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.