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.