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ZN23X has passed their trial and is now a Game Administrator. In other news, Normalyman has joined the staff as a Trial Administrator.

It's kinda funny, it seems Normalyman did raise the count shortly before they would have lowered it, now it just looks like you did count further after an admin did post. Let's fix that, and go back to zero.

I've seen a bit of confusion lately lately over the Robocop lawset and what it means. This lawset is from the film Robocop, about a cyborg police officer. While many people see it as a freedom/validhunt lawset, in fact it places some pretty strict limitations on what you can do. Keep in mind that this lawset comes from the saying "protect and serve". Serve the Public Trust People often get confused about what "serve the public trust" means. Common misconceptions include that this means you must do whatever the public wants (that would be "serve the public interest" or "serve the public"). I've even seen an robocop AI justify a rage cage by saying it improved public safety by getting everyone into the bar ("Maximize public safety"), which is totally off the mark. "Serve the public trust" means that you don't abuse the power entrusted to you by the public in performing your service and executing your duties. Think of it like this: "Serve the public trust" sort of means "Don't violate the public trust". Note that this law doesn't specify exactly how you serve; this is what laws 2 and 3 are for. Law 1 never really "overrides" laws 2 and 3, but rather informs how you follow laws 2 and 3. For a sec borg, this law loosely translates to "don't be shitcurity". For a doctor, this might mean "first, do no harm". For an engineer, "don't build random walls just to mess with people", etc. All laws in this lawset are moral obligations rather than enforcing some sort of moral calculation, like "Minimize expenses", which means you must strive to follow them at all times. There is no balancing act to do here. Protect the innocent The first of the laws that determine how you serve. Your first priority as a borg/AI is to protect the innocent. This means if you have to choose between validhunting and helping that wounded civilian on the floor, you gotta help the wounded civilian first. Uphold the law Finally, for people who aren't innocent, you must uphold the law (space law). This is pretty simple. This is the end of the laws, which means you can now serve the public in whatever way they desire, as long as you're not violating the public trust, and as long as you prioritize protecting the innocent and upholding the law over other duties.

I've always considered this the difference between a security guard at a shopping mall patrolling the various tunnels etc, as opposed to assuming terrorists are going to attack and searching everyone for bombs.

Wasn't fond of getting shot

Heyo Folkes, I figured since I have decided to park my posterior here I should introduce myself. A bit of background, I have been playing SS13 since about 2005ish on and off(man time flies). I knew Exadv1 and played with him on a regular basis back when he was still active actually working on an early version of the medical system. I hosted the LLA SS13 server for about 2 years before losing my passion. I have been on break from SS13 since about 2015, I decided to play a bit the other day and by damn I am hooked again. I tried several other servers and this one seems like the best one going these days! You will often see me around in the medbay as Emir Marcaden. Though I do play other positions to mix it up from time to time! I look forward to playing with you all at some point.

A comic: the one thing worse than furries...

I have been playing geneticist for 4 years now and I am always driven insane by the servers beeping. The servers can be heard through the walls and when I walk away from them the sound persists. I would like to do genetics without having the servers beep through the walls every other minute. Please help a geneticist out. Edit: no game setting allows me to turn the sound off.