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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           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.