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.