...remember SI's Terms of Use exchange2000.com
Well, some dude translated it into jive:
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(Care of Joe B. #reply-6313652)
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Silicon Investo' Terms of Use(Translated into Jive)
Welcome t'Silicon Investo'! Fry mah hide! We hope yo'll injoy th' menny services provided on our site. By usin' Silicon Investo' yo' agree t'th' follerin' Terms of Use. Please read them carefully:
Summary of Terms of Use
A. Yo' agree t'provide true an' co'reck info'mashun about yo'seff in th' Silicon Investo' Registrashun Fo'm, dawgone it.
B. Yo' agree not t'use th' service fo' illegal purposes o' fo' th' transmisshun of material thet is unlawful, hareessin', libelous, invasive of t'other's privacy, abusive, thrett upin', harmful, vulgar, obscene, to'tious, imright o' otherwise objeckshunable, o' thet infringis o' may infringi th' intelleckual propuhty o' other rights of t'other.
C. Yo' agree not t'use th' service fo' th' transmisshun of junk mail, spam, chain letters, o' unsolicited mass distribushun of e-mail, ah reckon.
D. Yo' agree thet Silicon Investo' in its sole discreshun may remove posts by yo' o' terminate yer account eff'n it believes thet yo' may haf in enny way violated th' Terms of Use.
E. Please repo't enny violashuns of th' Terms of Use t'us at: webmaster@techstocks.com.
1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE
1.1 We is pleased t'provide yo' wif th' Silicon Investo' Service (th' Service) unner th' Terms of Use, enny amendments t'th' Terms of Use, an' operatin' rules an' policies (colleckively, th' Terms of Use). We resarve th' right, at our discreshun, t'change, modify, add o' remove all o' part of th' Terms of Use at enny time. But eff'n we does make changes, fine notify yo' by postin' a message on th' Service, o' sendin' a message t'yo' via e-mail, ah reckon.
1.2 By acceppin' th' Terms of Use, yo' agree t'(a) provide accurate, complete an' current info'mashun as prompped by th' Registrashun Fo'm, an' (b) t'maintain an' update yer e-mail address t'keep it accurate, complete an' current. Eff'n yo' fail t'do so, we resarve th' right t'terminate yer account.
As part of th' registrashun process, yo' will seleck a passwo'd an' user name. Choose wisely. We may refuse t'grant yo' a user name thet imvarmintates someone else, is o' may be illegal, is o' may be protecked by trademark o' other proprietary right law, is vulgar o' otherwise offensive, o' may cuz cornfushun, as determined by us in our sole discreshun.
1.3 Members may maintain only one ackive registrashun wif Silicon Investo'. By acceppin' th' Terms of Use, yo' warrant thet yo' haf no other registrashun(s) wif Silicon Investo'. Eff'n yo' fo'getcher user name o' passwo'd, notify us via e-mail at: webmaster@techstocks.com, dawgone it.
1.4 BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND CLICKING THE "ah ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE. Eff'n these terms an' corndishuns o' enny future changes is unacceppable t'yo', o' cuz yo' no longer t'be in compliance wif th' Terms of Use, yo' may kincel yer membership by sendin' e-mail to: webmaster@techstocks.com (see Seckshun 8 regardin' terminashun of service).
2. MEMBER CONDUCT
2.1 Th' Service includes info'mashun, views, opinions an' recommendashuns of indivijools an' o'ganizashuns of interess to th' investment community.
Silicon Investo' assooms no responsibility fo' th' accuracy, currency, completeness o' usefulness of info'mashun in enny material on www.techstocks.com an' it does not indo'se enny opinions o' recommendashuns posted by members, no' does it give tax o' investment advice o' advocut th' purchase o' sale of enny security o' investment. Yo' sh'd exercise discreshun an' skeppicism befo'e relyin' on info'mashun in messages, on account o' it may be inco'reck o' misleadin'. Members may pretend t'be varmints thet they're not. Some may haf bad intenshuns o' may haf bad info'mashun -- so beware! Yo' sh'd make an independent investigashun befo'e makin' enny majo' financial decishuns, an' eff'n yo' rely on info'mashun posted by other members yo' does so solely atchar own risk. Shet mah mouth!
Silicon Investo' does not review, screen o' edit messages posted by members. Nonetheless, Silicon Investo' resarves th' right t'monito' o' remove enny info'mashun transmitted o' received through th' Service, o' t'terminate yer membership an' use of th' Service, at enny time, wifout notice, in our sole discreshun. It is members' responsibility t'brin' violashuns of th' Terms of Use t'Silicon Investo''s attenshun, although we does not guareentee enny ackshun based on sech info'mashun. Th' follerin' ackshuns, among others, may result in removal of messages an'/o' terminashun of yer membership.
