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.