09-11-2005, 06:26 PM
By registering or participating on the Hyperspace Cafe web site you accept and agree to the following terms and conditions. Our goal is to provide a high quality discussion environment for our visitors, these terms are in place to prevent disruption and to maintain a safe and friendly discussion service.
The following terms apply to the discussion forum. A "post" is defined as any message, comment or media contributed to the above.
Never give you password or login name to anyone else or allow others to use your account.
1. No spamming
Common forms of forum spam include but are not limited to:
2. Post content
In the interests of keeping the forum as safe and family-friendly as possible please remember the following:
3. Behavior
Please be civil and courteous to other members at all times.
4. Signatures and profiles
Please remember the following regarding signature and profile content.
Note: Members may place a link to their own web site in their signature providing it is non-commercial in nature.
Please be sensible when it comes to what you put in your profile. Signatures and avatars should not contain excessively gory, violent, sexually oriented, drug related, overly distracting or offensive content. Signatures should not be used to attack, denigrate or belittle other members or to 'bash' or mock religious beliefs or views. We reserve the right to remove any signature that we deem to be unsuitable, inappropriate or disruptive.
5. Etiquette
In the interests of maintaining constructive and friendly discussions:
6. Moderator action
Hyperspace Cafe is a privately owned web site and as such we reserve the right to remove any post that we deem to be inappropriate, offensive or intentionally disruptive, or to take any action necessary against any member whose behavior we deem to be inappropriate, offensive or intentionally disruptive. Action taken is done on a case by case basis and is dependent on the nature and severity of the violations, but can include anything up to the banning of the account and IP address.
By using the forum service you agree to the following:
One hour editing: Due to security issues and the need to ensure the quality of our knowledge-base, we have a one hour limit on the ability for members to edit their posts. What this means, is that members have the ability to edit their own posts for one hour after creating it. This also means, as a rule, that we do not remove or delete content from our forums. So, before you post, consider this rule. If, for some reason, a member needs to edit a post to correct spelling or grammar errors that is more than one hour old, an administrator can assist you to make the necessary changes.
Deleting member accounts:As a general rule we don't delete member accounts, however we can 'close' an account if requested. If your account is closed then you will no longer be able to post or contribute to the forum, your profile will be wiped of all information and any subscriptions to e-mail notifications of new topics/updates will be canceled. If you simply no longer wish to participate on the forum account closure is usually unnecessary as your account will be completely secure in your absence, however for those who would like the added peace of mind of having their account closed for this or other reasons then the option is available.
General Liability Notice: The open and real-time nature of the discussion forums makes it impossible for The Owners to vouch for the validity or honesty of posts from individual members. We are not responsible for any messages posted, nor the consequences of reading them. The views expressed in the messages within the forums are those of the authors, who accept total responsibility for the content of their posts. If you find any posts in these forums to be offensive or objectionable, please contact administration or the moderators with the address of the post. If we determine that removal of a post or posts is necessary, we will make reasonable efforts to do so in a timely manner.
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
For more information go here.
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
If for any reason you believe that our use of your material on this site does not fall within the fair use guidelines, please immediately notify us so that we can promptly address the matter.
Disclaimer
The posting of stories, commentaries, reports, documents and links (embedded or otherwise) on this site does not in any way, shape or form, implied or otherwise, necessarily express or suggest our endorsement or support of any of such posted material or parts therein. Journalism is the profession of gathering multiple facts, perspectives, viewpoints, opinions, analysis, and information about the events of our times and presenting them to readers for their own consideration. We believe in the intelligence, judgment and wisdom of our readers to discern for themselves among the data which appears on this site that which is valid and worthy...or otherwise.
Hyperspace Cafe reserves the right to change or add to these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice, and in any situation the decision of an Administrator is final.
The following terms apply to the discussion forum. A "post" is defined as any message, comment or media contributed to the above.
Never give you password or login name to anyone else or allow others to use your account.
1. No spamming
Common forms of forum spam include but are not limited to:
- 1a. Advertising: Do not use the forum to advertise or promote a product, site or service.
- 1b. Recruitment: Do not recruit or invite members in to joining other sites, groups, services or forums.
- 1c. Multi-posting: Do not post the same post or topic in more than one place on the forums.
- 1d. Thread bumping: Do not post 'bump' or some other short text solely to return a thread to the top of the topic index.
- 1e. Participation requests: Do not ask members to take part in off-site surveys, petitions, contests, campaigns or fund-raisers.
- 1f. Link dropping: Do not make posts for the purpose of dropping links for promotional/SEO purposes.
2. Post content
In the interests of keeping the forum as safe and family-friendly as possible please remember the following:
- 2a. Offensive material: Do not post anything that is excessively violent, sexually explicit, depicts images of death, gore or that is of an otherwise overly graphic nature.
