Monthly Archives: April 2006

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 is out

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 is out! Version: 7.0.5346.5Supports:x86 Windows XP SP2x86 Windows Server 2003 SP1x64 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003ia64 Windows Server 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/

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Improve network throughput on high bandwidth high latency network

Fine tune the TcpWindowSize on Windows can significant improve the network throughput on high bandwidth high latency network. Reference: Description of Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 TCP Feature Microsoft Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP Implementation Details

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Computing absolute value of a signed integer

Assume v is a signed integer, the task is to compute it’s absolute value abs(v). signed int v; // original value signed int r;  // result of abs(v)   Method 1: use branching r = (v<0) ? -v : v; … Continue reading

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