X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fconfig%2Fsonar.xml;h=8a3265df04bb2a78f919c4d212f690336f2856c0;hb=c1b9b55ad8d59dc05ef55e316aebf5863e7dfa56;hp=f1ca76993a3b354a8d024b53274cf36087ad6aa5;hpb=49f5b54f312fe4ac2e9bc47581a72451bd0e8439;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/hacks/config/sonar.xml b/hacks/config/sonar.xml index f1ca7699..8a3265df 100644 --- a/hacks/config/sonar.xml +++ b/hacks/config/sonar.xml @@ -4,38 +4,44 @@ + +
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<_description> -This program draws a sonar screen that pings (get it?) the hosts on +This draws a sonar screen that pings (get it?) the hosts on your local network, and plots their distance (response time) from you. The three rings represent ping times of approximately 2.5, 70 and 2,000 milliseconds respectively. @@ -44,6 +50,8 @@ Alternately, it can run a simulation that doesn't involve hosts. (If pinging doesn't work, you may need to make the executable be setuid.) +http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping#History + Written by Stephen Martin and Jamie Zawinski; 1998.