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