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.