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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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