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.