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. &¨&¨¨&¨&&&
¨¨&¨¨¨&&¨¨ &&&¨&&&¨¨&
¨&&¨¨&¨&¨& 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.) ¨&&¨¨¨&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&¨¨&&& &¨&¨¨&&¨&¨
¨¨¨&&¨&¨¨¨ 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. ¨&¨&¨¨&&&&
&&¨¨&¨&&&& &&&&¨&¨¨¨¨
¨&¨&&&¨¨¨& Some Ubiquitous And Generally ¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨&
&&&¨¨&¨¨&¨ Non-Controversial Rituals Include: ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&&
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¨&&&¨&&¨&¨ »»# Light A Scented Candle #»» &¨&&¨&&&¨¨
&¨¨&&¨&&&¨ »»# For Quiet And Calm #»» &&¨&&¨¨&¨¨
&¨&¨&&¨¨&& ¨&&¨&¨&&¨&
&&&&¨&¨&¨& »»# 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.