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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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