WARNING
Business is unpredictable and unsafe. The Internet is dangerous. Many blogs
have been written about these dangers, and there's no way we can list
them all here. Read the blogs.
The Internet is covered in slippery slopes with loose, slippery and unpredictable
footing. The RIAA can make matters worse. Patent trolls are everywhere.
You may fall, be spammed or suffer a DOS attack. There are hidden viruses
and worms. You could break your computer. There is wild code, which may
be vicious, poisonous or carriers of dreaded malware. These include viruses
and worms. E-mail can be poisonous as well. We don't do anything to protect
you from any of this. We do not inspect, supervise or maintain the Internet,
blogsphere, ISP’s or other features, natural or otherwise.
Real dangers are present even on the Web. E-commerce is not the mall. It
can be, and is, steep, slippery and dangerous. Web features made or enhanced
by humans, such as firewalls and spam filters (if any) can break, collapse,
or otherwise fail catastrophically at any time, even if you know how to
operate them, which no doubt you don't. We don't promise to inspect, supervise
or maintain them in any way. They may be negligently constructed or repaired.
The web is unsafe, period. Live with it or stay away.
Stay on trusted sites whenever possible, if you can find any. The terrain, in addition to being
dangerous, is surprisingly complex. You may get lost. Carry food, water
and an APU at all times.
Ads for things you don’t want and other objectionable content can
arrive from nowhere. This can happen naturally, or be caused by people
around you that are being used as bots. Spam and disgusting images of all
sizes, can arrive, or pop-up with no warning. Use
of spam filters is advised for anyone approaching the Internet. They can
be purchased or rented. They won't save you if you get hit by something
big or on a port you left open. A whole DOS attack might collapse on you
and squash you like a bug. Don't think it can't happen.
If you make hasty comments about those in high places (making unsupported
comments that reduce the image of a person, often posted quickly and without
thinking) or allow your employees to do so,
you are making a terrible mistake. Even if you know what you're doing,
lots of things can go wrong and you may be sued for libel. It happens all
the time.
We do not provide rangers or security personnel. The other people on the
web, including other visitors, our employees, agents, and guests, and anyone
else who might sneak in, may be stupid, reckless, or otherwise dangerous.
They may be mentally ill, criminally insane, drunk, using illegal drugs
and/or armed with deadly malware and ready to use them. We aren't necessarily
going to do anything about it, even if we could, which we probably can't. We refuse to take any responsibility.
If you surf at work, you may become pre-occupied with it. This is true
whether you are experienced or not, trained or not, equipped or not, though
training and equipment may help. It's a fact, surfing at work is extremely
dangerous and addictive. And surfing at work lets your boss watch your every move. If you don't like it, surf at home. You really shouldn't be
doing it anyway. We do not provide supervision or instruction. We are not
responsible for, and do not track how much time you surf at work (although
we could if we wanted to.) As far as we know, your employer may find out
and send you plunging to unemployment. There are countless tons of loose
management staff ready to be dislodged and fall on you or someone else.
If you are part of the countless tons of loose management staff, then if caught surfing, you are certainly expendable.
There are any number of extremely and unusually dangerous conditions existing
on and around the Web, and elsewhere on the Internet. We may or may not
know about any specific hazard, but even if we do, don't expect us to try
to warn you. You're on your own.
Rescue services are not provided by us, and may not be available quickly
or at all. Local computer geeks may not be equipped for or trained in hard
drive recovery. If you are lucky enough to have somebody try to get rid
of a virus or find that deleted file, they may be incompetent or worse.
This includes your local computer store or office LAN administrator. We
assume no responsibility. Also, if you decide to participate in a rescue
of some other unfortunate, that's your choice. Don't do it unless you are
willing to assume all risks. Always back up first, but be aware that your backup media will probably fail if you ever need it.
By entering our site, you are agreeing that we owe you no duty of care
or any other duty or, frankly, anything at all. We promise you nothing. We do not and will not even
try to keep the premises safe for any purpose. The premises are not safe
for any purpose. We won't even try to warn you about any dangerous or hazardous
condition, whether we know about it or not. If we do decide to warn you
about something, that doesn't mean we will try to warn you about anything
else. If we do make an effort to fix an unsafe condition, we may not try
to correct any others, and we may make matters worse! We and our employees
or agents may do things that are unwise and dangerous. Sorry, we're not
responsible. We may give you bad advice. Don't listen to us.
In short,
ENTER AND USE THIS SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Oh, and ..... have fun!
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