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 #««      ,,#,##,,,#
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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.