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