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Microsoft Handheld Synchronization Read Me July 2003 © Microsoft Corporation, 2003. All rights reserved. This document provides late-breaking or other information that is relevant to Microsoft Handheld Synchronization, and is current as of the date above. After that date, you may find more current information and resources on the Microsoft Mactopia Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Installation 2.1 System Requirements 2.2 Installing Handheld Synchronization 2.3 Troubleshooting 3 Setting up Handheld Synchronization 3.1 Select Synchronization Options 3.2 Synchronize Data 4 How the Entourage Conduit Handles Data Differences 4.1 Categories 4.2 Entourage Address Book and Palm Address List 4.3 Entourage Calendar and Palm Date Book 4.4 Entourage Tasks and Palm To Do List 4.5 Entourage Notes and Palm Memo Pad 5 Known Issues 5.1 Events in Different Time Zones Might Not Synchronize Correctly 5.2 HotSync Manager Prevents Switching Identities 5.3 Entourage 2001 "Sync this contact" Flag Is Ignored 5.4 Synchronizing with Both Palm Desktop and Entourage Creates Duplicate Records 5.5 Disable Other Conduits Before Using the Entourage Conduit 5.6 Handheld Synchronization Will Not Work with Some Handhelds 5.7 Contacts in Japanese Format Are Not Supported 6 Files Included in Handheld Synchronization 1 Introduction If you own a Palm handheld, you can synchronize, or transfer, items between Microsoft Entourage and your handheld. When you synchronize, Entourage copies the contacts, tasks, notes, and calendar events to and from your handheld. For information about using Microsoft Handheld Synchronization, visit the Microsoft Mactopia Web site http://www.microsoft.com/mac/entourage/palm/. 2 Installation 2.1 System Requirements Before you can install Microsoft Handheld Synchronization for Entourage X, Microsoft Office v. X, Service Release 1 must be installed on your computer. Operating system: Mac OS X version 10.1 or later. Memory: 128 MB of RAM. Programs: A handheld with Palm OS 3.x or later and Palm Desktop software version 4.0 or later. 2.2 Installing Handheld Synchronization 1. Before you install the update, close all Office programs, including Office Notifications, and disable any virus-protection programs. 2. Double-click the Handheld Sync Installer on your hard disk to begin the installation. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. Notes - When you install Handheld Synchronization, a Disabled Conduits folder is automatically created in the /Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync folder on your hard disk. The Address, Datebook, Memo, and ToDo Palm conduits are automatically disabled and placed in this new Disabled Conduits folder. - To restore the Palm conduits, drag them from the Disabled Conduits folder to the Conduits folder, and then drag the Entourage Conduit from the Conduits folder to the Disabled Conduits folder. 2.3 Troubleshooting If you have trouble installing the update, check the following: - Quit any programs that are running, including virus-protection programs and any Office programs, because they might interfere with installation, restart your computer, and try the update again. - Make sure the user account you use to log on to your computer is an administrator account. For more information about administrator accounts, see Mac Help. - Make sure Aladdin Systems StuffIt Expander version 6 or later is installed on your computer. If an earlier version of StuffIt Expander is installed on your computer, you might not be able to install this download. - Make sure you have downloaded the correct language version of the installer for your copy of Office. 3 Setting up Handheld Synchronization Before you synchronize items between Entourage and your handheld, you can set synchronization options for the conduit. 3.1 Select Synchronization Options When you use the Entourage conduit to synchronize, you can specify how to synchronize, whether you want to synchronize handheld records marked private, and which Address Book, Calendar, and Tasks settings you want to use. 1. Start HotSync Manager. 2. On the HotSync menu, click Conduit Settings. 3. In the list of conduits, double-click Entourage Conduit. 4. Select the options you want. 3.2 Synchronize Data After you have completed the steps in the Installing handheld synchronization section, and you have selected synchronization options, you're ready to synchronize. 1. Connect the cradle to the computer. 2. Place the handheld in the cradle, and then press the HotSync button. 4 How the Entourage Conduit Handles Data Differences In some cases, Entourage handles data differently than the handheld. In addition to differences in terminology, the two programs do not always store the same information in the same way. Click the links below to learn how the differences might affect how your data is synchronized: 4.1 Categories You can use Entourage categories to filter records in the Address Book, Calendar, and Tasks lists when you synchronize with the handheld. By using categories to filter records, you can limit the amount of data passing between Entourage and the handheld, which will save time when you synchronize and will also save memory on your handheld. Although you can assign both Entourage items and Palm records to categories, some of your Entourage category information might not be copied to the handheld when you synchronize. Keep in mind that Entourage and handhelds differ in the following ways: - Handheld categories that you create or modify are transferred to Entourage when you synchronize. However, only Entourage categories that are used in records that you synchronize are transferred to the handheld. - You can create an unlimited number of categories in Entourage but just fifteen categories per application in the handheld. - Entourage categories can contain an unlimited number of characters, but handheld categories are limited to fifteen characters. - You can assign an Entourage item to more than one category but a handheld record to only one category at a time. An item that you have assigned to more than one category in Entourage is assigned to its primary or default category when it is transferred to the handheld. - You cannot assign Palm Date Book records to categories. To be sure that your information is synchronized correctly, create and modify categories on the handheld before you synchronize. That way, the same set of categories will be available on both the handheld and in Entourage. For more information about categories, see Entourage Help. Using categories to select which Entourage information to synchronize The Entourage conduit provides several options for using categories to filter records for synchronization: - Synchronize all [records] Use this option to synchronize all of the records in all categories. - Synchronize [records] in category Use this option to synchronize only the records in the specified category. - Synchronize [records] not in category Use this option to synchronize all of the records except those in the specified category. Notes - If you create a new record on the handheld and use categories when you synchronize with Entourage, the new record will appear in Entourage under both the category you set for the synchronization, and the category you assigned when you created the record. The category you assigned on the handheld will be the default category when you synchronize with Entourage. - When you select Synchronize contacts not in category to filter records from Entourage to synchronize to the handheld, any records that do not meet the specified criteria will be removed from the handheld. 