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Well not intended for real world use. Asimov never pictured his laws as something that people would actually implement. He was amused at how the robotics community embraced the concepts. The 3 Laws were developed as a literary device so that he could show the implications, like you said. What is "harm" and what is "human" are just a couple of the major problems Asimov addressed.
How do I copyright a name, title, slogan or logo? (from http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html)
Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks. Contact the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 800-786-9199, for further information. However, copyright protection may be available for logo artwork that contains sufficient authorship. In some circumstances, an artistic logo may also be protected as a trademark.
In any case, Asimov didn't "invent" the name "I, Robot." His book of short stories used the name with pressure from his publisher. The short story was written by Eando Binder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Robot_(short_sto ry)
Asimov never had a story called "I, Robot" people! He used "I, Robot" as a title of a collection of short stories under pressure from his publisher, Campbell I believe. I have the explanation in one of my collections somewhere. Anyway, the title was taken from a Short Story by Eando Binder by the same name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Robot_(short_sto ry)
I think i was maybe 5 or 6 years old when I got this for Christmas around 1984 or so. This was one of my most favorite toys of all time. It was a motorcycle that was held in a "launch pad" with a gear. You would crank this sucker to how ever fast RPM you could crank this and as soon as you reversed the crank it would kick the back wheel out and the bike would take off. Now this doesn't sound too exciting in itself, but when you start making ramps and seeing how high/far you can jump this toy bike it's a blast.
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Well not intended for real world use. Asimov never pictured his laws as something that people would actually implement. He was amused at how the robotics community embraced the concepts. The 3 Laws were developed as a literary device so that he could show the implications, like you said. What is "harm" and what is "human" are just a couple of the major problems Asimov addressed.
How do I copyright a name, title, slogan or logo? (from http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html )
Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks. Contact the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 800-786-9199, for further information. However, copyright protection may be available for logo artwork that contains sufficient authorship. In some circumstances, an artistic logo may also be protected as a trademark.
In any case, Asimov didn't "invent" the name "I, Robot." His book of short stories used the name with pressure from his publisher. The short story was written by Eando Binder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Robot_(short_sto ry)
Asimov never had a story called "I, Robot" people! He used "I, Robot" as a title of a collection of short stories under pressure from his publisher, Campbell I believe. I have the explanation in one of my collections somewhere. Anyway, the title was taken from a Short Story by Eando Binder by the same name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Robot_(short_sto ry)
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I think i was maybe 5 or 6 years old when I got this for Christmas around 1984 or so. This was one of my most favorite toys of all time. It was a motorcycle that was held in a "launch pad" with a gear. You would crank this sucker to how ever fast RPM you could crank this and as soon as you reversed the crank it would kick the back wheel out and the bike would take off. Now this doesn't sound too exciting in itself, but when you start making ramps and seeing how high/far you can jump this toy bike it's a blast.