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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¨¨§§¨§¨§¨¨ «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««« §§¨§§¨§¨§§
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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.