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 #--           ##,##,##,,
#,#,,,,###                                          ,##,##,#,,
###,,,#,,#     --# 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 #--     ,#,,,#,#,#
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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.