You may notice, I like to use that scrolling text bar thingy a lot. That is because I wrote it in Java. It is the only thing I have ever written in Java. I don't remember how I did it, or much about Java at all, so I am getting my mileage from my unique Java app. It seems to work pretty well, except sometimes it stops scrolling for no apparent reason. If it doesn't scroll on your computer, don't tell me about it ok?
UPDATE: I have now written tons of stuff in Java as I have been working as a professional Java Programmer for 6 months or so. So the above doesn't really apply anymore. Although, I haven't really done any graphical applet type stuff like that scrolling banner at this job, so maybe it does still sort of apply.
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(the above link was really hard to see due to its color until I made it HUGE)