Turbine Disclaimer

posted on September 11th, 2010, 5:58 pm

So today I was signing up to play Lord of the Rings Online since its now free to play. Anyway I actually read part of the Service agreement and i found this part near the end funny

In no event shall Turbine be liable for any failure of performance resulting from causes beyond the reasonable control of Turbine, including without limitation: acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed by both parties.

posted on September 11th, 2010, 6:01 pm

So today I was signing up to play Lord of the Rings Online since its now free to play. Anyway I actually read part of the Service agreement and i found this part near the end funny

reminds me of:

posted on September 11th, 2010, 6:18 pm

But what if I'm really hungry?

posted on September 11th, 2010, 6:28 pm

then...

1. Remove cover.
2. Place in microwave and cook on high for 4 minutes.
3. Rotate iPod
4. Cook an additional 2 minutes on high.
5. Remove from microwave CAREFULL, iPod will be very HOT.

Serve with crushed black pepper and fresh lemon.

posted on September 11th, 2010, 6:36 pm

then...

1. Remove cover.
2. Place in microwave and cook on high for 4 minutes.
3. Rotate iPod
4. Cook an additional 2 minutes on high.
5. Remove from microwave CAREFULL, iPod will be very HOT.

Serve with crushed black pepper and fresh lemon.

And the best thing: You've automatically qualified for the finale of American Idol 

posted on September 11th, 2010, 6:39 pm

I saw this in the new topics list and thought it was a feature request for some sort of bizarre 24th century special weapon, involving lawyers. A new special for the Sovereign maybe?

Fire the Turbine Disclaimer!

posted on September 14th, 2010, 1:23 pm

Fire the Photonic Cannon!!! :guns:

posted on September 14th, 2010, 1:55 pm

And the best thing: You've automatically qualified for the finale of American Idol 

What if you're British? 

posted on September 15th, 2010, 4:08 am

Then you're entered into Britain's Got Talent.

posted on September 15th, 2010, 5:37 am

Now for the kicker; what if you're Canadian?

So today I was signing up to play Lord of the Rings Online since its now free to play. Anyway I actually read part of the Service agreement and i found this part near the end funny

The really funny part is, you just know that those were added after somebody noticed they weren't on the list and tried to make some money off of it.

posted on September 15th, 2010, 1:58 pm

Now for the kicker; what if you're Canadian?

Well then you are screwed.

The really funny part is, you just know that those were added after somebody noticed they weren't on the list and tried to make some money off of it.

lol too true got to love lawyers

posted on September 15th, 2010, 2:14 pm

Personally if in a contract (or TOCs) they are going to write the words "acts of God" then I think it needs something in there for the atheist and believers of other faiths along the lines of:

"... acts of God, Goddess, Gods, Goddesses, Mixed Pantheons, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Father Christmas, or other supernatural entity with the power to affect our business, or entirely natural events that may appear to a the work of a supernatural being to a superstitious person, ..."

posted on September 15th, 2010, 2:25 pm

Its a simple statement in most contracts like that that just mean you can't say"God destroyed my computer"  I'm not sure if many people will say"The gods destroyed..." Unless we are in the BSG universe now.   I think the amount of people who would actually say that kind of thing(the multiple gods part) are so few now'a days that the lawyers just don't care to put it in.*

*please stop me if I'm wrong, I don't want to offend anyone.   And I'm sure there is some current Religion that deals with many gods.

posted on September 15th, 2010, 2:42 pm

Yeah, only about a billion plus people would have a disagreement with you on that one  . No biggie 

posted on September 15th, 2010, 2:51 pm

There are a bunch of polytheistic religions, they just make up a rather small percentage of Americans (not sure about British statistics.) Hinduism is probably the biggest polytheistic religion in developed countries.

As for the thing about BSG, I actually have a friend who worships the Greek gods (BSG gods=greek gods, cause the writers were a bit lazy I guess.) She might actually use statements with plural gods.

About the "so few nowadays" thing, Christianity is actually losing ground in America percentage-wise. The overall number of Christians grows, but it doesn't grow as fast as other religions while the overall population grows. Polytheistic religions are gaining ground, so are Atheism and Islam (largest growth in Atheism.)

I myself am an Atheist, and am opposed to using religious language in a contract.


Here's a nice link to a an article about a study on the trends in American religion:
Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, survey finds - USATODAY.com