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.