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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 #**\«.....
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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 #@##**\«^.
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