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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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