[protopete]

I was confused too, until I clicked all the links in the article and it was referring to this one: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/10/21/99102...

[jaredmcateer]

I am still confused, even knowing the authors intent it doesn't read at all like Bill sat in front of the book making access difficult/awkward, but rather that Bill literally sat on the book. Especially considering the joke at the start.