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.