rituals for computer operation                     
                                                              
§¨§¨§§§¨¨§ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» ¨§§¨¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨¨§§¨§§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ 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) #»»        §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
           :::»:      :   »»:   :            »:  :»           
           :     ::     :     :     ¨      :¨     ¨           
           ¨            ¨                  =      ¨           
                              ¨                               
                                                              
                                                              
           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.