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. ¨¨&&&&¨&¨&
¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨¨ ¨&¨¨¨&&&&&
¨¨&&&&&&¨& 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.) ¨&&&&&&¨¨&
¨¨&&¨&&&¨& &¨¨¨¨¨&¨&¨
¨&¨&&¨¨&&& 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: ¨¨¨¨&&&&¨&
&¨¨¨&&&&¨¨ ¨¨¨&¨¨¨&&&
&¨¨&¨¨¨&¨& »»# Light A Scented Candle #»» ¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨¨
&¨&&¨¨&&&& »»# For Quiet And Calm #»» ¨&¨&¨&&¨¨&
&&¨&¨&¨¨¨& &&&&&¨&¨&¨
¨&&&&&¨¨&¨ »»# Recite A Mantra Or Other #»» ¨¨¨¨&&&&&&
&¨¨¨¨&¨&&& »»# Reassuring Message To Make #»» ¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨¨&&&¨¨& »»# The Computer Comfortable #»» ¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨
&¨¨&¨¨&¨&¨ »»# And At Ease #»» ¨&¨&¨¨¨&&&
&¨&&¨&&&&¨ &&&&¨¨&¨¨¨
&&¨&&¨¨¨&¨ »»# 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.