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 #~~ ¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¤¨
¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¨ ¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤
¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤ ~~# 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.