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.