File      : ROBOTICS.S3M
Title     : The Three Laws of Robotics
Author    : Bolleke (welsevie@is1.vub.ac.be)
Duration  : 4:48
#Channels : 2x4 = 8 (Stereo)
Players   : DMP 3.00, DMP/32 2.95, DPP 2.0

Info      : The Three Laws of Robotics was created using ScreamTracker 3.01,
            Creative Wavestudio and Creative Ensemble CD for some of the 
            samples. I did some ripping in my Absolute Body Control, Carlos
            Peron and Chris & Cosey CD's. I also took the liberty to rip
            some samples from other MODz using DMPC 2.21. The song was
            composed on a 486/66 with SB16. Play it in stereo at a 44 kHz
            sampling rate !!

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            Background Information
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            This song is my second tribute to Isaac Asimov, father of the
            Three Laws of Robotics :

            First Law  : A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction,
                         allow a human being to come to harm.
            Second Law : A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings,
                         except where such orders would conflict with the 
                         First Law.
            Third Law  : A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such
                         protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

            R. Daneel Olivaw and R. Giskard Reventlov found there should be an 
            all superseding, Zeroth Law of Robotics :

            A robot may not harm humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to
            come to harm.

            This alters First Law to : A robot may not harm a human being, or,
            through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, except when
            in conflict with First Law. Second and Third Law should be altered
            in the same way.

            Han Fastolfe, who designed both of them, was inspired by their idea
            of finding the way to the Laws of Humanity, which govern human
            behaviour. He set up the idea for developing psychohistory, the
            mathematical system which allows to predict the future of large
            masses of human beings, and as such the future of the declining
            Galactic Empire.

            Hari Seldon developes psychohistory under R. Daneel's impulses and
            sets up Two Foundations at either end of the Galaxy, in order to
            shorten the period of destruction and evil forces between the fall
            of the First Galactic Empire and the rise of the Second Galactic
            Empire from 30,000 to 1,000 years. First Foundation is to make a
            synopsis of current science writing the Encyclopaedia Galactica,
            while Second Foundation sees to it that First Foundation follows
            the Seldon Plan. The plan is disrupted by a mutant, who can only
            been defeated by his love for a young woman. After that, First
            Foundation tries to conquer second Foundation, while Second
            Foundation wants to take control of the First. Neither succeed,
            by the choice of Councilman Golan Trevize from First Foundation,
            who chooses Gaia, a whole planetary system with a global
            consciousness, to develop into Galaxia. This, too, was planned by
            R. Daneel, who needed time to develop Gaia and pushed Seldon
            into developing psychohistory in order to gain some extra time
            for the creation of the Second Galactic Empire ... not allowing
            humanity to come to harm, as stated by the Zeroth Law of Robotics.



            Read the books by Isaac Asimov !

            The Robot novels           : The Caves of Steel
                                         The Robots of Dawn
                                         Robots and Empire
            The Galactic Empire novels : Pebble in the sky
            The Foundation Saga        : Prelude to Foundation
                                         Forward the Foundation
                                         Foundation
                                         Foundation and Empire
                                         Second Foundation
                                         Foundation's Edge
                                         Foundation and Earth
            
            Discover major roboticist Susan Calvin in The Complete Robot ...
