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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           TO    BE     A    KIND    OF     PRAYER?           
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