"Record Grey's Anatomy, HAL." "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

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Mick O @ Sep 28th 2006 10:10PM

Sorry to break it to you. Ping is fairly common for "send an instant message to" among the general populace.

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HughJass @ Sep 29th 2006 11:41PM

I really don't think ping is common among the general populace. Apparently there are some people say it, but I've never heard someone use it in that context for as long as I've been in computing, so it can't be *that* prevalent. The general populace isn't overly tech-savvy, so I figure if they're using it, they probably picked it up from some techie and didn't know what it meant.

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