https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3A3150%3A_PingTalk:3150: Ping - Revision history2026-04-20T18:22:48ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3150:_Ping&diff=388887&oldid=prev151.186.179.27: Add possible alternative acronym2025-10-15T01:17:09Z<p>Add possible alternative acronym</p>
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</table>151.186.179.27https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3150:_Ping&diff=388435&oldid=prev2A01:CB08:E6:7000:1D91:1081:A3D0:49D5 at 18:49, 8 October 20252025-10-08T18:49:32Z<p></p>
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</table>2A01:CB08:E6:7000:1D91:1081:A3D0:49D5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3150:_Ping&diff=388247&oldid=prev42.book.addict at 18:49, 6 October 20252025-10-06T18:49:08Z<p></p>
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</table>46.34.229.216https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3150:_Ping&diff=388236&oldid=prev82.13.184.33 at 10:10, 6 October 20252025-10-06T10:10:22Z<p></p>
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</table>82.13.184.33https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3150:_Ping&diff=388206&oldid=prevThese Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For: A tale of personal failure.2025-10-05T01:04:43Z<p>A tale of personal failure.</p>
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</table>These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking Forhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3150:_Ping&diff=388185&oldid=prev82.132.237.200 at 15:28, 4 October 20252025-10-04T15:28:49Z<p></p>
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</table>Semonhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3150:_Ping&diff=388141&oldid=prev81.179.195.93 at 21:26, 3 October 20252025-10-03T21:26:49Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Little did the shipwrecked sailor know, but the headers were forged and he was duped into participating in the slowest forged-ping-based DDOS ever. [[Special:Contributions/2603:8081:9700:11:0:0:0:2|2603:8081:9700:11:0:0:0:2]] 17:32, 3 October 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Little did the shipwrecked sailor know, but the headers were forged and he was duped into participating in the slowest forged-ping-based DDOS ever. [[Special:Contributions/2603:8081:9700:11:0:0:0:2|2603:8081:9700:11:0:0:0:2]] 17:32, 3 October 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Minor variation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers#Real-life_implementation 1990-04-01 RFC1149 classic]. --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:598:F01:500E:58A5:4DF9:A701|2001:A62:598:F01:500E:58A5:4DF9:A701]] 17:44, 3 October 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Minor variation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers#Real-life_implementation 1990-04-01 RFC1149 classic]. --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:598:F01:500E:58A5:4DF9:A701|2001:A62:598:F01:500E:58A5:4DF9:A701]] 17:44, 3 October 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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