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.