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.