4.2 Entourage Address Book and Palm Address List When you synchronize Address Books, Entourage matches the corresponding fields in the two programs, even if the fields are named differently. For example, the Entourage field "Job Title" is synchronized with the handheld field "Title." The Entourage Address Book can store more contact information than the handheld Address List. For example, each Entourage contact contains ten custom fields, whereas each handheld contact contains only four. Although you can't synchronize all of the Address Book information that Entourage can store, you can decide which information is the most important to you and then specify and synchronize only that data. By using the HotSync Manager, you can specify the following: - Whether to synchronize the Work or Home contact address. The handheld can store only one address per contact, but Entourage can store both. - Which Entourage custom fields to synchronize with the custom fields on the handheld. - Whether to rename the custom fields on the handheld with the names that you assigned to Entourage custom fields. Specifying which contact information to synchronize Before you change the Address Book settings, it's a good idea to synchronize Entourage and your handheld. The first time you synchronize after you change the settings, the Entourage conduit automatically changes the synchronization method so that your Entourage contact information overwrites your handheld records. If you do not synchronize first, changes you have made to your handheld records might be lost. 4.3 Entourage Calendar and Palm Date Book Not all of the information in Entourage calendar events can be transferred to the handheld when you synchronize. For example, the location of a calendar event, travel time, and the event's category do not transfer. Also, because the handheld does not support iCalendar, information about invitees is not synchronized. Recurring calendar events in Entourage synchronize correctly with repeating records in Palm Date Book. However, if you change one occurrence of a recurring calendar event, that occurrence is treated as a separate record on the handheld; it is unconnected to the other occurrences. For example, if an Entourage calendar event occurs every Wednesday and you change one occurrence to Thursday, the Thursday event will transfer correctly to the handheld, but it will no longer be part of the series. Only the first occurrence of multi-day events in Entourage is synchronized with the handheld. To make multi-day events appear correctly on the handheld, you can create a separate event for each day of the multi-day event in Entourage. 4.4 Entourage Tasks and Palm To Do List When you synchronize Entourage tasks with records on the handheld's To Do List of the handheld computer, all of the data is transferred except the following: - The Palm To Do list does not include reminders, so Entourage task reminders are not transferred. - Priority information synchronizes correctly, but the two programs use different terminology. Handheld priorities range from 1 to 5, and Entourage priorities range from highest to lowest. 4.5 Entourage Notes and Palm Memo Pad Entourage notes are synchronized to the Palm Memo Pad. An Entourage note can be as large as you want, but handheld memos cannot be larger than 4 KB. If you synchronize an Entourage note that is larger than 4 KB, the text appears truncated on the handheld. Also, Entourage notes are stored in HTML format and handheld memos are in plain text format. When you synchronize an Entourage note, it is converted to plain text and special formatting such as bold, underlines, and font choices, is lost. However, certain paragraph formatting, including bullets and numbered lists, is preserved. 5 Known Issues 5.1 Events in Different Time Zones Might Not Synchronize Correctly If the time zone set in System Preferences on your computer is different than the default time zone set in Entourage, an event created in Entourage will reflect the difference when it appears in the calendar, but not in the event itself. If you create the event on the handheld, the event item time itself will be adjust to the time zone set in Entourage rather than the view of the item in the calendar 5.2 HotSync Manager Prevents Switching Identities If you try to switch identities in Entourage while you are running HotSync Manager, you will receive an error message stating that another Office application is open. You must quit HotSync Manager before you switch identities. 5.3 Entourage 2001 "Sync this contact" Flag Is Ignored Entourage X does not have the "Sync this contact" setting for contacts. If you are upgrading from Entourage 2001, this setting is ignored. With Handheld Synchronization for Entourage X you can use categories to filter records for synchronization. 5.4 Synchronizing with Both Palm Desktop and Entourage Creates Duplicate Records If you synchronize your handheld with both Palm Desktop and Entourage on the same computer, duplicate records will be created. 5.5 Disable Other Conduits Before Using the Entourage Conduit If you are using a different conduit to synchronize your handheld with Entourage, you should move the conduit to the Disabled Conduits folder before you use the Entourage Conduit. 5.6 Handheld Synchronization Will Not Work with Some Handhelds Palm Desktop 4.0 is required for Handheld Synchronization to work properly. If your handheld does not support Palm Desktop 4.0, Handheld Synchronization with Entourage will not work. Check with your handheld manufacturer for information about support for Palm Desktop 4.0 and Mac OS X. 5.7 Contacts in Japanese Format Are Not Supported Handheld Synchronization does not support synchronizing contacts in Japanese format. Japanese characters in contacts will not appear on the handheld after synchronization with Entourage. If you alter or delete the contact on the handheld and then synchronize with Entourage, the Japanese characters will no longer appear in Entourage. To avoid potential loss of data, select Entourage overwrites handheld" on the Address Book pop-up menu in the Entourage Conduit settings dialog box. This does not affect the Japanese version of Handheld Synchronization. 6 Files Included in Handheld Synchronization Handheld Synchronization installs the files listed below. After Handheld Synchronization has been installed, you can check the Handheld Sync Installer Log file to make sure that the files have been installed correctly. 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For certain orchids, relatives more important than pollinators in shaping floral attractantsOctober 26th, 2011 in Biology / Plants & Animals
