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.