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.