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 ,,######,,
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,,,,,,,,##    Non-Controversial Rituals Include:    ,#,,##,,,,
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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.