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   ,,##,,#,,#
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#,,#,,,,,,         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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,##,#,###,       SOME UBIQUITOUS AND GENERALLY      ##,#,,,#,,
,#,####,,#    NON-CONTROVERSIAL RITUALS INCLUDE:    #,###,,##,
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##,,#,,###      ~~# LIGHT A SCENTED CANDLE #~~      #,,#,#####
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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 #~~     ,###,#,#,#
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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.