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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