This is an inflorescence close-up of Pterygodium cooperi, an orchid indigenous to the grasslands of the Drakensberg Mountains in eastern South Africa. This flower secretes non-volatile oil as a pollinator reward and is pollinated by specialized solitary bees in the genus Rediviva (Melittidae). To collect the oil, the bee pushes back on the upper lip with its head while simultaneously inserting its forelegs into the central cup-like lip appendage that curves back into the flower. Using its forelegs with their specialized scraping and absorptive trichomes, it scrapes and wicks up the oil. The oil is transported back to the nest and used for provisioning and construction of the bee's nest cells. The waxy projections of the lower lip cause the bee to slip as it positions itself on the flower and this results in the bee contacting and extracting the pollen sacs (pollinaria) with its hind legs. Unlike many orchids, this species provides a distinctive scent as well as a food reward to attract its specialized pollinators. The floral scent is dominated by the unusual benzenoid ketone 2-Methoxy-6-methyl-acetophenone (64.6%), as well as a variety of the aliphatic compounds including (E)-3-Methyl-4-Decenoic acid (9.1%), Heneicosane (5.0%), (E)-3-Methyl-4-decenal (2.9%), (E,Z)-2,6-Dodecadienal (2.8%), and Decanal (1.1 %). The dominance of benzenoids and/or aliphatic compounds is typical of the scents of the oil-secreting orchids in both Summer and Winter Rainfall regions despite the presence of different pollinator species. Thus phylogeny appears to be more important than pollinators in determining scent constituents of oil-secreting orchids in southern Africa. This is especially true for P. cooperi and other species in the Ommatodium clade that are dominated by 2-Methoxy-6-methyl-acetophenone regardless of pollinator or region of occurrence. Credit: Kim Steiner
Bees, bats, and moths all follow their noses in search of food from flowers. Plants that rely on such animals for pollination often produce particular chemical scents that attract specific pollinators. However, the ability to produce certain chemicals is also determined by a plant's genetics, or phylogenetic history, which can potentially limit its ability to respond to pollinator pressures. So which is more important in the evolution of floral scents: pollinator-induced natural selection or phylogenetic constraints?
While pollinators are often thought to be the driving force behind the type of chemicals plants produce to attract them, no matter how closely related the plants are to each other, a new study by Kim Steiner and colleagues published in the October issue of the American Journal of Botany reveals that phylogeny may be more important than pollinators in determining floral scent characteristics in a group of specialized South African orchids.
"The evolution of any plant or animal character, be it morphological or something as seemingly intangible as a floral scent composed of many specific compounds, is a product of the balancing forces of natural selection and phylogenetic constraint," notes Steiner (University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa).
"While the results of natural selection, or pollinator-mediated selection, generally produce the most fascinating examples of evolution -- such as the extraordinarily long spurs of the Angraecum orchid (Darwin's orchid) and the equally extraordinarily long proboscis of its hawkmoth pollinator -- many characteristics are shared between closely related species simply as the result of their common ancestry, and it is important to be aware that this common ancestry can have a strong influence on the outcome of natural selection," Steiner says.
While Steiner was conducting fieldwork in South Africa, he noticed that the Redivia bees he was catching had small yellow objects attached to their legs. These turned out to be pollen packets (pollinaria) from orchid flowers. "By matching up the varied shapes and sizes of the different pollinaria found on the bees with those I extracted from the various orchid flowers I encountered, I was able to determine which orchid species these bees were visiting and what the attractant might be," Steiner comments. "For each orchid whose pollinaria the oil-collecting bees carried, I found that the flowers secreted a non-volatile oil rather than nectar as a reward. And, by examining as many orchid flowers as I could find, I discovered that over 100 orchid species in southern Africa produce oil as a pollinator reward and that these species are pollinated by oil-collecting bees."
The scents of these orchids, which are usually described as unpleasant, pungent, cloying, or smelling like soap, fascinated Steiner, and he sent as many scents as he could collect to a well-known authority on orchid scents, Roman Kaiser. According to Steiner, "Once we had a good sample of scents from the different oil-secreting orchids, we could begin to compare them and ask questions regarding whether closely related species had more similar scents than distantly related species and whether species pollinated by the same bee species also shared the same floral scent, even when they were not closely related. In other words, is phylogeny more important than natural selection in determining the composition of floral scents in this group of orchids?"
Steiner and his colleagues, Kaiser and Dötterl, predicted that because these oil-secreting orchids seem so specialized, the scent profiles of species pollinated by the same bee species would be similar regardless of phylogeny. They also predicted that the scents of orchids within a rainfall region (winter vs. summer) would be more similar to each other than to related species found in other regions.
Using a method called headspace adsorption, the authors sampled the scents of 39 oil-secreting Coryciinae orchids. Flowering stems for each species were enclosed in a glass vessel, and air was pumped through the vessel forcing scents to pass through a glass capillary tube, after which their distinct chemical compound signatures were captured via gas chromatography.
While 257 compounds from nine different compound classes were identified, each orchid species on average had 26 different compoundsmore than 60% of the compounds were found in only one or two orchid species, and only 3% were found in more than half of the taxa.
Contrary to Steiner et al.'s expectations, in the winter rainfall region, phylogenetics seems to play a significantly greater role than pollinator selection pressure. Here the scent profiles fell along phylogenetic linesrelated taxa had similar scents, while specific bee species pollinated taxa with different scents, and taxa with similar scents were pollinated by different bee species. Similarly, in the summer rainfall region, scent profiles also fell along phylogenetic lines, although the authors could not examine pollinator effects because most of the orchids in this region shared the same pollinators.
