Registration Agreement

***SPAMMERS*** DO. NOT. BOTHER. Forum registration is monitored regularly. We are astute as to the methods used to spam forums. We will detect you quickly, ban your IP address, and delete your account and your posts - so don't waste your time or ours....

***NEW MEMBERS*** RESPOND TO EMAIL CONFIRMATION TO COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION. THEN IMMEDIATELY INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN THE "NEW MEMBERS" SECTION OF THE FORUM, BY BEGINNING A NEW THREAD TITLED WITH YOUR USERNAME IN THE "Newbie Central - Introduce Yourself!" FORUM. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHY YOU'RE HERE. NEW MEMBERS FAILING TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES WILL BE SUBJECT TO HAVING THEIR ACCOUNT DELETED. THIS IS AN ANTI-SPAMMER MEASURE. We're only interested in members who want to participate in the forum. Unconfirmed accounts, or "lurkers" who do not actively engage, will eventually have their accounts deleted after a period of inactivity. The best way to avoid account deletion is to confirm your account and then introduce yourself right away.

***READ "TIPS FOR NEW USERS"*** in the "New Members" section.

***REGISTRATION AGREEMENT***
You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is knowingly false or defamatory, harassing, obscene, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, pornographic, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless it is posted with attribution linked to the original source, or you own the copyright, or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. "Fair use" of copyrighted material cannot be assumed. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not continuously monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.

You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason.  We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.

After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. You are responsible for the content of your personal user profile.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.