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 #~~ ....####..
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####....## ~~# The Daemons Are Allowed #~~ ##........
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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.