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.