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.