RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
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#.##.#.#.# CALCULATIONS IN  A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. .#.#.##.#.
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#..#.#.#.# THAT   DAEMONS  CAN  SOLVE  THE  PROBLEM .#.#..#.#.
#.##.#.#.#   WITHOUT AFFECTING REAL LIFE. (THESE    .#.#.##.#.
#..#.#.#.# DAEMONS  ARE  UNDER  CONTRACT  WITH  THE .#.#..#.#.
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#..#.#.#.# CLERKS TO PRAY  TO THE "GODS"  OF  THEIR .#.#..#.#.
#.##.#.#.# COMPUTER, OR TO  THE  DAEMONS  DOING THE .#.#.##.#.
#..#.#.#.# WORK,  FOR   A  QUICK  AND   FAULT  FREE .#.#..#.#.
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#.##.#.#.#      SOME UBIQUITOUS AND GENERALLY       .#.#.##.#.
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#..#.#.#.#      ~~# LIGHT A SCENTED CANDLE #~~      .#.#..#.#.
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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 #~~     .#.#.##.#.
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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.