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.