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In Italy, collisions between two- and four-wheeled vehicles are par for the corse. If there are no injuries, non c'e' problema, as they say.
Throw a Lamborghini Aventador into the mix, however, and the moto-passenger's scraped knee suddenly becomes less of a problem than, say, a supercar that costs tens of thousands of euro to fix.
Just such an accident happened near the Imola Autodromo in Northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna province, bruising a young motorcyclist and knocking a few expensive chunks from a bright orange Lambo.
The crash probably wouldn't have attracted much attention normally, but it unfolded in front of a group of junior high school age children returning from their daily lezioni. A bunch of them stopped to gawk at the spectacle of a toppled motorcycle and an orange Aventador, drivers door stretched skyward and bits of itself strewn about the roadway. We can only imagine the gesturing and catcalls that ensued.
Luckily, no one was injured, although we're sure that in addition to his bumps and bruises, the motorcyclist felt a sting of fear that he might be responsible for repairing a Lambo. But that's up to la polizia's interpretation of the accident. (Hat tip to Baber K. Khan!)
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It may be a few months away, but Samsung has already started teasing its upcoming flagship phone, the Galaxy S5.
In addition to the hints Samsung's executive vice president Lee Young Hee gave to Bloomberg in an interview, there are a handful of other rumors and bits of informed speculation about what the phone will be able to do.
Here's what we know so far.It will be called the Galaxy S5.
Or, at least, that's what Hee called the device in his interview with Bloomberg.It will launch by April of this year.
Hee said the phone will launch before April of this year. It's likely Samsung will wait until after the Mobile World Congress event in late February to make the announcement. If we had to guess, the announcement will come in early to mid-March.There could be an eye scanner.
Hee said Samsung is experimenting with an iris scanner and could decide to use it in the Galaxy S5. The sensor would be able to scan your eye and unlock your phone without a passcode.It might come with two body styles: one plastic and one metal.
Early rumors suggest that Samsung will have two versions of the Galaxy S5. There will be a cheaper model made with a plastic body and a more expensive one with a metal body. Many pundits have criticized Samsung for making phones out of plastic while its rivals HTC and Apple make their flagship phones out of metal.It will likely have a zippy 64-bit processor, just like the iPhone 5S.
Shortly after Apple announced its iPhone 5S with a 64-bit processor, Samsung announced that its next generation of smartphones would also have a super-fast chip. Expect the Galaxy S5 to be the first Samsung phone with a 64-bit processor.There will likely be a memory chip with 4 GB of RAM.
Samsung announced the new chip a few weeks ago. It'll likely debut in the Galaxy S5.Samsung will launch a new Galaxy Gear smart watch along with the Galaxy S5.
Hee said the new Galaxy Gear will be slimmer than the first generation. While Samsung's first Galaxy Gear has only been out for a few months, it could use a refresh. Reviews of the device were pretty bad because it has poor battery life and limited functionality.
See Also:Samsung's New Galaxy S5 Will Launch By April And Might Have An Eye ScannerSamsung Has Two New Incredibly Powerful Galaxy TabletsMichael Bay Had A Meltdown At Samsung's CES Event And Walked Off Stage


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Banat is a region of Romania mostly well known for its culural diversity, old history and football team. Or for the arrogance of its inhabitants. Like in every region of Romania, people seem to be more focused at trolling and hating than to live happy normal lives. If we add the diversion factor to this primordial soup of douchebagness we get a solid community where everyone is doing their best in order to screw others. They are part of the larger Romanian community and mostly share the same treats like injustified arrogance, fossilized way of thinking, etc.
The people of Banat are well known for their genetically inherited arrogance. They will use any occasion to brag around and will turn every disadvantage in something worth yapping around. You could say they are conditional optimists. For example:
Fact: Timisoara was the first Romanian town with street ilumination. Actual Fact: Yes, while it wasn't part of Romania.
Fact: Timisoara is the city with the hightest vehicle/citizen ratio. Actual Fact: Yes and when it rains, traffic stops because of the pathetic planned road system.
Another interesting aspect of their arrogance is the revolution time paradox. Although the sparks of the big revolution of 1989 were ignited in Timisoara, almost everyone alive seems to remember taking part to the avangarde of the event, despite the fact that they weren't really present because of various reasons (hiding under the bed in fear, shooting people, not being born yet, etc).
Internet in Banat[edit]
Banat, like every self-respecting region, has access to the internet. Like every other Romanian, the people of Banat are adept of writing wiki pages insulting other regions that they hate. With juvenile humor, of course.
Living in Banat[edit]
Here you have a large selection of cabdrivers who will get you everywhere they want. Before going into a cab you must be very careful to see if the driver is not talking or drinking coffee. If he has any occupation (even reading a newspaper or watching a movie on his dvd player) he will be busy and NOT speak with you. If he is free, gently ask him where he is going and if he can take you there. Probably you will not have the luck to go the same route as him and must ask the next driver. That if there are more drivers there that are not speaking with each other. If you have the honor to find a driver willing to go on your route, you must make conversation with him while he is driving and watching his mini dvd player and bash Moldavians. Failing to do that will make him throw you out of the cab, again, while he is driving and watching his mini dvd player and bashing Moldavians.
People living in Banat/Timisoara/Temesvar[edit]
- 65% Banatians (that hate Moldavians and Oltenians)
- 25% Oltenians (that hate Moldavians)
- 20% Moldavians (that hate Oltenians)
It may seem that there are 110% people in Banat. This is a common misconception, everybody knows that "Banatu-i fruncea" (The Banat is brain.)
The wonderful people of Banat have great education can managemoney very efficiently. For example, when someone is sent to sand niggers or Africa to slave for french corporations they steal the toilet paper from their workplace so they can spend the money on overpriced coffee in Temesvar. Or they steal yogurt from shops in Gabon, because only idiots give money to niggers. Of course, all the money they make by hardworking,and because many of them are genius.
The music here is also the best and all the great Romanians singers came from here. This is a small sample that you can hear while living in Timisoara:Jose Carreras,Shackira,Phoenix,Cargo...
They just love football. Or just winning. Or just winning once. Their football team, Poli Timisoara, is one of the best 6 teams of Romania. There is an old suicide ritual in Banat: just yell anything against Poli Timisoara and you will surely die in 120 seconds. People have to hear you tough, this being a very important part of the ancient ritual.
