Ben's cobbled together ping from a list applescript

ping_from_list

activate
set chosenListItem to choose from list ¬
{"1.2.3.4", "5.6.7.8", "some.public.hostname"} ¬
	with title ¬
	"Ping" with prompt ¬
	"Select host" default items ¬
	"10.5.0.254" OK button name ¬
	"OK" cancel button name ¬
	"Cancel" multiple selections allowed false ¬
	with empty selection allowed
do shell script "ping -q -c 5 " & chosenListItem
set theResult to the result
display alert theResult
set the clipboard to theResult