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) #~~        ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
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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.