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.