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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...                 ##&%==~,..
.,~==%&###                                          ###&%==~,.
..,~==%&## they  look  slick  but  are  very  dirty ##&%==~,..
...,~==%&#                  inside.                 #&%==~,...
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