Converting a System.Data.Linq.Binary (or timestamp) to a string and back again to avoid LINQ concurrency issues

public System.UInt64 Stamp
{
get
{
return BitConverter.ToUInt64 (this._TimeStamp.ToArray(), 0);
}
set
{
this._TimeStamp = new Binary(BitConverter.GetBytes(value));
}
}

REF
:http://geekswithblogs.net/AndrewSiemer/archive/2008/02/11/converting-a-system.data.linq.binary-or-timestamp-to-a-string-and-back.aspx