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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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