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.