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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,###,,,,,, 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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,#,##,,,,,    Non-Controversial Rituals Include:    #,,,,,###,
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#,,#,##,,,      ~~# Light A Scented Candle #~~      ,##,,,,,##
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#,##,,,###     ~~# Recite A Mantra Or Other #~~     ,,,###,,,,
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,,#,##,,,#     ~~# The Computer Comfortable #~~     #,,,,###,,
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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 #~~     ,##,,#,##,
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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.