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.