I believe the full instruction was "Ping do not reply".  Since Russell
is not (as of last notice) named Ping, then that instruction does not
apply.  The following instruction "Ping!" is likely to be the one he
responded to, and he negatively acknowledged that ping.  Why he has to
be so negative is anyone's guess.  Perhaps you and Russell's two ping
algorithms are incompatible, in which case it may make sense to
determine who isn't following spec so appropiate changes can be made.

-Adam

On 6/8/06, Steve Smith <xygax@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Now come on people which bit of "do not reply" didn't sink in??? (Russell)
> Steve...
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> Pong.
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