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 #««        ¨¨§§§§¨¨§§
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¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§     ««# 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.