You know Leena, IMO no question is a bad or silly question.
Especially in this case, one could be wondering what the correct answer is.
Well, transient as well as static field will not be serialized but it's not an compiler error to declare a static field transient...
Also, consider looking at the following
thread already dealing with the subject
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/012690.html HIH
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Valentin Crettaz
Sun Certified Programmer for
Java 2 Platform
[This message has been edited by Valentin Crettaz (edited October 20, 2001).]