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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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