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.