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 ,##,,,,##,
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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 #==     ,,##,#,###
##,##,,,#,    ==# REASSURING MESSAGE TO MAKE #==    ,,#,####,,
#,##,#,,##     ==# 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.