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 #~~ &¨&¨&¨&¨&¨
&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨ &&&&&&&&&¨
&¨¨¨¨&&¨¨& ~~# 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 #~~ ¨&¨&&&&&¨¨
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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.