Also, removed threads for each pingchecker, leaving only one thread with one
io_service for all pingers. Tested that a lot with ICMP v4 pinger, but no other.
+
+If the system time is changed backwards, the pingchecker freezes, including its signal
+ handler (boost asio's deadline_timer seems to work with time points on a non-monotonic
+ clock). Change that! (apparently, boost asio 1.49 introduces a steady_timer, try that)