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: ¨#¨#¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ ¨#¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ --# 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.