The whole entertainment aspect of computing is growing tremendously and we're slowly seeing a convergence in our living rooms of computing capabilites along with entertainment. From rocker chairs with speakers to TiVo-type devices, the Nokia Internet Tablet, and XBOX 360s and Playstations that can enhance our movies.
Another little bit of career advice, this time from longtime author Jeffrey Yao who gives you some pointeres on what you should know for your next job interview.
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Deadlocks do not occur too often, but when they do, it can be a time consuming and frustrating endeavor to track them down. In SQL Server 2000, you could alter the message to ensure these were written to the error log and track them down quickly. In SQL Server 2005, it is a little more tricky, but new author Patrick Leblanc brings us a technique for sending out a notification.
Backpressure is an interesting internal memory limiter inside SSIS and in SQL Server 2008 you get to see when the limiter kicks in.
In this article, we will continue exploring other post-setup tasks, focusing on network specific tasks.
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