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.