Interestingly, almost all the orchids in the two regions emitted similar scent compounds even though the Rediviva bee pollinator species differed between the two regions. This was also contrary to the authors' expectations.
Overall Steiner et al. found overwhelming support for the fact that phylogeny played a more important role in scent variation than pollinator selection, even in a group of closely related plant species pollinated by a single class of pollinator.
"We have shown that although there is evidence for pollinator-mediated selection in the chemical composition of some of the scents we analyzed," concludes Steiner, "for the group of oil-secreting orchids as a whole, the role of phylogenetic constraint is more important for determining overall scent composition of the fragrances than natural selection."
The authors are still hot on the trail of this flower/bee puzzle and are currently working on identifying the compounds that stimulate the olfactory sensilla of the bee's antennae. As Steiner notes, "We still need to examine the individual chemical constituents in the fragrances of oil-secreting orchids and to test which of these compounds can be detected physiologically by the oil-collecting bees. Then we can determine which of the myriad of compounds in the scents we have already analyzed are attractive to the oil-collecting bees."
More information: Kim E. Steiner, Roman Kaiser, and Stefan Dötterl. (2011). Strong phylogenetic effects on floral scent variation of oil-secreting orchids in South Africa. American Journal of Botany 98(10): 1663-1679. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100141
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"For certain orchids, relatives more important than pollinators in shaping floral attractants." October 26th, 2011. http://phys.org/news/2011-10-orchids-relatives-important-pollinators-floral.html


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Here's another myth about value types that I sometimes hear:
"Obviously, using the new operator on a reference type allocates memory on the heap. But a value type is called a value type because it stores its own value, not a reference to its value. Therefore, using the new operator on a value type allocates no additional memory. Rather, the memory already allocated for the value is used."
That seems plausible, right? Suppose you have an assignment to, say, a field s of type S:
s = new S(123, 456);
If S is a reference type then this allocates new memory out of the long-term garbage collected pool, a.k.a. "the heap", and makes s refer to that storage. But if S is a value type then there is no need to allocate new storage because we already have the storage. The variable s already exists and we're going to call the constructor on it, right?
Wrong. That is not what the C# spec says and not what we do. (Commenter Wesner Moise points out that yes, that is sometimes what we do. More on that in a minute.)
It is instructive to ask "what if the myth were true?" Suppose it were the case that the statement above meant "determine the memory location to which the constructed type is being assigned, and pass a reference to that memory location as the 'this' reference in the constructor". Consider the following class defined in a single-threaded program (for the remainder of this article I am considering only single-threaded scenarios; the guarantees in multi-threaded scenarios are much weaker.)
using System;struct S{ private int x; private int y; public int X { get { return x; } } public int Y { get { return y; } } public S(int x, int y, Action callback) { if (x > y) throw new Exception(); callback(); this.x = x; callback(); this.y = y; callback(); }}
We have an immutable struct which throws an exception if x > y. Therefore it should be impossible to ever get an instance of S where x > y, right? That's the point of this invariant. But watch:
static class P { static void Main() { S s = default(S); Action callback = ()=>{Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", s.X, s.Y);}; s = new S(1, 2, callback); s = new S(3, 4, callback); }}
Again, remember that we are supposing the myth I stated above to be the truth. What happens?
* First we make a storage location for s. (Because s is an outer variable used in a lambda, this storage is on the heap. But the location of the storage for s is irrelevant to today's myth, so let's not consider it further.)* We assign a default S to s; this does not call any constructor. Rather it simply assigns zero to both x and y. * We make the action.* We (mythically) obtain a reference to s and use it for the 'this' to the constructor call. The constructor calls the callback three times. * The first time, s is still (0, 0). * The second time, x has been mutated, so s is (1, 0), violating our precondition that X is not observed to be greater than Y.* The third time s is (1, 2).* Now we do it again, and again, the callback observes (1, 2), (3, 2) and (3, 4), violating the condition that X must not be observed to be greater than Y.
This is horrid. We have a perfectly sensible precondition that looks like it should never be violated because we have an immutable value type that checks its state in the constructor. And yet, in our mythical world, it is violated.
Here's another way to demonstrate that this is mythical. Add another constructor to S:
public S(int x, int y, bool panic) { if (x > y) throw new Exception(); this.x = x; if (panic) throw new Exception(); this.y = y; }}
We have
static class P { static void Main() { S s = default(S); try { s = new S(1, 2, false); s = new S(3, 4, true); } catch(Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", s.X, s.Y);}; } }}
Again, remember that we are supposing the myth I stated above to be the truth. What happens? If the storage of s is mutated by the first constructor and then partially mutated by the second constructor, then again, the catch block observes the object in an inconsistent state. Assuming the myth to be true. Which it is not. The mythical part is right here:
Therefore, using the new operator on a value type allocates no additional memory. Rather, the memory already allocated for the value is used.
That's not true, and as we've just seen, if it were true then it would be possible to write some really bad code. The fact is that both statements are false. The C# specification is clear on this point:
"If T is a struct type, an instance of T is created by allocating a temporary local variable"
That is, the statement
actually means:
* Determine the location referred to by s.* Allocate a temporary variable t of type S, initialized to its default value.* Run the constructor, passing a reference to t for "this".* Make a by-value copy of t to s.
This is as it should be. The operations happen in a predictable order: first the "new" runs, and then the "assignment" runs. In the mythical explanation, there is no assignment; it vanishes. And now the variable s is never observed to be in an inconsistent state. The only code that can observe x being greater than y is code in the constructor. Construction followed by assignment becomes "atomic"(*).
