If I Ran the Zoo. . .

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Susan Bugher

If I Ran the Zoo. . .
with apologies to Dr. Seuss. . .

These are some of my favority types of posts:

Info about unique Freeware apps for special tasks
User info and comments about Freeware programs
[Update] updates of Freeware programs
[Ann] posts about new Freeware programs

What are yours?

If I Ran the ACF Newgroup. . .
The kind of posts/threads I would have are:

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Susan
 
Susan Bugher said:
If I Ran the ACF Newgroup. . .
The kind of posts/threads I would have are:
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1. NAMING CONVENTIONS!!!

e.g. [AVU] [ANN] [UPD] (or [Program Update]) [REQ] [HELP]

Would make it much easier for everyone IMHO.


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Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
 
If I ran the zoo....
I'd like to see posts about:

1. unique freeware applications
2. good freeware sites (other than pricelessware)

What do the naming conventions mean?
[AVU]?
[ANN]?
[UPD]?
[PING]?

coolchinchilla
 
On 09 Feb 2005, Susan Bugher wrote
If I Ran the Zoo. . .
with apologies to Dr. Seuss. . .

These are some of my favority types of posts:

Info about unique Freeware apps for special tasks
User info and comments about Freeware programs
[Update] updates of Freeware programs
[Ann] posts about new Freeware programs

What are yours?

If I Ran the ACF Newgroup. . .
The kind of posts/threads I would have are:

1. Lots of Tramp's sort of "non-install" programs.
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Big fan of one-file wonders, me.
 
Steven Burn said:
Susan Bugher said:
If I Ran the ACF Newgroup. . .
The kind of posts/threads I would have are:
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1. NAMING CONVENTIONS!!!

e.g. [AVU] [ANN] [UPD] (or [Program Update]) [REQ] [HELP]

Would make it much easier for everyone IMHO.
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Don't forget [SPAM] and [BABYA]

DG.
 
Steven said:
coolchinchilla said:
What do the naming conventions mean?
[PING]?
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errr.... exactly what it says (used when you want to "ping" (contact)
someone on the newsgroup).
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I guess I am the truly unenlightened on this one. "PING" is an idiom I
am not familiar with. "exactly what it says" doesn't help me because
"PING" to me means a high pitched single note in short duration and
nothing to do with communication or contacting someone.

When I use a telephone to call (contact) someone, I "phone" them. Do you
"PING" them on the telephone? I address a business letter with an
"ATTENTION" line to contact a specific department (e.g. Big Computer
Company, ATTN: Business office). Do you "PING" the business office?
When I want my pet rabbit's attention, I say "Here bunny." Would you say
"PING bunny" instead?

"PING" must be some Internet term? Where is it from? Last I saw that
was on "The Hunt For Red October" where the submarine captain sent a
single pulse to the other submarine. He sent a "PING" and it sounded
like a "ping". "PING" in a subject line doesn't seem to match this type
of "ping" hence my confusion. My confusion is now cleared up. Thank you.

coolchinchilla
 
coolchinchilla said:
"PING" must be some Internet term? Where is it from?
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Binary usenet, as a means of grabbing somebody's attention when sorting
is rarely done by thread.
 
jo wrote in said:
Binary usenet, as a means of grabbing somebody's attention when sorting
is rarely done by thread.
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Or; commonly known as a

Packet Internet Groper; a utility used to determine whether a
particular computer is currently connected to the Internet. It
works by sending a packet to the specified IP address and waiting
for a reply. <http://www.oit.ohio-state.edu/glossary/gloss3.html>

but...

see The Story of the PING Program - by Mike Muuss (1958-2000)
<http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html>
"From my point of view PING is not an acronym standing for Packet
InterNet Grouper, it's a sonar analogy.However, I've heard
second-hand that Dave Mills offered this expansion of the name,
so perhaps we're both right. Sheesh, and I thought the government
was bad about expanding acronyms! :-)"

Anyone seen "Das Boot" <http://uboat.net/special/movies/item/1>
will know what a PING is :)

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
This is Bjorn Simonsen for forever:
Or; commonly known as a

Packet Internet Groper; a utility used to determine whether a
particular computer is currently connected to the Internet. It
works by sending a packet to the specified IP address and waiting
for a reply. <http://www.oit.ohio-state.edu/glossary/gloss3.html>
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In Portuguese, "ping" sounds like "pingo" (a small drop of water), so I
think it as a small "dropping" to check if an IP address/computer is on.

[]s
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/ 51.11° W / GMT-2h / 15m .

"People told me I can't dress like a fairy.
I say, I'm in a rock band and I can do what the hell I want!"
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This group is a target.

Alas poor Yoruk, I didn't know the guy. :(

Chaos Master said:
This is Bjorn Simonsen for forever:
Or; commonly known as a

Packet Internet Groper; a utility used to determine whether a
particular computer is currently connected to the Internet. It
works by sending a packet to the specified IP address and waiting
for a reply. <http://www.oit.ohio-state.edu/glossary/gloss3.html>
Click to expand...

In Portuguese, "ping" sounds like "pingo" (a small drop of water), so I
think it as a small "dropping" to check if an IP address/computer is on.

[]s
--
Chaos Master®, posting from Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - 29.55° S
/ 51.11° W / GMT-2h / 15m .

"People told me I can't dress like a fairy.
I say, I'm in a rock band and I can do what the hell I want!"
-- Amy Lee

(My e-mail address isn't read. Please reply to the group!)
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coolchinchilla said:
I guess I am the truly unenlightened on this one. "PING" is an idiom I
am not familiar with. "exactly what it says" doesn't help me because
"PING" to me means a high pitched single note in short duration and
nothing to do with communication or contacting someone.

When I use a telephone to call (contact) someone, I "phone" them. Do you
"PING" them on the telephone? I address a business letter with an
"ATTENTION" line to contact a specific department (e.g. Big Computer
Company, ATTN: Business office). Do you "PING" the business office?
When I want my pet rabbit's attention, I say "Here bunny." Would you say
"PING bunny" instead?

"PING" must be some Internet term? Where is it from? Last I saw that
was on "The Hunt For Red October" where the submarine captain sent a
single pulse to the other submarine. He sent a "PING" and it sounded
like a "ping". "PING" in a subject line doesn't seem to match this type
of "ping" hence my confusion. My confusion is now cleared up. Thank you.
Click to expand...

<vbg>

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
 
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