AWS Terms of Service Offer a Break If Zombie Apocalypse Occurs (windowsitpro.com) 57
v3rgEz writes: Running at over 50 sections and hundreds of subsections, Amazon AWS's terms of service are somewhat exhaustive, but there's one paragraph that might catch your eye. As of yesterday's update, Amazon has added a section that nullifies restrictions on the use of their Lumberyard game platform in the event of a zombie outbreak. Pre-apocalypse, the terms of service prohibit the use of the engine to manage life-or-death situations, but being able to spin up a zombie firefight simulator at a moment's notice might come in handy. You do have to wonder, though: Does Jeff Bezos know something we don't? Lawyers typically don't approve of Easter Eggs in legal documents.
In a war setting the US GOV can take what it needs (Score:2)
In a war setting the US GOV can take what it needs and they don't need no TOS rules.
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You are assuming the US Government outlasts Amazon...
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Is this potentially a "real" legal definition? (Score:4, Interesting)
Yeah yeah - Not like an actual zombie apocalypse is actually going to happen, but...
Governments have been running scenarios and "wargames" on "zombie apocalypse" scenarios, disaster type settings and the like. Like "Acts of God" in the old vernacular where random catastrophic events weren't covered has "zombie apocalypse" become an actual quasi-legal term to replace it?
joshua (Score:2)
I want to play that system.
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How does Zika fit into this? It doesn't affect behavior. It also doesn't spread very effectively compared to something like the flu.
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I don't think we have enough data on the Zika virus yet to fully understand what's going on or if it's just one particular strain that
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The thing about a zombie apocalypse is that it's exhaustive. If you're prepared for zombies you're prepared for basically anything shy of an extinction level event.
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Ah, you beat me to it.
As you said, a zombie apocalypse is a very exhaustive scenario that covers SO MANY topics.
Some of these topics being:
viral protection
defensive bases
preserve and recover as many people and important documents and items as possible.
screening.
proper offensive strikes
working on a cure while all of the above is happening.
God forbid it is a proper zombie apocalypse, then it becomes:
pray for forgiveness.
get raped by Satan anyway. I typo'd Santa there. That'd be worse!
Works similarly with al
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http://comicvine.gamespot.com/... [gamespot.com]
What about the Spanish inquisition? (Score:5, Funny)
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Actually, the Spanish Inquisition and an IT Data Center would be a nice fit. There are plenty of "racks" to tie people to!
Although, there might be shortage of "comfy chairs" . . .
See! Some people DO read ToS/EULAs (Score:3)
By accepting this agreement you agree to pay $1,000,000 US Dollars. Please submit payment in full immediately. If you read this, please email me at and let me know you actually read this. You are one in a million.
Never saw a dollar nor an email. :(
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By accepting this agreement you agree to pay $1,000,000 US Dollars. Please submit payment in full immediately. If you read this, please email me at and let me know you actually read this. You are one in a million.
Never saw a dollar nor an email. :(
Maybe they were smart enough to realize emailing you to tell you they saw that line would identify them for action for failure to pay.
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Only if they also accepted the agreement.
Heh Heh (Score:4, Interesting)
It's also possible the employee responsible for the Zombie Inclusion was so bored to tears writing these terms of service he decided to include a gaffe just to see if anyone noticed.
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This smells like the kind of thing you might leave behind if you were departing Amazon, perhaps not on the best of terms.
It's also possible the employee responsible for the Zombie Inclusion was so bored to tears writing these terms of service he decided to include a gaffe just to see if anyone noticed.
This.
I've had to write policies and procedures that were so mind numbingly boring that I knew no-one would ever read (like Acceptable Use Agreements), so I've snuck in things like "and failure to take note of these restrictions will result in the user being fed to lions". I've only been caught out once and that was 10 months after I'd finished working there (the boss had a sense of humour about it though).
What's up with lawyers lately? (Score:4, Insightful)
First the guy from NewEgg with the best response to a patent troll ever [slashdot.org], now this. It's almost like they're becoming ... human.
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"It's almost like they're becoming ... human."
About as likely as the Zombie Apocalypse.
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I thought the Turing Test was discredited as a proper test of sentience? They could still just be clever Eliza programs now.
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It's almost like they're becoming ... human.
I'm more inclined to believe that the dead are rising from the grave and devouring the living than I am that lawyers are beginning to act human.
How typical of non-zombie humans (Score:1, Insightful)
#ZombieUnlivesMatter
Maybe it's for zombie processes? (Score:1)
Legally speaking, this would be... (Score:5, Informative)
Which generally nullifies any contract anyways, at least for the duration of the incident.
Lawyers with a sense of humor?!? (Score:1)
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On a site with tomithy as an editor? Of course it doesn't matter.
What matters is having a link to Forbes.
Oblig Forbes link (Score:2)
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If (Score:2)
Encouraging bad behavior (Score:2)
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Trump won 35% of the votes in NH. I would judge that the Zombies are already among us.
Enough Zombies (Score:1, Interesting)
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Your anger about what other people like is sadder and lamer.
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Not even lawyers are reading TOSes anymore! (Score:1)