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.