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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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