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 ###....###
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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 ###..###..
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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 #-- .#####..##
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#######... --# 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 #-- .##..#####
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....#####. --# The Daemons Are Allowed #-- .####..###
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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.