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.