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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   J. Clarke   wrote:   
   >I was watching "Raised By Wolves" last night and the phrase "Direct   
   >Order" was used to instruct an android to do something it didn't want   
   >to do.   
   >   
   >The only other place I have seen that term used in that context is in   
   >Mark Stanley's "Freefall" web comic, where it is used not only with   
   >androids but with all AIs including organic ones.   
   >   
   >I don't recall seeing it elsewhere.  Does anybody have an earlier   
   >usage?   
      
   In the webcomic _Freefall_, humans command robots and other AIs   
   by surrounding them with the phrases "Direct order:" and "End   
   order."  I borrowed them for a similar use in my space opera that   
   currently nears completion but will probably never see print.   
      
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