¶#%$*~:...                                          ...:~*$%#¶
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#¶#%$*~:..                                          ..:~*$%#¶#
¶#%$*~:...                                          ...:~*$%#¶
#%$*~:....            .~~~ batteries ~~~.           ....:~*$%#
%$*~:.....                                          .....:~*$%
$*~:...... batteries  may  not  harm  a  human  or, ......:~*$
*~:....... 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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