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.