In the real world if you run the first version of the code above you see that s does not mutate until the constructor is done. You get (0,0) three times and then (1,2) three times. Similarly, in the second version s is observed to still be (1,2); only the temporary was mutated when the exception happened.
Now, what about Wesner's point? Yes, in fact if it is a stack-allocated local variable (and not a field in a closure) that is declared at the same level of "try" nesting as the constructor call then we do not go through this rigamarole of making a new temporary, initializing the temporary, and copying it to the local. In that specific (and common) case we can optimize away the creation of the temporary and the copy because it is impossible for a C# program to observe the difference! But conceptually you should think of the creation as a creation-then-copy rather than a creation-in-place; that it sometimes can be in-place is an implementation detail that you should not rely upon.
(*) Again, I am referring to single-threaded scenarios here. If the variable s can be observed on different threads then it can be observed to be in an inconsistent state because copying any struct larger than an int is not guaranteed to be a threadsafe atomic operation.
M.E. wrote:
> If I could write "public sealed readonly class CostOfALumpOfCheese" and then declare a non-nullable variable
> "CostOfALumpOfCheese! cheeseCost" (where '!' is the opposite of '?')
Yes, that is it. A programmer should not have to deal with such implementation details as value or reference types. It should be up to the compiler / JITer to optimize sealed readonly "classes" in non-nullable variables which are relativly small in size and optimize them as it sees fit by making value types out of them. But a programmer should not need the distinction. We much more need a distinction between mutable and non-mutable (as you specified with readonly) types than we need a distinction between value types and reference types.
Stephan Leclercq wrote:
> Clearly, your example code is severely flawed. If your invariant is that x>y, then you cannot call the callback between the
> assignment of this.x and this.y.
why? The called function has no way of getting at the intermediate values (I think). Just as Eric wrote, you get 0,0 three times (since the values will be copied after the constuctor is done and no external code can access the intermediate copy). 0,0 satisfies the invariant (remeber x>y results in an exception, meaning the invariant is x is less than or equal y, which 0,0 satisfies).
If you use structs, you have to accept the fact that someone can make a default struct wich should satisfy your invariants or you made a wrong design choice.
You don't need to construct a new instance of S over the top of an old one to get that invariant to fail for one of those callbacks. Just pass (-2, -1) and the invariant will fail for the second callback.
One good reason to carefully manage dynamic memory allocation is when you're using the Compact Framework. For example take a look at at: blogs.msdn.com/.../713396.aspx
Surely the x and y referred to in the conditional test are the parameters to the constructor and NOT the private member fields of the structure? One would have to use 'this.x' and 'this.y' to refer to the member fields. Thus, I don't see a case here where x is > y and any exception should be thrown. What am I missing?
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> because copying any struct larger than an int is not guaranteed to be a threadsafe atomic operation
For the CLI, an IntPtr is atomic, not an int. For C#, an int (and other 32bit values) are guaranteed atomic.
So for a 16bit CLR, 32bit values are atomic, whereas for a 64bit CLR, any 64bit value is atomic.
....according to the specs at any rate....
marc: Hopefully you will read through the posts again and see that value types have significant semantic differences from reference types, such that you can't turn a class into a struct without breaking things. The whole point of a value type is that it doesn't have any memory overhead (so an array of a million ints takes 4MB instead of 12MB), meaning that it doesn't include storage for the monitor (to enable the "lock" statement) or type information (to enable things like co-/contravariance).
What the runtime *could* do is optimize reference types to allocate them on the stack instead of the heap when it knows that that there's no danger that the reference will escape the current method. However, heap allocation is no more expensive than stack allocation in the CLR (as opposed to C++ where allocating on the heap can be expensive), so the optimization only reduces the load on the garbage collector. Presumably since this is a non-trivial optimization to detect (you'd have to prove that no method of the object stores a this-reference anywhere) and may not make things much faster, it's not done at the moment
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C++ allows the compilers to construct directly on the storage of the local variable being initialized.
In addition, I see no evidence in the example output from Reflector of any additional temporary variable being created to store the initial constructed value.
The temporary is stored on the stack, but this becomes a CLR issue, not a C# language issues, as to whether to enable the optimization to initialize directly an previously unused variable. The example in the blog post is not ideal because the local variable is hosted in a compiler-generated display class.
You make an excellent point Wesner, one which I should have called out in my original article. As an optimization we *can* often initialize "in place" and do so, but only when the consequences of that choice are unobservable. I'll update the text; thanks for the note!
- Eric
Gabe: I know about the semantic differences and the more I read about them, the less I think we should bother a programmer with it.
So I am not proposing to change C# to be value type / reference type agnostic, but it was mostly a comment to the language construct as a whole, that such a difference should not be made at all. It is too late to do this in C#. The compiler / the CLR could detect if an instance requires monitor and/or type information and provide the storage space if needed. This would basically mean performing the boxing only once if an instance needs to be reference type, but is easy enough to be of value type.
I still believe that having the assignment and equality operator meaning different things for value / reference types is a source of many (way many) bugs.
marc: I'm not sure what you're proposing. Are you suggesting a system like C++ where types are neither value nor reference, but the value/reference aspect is determined at the point of use? Surely you don't want that because it just shifts the problem from the time a type is created to every time it's used!
Are you instead suggesting that all types should be what are currently considered to be reference types, and make the compiler and runtime responsible for optimizing them where possible to be merely values? If so, the optimization would be extremely rare. A publicly available array of ints, for example, would have to always be an array of references to ints because you never know if some code in another assembly might want to get a reference to one of those ints. Many OO systems don't have value types, and I'm not sure that many of them even attempt this optimization.
