bottle
RSS bottle
Calor Gas smelling of tech success
Case Study Now this tech is proven, the company plans to extend it to its gas bottle and maintenance business in the near future. Calor Gas has been using integration software to connect its technology infrastructure and boost efficiency. [17 Mar 2008]
Killer robots terror warning
News Prof Sharkey said in a statement: "The trouble is that we can't really put the genie back in the bottle. Forget the cuddly C3P0 and R2D2 - the robots of the future may well share the murderous instincts of the Daleks, according to a robotics expert. [28 Feb 2008]
Analysis of a TCP Hybrid Model
White Paper This paper uses hybrid systems to model and analyze the transient and steady-state behavior of multiple TCP flows that share a single common bottle-neck link. The main contributions of this paper are a characterization of the transient behavior of... [19 Dec 2007]
Estimation of RTT and Bandwidth for Congestion Control Applications in Communication Networks
White Paper It is illustrated on real data that this algorithm provides estimates of significantly better accuracy as compared to the RTT estimator currently used in TCP, especially in scenarios where new cross-traffic flows cause bottle-neck queues to... [05 Dec 2007]
Round-Trip Time Estimation in Communication Networks Using Adaptive Kalman Filtering
White Paper It is illustrated on real data that this algorithm provides estimates of significantly better accuracy as compared to the RTT estimator currently used in TCP, especially in scenarios where new cross-traffic flows cause a bottle-neck link to... [05 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Blind security
Comment At London Stansted security staff became completely diverted by a bottle of shampoo and a few other items because they weren't in the regulation plastic bag and totally missed all my test items. Written in an Edinburgh hotel and dispatched via a... [12 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Media wars
Comment Well, they have already lost the battle - the genie is out of the bottle and there is no going back. Written at the Institute of Directors in London and dispatched via free-to-air wi-fi at Liverpool Street Station [31 Aug 2007]
Revealed: silicon.com readers' expenses
News One-quarter (25 per cent) of respondents said their biggest expenses claim was in the region of £250 to £1,000, while one-fifth (20 per cent) said they have only ever claimed for less than £250, enough to buy a bottle of Cristal vintage champagne. [07 Aug 2007]
On the Role of Helpers in Peer-to-Peer File Download Systems: Design, Analysis and Simulation
White Paper This asymmetry in bandwidth results in the overall average download speed of a BitTorrent-like file download system to be bottle-necked by the much lower upload capacity. While BitTorrent has been successfully used in peer-to-peer content... [25 May 2007]
'DIY approach best for IT glitches'
News This is akin to a driver refilling the washer bottle and oil on their cars. Both techies and business users back the go-it-alone approach to fixing work-related IT glitches, judging by comments made by silicon.com readers. [14 May 2007]
Caption Competition: Google 2.0
Photo This competition is now closed. The winning entry, from Matthew Howell was the charmingly post modern "Insert User Generated Caption Here". [20 Apr 2007]
Leader: Biometrics - good or bad?
Leader Long queues, extensive searches of your person and your bags, confiscation of your water bottle - this is what we all experience today. It's always interesting to see where technologies are embraced by the mass market - and where they inspire fear... [07 Feb 2007]
Caption competition 12: Whose phone is it anyway?
Photo This competition is now closed - check out the winning entry below. Winner: "OK, Sir, now empty your other pocket. Rob Falconer nd:"'ere Del, that phone you sold me is a bit Mickey Mouse! Richard Gianella rd:The gastroenterologist department of the... [19 Jan 2007]
Will's Web Watch: To eBay or to FreeBay?
Comment Of course I'm not surprised eBay is regarded by many as a dumping ground for such unwanted items, given the added bonus that not only will somebody come and take it off your hands but they might even give you enough money to buy a cheap bottle of... [02 Jan 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 8.12.06
Round-Up The problem of course is not with your experienced drinkers who will be happy with their tipples of choice - probably wine or beer, perhaps the occasional foray into a well-loved, short-lived bottle of scotch, via a charming glass of port to wash... [08 Dec 2006]
