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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 .###.#.##.
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