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#@&$*:~:..            .~~~ BATTERIES ~~~.           ..:~:*$&@#
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#@&$*:~:.. BATTERIES  MAY  NOT  HARM  A  HUMAN  OR, ..:~:*$&@#
##@&$*:~:. THROUGH  INACTION,  ALLOW A  HUMAN BEING .:~:*$&@##
#@&$*:~:..             TO COME TO HARM.             ..:~:*$&@#
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#@&$*:~:.. A  BATTERY MUST OBEY THE ORDERS GIVEN IT ..:~:*$&@#
##@&$*:~:. BY   HUMAN  BEINGS  EXCEPT   WHERE  SUCH .:~:*$&@##
#@&$*:~:.. ORDERS  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST  LAW. ..:~:*$&@#
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#@&$*:~:.. A   BATTERY   MUST   PROTECT   ITS   OWN ..:~:*$&@#
##@&$*:~:. EXISTENCE AS  LONG  AS  SUCH  PROTECTION .:~:*$&@##
#@&$*:~:.. DOES  NOT  CONFLICT  WITH  THE  FIRST OR ..:~:*$&@#
##@&$*:~:.               SECOND LAWS.               .:~:*$&@##
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##@&$*:~:.  THESE THINGS POWER ALMOST EVERYTHING,   .:~:*$&@##
#@&$*:~:.. BUT  WHEN  I  SPEAK  ABOUT  BATTERIES  I ..:~:*$&@#
##@&$*:~:.   SPEAK ABOUT STANDARD HOUSEHOLD ONES.   .:~:*$&@##
#@&$*:~:..         THINK DOUBLE A, TRIPLE A,        ..:~:*$&@#
##@&$*:~:.    TWENTYFIVE TWENTY, NINE VOLT, SUCH    .:~:*$&@##
#@&$*:~:..                 THINGS...                ..:~:*$&@#
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#@&$*:~:.. THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY ..:~:*$&@#
##@&$*:~:.                  INSIDE.                 .:~:*$&@##
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