rituals for computer operation
¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¨ «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««« ¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¨
¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨ ¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨ 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) #«« ¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¤
¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¨
¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤ «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««« ¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨
---«- - ««- - «- -«
- -- - - ¨ -¨ ¨
¨ ¨ % ¨
¨
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.