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.