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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           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.