computers in our living room--one on a table in the corner (our Windows 98 DI find), and a Pentuim 4 that is hooked up to our 32" flatscreen TV and is nestled in with our DVD player, amplifier, and laserdisc player.

And that was exactly how the DOS command prompt looked when I pinged the site.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I know that it looks like real DOS, but NT4, ME, 2k, and xP use a command shell that looks and acts like Dos, but isn't.

[Captain Morgan]

I know that it looks like real DOS, but NT4, ME, 2k, and xP use a command shell that looks and acts like Dos, but isn't

For a minute I was going to retailate on that comment, but then realized you left out the 95 and 98 in there. Those to OS's are DOs, just hidden. But as far as 2k and XP, well you are most certainly right. More of a messed up Unix code.... sort of. Oh Ping!

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

ME is semi-DOS too, but yeah 95 and 98 are a 32-bit operating shell in a 16-bit OS, with 8-bit value that I wouldn't give 2 bits for.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Well, I just want a bit to eat, but I'd rather not have to byte too hard.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

that's good, because to eat a byte, you'd have to have 8 bits. If you only want one bit of food, you'll be ok.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

or 16 on some computers

[JP Dogberry]

uh, no. A Byte is 8 bits. Word size varies, but byte is always 8 bits. Else, I don't know what I'm talking about.

Half a byte is called a nibble.