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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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..:~==$#@# THEY  LOOK  SLICK  BUT  ARE  VERY  DIRTY #@#$==~:..
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