[Ads-l] RES: ping

[David Daniel]

Seems to be pretty common. Here's def 3 for Ping from dictionary.com
"to make contact with (someone) by sending a brief electronic message, as a
text message: The design team should ping marketing to set up a meeting next
week.
Ping me when you arrive, and I'll meet you at the door." 
DAD

Enviada em: quarta-feira, 18 de maio de 2016 10:43
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Assunto: Re: ping

Poster:       Marc Sacks <msacksg at GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: ping
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In the IT world (where I live, at least during the day), "ping" has more the
connotation of "alert." When one computer pings another ("ping" is actually
the name of the program that does this), it simply requests a returning
signal that the other machine is reachable over the network. So the word has
taken on the meaning of "reach out to" or "say hello to." In this context, I
think it means that Trump has been made aware of the disclosure.

It's possible that the writer is using the word onomatopoeically as a sharp
sound, like a pinprick, in which case the signal would be less neutral.

Marc Sacks

Marc Sacks

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      ping
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> CNN:
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> "That disclosure coming just in time to ping Donald Trump."
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> Annoy? Irk? Prod? Provoke a reaction from?
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
truth."
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