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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.             ...:::*&&&
@@@&%*:~:.                                          .:~:*%&@@@
@@@&%*:~:. 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...                 .:~:*%&@@@
#@@&%*:~:.                                          .:~:*%&@@#
@@@&%*:~:. they  look  slick  but  are  very  dirty .:~:*%&@@@
@@%%::....                 inside.                  ....::%%@@
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