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 #~~    #..#.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#    ~~# Or A Meal To The Machines #~~     #.##.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#     ~~# (Sometimes, By Fey Rules, #~~    #..#.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#     ~~# The Daemons Are Allowed #~~      #.##.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#       ~~# To Respond To This) #~~        #..#.#.#.#
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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.