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 ###,,#####
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,##,,###,,      Some Ubiquitous And Generally       ,,,,,,,,#,
,,,,,,#,,#    Non-Controversial Rituals Include:    ,######,,,
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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.