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To: marcos who wrote (5107)4/23/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 32871
 
Just a wemindew fow evewyone:

Siwicon Investow Tewms of Use

Wewcome to Siwicon Investow! We hope you'ww enjoy the many sewvices pwovided on ouw site. By using Siwicon
Investow you agwee to the fowwowing Tewms of Use. Pwease wead them cawefuwwy:

Summawy of Tewms of Use

A. You agwee to pwovide twue and cowwect infowmation about youwsewf in the Siwicon Investow
Wegistwation Fowm.

B. You agwee not to use the sewvice fow iwwegaw puwposes ow fow the twansmission of matewiaw that is
unwawfuw, hawassing, wibewous, invasive of anothew's pwivacy, abusive, thweatening, hawmfuw, vuwgaw,
obscene, towtious, impwopew ow othewwise objectionabwe, ow that infwinges ow may infwinge the
intewwectuaw pwopewty ow othew wights of anothew.

C. You agwee not to use the sewvice fow the twansmission of junk maiw, spam, chain wettews, ow unsowicited
mass distwibution of e-maiw.

D. You agwee that Siwicon Investow in its sowe discwetion may wemove posts by you ow tewminate youw
account if it bewieves that you may have in any way viowated the Tewms of Use.

E. Pwease wepowt any viowations of the Tewms of Use to us at: webmastew@techstocks. Oh, dat scwewy
wabbit! com.



1. ACKNOWWEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TEWMS OF USE

1.1 We awe pweased to pwovide you wif the Siwicon Investow Sewvice (the Sewvice) undew the Tewms of Use, any
amendments to the Tewms of Use, and opewating wuwes and powicies (cowwectivewy, the Tewms of Use). We wesewve
the wight, at ouw discwetion, to change, modify, add ow wemove aww ow pawt of the Tewms of Use at any time. But if we
do make changes, weww notify you by posting a message on the Sewvice, ow sending a message to you via e-maiw.

1.2 By accepting the Tewms of Use, you agwee to (a) pwovide accuwate, compwete and cuwwent infowmation as
pwompted by the Wegistwation Fowm, and (b) to maintain and update youw e-maiw addwess to keep it accuwate, compwete
and cuwwent. If you faiw to do so, we wesewve the wight to tewminate youw account.

As pawt of the wegistwation pwocess, you wiww sewect a passwowd and usew name. Choose wisewy. We may wefuse to
gwant you a usew name that impewsonates someone ewse, is ow may be iwwegaw, is ow may be pwotected by twademawk
ow othew pwopwietawy wight waw, is vuwgaw ow othewwise offensive, ow may cause confusion, as detewmined by us in
ouw sowe discwetion, uh-hah-hah-hah.

1.3 Membews may maintain onwy one active wegistwation wif Siwicon Investow. By accepting the Tewms of Use, you
wawwant that you have no othew wegistwation(s) wif Siwicon Investow. If you fowget youw usew name ow passwowd,
notify us via e-maiw at: webmastew@techstocks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com.

1.4 BY COMPWETING DE WEGISTWATION PWOCESS AND CWICKING DE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU AWE
AGWEEING TO BE BOUND BY DE TEWMS OF USE. If these tewms and conditions ow any futuwe changes awe
unacceptabwe to you, ow cause you no wongew to be in compwiance wif the Tewms of Use, you may cancew youw
membewship by sending e-maiw to: webmastew@techstocks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com (see Section 8 wegawding
tewmination of sewvice).

2. MEMBEW CONDUCT

2.1 De Sewvice incwudes infowmation, views, opinions and wecommendations of individuaws and owganizations of
intewest to the investment community.

Siwicon Investow assumes no wesponsibiwity fow the accuwacy, cuwwency, compweteness ow usefuwness of
infowmation in any matewiaw on www.techstocks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com and it does not endowse any opinions
ow wecommendations posted by membews, now does it give tax ow investment advice ow advocate the puwchase ow
sawe of any secuwity ow investment. You shouwd exewcise discwetion and skepticism befowe wewying on infowmation
in messages, since it may be incowwect ow misweading. Membews may pwetend to be peopwe that they'we not. Some may
have bad intentions ow may have bad infowmation -- so bewawe! You shouwd make an independent investigation befowe
making any majow financiaw decisions, and if you wewy on infowmation posted by othew membews you do so sowewy at
youw own wisk.

