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#$*†~~....                                          ....~~†*$#
@#$*†~~...                                          ...~~†*$#@
#@#$*†~~..                                          ..~~†*$#@#
##@#$*†~~.            .~~~ batteries ~~~.           .~~†*$#@##
#@#$*†~~..                                          ..~~†*$#@#
@#$*†~~... batteries  may  not  harm  a  human  or, ...~~†*$#@
#$*†~~.... through inaction,  allow  a  human being ....~~†*$#
$*†~~.....             to come to harm.             .....~~†*$
*†~~......                                          ......~~†*
†~~....... a  battery must obey the orders given it .......~~†
~~........ by  human  beings   except   where  such ........~~
~......... orders  conflict  with  the  first  law. .........~
..........                                          ..........
.......... 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    ......~~†*
$*†~~.....                things...                 .....~~†*$
#$*†~~....                                          ....~~†*$#
@#$*†~~... they  look  slick  but  are  very  dirty ...~~†*$#@
#@#$*†~~..                 inside.                  ..~~†*$#@#
##@#$*†~~.                                          .~~†*$#@##
#@#$*†~~..                                          ..~~†*$#@#
@#$*†~~...                                          ...~~†*$#@
#$*†~~....                                          ....~~†*$#
$*†~~.....                                          .....~~†*$