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.