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Re:The best ping story I've ever heard by davidw on Friday January 09, 2015 @06:27AM (#8861734)
This is a good one too, although not strictly ping related.

http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html

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Re:The best ping story I've ever heard by masklinn on Friday January 09, 2015 @06:57AM (#8861836)
There's also this legendary Amazon review, which is strictly ping-related: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2VDKZ4X1F992Q
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Re:The best ping story I've ever heard by simonh on Friday January 09, 2015 @09:08AM (#8862247)
Good grief, I'd forgotten about that one. Hard to believe it's still up almost 15 years later. A true classic of the Amazon review genre. Who would have thought they would become a cultural repository?
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Re:The best ping story I've ever heard by oneeyedpigeon on Friday January 09, 2015 @07:49AM (#8862010)
"At the same time each day (I suspect this is scheduled under cron)"

Spectacular.

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Re:The best ping story I've ever heard by ozh on Friday January 09, 2015 @09:49AM (#8862409)
Didn't know that one! The dry humor is f*ing priceless :)
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Re:The best ping story I've ever heard by atmosx on Friday January 09, 2015 @07:34AM (#8861965)
That's the I thought about too :-)
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