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 #~~ ¨¨&&&&¨¨¨¨
&&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &¨¨&&¨¨&&&
&¨¨&&&&&&& ~~# 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 #~~ ¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨&
¨¨¨&&&&&&& ¨¨¨¨&&&&¨¨
&&¨¨&&&&&& ~~# 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.