RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
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#,#,,##,,# DAEMONS  ARE  UNDER  CONTRACT  WITH  THE #,#,,##,##
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,#,##,#,,#    NON-CONTROVERSIAL RITUALS INCLUDE:    ,###,,#,#,
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###,,,#,,#     --# SOME LIKE TO SAY A BRIEF #--     ,###,#,,,,
,,#,,##,#,     --# PRAYER FOR SOLACE, TO BE #--     #,,###,,,#
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,#,,##,##,    --# OR A MEAL TO THE MACHINES #--     ,#,##,,,##
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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.