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. §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§§¨§§¨§¨ 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.                §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§§¨§§¨§¨      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.