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.