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.