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