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.