Siwicon Investow does not weview, scween ow edit messages posted by membews. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! Nonethewess,
Siwicon Investow wesewves the wight to monitow ow wemove any infowmation twansmitted ow weceived thwough the
Sewvice, ow to tewminate youw membewship and use of the Sewvice, at any time, without notice, in ouw sowe discwetion,
uh-hah-hah-hah. It is membews' wesponsibiwity to bwing viowations of the Tewms of Use to Siwicon Investow's attention,
awthough we do not guawantee any action based on such infowmation, uh-hah-hah-hah. De fowwowing actions, among
othews, may wesuwt in wemovaw of messages and/ow tewmination of youw membewship.

* Using the sewvice fow iwwegaw puwposes ow fow the twansmission of matewiaw that is unwawfuw, hawassing,
wibewous, invasive of anothew's pwivacy, abusive, thweatening, hawmfuw, vuwgaw, obscene, towtious ow othewwise
objectionabwe.

* Posting matewiaw, non-pubwic infowmation about companies, without the authowization to do so.

* Posting ow twansmitting thiwd-pawty copywighted infowmation ow in any way infwinging on the intewwectuaw
pwopewty wights, contwactuaw ow fiduciawy wights of othews. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!

* Pwoviding fawse infowmation on youw wegistwation fowm, ow impewsonating someone ewse.

* Using the sewvice fow the twansmission of junk maiw, spam, chain wettews, ow unsowicited mass distwibution of
e-maiw.

* Posting impwopew ow off-topic messages ow posting mowe than twenty messages in six houws. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!

* Viowating the wettew ow spiwit of the Tewms of Use.

2.2 Youw use of the Sewvice is subject to aww appwicabwe wocaw, state, nationaw and intewnationaw waws and
weguwations, incwuding but not wimited to the U.S. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! expowt contwow waws and weguwations, and
the wuwes of any nationaw ow othew secuwities exchange, incwuding but not wimited to the New Yowk Stock Exchange,
the Amewican Stock Exchange ow the NASDAQ. You agwee not to twansmit any matewiaw that couwd constitute ow
encouwage conduct that couwd constitute a cwiminaw offense, give wise to civiw wiabiwity ow othewwise viowate any
wocaw, state, nationaw ow intewnationaw waw ow weguwation, ow wuwe of a nationaw ow othew secuwities exchange.

2.3 You agwee that you awe wesponsibwe fow aww statements made and acts ow omissions that occuw on youw account
whiwe youw passwowd is being used. You agwee to waive and howd Siwicon Investow hawmwess fwom any cwaims
wewating to any action taken by Siwicon Investow as pawt of its investigation of a suspected viowation of the Tewms of Use
ow as a wesuwt of its concwusion that a viowation of the Tewms of Use has occuwwed, incwuding but not wimited to the
wemovaw of posts fwom the Siwicon Investow site ow the suspension ow tewmination of youw account. If you bewieve
someone has used youw passwowd ow account without youw authowization, you must notify Siwicon Investow
immediatewy at webmastew@techstocks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com.

2.4 Siwicon Investow wesewves the wight to access and discwose any infowmation, incwuding usew names of accounts and
othew infowmation, to compwy wif appwicabwe waws and wawfuw govewnment weqwests, to opewate its systems
pwopewwy ow to pwotect itsewf ow its membews. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!

3. PWOPWIETAWY WIGHTS TO CONTENT

3.1 De content avaiwabwe thwough the Sewvice is the pwopewty of Siwicon Investow ow its wicensows and is pwotected
by copywights, twademawks, sewvice mawks, patents ow othew pwopwietawy wights and waws. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!
Content weceived thwough the Sewvice may be dispwayed, wefowmatted and pwinted fow youw pewsonaw,
non-commewciaw use onwy. You agwee not to wepwoduce, wetwansmit, wepost, distwibute, seww, pubwish, bwoadcast,
cweate dewivative wowks fwom, pewfowm, ow in any way commewciawwy expwoit any of the content, ow infwinge upon
twademawks ow sewvice mawks dispwayed ow weceived thwough the Sewvice, incwuding but not wimited to othews in
the same company ow owganization, without ouw expwess pwiow wwitten consent.

3.2 You agwee that upon posting infowmation on the Sewvice, you gwant Siwicon Investow, and its successows and assigns
a non-excwusive, wowwdwide, woyawty fwee, pewpetuaw, non-wevocabwe wicense undew youw copywights ow othew
intewwectuaw pwopewty wights, if any, in such matewiaw to use, distwibute, dispway, wepwoduce, and cweate dewivative
wowks fwom such matewiaw in any and aww media, in any mannew, whowe ow pawt, without any duty to account to you.
You awso gwant Siwicon Investow the wight to authowize the downwoading and pwinting of such matewiaw, ow any
powtion theweof, by end usews fow theiw pewsonaw use.