Extreme driving should be considered. When visiting Timisoara, please keep in mind that everyone is driving using walls, street illumination and people as rebound targets. Avoid red pedestrian crossings.
Gallery of beautiful and unique places to visit while in Timisoara.[edit]
- Church
- The same church
- Again
- And again
- You guessed it, it's the church again!
- Aren't you tired of seing this church again
- Finally the last image of the church


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The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived Sunday at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where it will conduct its first hovers and vertical landings.
The ferry flight initiates a sequence of F-35 arrivals at Patuxent River this year and next.
The aircraft will be supported at Patuxent River by the F-35 Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) and will be monitored by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Sustainment Operations Center in Fort Worth. Look at ALIS as something like Skynet without the control — yet.
This prototype, known as BF-1, is the first F-35 to be sustained by ALIS - the worldwide support system that will monitor the prognostics and health of F-35s around the globe to ensure mission readiness and fulfillment of its destiny to enslave the human race and kill Sarah and John Connor. (Hat tip to One 'ROESian!) [via Lockheed-Martin]


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Whom do you trust: 'Shrimp Boy,' the FBI or neither?
Observers have likened the federal case against state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, and 25 others to the film "American Hustle," about an FBI Abscam-like sting that used a small-time con man to win corruption convictions against public officials.
I hope it is not like another Hollywood film, "The Departed," about a well connected FBI informant who was also a homicidal crime boss fashioned after Boston's politically wired gangster Whitey Bulger.
The 137-page criminal complaint against Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, Yee and company on firearms-trafficking, drug-trafficking, money-laundering, murder-for-hire and fraud charges, starts with Chow pleading guilty in 2000 to federal racketeering charges involving murder for hire, conspiracy to distribute heroin and arson. Chow also had prior state felony firearms convictions.
His 160-month sentence was reduced after he testified against a confederate. Chow, 54, was released in 2003. So why didn't the feds deport Chow, a Chinese citizen, then? Instead, the government supported his application for a resident visa.
If the FBI had thought Chow was an asset in 2003, surely they reconsidered in 2006 when, according to the complaint, the San Francisco Police Department and FBI surveilled Chow's swearing-in as "dragon head" of the Ghee Kung Tong, following the unsolved murder of predecessor Allen Leung. In 2009, The Chronicle's Phil Matier and Andy Ross reported that federal officials tried to deport Chow after 2006, but he's still here.
Let me make this clear: The government has yet to prove its case against Chow, who otherwise must be presumed not guilty. But as he awaits approval of an S-visa as a government informant - wags call it the "snitch visa" - it's hard not to think that a government action could have separated Chow from San Francisco years ago.
So here are the big unanswered questions about Chow's last decade:
Were the feds snowed, just as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Mayor Ed Lee and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano were snowed, when they hailed Chow for leaving a life of crime and turning himself around?
Or did they know their onetime asset was a liability but, for some dubious reason, think they could control him? Were the feds uninterested in pursuing Chow unless an investigation - in this case a five-year undercover operation - netted a high-profile arrest?
Enter Yee, with his hand out. On Thursday, facing charges of scheming to defraud citizens of his honest services, Yee announced that he was ending his campaign for secretary of state. Even if the federal government fails to tie the lawmaker to an international arms dealer, as I suspect will happen, the complaint does document Yee boasting of his Philippines connection.
"People want to get whatever they want to get. Do I care? No, I don't care. People need certain things," quoth Yee, according to the complaint. So much for the nanny-state laws he embraced.
As two fellow senators faced criminal charges, and one was already convicted, "Uncle Leland" talked about being more careful in his pay-to-play world. But he allegedly couldn't help but go for the money.
I wonder if Yee's exit from the secretary of state race led to gnashing of teeth at the local Society of Professional Journalists chapter that so recently hailed Yee for his support of good government. I'm sure there was much glee from gun owners, who bristled at Yee's support for gun control.
This story should evoke much soul-searching. No one looks good.
Friday the Senate voted to suspend Yee, in a move that allows him to collect his $95,291 salary. Yee joins what was an existing paid-leave team of two, state Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood (Los Angeles County), who remains on the state payroll after a jury convicted him of felony perjury and other counts, and Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello (Los Angeles County), who has pleaded not guilty to 24 federal corruption counts.
Like Calderon, Yee enjoys the presumption of innocence. Still, it doesn't look good when more than 10 percent of the Senate Democratic caucus is looking at prison time. The next time you hear a California Democrat extol "public service," hold onto your wallet.
Journalists should ask themselves whether we could have done a better job reporting on Sacramento and Chinatown.
The only question left for law enforcement is how much authorities got used - a little or a lot? How long has Chow been wearing an ankle bracelet? Which agency applied for his S-visa and when? FBI spokesman Peter D. Lee would not answer those questions.
In 2012, Chow unburdened himself to an undercover FBI agent. Chow philosophized that San Francisco looked clean, but the city was dirtier because of public corruption. "I'm dirty too, you know," Chow reportedly said, "but I'm not dirty to my people."
But if the FBI complaint is true, Chow was dirtiest to his people. He held himself out as a reformed ex-felon as he snickered that he didn't want to know why a host of now-defendants slipped him envelopes padded with cash. He trumpeted Ghee Kung Tong as a civic organization that served Chinatown, as he apparently used the tong as a front for criminal activities.
At one point, his partners in crime asked Chow if they thought their New Jersey mob friend - now known as undercover employee 4599 - was a "snitch." If he is, Chow answered, he was a very good one. But good for whom? Why did the feds need an undercover operative to build a case against their own onetime asset?
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Today's post was inspired by yesterday's This Date in Pirates History post on Pirates Prospects. John Dreker goes into great detail on the Kluszewski/Fondy part of this tree, but I'll stick with the more notable Pirate, Dale Long.
Long was a firstbaseman for the Pirates from 1955-1957, making the All-Star team in 1956. He set a major league record that season by hitting a home run in eight straight games. Don Mattingly tied that record in 1987 and Ken Griffey Jr. did it in 1993 but no other National League player has made it to more than seven games.
Four years later Long was on the 1960 Yankees team that lost to the Pirates in the World Series. He was 1 for 3 with a single in three pinch hitting appearances.
