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.