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** Notably, since neither Sam nor Florence are actually human, the Laws don't apply to them, so the ship's AI regularly tries to maim or kill Sam, and the security system will always let a human in when asked, since their orders take priority over Florence's (she once circumvented this by claiming currently it's unsafe inside). Helix sticks with Sam because he wouldn't be allowed to hit a human with a stick. There are also many jokes involving unintended interpretations of the Laws.
** Notably, since neither Sam nor Florence are actually human, the Laws don't apply to them, so the ship's AI regularly tries to maim or kill Sam, and the security system will always let a human in when asked, since their orders take priority over Florence's (she once circumvented this by claiming currently it's unsafe inside). Helix sticks with Sam because he wouldn't be allowed to hit a human with a stick. There are also many jokes involving unintended interpretations of the Laws.
** Crowning Moment of Funny when the ship spends a entire strip calculating if should obey a order, and when realizes it has to obey... it is relieved because it doesn't actually have freewill.
** Crowning Moment of Funny when the ship spends a entire strip calculating if should obey a order, and when realizes it has to obey... it is relieved because it doesn't actually have freewill.
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff700/fv00668.htm Sometimes] a little bug in this area [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|isn't so bad for the given model's popularity]].
** Also, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01297.htm these can't even ask for help]. It's unclear whether simply being near a clunky piece of heavy machinery like Sawtooth counts as dangerous or anything looking remotely like an adventure counts as endangering. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|They're screwed]] either way.
** Also, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01297.htm these can't even ask for help]. It's unclear whether simply being near a clunky piece of heavy machinery like Sawtooth counts as dangerous or anything looking remotely like an adventure counts as endangering. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|They're screwed]] either way.
** The ''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01927.htm Negative One]'' Law.
** The ''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01927.htm Negative One]'' Law.
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** Protoman is something of a [[Rules Lawyer]], repeatedly [[Loophole Abuse|exploiting the "human" loophole]] to screw over his enemies...well, OK, just Mynd.
** Protoman is something of a [[Rules Lawyer]], repeatedly [[Loophole Abuse|exploiting the "human" loophole]] to screw over his enemies...well, OK, just Mynd.
* ''[[Pibgorn]]'' [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2010/07/22/ No!? You're programmed to obey me.]
* ''[[Pibgorn]]'' [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2010/07/22/ No!? You're programmed to obey me.]



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