An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspxMany people have a mental model of how computers work that goes something like: "A computer is like a small cardboard box. Inside this box lives an elf. The elf obeys instructions from my program, in the order they are given. Some instructions tell theenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspx#8347681Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:55:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8347681Marc Ueberall<p>Very good article. It reminds me of Terry Pratchetts PDA variant in &quot;Thug&quot;. :D</p> re: An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspx#8347950Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:14:02 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8347950Ultrahead<p>&quot;To figure out whether we are CPU or GPU bound, we must call in Sherlock Holmes.&quot;</p> <p>That was mean :)</p> re: An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspx#8349996Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:08:21 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8349996Jerry Hong<p> &nbsp;Just the pictures in the article has make me crazy.</p> <p> &nbsp;Thanks.</p> re: An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspx#8350158Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:19:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8350158Scriptionary<p>Excellent post, looking forward to more like this ;)</p> re: An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspx#8352356Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:41:37 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8352356Mintz<p>Very nice article! Simple to understand, yet very descriptive. Looking forward to more!</p> re: An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspx#8398138Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:54:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8398138riemerg<p>See? told you they were elves ..</p> <p>Nice one, really.</p> re: An elf in a boxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2008/03/31/an-elf-in-a-box.aspx#9285833Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:27:17 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9285833MattSimpson<p>Brilliant post Shawn! Loved it. Thanks!</p>