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.