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 #==            ,##,##,##,
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ,,#,,#,,#,
#,#,#,#,#,     ==# 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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