Remind Me Later
Take a look at this "remind me later" dialog box and the choices it offers:
Am I doomed to having to see this thing at least once every three days until such time when I say uncle and download whatever it is that it reminds me of?
Update: Well, being the loyal Sun bug filer that I am :), I can't resist filing a bug report on Bug Parade. Anyone want to guess how soon I'll receive an acknowledgement from Sun India? (See here, here, and here for my lousy track record.)
Update: Lucky me! It's five days this time. Girish from Sun wrote back today:
I have reviewed your bugreport and feel that there is a way to solve this issue. You could just bring up the Java-Plugin control panel and choose the Update tab. There you could "uncheck" -> Check for updates automatically. Then whenever you are ready for an update just manually click on Update Now.
Problem solved. :)