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.