On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:15:18 -0700, The Mad Doctor wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:39:26 -0600, www wrote:
>
>>gnip ???
>>
>>just curious. have not seen that word/acronym before
>
> Ah yes... the origin of "gnip".
>
> It's really quite simple... years ago, back in the 90s, the Internet
> (more specifically Usenet)
> was quite new (to the average user) and the term "ping" was being used
> at the beginning of text posts rather than "attention:" or "Hey You",
> etc, etc.
>
> Back then everyone was running trace routes to check their connection
> speeds and this was done by "pinging" a remote device or server (and
> that terminology was a leftover from the use of sonar).
>
> Bottom line: after years my fingers got tired (carpal finger syndrome?)
> of the same p i n g sequence so, to get the knots out of my fingers I
> simply started (somewhere back around 2002) to type it backwards.
>
> Hope that takes the mystery out of it <grin>
>
> The Mad Doctor
>
> Always remember..
> Those who computers would destroy,
> they must first drive insane.
Lol... I had been wondering the same thing. As soon as I read "ping" in
your reply, I knew.
That's brilliant. Cheers.
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