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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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