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.