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 #~~ .¤.¤¤.¤.¤¤
.¤¤¤¤¤¤¤.. ¤¤¤.¤¤¤¤.¤
¤......¤.¤ ~~# 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.