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.