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.