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There are certain deities that rule over the computer world, and
some of the most important of these are the demo gods. If you ever
have to give a demo in front of people, you will pay obesiance to
them, for they rule your life. Some of their rules:

1. Thou shalt do something at least thrice before showing it to anyone
   else, upon pain of embarrassment.
2. Thou shalt have a script. If thou doest not, then thou shalt
   forget critical steps and important words.
3. Thou shalt not deviate from the path of the demo during the
   demo, upon pain of embarrassment.
4. The chance of thou being humbled and laid low shall be
   inversely related to the number of mortals watching.
5. Thou shalt not switch machines at the last minute. If thouest
   does so, then thou will shall find critical drivers or modules or DLLs or
   data files missing.
6. Thou shalt make sure that everything is present on thy disk
   while thou has a fast link, or the gods shall reveal thy folly when
   thou art on an airplane or at a hotel where the fastest link is
   9.6k.
7. Hubris is offensive to the demo gods. If thou art proud, thou
   shalt be laid low.

There are others, but that pretty much is the flavor.

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