[Ads-l] "to ping"

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

> 
> I’ve just pinged
> my ISP - a local, semi-buttocked operation call "PennTeleData - and the response has taken 0.19 sec.
> 

"Semi-buttocked" -- half-assed?  That's a new one on me.

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