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.