RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION
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¤........¤ THE COMPUTER IS A VERY COMMON TOOL IN ¤¤...¤¤¤..
.¤........ THE FUTURES, AND IN SOME WAYS EVEN NOW. ¤¤¤..¤.¤¤.
..¤....... ITS JOB IS TO DO VAST AMOUNTS OF SMALL ¤.¤¤...¤¤¤
¤..¤...... CALCULATIONS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. ..¤¤¤..¤.¤
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.¤¤..¤.... MOST WORK ON THE PRINCIPLES OF POSING ....¤¤¤..¤
.¤¤¤..¤... THE PROBLEM ON A HILBERT PLANE, WHICH ....¤.¤¤..
.¤.¤¤..¤.. IS THEN FOLDED OUT OF CAUSALITY, SO ......¤¤¤.
...¤¤¤..¤. THAT DAEMONS CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM ......¤.¤¤
¤..¤.¤¤..¤ WITHOUT AFFECTING REAL LIFE. (THESE ........¤¤
¤¤...¤¤¤.. DAEMONS ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE ........¤.
¤¤¤..¤.¤¤. COMPUTER MANUFACTURER.) ¤.........
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..¤¤¤..¤.¤ IT'S COMMONPLACE FOR PROGRAMMERS AND ..¤.......
..¤.¤¤...¤ CLERKS TO PRAY TO THE "GODS" OF THEIR ¤..¤......
....¤¤¤..¤ COMPUTER, OR TO THE DAEMONS DOING THE .¤..¤.....
....¤.¤¤.. WORK, FOR A QUICK AND FAULT FREE ..¤..¤....
......¤¤¤. OPERATION. ...¤..¤...
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........¤¤ SOME UBIQUITOUS AND GENERALLY .¤...¤..¤.
........¤. NON-CONTROVERSIAL RITUALS INCLUDE: ..¤...¤..¤
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.¤........ ««# LIGHT A SCENTED CANDLE #«« ¤¤..¤...¤.
..¤....... ««# FOR QUIET AND CALM #«« .¤¤..¤...¤
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.¤..¤..... ««# RECITE A MANTRA OR OTHER #«« .¤.¤¤..¤..
..¤..¤.... ««# REASSURING MESSAGE TO MAKE #«« ...¤¤¤..¤.
...¤..¤... ««# THE COMPUTER COMFORTABLE #«« ¤..¤.¤¤..¤
¤...¤..¤.. ««# AND AT EASE #«« .¤...¤¤¤..
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..¤...¤..¤ ««# SOME LIKE TO SAY A BRIEF #«« ¤..¤...¤¤¤
¤..¤...¤.. ««# PRAYER FOR SOLACE, TO BE #«« ¤¤..¤..¤.¤
¤¤..¤...¤. ««# LEFT ALONE DURING THEIR WORK #«« .¤¤..¤...¤
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.¤¤¤..¤... ««# OFFER A CUP OF STEAMING TEA #«« .¤.¤¤..¤..
.¤.¤¤..¤.. ««# OR A MEAL TO THE MACHINES #«« ...¤¤¤..¤.
...¤¤¤..¤. ««# (SOMETIMES, BY FEY RULES, #«« ...¤.¤¤..¤
¤..¤.¤¤..¤ ««# THE DAEMONS ARE ALLOWED #«« .....¤¤¤..
.¤...¤¤¤.. ««# TO RESPOND TO THIS) #«« .....¤.¤¤.
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WOULD YOU CONSIDER CODE GOLF
TO BE A KIND OF PRAYER?
AS IN, YOU MAKE A CONVOLUTED,
INTRICATE, BEAUTIFUL, AND USELESS
ARTIFACT. AS IN, YOU'RE USING YOUR
SKILLS TO ASK FOR SOMETHING,
...I'D ASK FOR A HANDFUL OF BUGS?
CODE HAS BUGS, LOTS OF IT.