Rituals For Computer Operation
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@....@...@ The Computer Is A Very Common Tool In .....@@..@
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@..@.@.@@@ Its Job Is To Do Vast Amounts Of Small ...@@@@@@@
@.@@@@@..@ Calculations In A Short Amount Of Time. ..@.......
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.@..@..@@@ Daemons Are Under Contract With The @@@@@.@.@.
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@.@@..@@.@ It'S Commonplace For Programmers And ..@@...@.@
@@.@.@.@@@ Clerks To Pray To The "Gods" Of Their .@.@..@@@.
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...@@@.@.. ==# Light A Scented Candle #== @@@..@@.@@
..@..@@@.. ==# For Quiet And Calm #== ..@.@.@@.@
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@.@@@.@@@@ ==# Recite A Mantra Or Other #== @....@@..@
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.@.@.@...@ ==# 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 #== ..@@@..@@.
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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.