expanding on the title, how do u know when 2 stop spending time on a code that is not working? or how long does it take 4 u 2 'give up'.

it just took me 7 hours of straight worthless coding (+ the other countless hours b4) to realize it was time to stop and be happy with what i have.

stupid java this just refreshed my memories about why i hated java in the first place. :/