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.