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 #,#,#,#,,#
,,#,#,#,,#                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 #~~   #,#,#,#,,#
,,#,#,#,,#                                          #,#,#,#,##
,##,#,#,##   ~~# 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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