RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION
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#.##.#.#.# 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 .#....#..#
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.##.#...## THAT DAEMONS CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM ##.###...#
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.#.###.#.. 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 #-- .##.....##
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....#..... --# REASSURING MESSAGE TO MAKE #-- .##.###...
...##..... --# 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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..#.#..#.. --# OR A MEAL TO THE MACHINES #-- #.##.#....
.####.##.# --# (SOMETIMES, BY FEY RULES, #-- ##.###....
#...##.### --# THE DAEMONS ARE ALLOWED #-- .##..#....
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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.