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.