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|Box 5—Vested Dual Benefit.(p8)
|Box 6—Supplemental Annuity.(p8)
|Box 7—Total Gross Paid.(p8)
|Box 8—Repayments.(p8)
You may have repaid an overpayment of benefits by returning a payment, by making a payment, or by having an amount withheld from your railroad retirement annuity payment.
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|Box 10—Rate of Tax.(p8)
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|Box 12—Medicare Premium Total.(p9)
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Withholding Tax and Estimated Tax(p9)
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Choosing no withholding.(p9)
Periodic payments.(p9)
Nonperiodic distributions.(p10)
Eligible rollover distribution.(p10)
Estimated tax.(p10)
In figuring your withholding or estimated tax, remember that a part of your monthly social security or equivalent tier 1 railroad retirement benefits may be taxable. See Pub. 915. You can choose to have income tax withheld from those benefits. Use Form W-4V to make this choice.
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It may have rained all day and most of last night here in not-so-sunny Suffolk, but that didn't dampen Drowned In Sound's collective spirits. Here with the highs and lows of Saturday's busy schedule at Latitude festival, Andrzej Lukowski and Dom Gourlay relive their best and worst moments from day two.
Deap Vally
Hotly tipped Californian duo Deap Vally draw a large crowd to the I Arena in the early afternoon. Although still only early days in their fledgling career, its easy to see why they're courting so much attention at present. Pleasing on the eye and distinctive of voice, Lindsey Troy's howling rasp not too dissimilar to a young Janis Joplin. However, after a while their blues-tinged garage racket starts to drag a little, following in the footsteps of kindred spirits The Kills and Band Of Skulls without ever reaching the dizzy heights of either. Still, its early days yet so perhaps a little premature to dismiss them as also-rans at such an infant stage.
Dom Gourlay
Lianne La Havas
With no new Adele record in the pipeline for the foreseeable future the smart money is on Lianne La Havas to fill the void. Most of Latitude seems to think so too, as the queues from the packed Word Arena stretch far and wide beyond every exit. Pleasant, but hardly awe inspiring either, La Havas is obviously a precocious young talent but the question is how and where will that talent be nurtured? Because on this afternoon's evidence, there's little substance to match the sheen. File under Eliza Doolittle, if anyone still remembers her that is...
Dom Gourlay
Josh T Pearson
If ever Josh T Pearson decides to take a break from making music, his next career move would surely belong in the world of stand-up comedy. Announcing his arrival with "Hi, I'm Josh T Pearson and I'm here to poop your party" before cracking jokes about blowjobs and goats then tuning up his guitar only to turn to the audience with the immortal line, "That was my first song; it's called 'Soundcheck'!" All this before he's even played a note of his short (by his standards) forty minutes set. When those songs do arrive such as the delectable 'Sweetheart I Ain't Your Christ' and cathartic 'Woman When I've Raised Hell', he becomes a one-man heartbreak messiah. Afterwards DiS invites him to interview two members from Elbow. The outcome has to be seen to be believed.
Dom Gourlay
Wooden Shjips
San Francisco's Wooden Shjips might look like ZZ Top, but their psychedelic dronerock acts as a natural successor to Spacemen 3 or Loop's visceral fug. Noise constraints hamper their sonic attack slightly, Ripley Johnson's guitar seemingly too low in the mix. Nevertheless, 'We Ask You To Ride' and 'Black Smoke Rise' create a hypnotic groove that's difficult to shake off, even when they exit the stage just thirty minutes later.
Dom Gourlay
I Break Horses
Having only become a proper touring band several months ago, I Break Horses have developed at a rate of knots into the irresistable force that owns the I Arena until Shy FX's colossal drum and bass set in the small hours. Singer and principal songwriter Maria Linden is the focal point, her soothing vocal cushioning the incendiary wall of sound playing all around her. 'Hearts' reminds us why we fell in love with Curve many moons ago, while the building synths and crushing beats that bring 'Winter Beats' and the set to a close has a similar euphoric impact to that of a DJ dropping his hardest, heaviest tune to 50,000 ravers in a warehouse. Short but sweet, yet utterly mesmerising.
Dom Gourlay
The Horrors
What else is there to say about The Horrors other than they're not only the most improved band in the UK these past five years, but they've also established themselves as arguably the most captivating live band on these shores too. Playing a now familiar set drawing on a 50-50 split of material from Primary Colours and Skying, Faris Badwan and co. justify their Word Arena headline status and some. The likes of 'Sea Within A Sea', 'Endless Blue' or 'Still Life' improve rather than tire with age, while if there's a more fitting climax to be had anywhere than the epic near fifteen minutes run through 'Moving Further Away' prior to their departure I've yet to witness it. Main stage headliners in the not too distant future? Why not.
Dom Gourlay
Shy FX
As a veteran of the drum and bass scene of the early nineties, Andre Williams aka Shy FX needs no introduction. Playing a mammoth ninety-minute set in the early hours of Sunday morning to a rabid throng, the over-populated I Arena literally bursting at the seams, his repertoire mixing his own material - the biggest cheer of the night unsurprisingly reserved for 'Original Nuttah' with classic staples of the ska and jungle scenes - M Beat & General Levy's 'Incredible' and The Specials 'A Message To You Rudy' proving particularly popular. We danced away the rainclouds until our tired feet couldn't move any more. Bring on Sunday..!
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TOUGH TASK AHEAD FOR JACKETS....... Well, many people (including myself) have questioned why we do not see more of Anthony Morrow. Here's the response:
"But like I told my staff, these seniors especially have built up a lot of credit with me. I owe it to them to ride it out with them. I'm not going to give up on them."
Among the changes Hewitt considered: more playing time for freshman guard Anthony Morrow, shuffling the starting lineup and/or inserting a freshman - likely Jeremis Smith - into the starting five.
Hewitt decided against them all, even after a loss that he described as "perplexing" and "disappointing."
"These upperclassmen have accomplished too much," Hewitt said. "Maybe it's a fault of mine, but I'm going to be loyal to them."
Now, reading between the lines, do you think we might see more scripted plays during the FSU game? Check out this quote from Coach Hewitt:
"We haven't found our offensive rhythm consistently," Hewitt said. "With all the tools we have, I should be able to find a way to get us to manufacture some more points."
Listen, we all have concerns and questions. But I trust our coach. I trust him to do what he thinks is right to push the right buttons. It is pretty arrogant to think that you and I know the answer based on watching the games from the stands or on TV. I'll trust the guy who leads the team, watches them in practice and talks to them daily.
