Sorry by the mostly off-topic post - here's a bit of java-related joke:
You guys are familiar with the (in)famous Chuck Norris facts? (i.e.
"Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas"). Here are the Chuck Norris java
facts:

HERE I BUILT A QUICK MATRIX TOOOK 5 MINS
Body:     HERE I BUILD ONE FOR YOU
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_computing
2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing

I am vinay. I am new to this group. I want to co execute a unix
script(telnet) from my java application. I dont know how to connect and
also what to use? So please help me to solve this issue with a sample
code. It will be a great help for me. My email Id is

Hello, how to add/subtract dates or time? Is it in the Java API?

My head is about to implode. I merely seek the source code for the
SwingLabs SwingX demo. I can't find a download anywhere and the "view
source" menu item of the Web Start Demo application does nothing when
clicked. I have spent hours thrashing about. Can anyone point me in the

I need some help to do number conversion...:
I got a 9 digit integer from another function (say int A = 123456789)
and need to make a 4 digit one (int B, say 6789) from A. Then I send B
to user.

How could I optimize this code:
m1 = ...
if (c1) {
    m2 = ...

Hi, I was asked this in an interview.  Given the following, how would I
make the below code "thread safe"?
public class MyClass {
       private Foo _foo;

i've a question for you.
I'm developing a jsf application,i have a login page in which the user
has tree fields to insert, a login(free text), a password(free text)
and a team.

When exposing EJB as web services i need to use statless session bean.
What if i want to create a shopping cart where to save the session
attributes?
SK

I'm developing an application where the user selects an algorithm named
in a drop-down list, optionally sets parameters, then presses "go".  We
then do stuff with the results of running the algorithm, but that has
no bearing on my question.

What propose/benefit does Object.hashCode() serve?  Why would I want to
use this?

    I just recently switched IDEs.  I went from Visual
Cafe to Eclipse.  One of the features I used often in Visual
Cafe was having several java files open at the same time. I
am use to the MDI interface.  

I have a class named MyClass in a package named mypackage.
I want to generate a serialVersionUID for it.
The problem can be solved easily by using Eclipse. But unfortunately I
can't bring it with me all the time.

This is just a preliminary post...
I've been called in from vacation to help out with some
performance-problems in an applet.
I just have the problem description so far, and haven't