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.