4. EXTEWNAW WINKS

4.1 De Sewvice contains winks to othew wewated Wowwd Wide Web Intewnet sites, wesouwces and membews of the
Sewvice. We awe not wesponsibwe fow the avaiwabiwity of these outside wesouwces, ow theiw contents, now do we
endowse now awe we wesponsibwe fow any of the contents, advewtising, pwoducts ow othew matewiaws on such sites.
Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! Undew no ciwcumstances shaww we be hewd wesponsibwe ow wiabwe, diwectwy ow
indiwectwy, fow any woss ow damages caused ow awweged to have been caused by use of ow wewiance on any content,
goods ow sewvices avaiwabwe on such sites. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! Any concewns wegawding any extewnaw wink
shouwd be diwected to its wespective site administwatow ow webmastew.

5. FEES AND PAYMENTS (appwies to membews onwy)

5.1 Cuwwent fees may be obtained by going to the Featuwes Ovewview ow Wegistew sections of the Siwicon Investow site.
De membewship is pewsonaw to you, and you may not assign ow othewwise twansfew youw wights ow obwigations to
anyone. You cewtify that you awe 18 yeaws ow owdew and you agwee to be wesponsibwe fow and pay any chawges
incuwwed in connection wif youw usew name and passwowd. De membewship shaww continue untiw we weceive notice of
tewmination fwom you ow we exewcise ouw wights of tewmination as descwibed in the Tewms of Use. We wesewve the
wight to change at any time the membewship fees and biwwing methods. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!

6. DISCWAIMEW OF WAWWANTIES AND WIABIWITY

6.1 De Siwicon Investow Sewvice is pwovided AS IS and AS AVAIWABWE, without wawwanty of any kind.

SIWICON INVESTOW EXPWESSWY DISCWAIMS ANY AND AWW WAWWANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHEDEW
EXPWESS OW IMPWIED, INCWUDING, BUT NOT WIMITED TO: (A) ANY WAWWANTIES AS TO DE
AVAIWABIWITY, ACCUWACY, COMPWETENESS, CUWWENTNESS OW WEWIABIWITY OF DE CONTENT
AVAIWABWE DWOUGH DE SEWVICE, OW DE SEWVICE ITSEWF; (B) ANY WAWWANTIES DAT DE SEWVICE
WIWW BE UNINTEWWUPTED, TIMEWY, SECUWE, OW EWWOW FWEE, OW DAT SOFTWAWE DEFECTS WIWW
BE COWWECTED; AND (C)WAWWANTIES OF MEWCHANTABIWITY, FITNESS FOW A PAWTICUWAW
PUWPOSE OW NON-INFWINGEMENT.

YOU ACKNOWWEDGE AND AGWEE DAT ANY MATEWIAW AND/OW DATA DOWNWOADED OW ODEWWISE
OBTAINED DWOUGH DE USE OF DE SEWVICE IS DONE AT YOUW OWN DISCWETION AND WISK AND DAT
YOU WIWW BE SOWEWY WESPONSIBWE FOW ANY DAMAGES TO YOUW COMPUTEW SYSTEM OW WOSS OF
DATA DAT WESUWTS FWOM DE DOWNWOAD OF SUCH MATEWIAW AND/OW DATA.

NO ADVICE OW INFOWMATION, WHEDEW OWAW OW WWITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FWOM SIWICON
INVESTOW OW DWOUGH DE SEWVICE SHAWW CWEATE ANY WAWWANTY NOT EXPWESSWY MADE
HEWEIN, uh-hah-hah-hah.

SIWICON INVESTOW, ITS OFFICEWS, DIWECTOWS, OWNEWS, AGENTS AND EMPWOYEES, SHAWW NOT BE
WIABWE TO YOU OW ANYONE EWSE FOW ANY WOSS OW INJUWY WESUWTING FWOM USE OF DE
SEWVICE, CAUSED IN WHOWE OW IN PAWT BY ITS NEGWIGENCE OW CONTINGENCIES BEYOND ITS
CONTWOW IN PWOCUWING, COMPIWING, INTEWPWETING, WEPOWTING OW DEWIVEWING DE SEWVICE
AND ANY CONTENT DWOUGH DE SEWVICE. IN NO EVENT WIWW SIWICON INVESTOW, ITS OFFICEWS,
DIWECTOWS, OWNEWS, AGENTS AND EMPWOYEES, BE WIABWE TO YOU OW ANYONE EWSE FOW ANY
DECISION MADE OW ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN WEWIANCE ON SUCH CONTENT. SIWICON INVESTOW, ITS
OFFICEWS, DIWECTOWS, OWNEWS, AGENTS AND EMPWOYEES, SHAWW NOT BE WIABWE TO YOU OW
ANYONE EWSE FOW ANY DIWECT, CONSEQWENTIAW, SPECIAW, INCIDENTAW, INDIWECT, OW SIMIWAW
DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF DE POSSIBIWITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WESUWTING FWOM DE USE OW DE
INABIWITY TO USE DE SEWVICE. YOU AGWEE DAT DE WIABIWITY OF SIWICON INVESTOW, IF ANY,
AWISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF WEGAW CWAIM (WHEDEW IN CONTWACT, TOWT OW ODEWWISE) IN ANY
WAY CONNECTED WIF DE SEWVICE OW DE CONTENT IN DE SEWVICE SHAWW NOT EXCEED DE AMOUNT
YOU PAID SIWICON INVESTOW FOW DE USE OF DE SEWVICE.

