RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
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#.##.#.#.# CALCULATIONS IN A SHORT AMOUNT  OF TIME. .#.##..#.#
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#.##.#.#.#   IT'S COMMONPLACE FOR PROGRAMMERS AND   .#.##..#.#
#..#.#.#.# CLERKS TO  PRAY  TO THE "GODS" OF  THEIR .#..#.##..
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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 #««     .#.##..#.#
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#..#.#.#.#     ««# SOME LIKE TO SAY A BRIEF #««     .#..#.##..
#.##.#.#.#     ««# PRAYER FOR SOLACE, TO BE #««     .#.##..#.#
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#.##.#.#.#     ««# 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.