"Are you instead suggesting that all types should be what are currently considered to be reference types, and make the compiler and runtime responsible for optimizing them where possible to be merely values?"
I know you weren't talking to me, but I believe I have an answer that makes sense and possibly (?) has some merit. I'm not sure if this is what marc was proposing or not.
But seems to me that the distinction that's valuable to the programmer is "immutable or not" rather than "value or not". An immutable sealed reference type like string might as well be a value type; a mutable value type is - well, in my opinion - confusing enough that, personally, I'd have no problem making them simply forbidden outside of unsafe code.
So if there were a way to declare, say, "readonly sealed class X" and have the "readonly" modifier enforce that the class must have value semantics - that is, only have readonly fields and all fields must be of readonly types themselves (and perhaps no finalizer) - then for *those specific types* (and with some other caveats) it perhaps make sense to elide the distinction between value and reference type and make it a purely runtime implementation detail.
In practice, there are other complications with an approach like that; for example, the question of nullability (an immutable reference type can be; an immutable value type cannot. If we grant that both are semantically "values", shouldn't the nullability question be separate from the storage mechanism? For that matter, why should default(string) be null rather than ""?
My thought would be that each "readonly" type ought to be able to be used with the ? suffix for nullability, but also that it ought to be able to declare its own default value if it is NOT used with that suffix. And that, as a result, there should not be the restriction that every value type has to accept "all zeros" as a legitimate value; it can declare its own default.
The CLR would also need a low-level immutable array type in order to support making "string" one of these language-level readonly types.
All in all, I think it might be a very worthwhile thing to do if someone were redesigning C# from scratch, but I don't think it can be done in a way that's both sane and backward-compatible, because at minimum you'd have to turn every instance of "string" into "string?"...
> The whole point of a value type is that it doesn't have any memory overhead (so an array of a million ints takes 4MB
> instead of 12MB), meaning that it doesn't include storage for the monitor (to enable the "lock" statement) or type
> information (to enable things like co-/contravariance).
Now, how am I supposed to know that by declaring something as a value type, I say nothing at all about how that value is allocated in memory, but I DO say something about what extra information the system stores with the object? Eric claims that the first is none of my business, but if so, why is the second my business?
> Are you suggesting a system like C++ where types are neither value nor reference, but the value/reference aspect is
> determined at the point of use?
This does seem like the right model to me.
> My thought would be that each "readonly" type ought to be able to be used with the ? suffix for nullability, but also that it
> ought to be able to declare its own default value if it is NOT used with that suffix. And that, as a result, there should not be > the restriction that every value type has to accept "all zeros" as a legitimate value; it can declare its own default.
This is an interesting suggestion, because one often does run into situations (as in the article) where you want a struct to follow some invariant, but the default values would violate that invariant. Having a readonly keyword for classes would be oh so nice . . .
>My thought would be that each "readonly" type ought to be able to be used with the ? suffix for nullability, but also that it ought to be able to declare its own default value if it is NOT used with that suffix. And that, as a result, there should not be the restriction that every value type has to accept "all zeros" as a legitimate value; it can declare its own default.
That's a performance nightmare; granted you might not care about that in some circumstances, but it's still a concern I would expect the CLR team to be worried about.
Right now newing up an array with 1,000,000 elements is a fairly straightforward task: grab the necessary amount of memory and make sure it's zeroed (and newly allocated memory from the OS will be zeroed already. If not, writing zero to a large contiguous block of memory is super fast). If the struct has non-zero default values (2 for the first field, 12 for the second, 0x35dffe2 for the third) the runtime's new[] code has to loop through writing the default values into each location.
This is particularly painful since it has to be done even if the various elements of the array are only going to be overwritten with some non-default values shortly afterwards! The same applies to fields in classes, you can't just zero out the memory when constructing an object (something that, as above, might already have been done for you in advance), the runtime has to go through and fill in a bunch of default values - which you'll probably go and overwrite in your constructor anyway.
Eek! That's a very good point. Ouch.
I hate when reality messes with my perfectly good theories! ;-)
ficedula: Isn't there a command to blit a certain byte array repeatedly 1,000,000 (or any N) times?
configurator: You could optimise the fill, yes. It's still going to be more complex than filling with zeroes; rather than writing zero to every location, you have to fetch the default values based on the type being allocated; and rather than writing data in blocks of 16+ bytes at a time, you may end up having to write it in smaller chunks if your struct is an inconvenient size.
That aside, since it *is* possible to "pre clear" your unused memory to zeroes, you lose out fairly significantly there. As I mentioned, memory straight from the OS allocator will be zero-filled already so you currently don't have to do anything before using it. Memory that's not come straight from the OS and was already allocated, you could arrange for that to be cleared to zero as part of garbage collection (when you're touching that memory already and it's fresh in the CPU cache, so the update is practically 'free'.) Compared to that, doing *any* unnecessary work filling in default values is a loss.


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I think the SPCA and HUMANE SOCIETY and rescues should do mobile adoptions in pet stores and shopping malls for Valentines Day to maximize their visibility for this great opportunity when people are concentrating on Love and Caring!!Pets are the symbol of love and devotion and should be given this chance to be in front of the public eye which would greatly impact adoptions everywhere!!--I would like to see memo's sent out to all branches of shelters making in mandatory to have at least 3 mobile adoptions dates in their local vicinities--making it mandatory to use this as a resource for Valentines Day and future dates for caring for homeless animals !!!
I worked an adoption event this Valentines weekend. It was awesome to see how many were adopted. Our animals live with humans in their homes, who train and socialize them. Foster homes are much more natural, and produce fantasic pets.
