If it doesn’t work it’s harmless. If it does work, you’re out a little water, a few minutes for a ceremony, and might just save untold weekend and evening hours for everyone.
I don’t think people engaging in things like this are necessarily “gullible.” Things for “good luck” (sort of lumping a lot of stuff there since some might view a blessing and luck differently) are a lot about the tradition and ceremony of it. Sometimes it’s just fun to do things. Like breaking a bottle on the side of a new ship.
‘God of All Machines, today you have judged your servants worthy of your Great Work,’ said Kotov, letting his voice carry over the entire command deck. ‘And for this we give thanks. Glory to the Omnissiah!’
I struggle with the idea of someone smart enough to wire a server room being gullible enough to want to “bless” the hardware
You don’t sacrifice chickens to keep your DNS gods happy?
If it doesn’t work it’s harmless. If it does work, you’re out a little water, a few minutes for a ceremony, and might just save untold weekend and evening hours for everyone.
But you also might end up in hell if it’s the wrong religion.
I don’t think people engaging in things like this are necessarily “gullible.” Things for “good luck” (sort of lumping a lot of stuff there since some might view a blessing and luck differently) are a lot about the tradition and ceremony of it. Sometimes it’s just fun to do things. Like breaking a bottle on the side of a new ship.
‘God of All Machines, today you have judged your servants worthy of your Great Work,’ said Kotov, letting his voice carry over the entire command deck. ‘And for this we give thanks. Glory to the Omnissiah!’
Ironically the grim dark might feel like an upgrade from this timeline