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.