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.