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 #~~ ,,¤¤¤,,¤,¤
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,¤¤,,,¤,¤¤ ~~# (SOMETIMES, BY FEY RULES, #~~ ¤,,,¤¤¤,,¤
,¤¤¤,,,,¤¤ ~~# THE DAEMONS ARE ALLOWED #~~ ¤¤,,¤,¤¤,,
,¤,¤¤,,,¤, ~~# TO RESPOND TO THIS) #~~ ,¤¤,,,¤¤¤,
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AS IN, YOU MAKE A CONVOLUTED,
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