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.