- 2b. Illegal material: Do not post material that is violative of any law or that describes or advocates illegal activities such as taking, growing, buying or selling drugs; the sale or promotion of weapons, hacking, trespassing, downloading pirated software, movies or music, participation in criminal offenses or plans to enact criminal acts.
- 2c. Plagiarism and copyright: If you quote text from an external web site then please always provide a source link. Members are asked to copy only as much as is necessary when quoting material from external sources, do not copy and paste entire articles or web pages.
- 2d. Accuracy: Do not post material that is knowingly or intentionally false, inaccurate or misleading.
- 2e. Garbage posting: Do not deliberately post nonsense either for personal amusement or to wind up other members, keep your posts sensible.
- 2f. Private content: Do not post the content of private correspondences or the personal contact details of other members.
- 2g. Language: As this is an English speaking site we ask that our members post only in English. Mobile phone shorthand, fictional languages and "leetspeak" are disallowed.
- 2h. Agenda posting: Do not use the site to promote an agenda. This often involves the starting of forum threads or making posts which appear to be legitimate in nature but which are aimed at surreptitiously promoting some political view, religious belief or to attack or criticize other members, beliefs or views in an underhanded manner which detracts from unbiased and fair discussion.
- 2i. Medical advice: Do not use the forum to request help with medical conditions or medications, you are always best to seek the advice of your doctor.
- 2j. Preaching: Do not use the site to promote or 'preach' your own religious beliefs to other members.
- 2k. Drug use references: While legitimate discussion of drug related issues is generally acceptable the advocation or description of personal drug use is not. Promoting or recommending alternative or potentially harmful medications to visitors such as vitamin mega dosing, human growth hormones, prescription drug abuse, white powder of gold, psychic experience inducing drugs or anything similar is disallowed.
3. Behavior
Please be civil and courteous to other members at all times.
- 3a. Racism or hatred: We have zero tolerance for racism or hatred towards any specific race, religion, country, gender, individual or group.
- 3b. Harassment: Do not harass, defame, threaten, bully or victimize other members.
- 3c. Profanity: Do not use profanity, crude, vulgar language or attempt to intentionally bypass the profanity filter.
- 3d. Trolling: Do not troll the forums. We define 'trolling' as the act of causing deliberate disruption or offense. Such behavior usually involves the posting of intentionally false, controversial or offensive comments designed to provoke, bait and annoy other members.
- 3e. Flame-baiting: Do not taunt or bait another member in to an argument.
- 3f. Abusive behavior: Do not be rude, insulting, offensive, snide, obnoxious or abusive towards other members.
- 3g. Suggestive conduct: Do not post sexually suggestive comments, innuendo or engage in inappropriate sexually oriented personal exchanges or harassment.
- 3h. Sock puppetry: Do not post under more than one alias at the same time or pretend to be more than one person via multiple accounts.
- 3i. Forum groups: The formation or promotion of organized groups, clans or gangs is disallowed.
- 3j. Thread derailment: Do not derail or 'hijack' threads with posts that are either off-topic or designed to draw attention away from what is being discussed.
- 3k. Forum warfare: Do not initiate or participate in "wars" with other members. Collective or individual attempts to attack, accuse, discredit or force a certain viewpoint on other members are disallowed. A "war" can constitute a prolonged series of disruptive confrontations between specific members or groups of members with similar beliefs or views, usually with either side accusing the other of being the aggressor and attacking, criticizing and baiting each other on a regular basis. Action will be taken against members who instigate or participate in this type of activity.
- 3l. Defamation: Do not use this site or its services to attack, promote hatred towards or otherwise defame other web sites, forums, groups or individuals.
- 3m. Role-playing: Do not use the forum or chat room to 'role-play' as a fictitious character or entity.
- 3n. Chat room: Be polite and civil to other chat room users at all times and make sensible, constructive contributions.
4. Signatures and profiles
Please remember the following regarding signature and profile content.
Note: Members may place a link to their own web site in their signature providing it is non-commercial in nature.
Please be sensible when it comes to what you put in your profile. Signatures and avatars should not contain excessively gory, violent, sexually oriented, drug related, overly distracting or offensive content. Signatures should not be used to attack, denigrate or belittle other members or to 'bash' or mock religious beliefs or views. We reserve the right to remove any signature that we deem to be unsuitable, inappropriate or disruptive.
- 4a. Advertising: Do not use your signature or profile to promote commercial products, services or web sites.
- 4b. Image Size: Signatures should be no larger than 500x150 pixels. Images used in signatures or avatars should not exceed 100k.
- 4c. Distracting images: Please avoid the use of flashing or overly distracting animated signature or avatar images.
