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.)         ,,@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@,@@                                          ,@@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,@,,@   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.                ,,@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@,@@                                          ,@@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,@,,@       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 #»»   ,@@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,@,,@                                          ,,@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@,@@    »»# 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.