RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
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,#,####,,# THE  COMPUTER IS A  VERY COMMON TOOL  IN ,,,,###,#,
###,,,#,#, THE FUTURES,  AND IN SOME WAYS EVEN NOW. ,,,#,,###,
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,##,#,,,,# CALCULATIONS IN A  SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. ,#,###,#,#
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,#,##,#,#, THE PROBLEM  ON A  HILBERT  PLANE, WHICH ,####,,,,#
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,,##,,,,,, THAT  DAEMONS  CAN  SOLVE   THE  PROBLEM #,,##,,#,,
,#,#,,,,,#    WITHOUT AFFECTING REAL LIFE. (THESE   #,#,#,##,,
####,,,,## DAEMONS  ARE  UNDER  CONTRACT  WITH  THE ######,#,,
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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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,,#,,,#,#,       SOME UBIQUITOUS AND GENERALLY      ,#,,,,##,,
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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 #~~    ,#,###,#,#
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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.