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.