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. ¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤¤
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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 ¤,,,,,,,¤¤
¤,,,,,¤¤¤¤ OPERATION. ,,¤¤¤¤¤,,¤
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¤,,¤,,,,¤¤ SOME UBIQUITOUS AND GENERALLY ,,,,¤,,¤¤¤
,,,,,¤¤,,¤ 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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TO BE A KIND OF PRAYER?
AS IN, YOU MAKE A CONVOLUTED,
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...I'D ASK FOR A HANDFUL OF BUGS?
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