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Looking forward to squaredance instructions in public boolean
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/vid...

Hey .. I have Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX and it actually was an informative book. I seriously learnt a lot about Active X and the Windows Registry when I first read it.

http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0201615630

pretty strange -I never did figure out how much it would help with Java but I did try to read it.

http://www.mrbunny.com/

Apparently he also did a book on ActiveX -an appropriate subject for twisted or obtuse humor as I think that was the spirit in which it was created.

I'm just sayin'

I'm quite certain that Mr. Bunny would disagree.

There was Mr. Bunny's Big Cup 'O Java, too, which I ran across when a guy I worked with got a pre-publication review copy.

It was... entertaining, from what I recall, but I wouldn't recommend it for learning Java (well, it's out of date now anyway). But the main problem was that the book often sacrificed precision and accuracy for humor, and would have led to some strange misconceptions about Java, for a beginner reading it.

This book looks interesting, though I only skimmed the beginning (gotta get back to work) -- I'd be interested to hear a review from someone who really knows Ruby. Would it really be useful for someone learning the language, or is it better for getting people interested (...and convincing them to find a book with a more direct approach to actually learn the practical stuff)?

Here's the Mr. Bunny home page, anyway.

Damn funny book. It even got it's own review here on Slashdot. For those unforunates who haven't read this fine text, you can find a sample page here.

Since I'm not a highly paid author of technical books, I'll just steal this quote:

• There is simply no better way to learn Java than to have the pineal gland of an expert Java programmer surgically implanted in your brain. Sadly, most HMOs refuse to pay for this career saving procedure, deeming Java to be too experimental. At last there is an alternative treatment for those of us who cannot wait for sweeping health care reforms.

• Mr. Bunny's Big Cup O' Java is recommended by n out of ten doctors, where n is any integer you wish to make up to impress an astoundingly gullible public.

  The book begins with an overview of the book, and quickly expands into the book itself. Just look at the topics covered:

  Mr. Bunny's rucksack Farmer Jake's overalls Java

  In short, MBBCOJ will teach you all you need to know for a successful career in today's rabbit development environments.

Grrr... Apparently I've moderated this dicussion, so I have to post as an AC or someone will lose precious karm.

Damn funny book. It even got it's own review here on Slashdot. For those unforunates who haven't read this fine text, you can find a sample page here.

Since I'm not a highly paid author of technical books, I'll just steal this quote:

• There is simply no better way to learn Java than to have the pineal gland of an expert Java programmer surgically implanted in your brain. Sadly, most HMOs refuse to pay for this career saving procedure, deeming Java to be too experimental. At last there is an alternative treatment for those of us who cannot wait for sweeping health care reforms.

• Mr. Bunny's Big Cup O' Java is recommended by n out of ten doctors, where n is any integer you wish to make up to impress an astoundingly gullible public.

  The book begins with an overview of the book, and quickly expands into the book itself. Just look at the topics covered:

  Mr. Bunny's rucksack Farmer Jake's overalls Java

  In short, MBBCOJ will teach you all you need to know for a successful career in today's rabbit development environments.

Grrr... Apparently I've moderated this dicussion, so I have to post as an AC or someone will lose precious karm.

Implementation details are beyond the scope of the Java virtual machine specification. One should not assume that every virtual machine implementation contains a giant squid.

My editor, Gary Swanberg, has been taking authorship credit for my book "Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX", publicly claiming that I do not exist. [ Editor's note: he doesn't.] I wish to address his claims.

First, Swanberg could not possibly have written the ActiveX book. He knows nothing about raising rabbits, and very little about animal husbandry in general. Sure, he can program a computer, but bunnies, particularly talking bunnies, are completely beyond him. In fact, he tried to cut Mr. Bunny from the book entirely. "Rabbits can't talk," he said. "They use telepathy to put thoughts into our heads. Why do you think their ears are so big?"