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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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