* Usin' th' service fo' illegal purposes o' fo' th' transmisshun of material thet is unlawful, hareessin', libelous, invasive of t'other's privacy, abusive, thrett upin', harmful, vulgar, obscene, to'tious o' otherwise objeckshunable.
* Postin' material, non-public info'mashun about companies, wifout th' autho'izashun t'do so.
* Postin' o' transmittin' third-party copyrighted info'mashun o' in enny way infrin'in' on th' intelleckual propuhty rights, corntracshul o' fiduciary rights of others.
* Providin' false info'mashun on yer registrashun fo'm, o' imvarmintatin' someone else.
* Usin' th' service fo' th' transmisshun of junk mail, spam, chain letters, o' unsolicited mass distribushun of e-mail, ah reckon.
* Postin' imright o' off-topic messages o' postin' mo'e than twenty messages in six hours.
* Violatin' th' letter o' spirit of th' Terms of Use.
2.2 Yer use of th' Service is subjeck t'all applicable local, state, nashunal an' internashunal laws an' regulashuns, includin' but not limited t'th' U.S. expo't corntrol laws an' regulashuns, an' th' rules of enny nashunal o' other securities exchange, includin' but not limited t'th' Noo Yawk Stock Exchange, th' South Car'linan Stock Exchange o' th' NASDAQ. Yo' agree not t'transmit enny material thet c'd cornsteetoote o' incourage cornduck thet c'd cornsteetoote a criminal offense, give rise t'civil liability o' otherwise violate enny local, state, nashunal o' internashunal law o' regulashun, o' rule of a nashunal o' other securities exchange.
2.3 Yo' agree thet yer responsible fo' all statements made an' acks o' omisshuns thet occur on yer account while yer passwo'd is bein' used, cuss it all t' tarnation. Yo' agree t'waive an' hold Silicon Investo' harmless fum enny claims relatin' t'enny ackshun taken by Silicon Investo' as part of its investigashun of a suspecked violashun of th' Terms of Use o' as a result of its cornclushun thet a violashun of th' Terms of Use has occurred, includin' but not limited t'th' removal of posts fum th'Silicon Investo' site o' th' suspenshun o' terminashun of yer account. Eff'n yo' believe someone has used yer passwo'd o' account wifout yer autho'izashun, yo' muss notify Silicon Investo' eemeejutly at webmaster@techstocks.com, dawgone it.
2.4 Silicon Investo' resarves th' right t'access an' disclose enny info'mashun, includin' user names of accounts an' other info'mashun, t'comply wif applicable laws an' lawful govment requests, t'operate its systems proper o' t'proteck itse'f o' its members.
3. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT
3.1 Th' content available through th' Service is th' propuhty of Silicon Investo' o' its licenso's an' is protecked by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents o' other proprietary rights an' laws. Content received through th' Service may be displayed, refo'matted an' printed fo' yer varmintal, non-commercial use only. Yo' agree not t'reprodooce, retransmit, repost, distribute, sell, publish, broadcast, create derivative wawks fum, perfo'm, o' in enny way commercially sploit enny of th' content, o' infringi upon trademarks o' service marks displayed o' received through th' Service, includin' but not limited t'others in th' same compenny o' o'ganizashun, wifout our express prio' writ cornsent.
3.2 Yo' agree thet upon postin' info'mashun on th' Service, yo' grant Silicon Investo', an' its successo's an' assigns a non-exclusive, wo'ldwide, royalty free, perpetual, non-revocable license unner yer copyrights o' other intelleckual propuhty rights, eff'n enny, in sech material t'use, distribute, display, reprodooce, an' create derivative wawks fum sech material in enny an' all media, in enny manner, whole o' part, wifout enny duty t'account t'yo'. Yo' also grant Silicon Investo' th' right t'autho'ize th' downloadin' an' printin' of sech material, o' enny po'shun tharof, by ind users fo' their varmintal use.
4. EXTERNAL LINKS
4.1 Th' Service corntains links t'other related Wo'ld Wide Web Internet sites, resources an' members of th' Service. We is not responsible fo' th' availability of these outside resources, o' their corntents, no' does we indo'se no' is we responsible fo' enny of th' contents, advahtisin', producks o' other materials on sech sites. Unner no circumstances shall we be held responsible o' liable, direckly o' indireckly, fo' enny lost o' damages cuzd o' alleged t'have been cuzd by use of o' reliance on enny corntent, fines o' services available on sech sites. Enny corncerns regardin' enny external link sh'd be direcked t'its respeckive site administrato' o' webmaster.