- 4d. Display name: Please choose a sensible display name. Display names should contain only alphanumeric characters and must not contain profanity, racism, sexual references, hatred or relate to illegal activities such as drug taking. Do not use your display name to display any web site or e-mail address, or to impersonate, harass or offend other members.
5. Etiquette
In the interests of maintaining constructive and friendly discussions:
- 5a. Personal attacks: Attack the point being presented, not the person who is making it.
- 5b. Spelling and grammar: Do not point out mistakes or criticize other members on their spelling, grammar or punctuation.
- 5c. Personal scrutiny: Do not attack or scrutinize another member's intelligence, mental status or personal/educational background.
- 5d. Topic bashing: Do not enter a thread just to shout "fake!" or to state point blank that "x does not exist". Elaborate on your response.
- 5e. Disrespectful conduct: Do not be rude, unpleasant or disrespectful towards other members - always be polite and courteous.
- 5f. Balanced debate: Do not make posts forbidding opposing viewpoints, both sides of a debate should be represented.
- 5g. Shouting: Do not write in all uppercase letters, writing in this manner is considered "shouting".
- 5h. Redundant quoting: Avoid quoting large amounts of material just to provide a short reply, only quote what you need to in order to avoid ambiguity.
- 5i. Rule quoting: Do not quote the site rules to other members, if you believe the rules have been broken please hit the 'report' button.
6. Moderator action
Hyperspace Cafe is a privately owned web site and as such we reserve the right to remove any post that we deem to be inappropriate, offensive or intentionally disruptive, or to take any action necessary against any member whose behavior we deem to be inappropriate, offensive or intentionally disruptive. Action taken is done on a case by case basis and is dependent on the nature and severity of the violations, but can include anything up to the banning of the account and IP address.
By using the forum service you agree to the following:
- 6a. Compliance: You agree to co-operate with the requests of our site staff should you be asked to stop doing something that they deem to be disruptive, inappropriate or in violation of the terms of service.
- 6b. Protest: You agree not to attack, harass, threaten or become abusive towards any member of staff. Members who become offensive or participate in harassing, threatening or retaliatory action against the site or a member of staff will be subject to further action. All our moderators are volunteers who give up their own free time to keep the forum a safe and friendly place, please treat them with the respect that they deserve.
- 6c. Appeal: Do not start threads, make posts or use the chat room to complain about, petition against or to query moderator action. If you disagree with action taken by a member of staff you have the option to appeal the decision by PMing a moderator or administrator.
- 6d. Access: If your access or posting rights have been revoked, do not register more accounts in order to circumvent this restriction or have another member post or deliver messages on your behalf. Accounts that we find belong to previously banned members will also be banned.
One hour editing: Due to security issues and the need to ensure the quality of our knowledge-base, we have a one hour limit on the ability for members to edit their posts. What this means, is that members have the ability to edit their own posts for one hour after creating it. This also means, as a rule, that we do not remove or delete content from our forums. So, before you post, consider this rule. If, for some reason, a member needs to edit a post to correct spelling or grammar errors that is more than one hour old, an administrator can assist you to make the necessary changes.
Deleting member accounts:As a general rule we don't delete member accounts, however we can 'close' an account if requested. If your account is closed then you will no longer be able to post or contribute to the forum, your profile will be wiped of all information and any subscriptions to e-mail notifications of new topics/updates will be canceled. If you simply no longer wish to participate on the forum account closure is usually unnecessary as your account will be completely secure in your absence, however for those who would like the added peace of mind of having their account closed for this or other reasons then the option is available.
General Liability Notice: The open and real-time nature of the discussion forums makes it impossible for The Owners to vouch for the validity or honesty of posts from individual members. We are not responsible for any messages posted, nor the consequences of reading them. The views expressed in the messages within the forums are those of the authors, who accept total responsibility for the content of their posts. If you find any posts in these forums to be offensive or objectionable, please contact administration or the moderators with the address of the post. If we determine that removal of a post or posts is necessary, we will make reasonable efforts to do so in a timely manner.
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
For more information go here.
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
If for any reason you believe that our use of your material on this site does not fall within the fair use guidelines, please immediately notify us so that we can promptly address the matter.
Disclaimer
The posting of stories, commentaries, reports, documents and links (embedded or otherwise) on this site does not in any way, shape or form, implied or otherwise, necessarily express or suggest our endorsement or support of any of such posted material or parts therein. Journalism is the profession of gathering multiple facts, perspectives, viewpoints, opinions, analysis, and information about the events of our times and presenting them to readers for their own consideration. We believe in the intelligence, judgment and wisdom of our readers to discern for themselves among the data which appears on this site that which is valid and worthy...or otherwise.
Hyperspace Cafe reserves the right to change or add to these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice, and in any situation the decision of an Administrator is final.