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Tough to argue with that. The Jets are trying to win like every other team, but they remain relevant by constantly talking trash and guaranteeing wins. They continue to make themselves look dumb by popping off at the mouth and the Giants continue to succeed when it matters. For that reason, I have to agree with Nicks. I'd take "Giants Win Another Ring" as a headline over "Rex Promises a Super Bowl" any day of the week.
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Relatives of victims of the deadly bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires and Jewish leaders are urging their government not to negotiate with Iran.
Hector Timerman, Argentina's Jewish foreign minister, met recently at U.N. headquarters in New York with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi, about the July 1994 bombing on the Jewish community's main building, and the two countries said they would continue negotiations through government officials in Geneva.
Iran is accused of directing the attack, which killed 85 and injured hundreds. The Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah allegedly carried out the attack.
"The only Iranian offering of cooperation that we accept is to submit the accused to the courts of our country, where they will enjoy guarantees and rights of defense," declared a document signed Wednesday at the rebuilt AMIA headquarters by the relatives and Jewish leaders.
"As victims of the attack, we are not ready to endorse a new Iranian maneuver whose sole purpose is to ensure impunity for fugitives and to prevent justice."
Among those signing were Guillermo Borger, president of AMIA; Aldo Donzis, president of the DAIA, the country's umbrella Jewish community's group; and 21 relatives of victims of the blast.
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The actions of Senator Kirk, who promised to support Latino families, to block a vote on the DREAM Act mean that the hopes of thousands of young people have been crushed today. This will not be forgotten.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of bypassing a filibuster of the DREAM Act, but fell five votes short on Saturday, dealing a ha...


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by Lauren C. Williams Posted on May 8, 2015
Fiorina has been ridiculed for building her campaign around her business expertise, but that probably doesn't matter.
by Katie Valentine Posted on January 14, 2015
"Bee losses have a ripple effect across the entire economy, and in many cases, affect our bottom-line."
by Lauren C. Williams Posted on November 21, 2014
Low-wage industry workers are turning to unions for better pay.
by Josh Israel Posted on November 21, 2014
All we know is his companies are engaged in "any and all lawful business."
He made millions in corporate board fees, speaking gigs, and consulting payments from companies that have found their way into legal or financial quagmires.
by Jeff Spross Posted on July 1, 2014
Energy efficiency, once dismissed as "Jimmy Carter trying to persuade [Americans] to wear an extra sweater and turn down the thermostat," is now a booming high-tech industry.
by Andrew Breiner Posted on June 25, 2014
Small businesses are already seeing the impacts of climate change, and they're ready to do something about it.
by Jeff Spross Posted on June 24, 2014
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, and several others released a report today detailing the massive economic risk presented by climate change.
by Jeff Spross Posted on December 5, 2013
It turns out the White House and major U.S. businesses may be converging on the damage greenhouse gas emissions do to the global climate.
by Jeff Spross Posted on November 10, 2013
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top or htop for the GPU?
I'm trying to troubleshoot some playback issues with my 8400GS. Well, I guess the first question is if the 8400GS has enough power to playback 1080@24 bluray? This is the first time I've attempted to play back a .mkv rip of a bluray (Voyage of the Dawn Treader) in Mythtv. Every few seconds I'd get dropped frames and audio dropouts.
During playback the CPU idles at 1000Mhz (it's 2800Mhz at full speed) and via top Mythtv takes about 8% CPU time.
I'm going to try upping the scaling_min_freq to 1800 to see if that helps (AMD processor so I'm not sure if the bus speed is being reduced with the CPU clock).
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What Men And Women REALLY Find Sexy (And It Has Nothing To Do With Looks)
Tammy Bleck | Posted 11.26.2013 | Fifty
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So, if you want to know what a mature woman finds sexy, I'm betting big money that you will get a different answer from every woman who is asked. Because it's a lot less about you look like and a lot more about compatibility, wants, needs, and, of course, love.
This blog is about the ritual of the Sacred Marriage which so inspired me when I learned about it many years ago.


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How to Blanche Almonds
Blanched almonds have their almonds skins removed. You can buy them at the grocery store in little bags or you can make them at home. If you have more time than money, follow these simple steps to blanch your own almonds.
Things You'll Need
- Skin-on almonds
- Medium saucepan
- Water
- Stove top
- Paper towels
- Olive oil
- Heavy bottom frying pan
- Sea salt
Buy almonds with skins on at your local grocery store. Shop at a Whole Foods Market or other shop specializing in organic or health foods to find organic almonds.
Fill a medium saucepan half full of water and bring to a boil. Slide the skin-on almonds into the boiling water for about 30 seconds. Drain.
Grasp the warm almond between your thumb and forefinger and slide the skin off the almond from the wide end of nut.
Pat almonds dry and store for up to one week in the fridge.
Take the blanched almonds one step further and toast them. Pour one tablespoon olive oil in a heavy-bottom frying pan and place dry blanched almonds in the pan. Move around the pan continuously for about 10 minutes until almonds smell toasty and are slightly browned. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with sea salt.
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- Purchase blanched almonds in the bulk section of your grocery store. They will be more expensive than almonds with skins on.
- Due to the oil in the almonds, they will burn very quickly in the frying pan if left unattended. Keep a close watch on the almonds if you decide to toast your blanched almonds.
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~~ Official 2014 Lineup Approval Rating ~~ MARCH
Moving into March, how do you now rate this year's lineup?
Approve I love it!
Approve It's OK
I Disapprove
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~~ Official 2014 Lineup Approval Rating ~~ MARCH
Moving into March, how do you now rate this year's lineup?
