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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