Recent content by Shinchon

Limewire is written in Java. Normally, executing a Java program requires opening a JAR file, or embedding the Java class in an HTML page and running it in a Web browser, or that kind of thing. How is Limewire able to function as a regular executable even though it was written in Java?

I'm sure Germany must have something similar to the TOEIC, the TOEFL, or the IELTS test, except for German instead of English. What is it called?

Like, let's say I leave a backpack on a bench in a public place with some valuable stuff in it. Some person steals it. However, unbeknownst to him/her, there is actually a GPS inside the backpack, tracking him/her! I call the police and they arrest that person. Is that entrapment? BTW, in...

I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz computer with 4 gigabytes of RAM and Windows Vista, and I'm running Eclipse 3.6, ADT, and the Android SDK in an attempt to develop some sort of Google Android app. I type in the Hello, Android program and try to run it. Then this is what happens: - The...

I can't find them anywhere on the Internet in English (I'm just a beginner and want to take the beginner test)... I've tried Google searches, Wikipedia, etc.

I think things have gotten better. I finished college by distance while gallivanting all over Asia -- mostly in Korea and Taiwan. It was quite an experience. It was made possible by broadband Internet and online classrooms, two things that were virtually nowhere to be seen in the 90s. If I had...

I've been researching culture shock and seen some Web sites that say it happens over a few months, and others that say it happens over a few years. What do you guys think? Is it short-term or long-term? And what do you folks think about length of each phase for: 1. An American living in a...