Another story about the time dwindling for the Jackets......
More on jockying for position in the ACC....... Being 5th in the ACC is "valuable"........Hoops notes in USAToday from Dickey Vitale...... ACC Counts on the numbers......... Here's a story on Miami and what it might take for them to get into the dance.......ACC top loaded......
Here is an interesting article on scheduling non-conference teams and a Paul Hewitt reference on trying to learn about ACC teams from other other ACC coaches:
While the scheduling of the game worked out perfectly, scouting an ACC team isn't necessarily as simple. As Lappas explains, ACC coaches adhere to an unwritten edict of not divulging information on other conferences teams outside of the league.
"ACC guys are not allowed to give information on other ACC schools," Lappas said. "[Georgia Tech coach] Paul Hewitt is one of my best friends, and I would call him first, but I don't want to put him on the spot. We really did not speak with anyone in particular about Florida State."


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Stop me if you've heard this one before, but the next Saints Row video game will tap the oral talents of one well-known porn star, one better-known professional wrestler and one Daniel Dae Kim.
THQ and developer Volition revealed some of the star talent performing acting duties in Saints Row: The Third, leading with actress Sasha Grey (The Girlfriend Experience, Entourage, Face Invaders 4) as Viola DeWynter, co-mastermind of a financial empire.
(Saints Row fans may recall the previous game's flirtation with porn starlet talent, when Tera Patrick joined the dev team as a "special producer"/pitch person for the game.)
Joining Grey will be pro wrestler Hulk Hogan as Angel De LaMuerte, a... pro wrestler. And returning to the Saints Row universe is Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hawaii Five-0) who reprises his role as Johnny Gat.
If you're going to Comic-Con, there's a chance you might be able to rub elbows with Grey and Hogan, who will be signing autographs on Thursday, July 21 at the Saints Row booth (#5145). See you there?


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The Associated Press' Juliet Linderman tells the story of Mark Robbins and the Merit Systems Protection Board, "a quasi-judicial federal body designed to determine whether civil servants have been mistreated by their employers."
The board is supposed to have three members, who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate to staggered seven-year terms. But the other two members of the board had their terms expire without being replaced, so Robbins, a Republican, is left as the only member and acting chairman.
Oh, and the board needs at least two members to decide cases, so Robbins' is left to review grievance cases and just file them away until his term ends on March 1.
Why it matters: "Robbins is a one-man microcosm of a current strand of government dysfunction," Linderman writes. "His office isn't a high-profile political target. No politician has publicly pledged to slash his budget. But his agency's work has effectively been neutered through neglect. Promising to shrink the size of government, the president has been slow to fill posts and the Republican-led Congress has struggled to win approval for nominees. The combined effect isn't always dramatic, but it's strikingly clear when examined up close."
For Robbins, it means that months of work will go for naught. Whenever a new board is put in place, it will start fresh reviewing the cases he's decided. His opinions will not be used.


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Anthony Bourdain and QOTSA's Rockin' Holiday
Word is that Anthony Bourdain filmed an upcoming No Reservations holiday-themed episode with rock band Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA). While Bourdain prepares a traditional holiday feast at his Connecticut home, QOTSA are rocking out in the basement rec room. Bourdain describes the episode:
It's a traditional Thanksgiving/Christmas meal with turkey, all the trimmings, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie … some Christmas carols … and a vicious brother-on-brother knife fight. We spent a fair amount of time spraying stage blood onto my niece and nephew's face. What's a holiday special without violent mayhem? I think it's an honest reflection of the holiday season.
Happy holidays, indeed.
[Thanks to Kathryn for the link!]
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darkly wrote:How was your friday, Brotherman?
Pretty good, but expensive. I had to buy the rest of my school books today. Now it turns out I may need an alternator for my car.
darkly wrote:How was your friday, Brotherman?
Agent Of Fortune wrote:^I got stuck in that boat too, with class books today. I'm already hurting because I have to pay for my classes out of pocket this term because I didn't have enough classes I could take to be eligible for financial aid. Looks like it's packaged ramen for a while for me.
Brotherman, what are you going to school for?
darkly wrote:^Me three, I also just got my school books and it was expensive, made me unsure if I should really go for it but I think I have to.
When does school start for you, Brotherman?
darkly wrote:It's been a while, how is school? I did my chinese final exam today. It may have kicked my ass. Still love it though.
darkly wrote:^ I did kick my Chinese exam's ass that time . So, how is everything now? Did you change your major?
Agent Of Fortune wrote:What languages are you working on? I've found that schools usually start people off with C++ or Java, which are two damn hard languages to learn as a first language.
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I've started working on converting Nautilus to use the gio API instead of gnome-vfs. Its nowhere near done, but today I finished converting the basic file information reading and handling to gio.
Here it is, in all its glory!
Of course, it looks exactly the same as before, but its new and shiny on the inside. 🙂
The code is available in the "nautilus-gio" branch in subversion. At the moment it only works with the standard gio local files backend. If you install gvfs it crashes due to some dbus mainloop integration conflict issues.


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A huge part of human history revolved around tying stones to sticks. We don't do it much any more, but if we did, we'd be super good at it. These modern stone tools prove it.
Designed by Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow, each tool is specially engineered to fit the piece of stone or flint its paired with. Digital scans taken of the flint stones let each handle account for its blade's subtlest nook and cranny, resulting in some stylish hatchets and daggers cavemen could only dream of, if that.
The tools were put on display at the recent Budapest Design Week in Hungary. No Neanderthals were around to comment, but you can imagine what they might have said: something along the lines of "oogh!" [Designboom via Laughing Squid]


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'Carrotmob Gent' grew straight out of the heart of the climate treaty of the City of Ghent. Ghent wants to become climate neutral by 2050.
Therefor an urgent wake-up call is necessary.
We will eco-pimp a chosen supermarket (16 were invited) by trying to buy it empty next october 6!
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October 27 , 1553 – Condemned as a heretic for preaching nontrinitarianism and anti-infant baptism, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake outside Geneva.
"A new heresy has been discovered," he said. "We must stamp out this burst of hell-fire before it spreads over the surface of the earth…. Freedom of conscience is a doctrine of the devil…. Better to have a tyrant, however cruel, than permit everyone to do what he pleases."—John Calvin.