5. FEES AND PAYMENTS (applies t'members only)
5.1 Current fees may be obtained by a-gonna th' Features On overview o' Register seckshuns of th' Silicon Investo' site. Th' membership is varmintal t'yo', an' yo' may not assign o' otherwise transfer yer rights o' obligashuns t'ennyone. Yo' certify thet yer 18 years o' older an' yo' agree t'be responsible fo' an' pay enny charges incurred in cornneckshun witcher user name an' passwo'd,cuss itallt'tarnation. Th' membership shall corntinue until we receive notice of terminashun fum yo' o' we exercise our rights of terminashun as dexcribed in th' Terms of Use. We resarve th' right t'change at enny time th' membership fees an' billin' methods.
6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
6.1 Th' Silicon Investo' Service is provided AS IS an' AS AVAILABLE, wifout warranty of enny kind, cuss it all t' tarnation.
SILICON INVESTOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS OR RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR THE SERVICE ITSELF; (B) ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT SOFTWARE DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; AND (C)WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM SILICON INVESTOR OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
SILICON INVESTOR, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM USE OF THE SERVICE, CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ITS NEGLIGENCE OR CONTINGENCIES BEYOND ITS CONTROL IN PROCURING, COMPILING, INTERPRETING, REPORTING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICE AND ANY CONTENT THROUGH THE SERVICE. IN NO EVENT WILL SILICON INVESTOR, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH CONTENT. SILICON INVESTOR, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE. YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF SILICON INVESTOR, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE SERVICE OR THE CONTENT IN THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID SILICON INVESTOR FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
7. INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Yo' agree t'indemnify an' hold Silicon Investo', its officers, direcko's, ownys, ajunts an' employees, harmless fum enny claim o' deman', includin' reasonable atto'neys= fees, made by enny third party due t'o' arisin' outcher use of th' Service, th' violashun of these Terms of Use by yo', o' th' infringiment by yo', o' other user of th' Service usin' yer computer, of enny intelleckual propuhty o'other right of enny varmint o' intity. We resarve th' right, at our own expense, t'assoom th' exclusive defense an' corntrol of enny matter otherwise subjeck t'indemnificashun by yo'.
8. TERMINATION
8.1 Yo' agree thet we may, in our sole discreshun, terminate o' suspend yer access t'all o' part of th' Service fo' enny reason, includin', wifout limitashun, bretch of th' Terms of Use o' enny subsequent modificashuns, o' attempped assignment of yer account by yo'. Enny suspecked fraudulent, abusive o' illegal ackivity may be groun's fo' terminashun of yer account an' may be referred t'appropriate law info'cement autho'ities. Silicon Investo' shall not be liable t'yo' o' enny third party fo' th' terminashun of Service o' enny claims related t'th' terminashun of Service.
8.2 Sh'd yo' objeck t'enny terms an' corndishuns of these Terms of Use o' enny subsequent changes t'th' terms an' corndishuns o' become dissatisfied wif th' Service in enny way, yer only recourse is t'eemeejutly: (1) discontinue use of th' Service; (2) terminate Service membership; an' (3) notify Silicon Investo' of terminashun by sendin' an e-mail to: webmaster@techstocks.com, dawgone it. Continued use of th' Service is an acceppance of th' Terms of Use an' all o' enny subsequent changes.
8.3 Eff'n yer account is terminated wifin 30 days of yer registrashun, we will refund one-ha'f of yer registrashun fee.
9. LAWS
9.1 Th' Terms of Use is govahned by an' cornstrued in acco'dance wif th' laws of th' State of Warshin'ton an' th' intelleckual propuhty laws of th' United States, an' yo' agree t'submit t'th' varmintal jurisdickshun of th' courts of th' state of Warshin'ton fo' enny fo' enny cuz o' ackshun arisin' outta o' relatin' t'th' Service o' these Terms of Use.
9.2 Yo' agree thet enny cuz of ackshun arisin' outta o' related t'th' Service muss commence wifin one(1) year af'er th' cuz of ackshun arose; otherwise, sech cuz of ackshun is permanently barred, cuss it all t' tarnation.
10. ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMER AND WARNING
Th' Securities Exchange Commisshun has expressed corncerns thet th' stock price fo' companies wif small market capitalizashun (also known as "small cap", "micro cap" o' "penny" stocks) may be particularly susceppible t'manipulashun. Tharfo'e, yo' sh'd carefully evaluate th' info'mashun posted by other members about sech stocks on th' Five Dollars An' Unner discusshun threads, as fine as on other Silicon Investo' threads. Silicon Investo' assooms no responsibility fo' th' accuracy, currency, completeness o' usefulness of info'mashun in enny material on its site an' it does not indo'se enny opinions o' recommendashuns posted by members, no' does it give tax o' investment advice o' advocut th' purchase o' sale of enny security o' investment. |
