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..........           .=== batteries ===.            ..........
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.......... 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...                =.........
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.......... they  look  slick  but  are  very  dirty ..........
..........                 inside.                  ..........
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