#@@§$*;~^.                                          .^~;*$§@@#
@@$;~^....                                          ....^~;$@@
§$*~~.....                                          .....~~*$§
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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.                 .^~;*§@@##
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@§**~^....                                          ....^~**§@
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