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 ¨¨¨&¨&&&¨¨
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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 #«« &¨&&¨&&&&¨
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¨¨&¨&¨&¨&& ««# 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.