RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
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.#.#.#.#.. CALCULATIONS IN A SHORT  AMOUNT OF TIME. ##.#.#..#.
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##.#.#.#.# THAT  DAEMONS  CAN   SOLVE  THE  PROBLEM ##.#.#.##.
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##.#.#.#.# 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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##.#.#.#.#      ==# LIGHT A SCENTED CANDLE #==      ##.#.#.##.
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##.#.#.#.#    ==# 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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           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.