"Whoever shall now contend that it is unjust to put heretics and blasphemers to death will knowingly and willingly incur their very guilt."—John Calvin.
Because of these Pure Doctrines—-'Athiest Christopher Hitchens called (our Final Prophet) Calvin a "sadist and torturer and killer," but who listens to atheists anyway?'
The most famous of these was a Spanish theologian named Michael Servetus. Servetus, who had been arrested and imprisoned by the Catholic church already, attended a sermon in Geneva. He was recognized and arrested in church for heresy. Why because he disagreed with the doctrines of the trinity and of infant baptism. Calvin engineered his prosecution, acted as a key witness for it, and then lobbied for Servetus' death. Result? Servetus was burned at the stake.
When other Reformers of the day protested the execution of Servetus for a mere doctrinal disagreement, Calvin was incensed: "A new heresy has been discovered," he said. "We must stamp out this burst of hell-fire before it spreads over the surface of the earth…. Freedom of conscience is a doctrine of the devil…. Better to have a tyrant, however cruel, than permit everyone to do what he pleases."
Yes, that's a real quote.
In 1551 Calvin was confronted by a reformer called Jérôme Bolsec, who accused him of making God out to be the author of evil in deciding the fate of the damned before their creation. Bolsec was imprisoned by the magistrates and lucky to be banished from the city.
There were a total of 57 people executed in Geneva during the 4 years of John Calvin's power over the city of Geneva.
Twenty-three people, mostly women, were burned at the stake was witches. Calvin wrote later that they were found guilty for trying to use witchcraft to spread the black plague.
Several people, mostly women, were executed for the capital offense of adultery.
One little girl was executed for slapping her mother. But that's just Old Testament law, right?
Jacques Gruet was arrested, tortured for 30 days and, upon confession, beheaded for being an atheist.
Michael Servetus was burned at the stake for being a heretic.
This isn't to mention a number of other crimes, such as a number of women in Geneva being thrown in prison for the "sinful practice" of dancing. But on Calvin's 500th birthday, a number of Calvinist theologians have been using the occasion to make the news and defend Calvin.
Christopher Elwood, author of Calvin for Armchair Theologians, a concise summary of Calvin's life, said "So everyone back then was intolerant. You can't blame Calvin. In fact, Calvin didn't want to kill Servetus, he just wanted Servetus to recant his doctrinal error. In fact, Calvin even tried to be lenient and have Servetus beheaded instead of burned at the stake. You wouldn't think it, but Calvin was actually deeply influenced by Renaissance humanism."
Reformed Pastor Jim McClarity quotes J.I. Packer to explain the list of reasons why Calvin having Servetus executed wasn't really that bad –
"1 – Geneva was a Christian state. In Christian states, denying Christian doctrine is a capital offense. This wasn't Calvin's fault. 2 – Other churches like the Catholics burned "heretics" at the stake too. 3 – The Catholics already were planning on killing Servetus for heresy against their church anyway. 4 – Other Protestant Reformers would have killed Servetus too, I mean come on, this heretic was against infant baptism. 5 – Calvin wouldn't have prosecuted Servetus if Servetus had just admitted that he was wrong. 6 – Calvin just wanted Servetus beheaded – that's more humane. 7 – This could be seen more as a fault of the culture of the day, not the fault of Calvin's."
Oh, ok – we should sympathize with Calvin then. After all, he really was a great Bible scholar.
Reformed Pastor Joe Morecraft said he's tired of hearing about Calvin murdering people –
"Look, just because Calvin had all these people executed doesn't mean his theology was wrong. Geeze, ok, ok, so some of them were executed for disagreeing with his theology – well doesn't mean they were right. Calvin could have still been right. Do you realize how arrogant it was of Servetus to foolishly go to Calvin's church. He probably thought he could debate Calvin. Well, he was wrong."
Elwood also noted that even though Calvin's predestination doctrine denied the free will of man and seemed to mean that God destined the majority of people to damnation in hell, Calvin and his followers would never emphasize this. "This isn't something they would push in your face. If you asked them about it, they'd answer you, but no one was burned at the stake for refusing to believe that God created people to go to hell."
Those who defend our Pure Doctrines are Absolutely Correct in doing so.
Today we Discernmentalists and all members of the GOIP—God's Only Inerrant Party otherwise known as The Calvinazi Party/The Theocratic Calvinist Christian Fascist Party or CCFP for short celebrate the Pure Christian Fruits and Pure Doctrines of our Final Prophet John Calvin by burning Servetus and all heretics in effigy. When we finally take America back for Jesus and establish our Calvinazi Dominionist Theocratic domination of the world—we will no longer have to burn effigies for we will reestablish the Pure Doctrines of burning all those who disagree with our God-ordained opinions.
Don Jobson—fighting for the Rite of burning the non-Elect at the stake.


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On heels of Ridgefield boy's death, experts sound alarm on leaving kids in car
On heels of boy's death, experts sound alarm on leaving kids behind
A child was found dead in a sweltering car Monday, and state police along with medical professionals are sounding an alarm about the dangers of leaving infants and children in a locked car.
Coming on the heels of a 15-month-old Ridgefield boy's death, state police are not only sending out an alert but also warning that leaving a child in a hot car can result in a felony charge. So far in July, six children in Connecticut reportedly have been left in cars. Nationwide, at least 15 children have died that way this summer.
Carl Baum, associate professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine, said there are no safe conditions for a child to be left in a vehicle. Baum said the inside of a car can reach up to 120 degrees in the summer.
"People think they're just going to be a few minutes and they get distracted. Then they come back to tragedy," Baum said. "The message should be to never leave your child in the car, not even for a minute."
Baum said extreme heat can cause a change in blood salts, dehydration and major organ dysfunction, noting that basic bodily functions such as sweating are no longer protective in severe heat conditions.
In the summer, temperatures inside a car can rise into the triple digits in a matter of minutes, state police Lt. J. Paul Vance said Tuesday in a press release. A high level of humidity can reduce that time.
The issue gained national attention after the death last month of 22-month-old Cooper Harris, whose father, Justin Ross Harris, faces a murder charge. He is accused of deliberately leaving Cooper in a car and going to work.
Leaving a child in a hot car, even with no ill intent, can result in a felony charge of risk of injury to a minor, authorities say. Leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle is a misdemeanor.
