praying

Also keep in mind that applying to jobs is frequently throwing your application into a black hole and just praying.

They are so deeply involved in visiting temples & godmen, praying etc., that they do not think about anything else.

They were selling a product, not giving it away and praying they got bought or found an innovative new advertising model.

Using the litmus test described above, an act of religion that harms no-one else is me praying briefly before going to sleep.

People have being praying for thousands of years, yet I have seen no conclusive evidence of its effectiveness.

They can help, when used sparingly, but to make them your design methodology, praying at the church of testing dogma is insane.

There are all sorts of irrational fears praying on the people in this situation.

Basically just praying for the strength to carry on and learn from tragedy, rather than to be consumed and defeated by it.

Now I come along and say that praying 200 times per day will lead to better health.

From an anecdotal perspective, I found that I suffered more stress and frustration via praying than not.

Getting that to work was mostly just praying and swearing - I'm pretty sure it was non-deterministic.

I thought in computing that was wrapping bubble wrap around the sharp edges and praying they don't hit a button.

This would cut down on people "spraying and praying" with their application, and would lessen the workload for companies.

You don't run websites (especially ecommerce websites) hoping and praying for a "whale" to come along and bless you with their deep pockets...

In that sense, "praying" or, more accurately described, "letting nature take its course" has ample evidence of effectiveness.

Reading on Wikipedia he has also researched "non God" religions such as Buddhism - - and he has found out that stuff like meditation (and praying) affects the partitioner's brain.

Praying isn't likely to mess with the metabolism.