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: ¨&&¨&¨¨¨&&
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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 #~~ &¨&¨&&&&&¨
¨¨¨&¨¨¨&&¨ &&&&&¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨&&¨¨&¨& ~~# 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.