rituals for computer operation                     
                                                              
¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨ ---------------------------------------- §¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
§§§¨§§§§¨¨                                          §§§§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨ 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) #--       §¨§§§§§¨¨¨
§§§§§¨§§§¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§ ---------------------------------------- §¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨
           -----      -   ---   -           --   --           
           -     --     -     -     ¨     -¨      ¨           
           ¨            ¨                  *      ¨           
                               ¨                              
                                                              
                                                              
           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.