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.