RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
§¨¨§¨§§§¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ 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.