Thread: I need a little bit of JAVA related help!

I'm trying to learn the basics of JAVA and then start messing around with games/apps. I'm registering to nice communities like this one in case I ever need help

I'm trying to register over Java-Gaming.org - home of the largest java game developer community as well, but I can't seem to figure out the "activation quiz" they have. I was hoping someone could help me out. I'm pretty sure this is basic stuff, but I've been learning JAVA for a week now and I seriously tried everything I know so far.

This is an example of the current quiz: (It gets updated every time I don't know if it has a time limit)

In which year did Albert Einstein pass away? (This one is a no brainer


Please take a look at this code:
int g = 2;
int u = "AOC".hashCode() % 3000;
int p = "ZOO".hashCode() % 3000;
for (int a = 0; a <= p; a++)
g = (g ^ a) % u;
return g;


What is the returned value?



What is the greatest common divisor of the previous two results?

Thank you in advanced!

I would feel dirty. This is the same as cheating on a homework assignment.

Uhh it's not really cheating. It's just their anti-bot resource.. which I think it sucks and makes the community lack of new members excited to learn. Like I said I'm trying to get involved in communities in case I ever need help from someone experienced. I'm pretty sure I'm could get this figured it out when ever I get into that part of JAVA in the courses I'm learning from, but I really really can't wait to be a part of the community already

Originally Posted by RufioLJ

Uhh it's not really cheating. It's just their anti-bot resource.. which I think it sucks and makes the community lack of new members excited to learn. Like I said I'm trying to get involved in communities in case I ever need help from someone experienced. I'm pretty sure I'm could get this figured it out when ever I get into that part of JAVA in the courses I'm learning from, but I really really can't wait to be a part of the community already

Have you downloaded an IDE yet? Just copy paste the code into the 'main' method and run it to get the clue they ask for. (change return g; to System.out.println(g);)

Thanks a bunch... It's weird I did get 1995 before but It gave me an error.. I thought I was doing it wrong u.u Thank you