Re: almost ther ...

From:
"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:39:50 -0400
Message-ID:
<Wwxci.70569$AU1.61204@wagner.videotron.net>
"beelzibub @ bawston school for idiots" <comprehensivecenter> wrote in
message news:0ZednQv9-Jj9TezbnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@comcast.com...

Knute Johnson wrote:

Lew wrote:

beelzibub @ bawston school for idiots wrote:

    public static void main(String[] args){

        JSpinner hour = new JSpinner();
        JSpinner minute = new JSpinner();
        JSpinner second = new JSpinner();

        boolean set;
        set = true;
        String st = " Starting ...";
        String theTime = " ";
        String theAlarm = " ";
        Thread t = new Thread();

        t.start();
           try{
       for (;;) {
                addToBox(doTime(st));
                //setAlarm(hour, minute, second);
                showit(hour, minute, second);
                soundAlarm(hour, hour);
                Thread.sleep(1000);
                }
        }catch (Exception e){}
    }
}


I am curious - why do you start a Thread that ends almost immediately?

        Thread t = new Thread();

        t.start();


And why have you not responded to my previous comments on this matter?

I am also curious - why have you continued to ignore several people's
advice not to ignore the Exception?

Please answer these three questions.


He's a troll!


... i've been meaning to answer this false accusation. a troll is
characterized by a very long 'To' field. now go back in your archives
trash folder and LOOK at everyone of my posts. how many newsgroups have
i posted to (1).


    Clearly, your definition of troll differs from mine.

    To me, a troll in this context is a person whose purpose is to disrupt
online discussion, rather than participate in it.

    I don't know if you are a troll or not, but I can see how a reasonable
person might deduce that you are a troll based on your behaviour (e.g.
ignoring questions presented to you, asserting definitions that are not
generally agreed upon, etc.).

... see, you don't know me. i could be blind though i'm not. but why
should i tell you what i am? to you and every other group member i'm a
screen but a screen that's learning java. i like that and if i offend
you or anyone else well you can just get out of my sandbox.


    Putting the accusations aside for a moment, if you really want help
with your problems, I suggest you cooperate with the people trying to help
you. You might also want to work on your articulation skills. Based on
your writing, you sound like a native speaker of English, but I often have
trouble understanding what you're talking about. I saw elsewhere in this
thread you posted something which vaguely resembles answers to Lew's
questions. Note however that Lew specifically mentioned 3 questions, and
you posted 2 pseudo-answers. It's stuff like that that makes it hard to
understand what you're saying and thus hard to help you.

    - Oliver

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