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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&,,,,,&&&& ««# 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.