Google acknowledges XKCD #1361

I thought Google's core product was allowing "ping -t google.com" ICMP traffic to be the central monitor of my network connectivity and latency to the internet.

Heck, I even have it aliased as "pg" on all my systems.

Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361

#7

Post by caycep » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:04 AM UTC

What's the 8.8.8.8 server?

Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361

#8

Post by ape4 » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:08 AM UTC

caycep wrote: post #7

What's the 8.8.8.8 server?

Google's core business.

Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361

#9

Post by gizmo686 » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:12 AM UTC

caycep wrote: post #7

What's the 8.8.8.8 server?

Google's ping-back server.

It is also a DNS server.

Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361

#10

Post by gleenn » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:14 AM UTC

samstave wrote: post #6

I thought Google's core product was allowing "ping -t google.com" ICMP traffic to be the central monitor of my network connectivity and latency to the internet. Heck, I even have it aliased as "pg" on all my systems.

Is this a paul graham joke?