Maybe it's just me, but the bar for Feb 2014 looks a bit taller than Jan 2014 yet are both listed as an average of "4.0" in the chart below the graph.
In any case, I've been stuck on 4 since the lineup came out; I wonder if there will be a Post-Fest bump this year like there was in 2012.
Still disappointed with Arcade Fire & Muse but hey I rarely watch the main stage headliners anyway (except in 2011)
Dede' Arneaux
Come a long long, come a long long way
Who's the little dingleberry that chose "I'm Disgusted"?
F: AC/DC, Nero, Cloud Nothings, Lykke Li, Interpol, George Ezra, Azealia Banks, Todd Terje, Gorgon City
S: Parquet Courts, Perfume Genius, Danny Tenaglia, Kasabian, Jack White, Royal Blood, TWOD, Chet Faker, What So Not
S: The Orwells, OFF!, St. Vincent, Gesaffelstein, Joyce Manor, Lil B, Kaskade, Madeon
Had to choose "Approve - It's OK". If Sunday was as good as Friday/Saturday it would be "I love it" easy, but Sunday is pretty weak, and that's a 1/3 of the festival so it loses some points there.
Every year is great. Some have just been greater than others! I'm always excited with acts I know and the pleasure of seeing ones I don't. Never enough time to enjoy them all.
99, 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11,12,13, 14, 15
Dancing In The Desert and Loving Every Minute of Coachella!
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Scott Samara has served as surgical director for the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute at Integris Baptist Medical Center from its inception. Samara received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1968. After completing his residency in urology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., Samara began his career in the Department of Urology at the University of Oklahoma in 1973 as an assistant clinical professor. He was promoted to associate clinical professor in 1980 and full clinical professor in 1986. As director of kidney transplantation from 1973 to 1980, chief of the kidney transplant section from 1980 to 2006, and the chief of the pediatric transplant section from 1976 to 2007, Samara was an integral part of kidney transplantation at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center.
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Shea Samara joined INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in 2008 as an associate kidney transplant surgeon for the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute. Samara is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and completed his internship in general surgery and residency in urology at the University of Oklahoma.
William Miller, M.D.
William Miller is board certified by the American Board of Urology. He earned his medical degree at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and completed his internship and residencies in general surgery and urology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
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Earth has pretty much run out of that fossil fuel stuff that people were so reliant on, and the technology level on the planet has dropped considerably.
The picking up of an alien signal along the lines of 'hi there, mind if we drop in for a visit sometime?' pretty much gets everyone to pull their fingers out and do something about it.
The world collapsed after the "fission blanket" rid the world of nuclear weapons. Science and scientists were scorned and persecuted as responsible for the collapse.
In this world, a signal from space is received. What can this new world do? Rebuild and get ready for the aliens that are coming to Earth.
The book started out well, but the last third of the book became ponderous. Honestly, just plain boring.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0425077632, Mass Market Paperback)The devastating Food and Fuel Wars have turned once-powerful nations into isolated farming communities. Barter has replaced currency, and scientists-considered responsible for the world's misery-are burned at the stake. Hidden in the Idaho hills, astronomer Allen Chandliss secretly monitors his radio telescope, listening for signs of intelligent life, hoping that aliens will come and improve things on Earth. For seventeen years he has waited patiently. His patience is about to pay off. . . .
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On Oct. 31, Oscar De La Hoya revealed to the public that he struggled with cocaine, alcohol and infidelity -- and has even contemplated suicide.
"Rock bottom was recently," the boxing great said in an interview with Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, according to an English-language transcript it provided. "Within a couple of years, just thinking if my life was even worth it. I don't have the strength, I don't have the courage to take my own life but I was thinking about it."
De La Hoya, who retired in 2009 after winning 10 world titles in six divisions, said he had been sober for three months.
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The Washington Glory, the newest member of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league, announced that it will play home games at the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University.
"We think George Mason is the perfect home for the Washington Glory," says Paul Wilson, team owner and general manager. "It's been a dream of ours to unite with such a prestigious university."
The Glory is scheduled to play 29 home games in its 2007 inaugural season at George Mason, beginning May 26 and continuing through the end of August. Mason has agreed to host the Glory's home games through the 2011 season.
"Mason's location in the heart of Fairfax is fantastic and very convenient for our fans throughout Virginia, Maryland and the District," Wilson says. "But, it's the University's entrepreneurial spirit, talented administration and gifted student body that really solidified our decision to play at Mason."
In preparation for the upcoming season, the Softball Complex at George Mason is undergoing significant upgrades. Temporary concessions and bathrooms, along with additional seating and a state-of-the-art lighting system will be added. Many of the changes will be made permanent for the 2008 season.
"The Washington Glory is the only professional sports franchise in Fairfax County, and we're ecstatic to be associated with their organization," says Alan Merten, president of George Mason. "This tremendous opportunity enables us to offer a top-flight sports entertainment product to the Washington community, as well as something very special to our students within an academic realm."
Wilson says the partnership will produce many additional internship and educational opportunities for students in the areas of sports management, event management, athletic training, marketing and finance.
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I had previously bought a Porter Cable cordless drill with the new 20V Lion batteries. When my old jigsaw died it made sense to get this as a bare tool purchase, which made the price for it a bargain. This jigsaw has the easiest tool-less blade change mechanism that I have ever used, which is very convenient. It uses T-shank type blades, which was not mentioned in the literature. The built in blower to keep chips from obscuring your cut line is practical and a nice touch. I cut through a 2x4 test board and checked the cut for squareness and it was spot on. I have not tried any cuts with the foot tilted to an angle yet. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase, as usual. Between Porter Cable tools and CPO Outlets, can't go wrong.
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