Thanks, but I already know about backing up a encrypted database with compression has no effect on the compression, and that is in BOL, hence my first post. However, it...

I am talking about compressing the backup, not compressing the database then encrypting it,, But anyway, I don't remember seeing that anywhere in SQL 2008 BOL? That would be nice...

What I don't understand is why Mickeysoft would include two new features like TDE and Backup Compresion that are not mutually compatible with each other. If you don't believe this...

Speaking of crashing things and issues coming up during these kind of things, did anyone see Steve Jobs rollout speech/demo of the new iPhone yesterday? 😀 Jobs tried three times...

Dan.Humphries (6/7/2010)

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The problem is simple! Society as it stands today no longer understands or appreaciates the effort that goes into technology. Most ppl using technology will never understand how...

Or maybe you just thought you saw it. But that is another story.:-D

blandry (6/7/2010)

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Take it all for granted? Consider...

We have been fighting in Iraq for 8 years, with 6,000 Americans now dead.

In ONE year, 6,000 Americans died on our roadways directly...

CirquedeSQLeil (6/4/2010)

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Having made the change between office space types, I would say that it is an adjustment that needs to be made. When moving into a morgue, it can...

James Stover (6/4/2010)

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I wish I could have had a 180-day evaluation of my car. I definitely would have taken it back 🙂

My preference is the longer evaluation. If I decide...

I have worked in huge communal rooms (or bullpens as I like to call them) like this and the cacophony is at times very disruptive. Particularly, when you are...

I prefer offices with doors on them. You can shut the door when the open community areas get a little too noisy, particularly with non-work conversations. In open areas you...

All peripheral and patronizing arguments aside, American jobs should go to our citizens first, not ship them overseas. It's just as simple as that. Particularly, with so many millions...

If outsourcing were illegal, you will be paying considerably more money for most goods and services that you purchase. Outsourcing is good for the local economy as well as...

I was referring to offshore outsourcing, particularly IT outsourcing to India and China. However, outsourcing any American jobs out...

My experience in IT though has been that outsourcing has been good (in the long run) for me. After outsourcing projects due to perceived lower cost and then seeing...