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 #--   ,#,#,#,,#,
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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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