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.