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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,#,#,#,#,, 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 #--      #,#,,#,,#,
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,,#,##,,,#    --# REASSURING MESSAGE TO MAKE #--    ###,##,,##
,###,#,,#,     --# THE COMPUTER COMFORTABLE #--     ,,##,#,#,#
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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 #--    ,,#,,#####
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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.