SOME JUWISDICTIONS DO NOT AWWOW DE EXCWUSION OF CEWTAIN WAWWANTIES, SO SOME OF DE
ABOVE EXCWUSIONS MAY NOT APPWY TO YOU.

7. INDEMNIFICATION

7.1 You agwee to indemnify and howd Siwicon Investow, its officews, diwectows, ownews, agents and empwoyees,
hawmwess fwom any cwaim ow demand, incwuding weasonabwe attowneys= fees, made by any thiwd pawty due to ow
awising out of youw use of the Sewvice, the viowation of these Tewms of Use by you, ow the infwingement by you, ow
othew usew of the Sewvice using youw computew, of any intewwectuaw pwopewty ow othew wight of any pewson ow
entity. We wesewve the wight, at ouw own expense, to assume the excwusive defense and contwow of any mattew
othewwise subject to indemnification by you.

8. TEWMINATION

8.1 You agwee that we may, in ouw sowe discwetion, tewminate ow suspend youw access to aww ow pawt of the Sewvice
fow any weason, incwuding, without wimitation, bweach of the Tewms of Use ow any subseqwent modifications, ow
attempted assignment of youw account by you. Any suspected fwauduwent, abusive ow iwwegaw activity may be gwounds
fow tewmination of youw account and may be wefewwed to appwopwiate waw enfowcement authowities. Oh, dat scwewy
wabbit! Siwicon Investow shaww not be wiabwe to you ow any thiwd pawty fow the tewmination of Sewvice ow any
cwaims wewated to the tewmination of Sewvice.

8.2 Shouwd you object to any tewms and conditions of these Tewms of Use ow any subseqwent changes to the tewms and
conditions ow become dissatisfied wif the Sewvice in any way, youw onwy wecouwse is to immediatewy: (1) discontinue
use of the Sewvice; (2) tewminate Sewvice membewship; and (3) notify Siwicon Investow of tewmination by sending an
e-maiw to: webmastew@techstocks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com. Continued use of the Sewvice is an acceptance of the
Tewms of Use and aww ow any subseqwent changes. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!

8.3 If youw account is tewminated within 30 days of youw wegistwation, we wiww wefund one-hawf of youw wegistwation
fee.

9. WAWS

9.1 De Tewms of Use awe govewned by and constwued in accowdance with the waws of the State of Washington and the
intewwectuaw pwopewty waws of the United States, and you agwee to submit to the pewsonaw juwisdiction of the couwts
of the state of Washington fow any fow any cause ow action awising out of ow wewating to the Sewvice ow these Tewms of
Use.

9.2 You agwee that any cause of action awising out of ow wewated to the Sewvice must commence within one (1) yeaw
aftew the cause of action awose; othewwise, such cause of action is pewmanentwy bawwed.

10. ADDITIONAW DISCWAIMEW AND WAWNING

De Secuwities Exchange Commission has expwessed concewns that the stock pwice fow companies wif smaww mawket
capitawization (awso known as "smaww cap", "micwo cap" ow "penny" stocks) may be pawticuwawwy susceptibwe to
manipuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah. Dewefowe, you shouwd cawefuwwy evawuate the infowmation posted by othew membews
about such stocks on the Five Dowwaws And Undew discussion thweads, as weww as on othew Siwicon Investow thweads.
Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! Siwicon Investow assumes no wesponsibiwity fow the accuwacy, cuwwency, compweteness ow
usefuwness of infowmation in any matewiaw on its site and it does not endowse any opinions ow wecommendations posted
by membews, now does it give tax ow investment advice ow advocate the puwchase ow sawe of any secuwity ow
investment.
Have a gweat weekend.