In the case of the Ridgefield toddler, WTNH-TV reported the 15-month-old boy was left unattended for an "extended period." Authorities were notified at about 6 p.m. The unidentified boy's cause of death had not been determined. The temperature hit 90 degrees in western Connecticut on Monday.
Police have not released much information about what happened, but WTNH reported that the boy was left in his father's car while his father worked. Sources told WTNH that the boy's father was supposed to take him to day care but forgot. The father then realized at the end of the work day that his son was still in the car.
Also, on Monday night, an East Haven woman was arrested in North Haven after police said she left an infant and toddler inside a car while she shopped on Universal Drive. The woman, Cassandra Donnejour Nonossiold, 27, told police she took an infant into the store with her, but left the other two children in the car because they were sleeping.
She was inside the store for about 15 minutes, police said, and the children weren't injured. She was charged with leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor. Temperatures Monday night were reported in the low to mid-70s
Last Thursday, a Shelton woman was arrested after allegedly leaving her child in a car while she went shopping in Orange. Police arrested Nathalie Stonier, 36, of 31 Old Coram Road.
Since 1998, more than 500 children nationwide have died from hyperthermia after being left in hot vehicles. In 2013, 44 children throughout the nation died in automobile heat-related deaths, according to the state police release.
Many children have more free time in the summer and are left unsupervised, where they may play in unlocked cars or trucks. Police reminded motorists that children should never have access to unlocked, parked vehicles in the hot, humid weather. High temperatures are expected to be in the low to mid-80s the rest of the week.
Anyone who observes a child left unattended in a vehicle is asked to call 911, Vance said. He also advised motorists to get in the habit of looking in the front and back seats of their vehicles before locking them and walking away.
For Baum, the bottom line is never to leave a child in the car, no matter what the temperature.
"You can't predict what the temperature will be in the car an hour from now. There's really no way to decide what certain set of conditions are safe," Baum said.
Have questions, feedback or ideas about our news coverage? Connect directly with the editors of the New Haven Register at AskTheRegister.com. The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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"If they're starting that young, we're in trouble," said Arie Kopelman, chairman of the 59th annual Winter Antiques Show. The opening night party at New York's Park Avenue Armory was in full swing on Thursday night, and his nine-year-old granddaughter, Sadie Kargman, had taken a liking to the antique jewelry cases.
"The knives are pretty cool, too," she said.
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A full suit of armor, circa 1580, from the dealer Peter Finer was also proving to be a big draw. Coco Kopelman, however, was more interested in the smaller artworks. "The best pieces are the ones you can put under your arm. Or better yet, on it," she said, making a beeline for a pair of diamond brooches.
Martha Stewart, Caroline Kennedy and Mayor Michael Bloomberg stopped by on the early side of the evening. With benefactor tickets running between $1,000 and $2,500, the show's total net proceeds supported the East Side Settlement, which has owned and produced the show since its inception. A total of 73 exhibitors, including a special loan exhibition, "Newport: The Glamour of Ornament," were on display. The elaborate room celebrated The Preservation Society of Newport County and showcased antiques from eight different homes — none of which were up for sale.
Jean Shafiroff focused her camera phone on the room's standout: a silk brocade evening gown circa 1890 by Charles Frederick Worth with an 18-inch waist.
"The color is beautiful. I love the pouf of the back of the hip and there's the tulle with the stones…It's fabulous looking," she said. "I'm anxious to see what's on sale and look around."
Catherine Sweeney Singer, the show's executive director, was such a fan of the dress that she was almost inspired to design and sew her own contemporary version of it.
"I think this is the first loan exhibition in which we've had a garment," she said. "There's also the boating costume in the room. I don't know if we'll ever have a dealer in costume or vintage…but I hope this sets a new precedent for the show. The show is not high-fashion by any means — we don't even mention a dress code — but some people do make an effort." A look around the crowd confirmed that sentiment.
For Somers Farkas, a couple hours of antiques browsing would not suffice.
"1stDibs is hosting a breakfast tomorrow to take us through a curated tour, so I'll learn more," she said.


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UCONN MEN: Huskies prevail against Depaul
STORRS >> The last time UConn lost its first two Big East games of the season, Kevin Ollie was a star player at L.A.'s Crenshaw High and not a single current Husky had been born yet.
The year was 1990, and while that turned out to be the Huskies' breakthrough "Dream Season," it started with those two losses, the latter a nightmarish drubbing by St. John's that was historic in its thoroughness.
UConn faced the possibility of an 0-2 Big East start on Tuesday night, but responded with a thorough victory of its own. Led by a career-high 26 points - not to mention some strong defense - from DeAndre Daniels, the Huskies dominated from the start and rolled to a 99-78 victory over DePaul before 9,156 at Gampel Pavilion.
Ryan Boatright added 22 points and Shabazz Napier 16 for UConn, which improved to 11-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play. It was also a memorable victory for Ollie in another way.
"First Big East win," the first-year head coach said afterwards, with a smile. "I'm happy about that."
He was positively ecstatic about the effort of Daniels, the sophomore forward who sat out nearly all of the final 17 minutes of UConn's overtime loss at Marquette a week earlier and finished with just one rebound that night.
Somewhat spurred by that poor effort, Daniels had a strong week of practice - even getting in a minor tussle with close friend Boatright - and emerged with a career effort on Tuesday. He shot 9-for-12 from the floor, grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and helped hold DePaul leading scorer Cleveland Melvin ineffective for most of the night.
"I wasn't angry, I just came back working even harder, just boxing out and trying to rebound," Daniels said. "Obviously, if you rebound, you're going to play a lot of minutes. That's what I was focusing on, and being aggressive."
Daniels, a slender 6-foot-8 swingman, often has the tendency to settle for 3-pointers and jumpers. But he was far more assertive taking the ball to the hole against the Blue Demons.
"Sometimes, I tend not to be aggressive and just try to get the ball to Bazz and Ryan," Daniels said. "But I was pretty aggressive tonight."
Added Ollie: "He wanted to score. He wasn't just out there playing, he wanted to score. Hopefully, we can get this over a consistent period of time."
Brandon Young's 35 points led the way for DePaul (10-6, 1-2). Melvin finished with 18 points but they were mostly empty - 11 of them in the latter half when the game's outcome had long been essentially determined.
