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.