Subj : Re: PING Question
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Tue Sep 24 2019 15:57:06

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 18-Sep-2019 08:00 <=-

 BM>>> ... I know "Ren" means "Rename"......but Stimpy???
 NB>>> You mean that isn't a linux command yet....?  <G>
 BM>> Maybe it is and I'm not aware of it!  OK, out of umm, scientific
 BM>> experiment:
 BM>> barry@NZXT:~$ stimpy
 BM>> Commmand 'stimpy' not found, did you mean:
 BM>> command 'snimpy' from deb snimpy
 BM>> sudo apt install <deb name>
 NB>> Hunh... not that far off...  <G>
 BM> Nope - close!  Have seen the system suggest a half-dozen options
 BM> depending on what typed in -- all depends on what requested
 BM> originally. (Think a spell checker suggesting words.)

That could give some hours of amusement, should one have the
inclination... ;) 
 
 BM>> So 'snimpy' is a tool to build SNMP, which is something to do with
 BM>> networking.
 NB>> Yup, I've heard tell of that....  ;)
 BM> And pronounce out SNMP one gets 'snimp'....

Yup. 
 
 BM>>  Ren and Stimpy do talk and socially network....  Or at
 BM>> least did - I haven't seen nor heard about them in ages.
 NB>> Nor have I...  but had known about them.... :)
 BM> They were popular at the time.

Yup.  ;)
 
ttyl      neb

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