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 #«« ,,¤,,,,¤,,
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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.