RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
,,##,#,##, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #,#,,#,,##
,#,#,#,,#,                                          #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##, 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. #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,                                          #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#, 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.)          #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,                                          #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,   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.                #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,                                          #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,       SOME UBIQUITOUS AND GENERALLY      #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,    NON-CONTROVERSIAL RITUALS INCLUDE:    #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,                                          #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,      ~~# LIGHT A SCENTED CANDLE #~~      #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,        ~~# FOR QUIET AND CALM #~~        #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,                                          #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,     ~~# RECITE A MANTRA OR OTHER #~~     #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,    ~~# REASSURING MESSAGE TO MAKE #~~    #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,     ~~# THE COMPUTER COMFORTABLE #~~     #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,            ~~# AND AT EASE #~~           #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,                                          #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,     ~~# SOME LIKE TO SAY A BRIEF #~~     #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,     ~~# PRAYER FOR SOLACE, TO BE #~~     #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,   ~~# LEFT ALONE DURING THEIR WORK #~~   #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,                                          #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,   ~~# OFFER A CUP OF STEAMING TEA #~~    #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,     ~~# OR A MEAL TO THE MACHINES #~~    #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,     ~~# (SOMETIMES, BY FEY RULES, #~~    #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,     ~~# THE DAEMONS ARE ALLOWED #~~      #,#,##,#,#
,#,#,#,##,       ~~# TO RESPOND TO THIS) #~~        #,#,,#,#,#
,#,#,#,,#,                                          #,#,##,#,#
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