You are, of course, correct. Notice in my post that you replied to I was careful to use the word terminate, not stop, when referring to what I assume he did to

You are, of course, correct. Notice in my post that you replied to I was careful to use the word terminate, not stop, when referring to what I assume he did to his instance. edit: After re-reading my post it probably wasn't clear to people who don't use EC2; so your reply is probably for the best. :)