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.