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Interesting choice of a samurai for the cover image, considering the book's title.

MartinCron 14y ago
Probably just trolling the pedantic. Looks like it worked :)
daviddaviddavid 14y ago
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja#Outerwear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja#Outerwear "Clothing used was similar to that of the samurai, but loose garments (such as leggings) were tucked into trousers or secured with belts."
- rauljara 14y ago
  Ninja, however, most definitely did not wear flags on their backs, as the fellow on the cover is doing. The purpose of those flags is to signal who and where you are. Neither of those goals aligns very well with what ninja do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimono http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimono
beatak 14y ago
it was discussed in pre-publishing feedback site. But it was over 2 years ago and I don't even remember how the discussion ended lol.
jeresig 14y ago
SIGH. I've tried really hard to get this changed. Outside of my control, unfortunately.
- atdt 14y ago
  The ninja is hiding behind the samurai, naturally.
- lucian303 14y ago
  So I don't have to be a Ninja or a Samurai to get anything out of this book? ;-) Awesome. The title still sucks. I don't get this idea of (ninja|rockstar|etc) and it's extremely disrespectful to those that practice those disciplines.
  - barking 14y ago
    I hope your last sentence was a joke
    - lucian303 14y ago
      Not at all. The disrespect comes from the stupidity of the title and people making it. Rockstar? Ninja? Evangelist? Really? How about Shaolin Monk JS? Hung Ga JS? Hung Fut JS? Is the absurdity getting through your brain yet? And if you're talking "Evangelist," where the fuck is your church?
      - barking 14y ago
        I think you're wrong. Unless you want all books to be called 'How to be really good at...' or equivalent, then people have to try to be original to some degree which includes using words in new contexts. I looked up ninja (http://zillyninja.blogspot.ie/2011/02/origin-of-word-ninja.html http://zillyninja.blogspot.ie/2011/02/origin-of-word-ninja.h...) and apparently it can mean "a person skilled in stealth" or "one who endures." while the ninja themselves were spies for the samurai but haven't been around for a long time (http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/q4.html http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/q4.html). I guess that you'd have no problem if someone called their book 'how to become a javascript expert'. Expert comes from the latin word expertus ( past participle of experīrī to try, experience) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expert?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expert?s=t) and presumably someone had to import it to english and later on someone else used it in a new unorthodox way. BTW I looked it up and the word evangelist comes from greek and means 'bearer of good tidings', so it isn't something that has to be tied solely to religion
        14y ago

Probably just trolling the pedantic. Looks like it worked :)

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja#Outerwear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja#Outerwear "Clothing used was similar to that of the samurai, but loose garments (such as leggings) were tucked into trousers or secured with belts."

rauljara 14y ago
Ninja, however, most definitely did not wear flags on their backs, as the fellow on the cover is doing. The purpose of those flags is to signal who and where you are. Neither of those goals aligns very well with what ninja do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimono http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimono

beatak 14y ago

it was discussed in pre-publishing feedback site. But it was over 2 years ago and I don't even remember how the discussion ended lol.

jeresig 14y ago

SIGH. I've tried really hard to get this changed. Outside of my control, unfortunately.

atdt 14y ago
The ninja is hiding behind the samurai, naturally.
lucian303 14y ago
So I don't have to be a Ninja or a Samurai to get anything out of this book? ;-) Awesome. The title still sucks. I don't get this idea of (ninja|rockstar|etc) and it's extremely disrespectful to those that practice those disciplines.
- barking 14y ago
  I hope your last sentence was a joke
  - lucian303 14y ago
    Not at all. The disrespect comes from the stupidity of the title and people making it. Rockstar? Ninja? Evangelist? Really? How about Shaolin Monk JS? Hung Ga JS? Hung Fut JS? Is the absurdity getting through your brain yet? And if you're talking "Evangelist," where the fuck is your church?
    - barking 14y ago
      I think you're wrong. Unless you want all books to be called 'How to be really good at...' or equivalent, then people have to try to be original to some degree which includes using words in new contexts. I looked up ninja (http://zillyninja.blogspot.ie/2011/02/origin-of-word-ninja.html http://zillyninja.blogspot.ie/2011/02/origin-of-word-ninja.h...) and apparently it can mean "a person skilled in stealth" or "one who endures." while the ninja themselves were spies for the samurai but haven't been around for a long time (http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/q4.html http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/q4.html). I guess that you'd have no problem if someone called their book 'how to become a javascript expert'. Expert comes from the latin word expertus ( past participle of experīrī to try, experience) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expert?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expert?s=t) and presumably someone had to import it to english and later on someone else used it in a new unorthodox way. BTW I looked it up and the word evangelist comes from greek and means 'bearer of good tidings', so it isn't something that has to be tied solely to religion
      - 14y ago