The Huskies ran the floor beautifully (28 fast-break points) and, perhaps most notably, dominated the boards better than they have all season, outrebounded DePaul 49-29. UConn had 30 boards by halftime and 19 offensive rebounds for the game.
It didn't hurt that DePaul - though improved - is a traditional Big East doormat. And that the Blue Demons were without the services of two starters, forward Donnavan Kirk and guard Charles McKinney, who were suspended for a violation of team rules.
"When you're missing two starters, on the road, against a good team, it doesn't help," mused Blue Demon coach Oliver Purnell.
UConn scored the game's first nine points and led by 20 (54-34) at halftime. The Huskies got off to a lethargic start in the latter half and allowed the Blue Demons to get as close as 12 within the first six minutes.
But the Huskies responded with a 16-4 run and never looked back.
"We came out and played aggressively," said Ollie. "We attacked their pressure early and often. I thought we passed the ball very, very well. Too many turnovers (eight) in the first half, but we corrected that in the second half.
"We played like a team."
RIM RATTLINGS: Asked if Boatright was ready for the NBA, a pro scout in attendance emphatically said, "No," but added that if he stays another year and keeps improving, he could be a lottery pick. Scouts love Boatright's speed - and so does Ollie.
"He's one of the fastest guys I've ever been around, and I played with Allen Iverson," the coach said. "Not saying he's as fast as Allen Iverson, but ..."
*** UConn's 99 points were the most the team's scored in a Big East regular-season game since it posted the same total on Feb. 11, 2006 in a 99-57 win over Seton Hall. The last time the Huskies scored more in a Big East contest was on Jan. 12, 1999, in a 101-70 rout of Notre Dame.


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Stockton, CalPERS and 'fair' bankruptcy
The Monday decision of a Sacramento-based federal bankruptcy court judge to allow the city of Stockton to proceed with its Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing was depicted in some circles as a victory for California's pension status quo. Judge Christopher M. Klein ruled against several Wall Street firms that either owned or insured Stockton's bonds and now face $165 million in losses if the city's bankruptcy proceeds as city officials hope. The firms had argued that the California Public Employees' Retirement System – which is owed about $900 million by Stockton and is by far the city's largest creditor – should also be forced to accept losses in the bankruptcy process. They also asserted that Stockton's claims of insolvency were belied by its spending practices.
But Klein's decision offered more nuance than many initial reports suggested, and his comments from the bench made plain that he felt Wall Street creditors had a case. The judge said that while his Monday ruling did not deal with the fairness issue raised by bondholders, he would address the issue at the proper time, and that the city "is going to have a difficult time confirming a [bankruptcy reorganization plan] over the objection of unfair discrimination." He described CalPERS as a "garden-variety creditor" – not one in a protected class.
This makes plain that Klein doesn't buy Stockton's and CalPERS' theory that California laws, which hold promised pensions can't be modified, do not trump federal bankruptcy laws, which allow bankrupt entities to tear up existing contracts and work out settlements with their creditors – all their creditors.
The judge's comments also suggest he understands the absurdity of California cities using bankruptcy law to avoid paying their Wall Street creditors while fighting to maintain the unaffordable public employee benefits that led them to bankruptcy in the first place – as well as to protect CalPERS, which irresponsibly encouraged local governments to increase pensions without adequately funding them.
Klein's comments give us hope that he will set clear, reasonable and fair precedents for future Chapter 9 proceedings involving local governments in California – and there are likely to be plenty of such proceedings.
In the meantime, we hope he is paying attention to recent news reports from around the state that are very much related to Stockton's straits. Last month, CalPERS actuary Alan Milligan issued a report calling for state and local taxpayers to be forced to spend much more to shore up CalPERS' unfunded liabilities, without additional contributions from public employees. But the Contra Costa Times reported that Milligan's plan faced opposition from public employee unions, which fear that properly funding pensions will make pay increases less likely.
This is daffy, greedy, destructive, incoherent and a long list of other adjectives. It's the mindset that got Stockton and so many union-dominated local governments into such a deep hole. We need federal bankruptcy courts to pummel this mindset, not protect it.
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What is garbage collection? Explain the difference between garbage collections in .NET 4.0 and earlier versions
ASP.NET – Interview Questions
1. What is .NET Framework?
NET Framework is a complete environment that allows developers to develop, run, and deploy the following applications:
Console applications
Windows Forms applications
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications
Web applications (ASP.NET applications)
Web services
Windows services
Service-oriented applications using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Workflow-enabled applications using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
NET Framework also enables a developer to create sharable components to be used in distributed computing architecture. NET Framework supports the object-oriented programming model for multiple languages, such as Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++. .NET Framework supports multiple programming languages in a manner that allows language interoperability. This implies that each language can use the code written in some other language.
2. What are the main components of .NET Framework?
NET Framework provides enormous advantages to software developers in comparison to the advantages provided by other platforms. Microsoft has united various modern as well as existing technologies of software development in .NET Framework. These technologies are used by developers to develop highly efficient
applications for modern as well as future business needs. The following are the key components of .NET Framework:
NET Framework Class Library
Common Language Runtime
Dynamic Language Runtimes (DLR)
Application Domains
Runtime Host
Common Type System
Metadata and Self-Describing Components
Cross-Language Interoperability
NET Framework Security
Side-by-Side Execution
3. List the new features added in .NET Framework 4.0.
The following are the new features of .NET Framework 4.0:
Improved Application Compatibility and Deployment Support
Dynamic Language Runtime
Managed Extensibility Framework
Parallel Programming framework
Improved Security Model
Networking Improvements
Improved Core ASP.NET Services
Improvements in WPF 4
Improved Entity Framework (EF)
Integration between WCF and WF
4. What is an IL?
Intermediate Language is also known as MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) or CIL (Common Intermediate Language). All .NET source code is compiled to IL. IL is then converted to machine code at the point where the software is installed, or at run-time by a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler.
5. What is Manifest?
Assembly metadata is stored in Manifest. Manifest contains all the metadata needed to do the following things
Version of assembly.
Security identity.
Scope of the assembly.
Resolve references to resources and classes.
The assembly manifest can be stored in a PE file either (an .exe or) .dll with Microsoft
intermediate language (MSIL code with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a stand-alone PE file, that contains only assembly manifest information.
