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I was doing my usual research on Java and found this cool code example. This code will show you how to ping a server in Java.

Jesus and Satan have an extended argument as to who is the better computer programmer. Finally, they agree to hold a contest with God as the judge.

They set themselves before their computers and begin programming. Typing furiously for several hours, they enter lines of code streaming across the screen.

Seconds before the end of the competition, a bolt of lightning strikes, taking out the electricity. Moments later, the power is restored, and God announces that the contest has ended.

God asks Satan to show what he has done. Satan is visibly upset and cries, “I have done nothing! The power outage destroyed all of my work!”

“Very well, then,” says God, “let us see how Jesus fared.” Jesus enters a command, and the screen comes to life in vivid displays of 3-D color. The voices of an angelic choir pour forth from the speakers.

Satan is stunned and stutters, “But how?! How did he do that?!”

God chuckles, “Jesus Saves!”

Here is a interesting video from Professor Richard Buckland at The University Of New South Wales in Sydney on What makes a good programmer. As a computer programmer I can truly understand and appreciate the information contained in his lecture.