Monthly Archives: October 2010

Database Mirroring Connection Strings – Automatic Failover

Posted on October 19, 2010 by way0utwest

I saw a post recently from Hugo Shebbeare that reminded me of something that I’ve seen asked often on the forums. One thing that I preach to people is that they should use their blog to show what they know, … Continue reading →

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Living Moore’s Law

Posted on October 19, 2010 by way0utwest

I’m not much of a hardware geek these days. For the most part I just want my computers to work. Actually if I think about it, I really just want my services to work. I don’t care what specs they … Continue reading →

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Software Assurance Cuts Back

Posted on October 18, 2010 by way0utwest

Did anyone ever use this benefit of Software Assurance (SA)? Apparently if your company had SA on Microsoft software, you could purchase that software for a discounted price for use in your own home. I wasn’t aware of it, and … Continue reading →

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Copyright

Posted on October 18, 2010 by way0utwest

This is actually amazing. A talk on what YouTube does with copyright and how they view it, from TED. It’s interesting, and there are two things in there to watch. Note, that I caught this link from Jeff Atwood (@CodingHorror) … Continue reading →

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