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.