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.