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- TCP K-SACK: A Simple Protocol to Improve Performance Over Lossy Links
- This paper proposes k-SACK, a TCP variant that has considerably improved throughput characteristics over lossy links. A k-SACK source does not consider every packet loss as an indication of congestion. It uses the Selective Acknowledgement option to estimate a parameter lookaheadloss, which is used in congestion detection. The results demonstrate...
- Tags: Performance, TCP, Indian Institute Of Technology, k-SACK, Tcp/Ip, Performance Management, Internet, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-10-11
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- Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consulting
- Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consultingAn Unfair ComparisonThe comparison is somewhat unfair. When the wrong patient gets an appendectomy, or the wrong blood, or instruments left inside the patient, it can be clearly established that the mistake stemmed from* Carelessness * Some best practice protocol not being followed* Lack...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, IT Consulting, blame, consulting, patient
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- The price of a pink slip
- It turns out, it costs less to sack a worker in the U.S. than it does almost anywhere else in the world. Suddenly, relocating Bolivia or Venezuela--places where workers cannot be fired at all--doesn't sound so bad. by Deb Perelman
- Tags: U.S., Worker, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Richard Solo iPhone battery updated
- Richard Solo iPhone battery updatedEpic iFailOf the two people I know who bought the 3g iPhone, one switched back to windows mobile and the other carries a second phone for when his iPhone dies at noon. I'm so glad I didn't waste my money on yet another poorly implemented apple...
- Tags: Engineering, battery, Richard Solo iPhone, Richard
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Browser Wars 2.0: Firefox scrambles to add 'private mode' browsing
- Browser Wars 2.0: Firefox scrambles to add 'private mode' browsingWho cares...I wish they would rush to improve 3.0.1's stability and use Chrome's javascript engine instead.RE: Browser Wars 2.0: Firefox scrambles to add 'private mode' browsingWill it be switchable? Can I turn it off & on at my choice?RE: Browser Wars...
- Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.0.1, Web browser, Browser Wars 2.0, private mode, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Second guessing at 3AM
- Second guessing at 3AMIt's 3 AM...A crisis is happening somewhere in the world. It's 3 AM, and a phone is ringing at the White House. Who do you want answering that phone?...Couldn't resist. :)hey murph here a conceptDeep down inside what your guts telling you.This morning when you...
- Tags: Roman
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- AT
- ATyes, it's disappointing...first tmobile...now at&twould be nice for someone to 'get it right'. Tmobile's service really sucked and it looked hopeful when AT&T let the cat out of the sack about free wifi. I left my house with iphone in hand and dashed over to Starbucks, got my drink, sat...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Wi-Fi, TMobile
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Thoughts on Bill Gates
- Thoughts on Bill GatesGood lawyeringOne thing that is often forgotten is the fact that, when Gates purchased and licensed dos to IBM, the contract was the "killer app".It required IBM to pay for DOS on every machine whether they used it or not, while allowing MS to license DOS...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Bill Gates
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a QoS-Aware Transport Protocol
- In the context of a reconfigurable transport protocol framework, the paper proposes a QoS-aware Transport Protocol QSTP, specifically designed to operate over QoS-enabled networks with bandwidth guarantee. QSTP combines QoS-aware TFRC congestion control mechanism, which takes into account the network-level bandwidth reservations, with a Selective ACKnowledgment SACK mechanism in order...
- Tags: QoS
- White papers 2008-06-04
- 10 reasons for IT failure
- 10 reasons for IT failureThe number one reason...I still say the number one reason for failure is the mind set that in some magical way IT project management is different than other diciplines. (Engineering projects as an example.)One of the short comings I see in most curriculum for computer...
- Tags: Strategy, Project management, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- The view from stupid
- The view from stupidWhen and how to explainI recall from the Comment that you refused to provide full explanations, in Comment or TalkBack because you would have required too much time and space. (Paraphrasing.)As at that time, I'll observe that assertions must be supportable, by data or by logic....
- Tags: Processors, Network technology, PPC, Apple Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- RSA's Coviello: Let's cook up a thinking security defense system
- RSA's Coviello: Let's cook up a thinking security defense systemUnfortunately Larry you're rightWe need to get the human back into the equation. I could possibly work with Verisign to put a solution together but as we know, any real solution will hurt your bottom line so much you'd need nappies.Happy...
- Tags: SECURITY, Coviello, RSA Security Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- A closer look at the HTC Shift from Sprint
- I've been using an HTC Shift from Sprint for over a week now and as you can see in the more than 140 photos and screenshots found in my image gallery and quick and dirty post yesterday I have had a chance to try out most all aspects of the...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Vista, Sprint Communications, HTC Shift, SnapVUE 1.8, A/C Adapter Brick, Origami Central Application, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- ZDNet gets a facelift: The changes at a glance
- ZDNet gets a facelift: The changes at a glanceJealous of Vista getting all the hate???Yuck - not digging the new design. Just because MS makes things needlessly busy and overcomplicated doesn't mean ZD should be emulating that approach.Bring back separate blog lists.The look is good, not sure I prefer...
- Tags: Blogging, blog
- Discussion threads 2008-03-02
- What the SCO take-out really means
- First of all it's not $100 million. It's up to $100 million. Anyone who has ever signed a cellular data contract or owned a cable modem knows what "up to" means. It means not likely. It means "in your dreams, pal." ...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Open Source, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- 3D Santa's Flight (exe)
- Thousands of wonderful presents are packed in one big red sack lying in the rear part of the reactive sleigh. Deer are standing uneasily already willing to take off. Santa's Flight 3D screensaver gives you an ultimate chance to fly with Santa Claus above the boundless North Pole lands covered...
- Tags: 3D, 3D Santa, Santa
- Software downloads 2007-11-27
- Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerable
- Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerableRE: Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerableWhat doesn't open Windows to attack? ... the off button?The problem is...The problem is that Apple's OS, because of its pitiful marketshare, is not really battle-tested to the extent that an OS is that has...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple QuickTime, QuickTime Bug, Microsoft Windows XP, workstation, data execution prevention, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- Guess what I'm buying tonight?
- Guess what I'm buying tonight?Watch the RAMYou'll be better off with 2 gigs rather than 1.We have some macbooks essentially a mini with a screen with 2 gigs preinstalled and they're fine, but I would hesitate to recommend it with one, especially if you also want to put Windows on...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Store, Apple Macintosh, mini, Apple iWork, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
- A Uni?ed Framework for Modeling TCP-Vegas, TCP-SACK, and TCP-Reno
- This paper presents a general analytical framework for the modeling and analysis of TCP variations. The framework allows the modeling of multiple variations of TCP, including TCP-Vegas, TCP-SACK, and TCP-Reno, under general network situations. In particular, the framework allows us to propose the first analytical model of TCP-Vegas for arbitrary...
- Tags: TCP, Framework, Modeling, Tcp/Ip, Research & Development, Networking, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-10-22
- Monster Blog Sack (xpi)
- The Monster Blog Sack toolbar allows users to surf blogs (according to your categories of interest,) sack (a MBS rating system,) tag, search, share, and add blogs to favorites. Sacking a blog shares your opinion on it's quality, and lets other community members who share your interests surf your favorite...
- Tags: Monster, Blog, Gregory Rzeczko, Site, Blogging, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-09-26
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