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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##,,,,#,,,     ««# RECITE A MANTRA OR OTHER #««     ,,,,,#,,,,
,,,##,,,##    ««# 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 #««    ,,#####,,,
#########,     ««# OR A MEAL TO THE MACHINES #««    #,,###,,##
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           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.