6. What are code contracts?
Code contracts help you to express the code assumptions and statements stating the behavior of your code in a language-neutral way. The contracts are included in the form of pre-conditions, post-conditions and object- invariants. The contracts help you to improve-testing by enabling run-time checking, static contract verification, and documentation generation. The System.Diagnostics.Contracts namespace contains static classes that are used to express contracts in your code.
7. Name the classes that are introduced in the System.Numerics namespace.
The following two new classes are introduced in the System.Numerics namespace:
BigInteger – Refers to a non-primitive integral type, which is used to hold a value of any size. It has no lower and upper limit, making it possible for you to perform arithmetic calculations with very large numbers, even with the numbers which cannot hold by double or long.
Complex – Represents complex numbers and enables different arithmetic operations with complex numbers. A number represented in the form a + bi, where a is the real part, and b is the imaginary part, is a complex number.
8. What is managed extensibility framework?
Managed extensibility framework (MEF) is a new library that is introduced as a part of .NET 4.0 and Silverlight 4. It helps in extending your application by providing greater reuse of applications and components. MEF provides a way for host application to consume external extensions without any configuration requirement.
9. Explain memory-mapped files.
Memory-mapped files (MMFs) allow you map the content of a file to the logical address of an application. These files enable the multiple processes running on the same machine to share data with each Other. The MemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile() method is used to obtain a MemoryMappedFile object that represents a persisted memory-mapped file from a file on disk. These files are included in the System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles namespace. This namespace contains four classes and three enumerations to help you access and secure your file mappings.
10. What is Common Type System (CTS)?
CTS is the component of CLR through which .NET Framework provides support for multiple languages because it contains a type system that is common across all the languages. Two CTS- compliant languages do not require type conversion when calling the code written in one language from within the code written in another language. CTS provide a base set of data types for all the languages supported by.NET Framework. This means that the size of integer and long variables is same across all .NET-compliant programming languages. However, each language uses aliases for the base data types provided by CTS. For example, CTS uses the data type system. int32 to represent a 4 byte integer value; however, Visual Basic uses the alias integer for the same; whereas, C# uses the alias int. This is done for the sake of clarity and simplicity.
11. Give a brief introduction on side-by-side execution. Can two applications, one using private assembly and the other using the shared assembly be stated as side-by-side executables?
Side-by-side execution enables you to run multiple versions of an application or component and CLR on the same computer at the same time. As versioning is applicable only to shared assemblies and not to private assemblies, two applications, one using a private assembly and other using a shared assembly, cannot be stated as side-by-side executables.
12. Which method do you use to enforce garbage collection in .NET?
The System.GC.Collect() method.
13. State the differences between the Dispose() and Finalize().
CLR uses the Dispose and Finalize methods to perform garbage collection of run-time objects of .NET applications. The Finalize method is called automatically by the runtime. CLR has a garbage collector (GC), which periodically checks for objects in heap that are no longer referenced by any object or program. It calls the Finalize method to free the memory used by such objects. The Dispose method is called by the programmer. Dispose is another method to release the memory used by an object. The Dispose method needs to be explicitly called in code to dereference an object from the heap. The Dispose method can be invoked only by the classes that implement the IDisposable interface.
14. What is code access security (CAS)?
Code access security (CAS) is part of the .NET security model that prevents unauthorized access of resources and operations, and restricts the code to perform particular tasks.
15. Differentiate between managed and unmanaged code?
Managed code is the code that is executed directly by the CLR instead of the operating system. The code compiler first compiles the managed code to intermediate language (IL) code, also called as MSIL code. This code doesn't depend on machine configurations and can be executed on different machines.
Unmanaged code is the code that is executed directly by the operating system outside the CLR environment. It is directly compiled to native machine code which depends on the machine configuration. In the managed code, since the execution of the code is governed by CLR, the runtime provides different services, such as garbage collection, type checking, exception handling, and security support. These services
help provide uniformity in platform and language-independent behavior of managed code applications. In the unmanaged code, the allocation of memory, type safety, and security is required to be taken care of by the developer. If the unmanaged code is not properly handled, it may result in memory leak. Examples of unmanaged code are ActiveX components and Win32 APIs that execute beyond the scope of native CLR.
16. What are tuples?
Tuple is a fixed-size collection that can have elements of either same or different data types. Similar to arrays, a user must have to specify the size of a tuple at the time of declaration. Tuples are allowed to hold up from 1 to 8 elements and if there are more than 8 elements, then the 8th element can be defined as another tuple. Tuples can be specified as parameter or return type of a method.
17. What is garbage collection? Explain the difference between garbage collections in .NET 4.0 and earlier versions.
Garbage collection prevents memory leaks during execution of programs. Garbage collector is a low-priority process that manages the allocation and deallocation of memory for your application. It checks for the unreferenced variables and objects. If GC finds any object that is no longer used by the application, it frees up the memory from that object. GC has changed a bit with the introduction of .NET 4.0. In .NET 4.0, the GC.Collect() method contains the following overloaded methods:
GC.Collect(int, GCCollectionMode)
Another new feature introduced in .NET is to notify you when the GC.Collect() method is invoked and completed successfully by using different methods. The .NET 4.0 supports a new background garbage collection that replaces the concurrent garbage collection used in earlier versions. This concurrent GC allocates memory while running and uses current segment (which is 16 MB on a workstation) for that. After that, all threads are suspended. In case of background GC, a separate ephemeral GC – gen0 and gen1 can be started, while the full GC – gen0, 1, and 2 – is already running.
18. How does CAS works?
There are two key concepts of CAS security policy- code groups and permissions. A code group contains assemblies in it in a manner that each .NET assembly is related to a particular code group and some permissions are granted to each code group. For example, using the default security policy, a control downloaded from a Web site belongs to the Zone, Internet code group, which adheres to the permissions defined by the named permission set. (Normally, the named permission set represents a very restrictive range of permissions.)
Assembly execution involves the following steps:
1. Evidences are gathered about assembly.
2. Depending on the gathered evidences, the assembly is assigned to a code group.
3. Security rights are allocated to the assembly, depending on the code group.
4. Assembly runs as per the rights assigned to it.
20. What is Difference between NameSpace and Assembly?
Following are the differences between namespace and assembly:
Assembly is physical grouping of logical units, Namespace, logically groups classes.
Namespace can span multiple assembly.
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