On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Peter Hansen wrote: > Tom Anderson wrote: >> On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Sybren Stuvel wrote: >>> You probably mean "really a ping, just not an ICMP echo request". >> >> What's a real ping, if not an ICMP echo request? That's pretty much the >> definitive packet for internetwork groping as far as i know. I think that >> the more generic sense of ping is a later meaning (BICouldVeryWellBW). > > Submarines came before the 'net. ;-)
Ah, of course! if self.ping(host): self.depth = PERISCOPE_DEPTH periscope.up() self.tubes["bow"].load() :) tom -- Rip and tear your guts! You are huge! That means you have huge guts! Rip and tear! -- The Doomguy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list