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.