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 #-- ¨&¨&&¨&¨&¨
&¨¨&¨¨¨¨&& &&&&¨&&&&&
¨&¨&&¨¨¨&¨ --# Some Like To Say A Brief #-- &¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨
¨&&&¨&¨¨&& --# Prayer For Solace, To Be #-- &&¨¨&¨&¨¨¨
¨&¨¨&&&¨&¨ --# Left Alone During Their Work #-- &¨&¨&&&&¨¨
¨&&¨&¨¨&&& &&&&&¨¨¨&¨
¨&¨&&&¨&¨¨ --# 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.