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 #«« ¨¨&&&&&&¨&
&&&&¨&¨&&& ¨&¨¨¨¨¨&&&
¨¨¨&&&&¨¨& ««# 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.