Rituals For Computer Operation                     
                                                              
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,£,,£,,£,, The Futures, And In Some Ways Even  Now. £,,£,,,,£,
,,£,,£,,£, Its  Job Is To Do Vast Amounts Of  Small ,£,,£,,,,£
£,,£,,£,,£ Calculations In A Short Amount  Of Time. ,,£,,£,,,,
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,,£,,£,,£, 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.)          ,,,£,,£,,,
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,,£,,£,,,,   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 ,£,,,,,,£,
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,,£,,£,,,£    Non-Controversial Rituals Include:    ,,£,,£,,,,
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,,,,£,,£,,      ~~# Light A Scented Candle #~~      ,,,,£,,£,,
,,,,,£,,£,        ~~# For Quiet And Calm #~~        ,,,,,£,,£,
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£,,,,,,£,,     ~~# Recite A Mantra Or Other #~~     £,,,,,,£,,
,£,,,,,,£,    ~~# Reassuring Message To Make #~~    ££,,,,,,£,
,,£,,,,,,£     ~~# The Computer Comfortable #~~     ,££,,,,,,£
£,,£,,,,,,           ~~# And At Ease #~~            ,£££,,,,,,
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,,£,,£,,,,     ~~# Some Like To Say A Brief #~~     ,,,£££,,,,
,,,£,,£,,,     ~~# Prayer For Solace, To Be #~~     ,,,£,££,,,
,,,,£,,£,,   ~~# Left Alone During Their Work #~~   ,,,,,£££,,
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,,,,,,£,,£   ~~# 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.