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.)         ,,#,,#,,,,
,,,#,,#,,#                                          #,,#,,#,,,
,,,,#,,#,,   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 #==   ,,#,##,,#,
,,,,,#,,,,                                          #,,,###,,#
#,,,,,#,,,    ==# 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.