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.) &&&&¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨¨ ¨&&¨¨&&&&&
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&& 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: ¨&&&&&&&&&
&¨¨¨¨&¨¨&& ¨¨&&&&&&&&
¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨ »»# Light A Scented Candle #»» &¨¨&&&&&&&
¨¨¨¨¨&&&&& »»# For Quiet And Calm #»» ¨¨¨¨&&&&&¨
&&&&¨¨&&&¨ &&&¨¨&&&¨¨
¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨¨ »»# 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 #»» ¨&&&&&¨¨&&
¨&&&&&&&&¨ ¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨&&&&&&¨¨ »»# 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.