The Internet Discussion Area Project - Faculty Discussion Area

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About the Discussion Area

Access to this site is limited to college faculty using or contemplating use of an internet discussion area for their classes. Discussion areas are operated by abc-xyz.com for selected faculty at no charge for research purposes. If you wish to apply for your own discussion area or experience any difficulties, problems or find objectionable comments posted on this site, contact forum@abc-xyz.com in confidence.

Linking beyond this page constitutes your acknowledgement of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions listed below. Please read the terms and conditions carefully: They give the site operator rights to comments you post. Last update: 8/15/97. Please bookmark only this page.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCESS

PLEASE DO NOT BOOKMARK any page farther into the discussion area as there is no link returning you to this page on any of the subsequent pages. Other webpages in this site are constantly under construction and will be altered and relocated as necessary for new design and functionality: only this page is located at a constant URL.

WARNING! This web site is part of an ongoing research project. The nature of the research does not involve punishment, deception or misrepresentation of any kind by the researchers or the website operator. By linking beyond this page you are acknowledging that, for the purpose of satisfying any Human Subject Protection rules which may apply, you are giving your INFORMED CONSENT to participate in the gathering and publication of non-physical research data about you as determined solely from the comments you post and your use of this website. This may include, but is not limited to, your opinion, attitudes, personality, and behavior.

POSTING A COMMENT is legally a publication, as much so as an article in a magazine or a book. That comment and the copyright to that comment become the property of the operator of this website. Your comments may be used in further publications or as part of a research paper or book at the sole discretion of the website operator. By clicking on the link above and entering the discussion area, you are agreeing to allow publication of all comments you post, including your real name, without any limitation. The inclusion of your real name is the legal tender/barter price of posting a comment. Anonymous comments are not allowed and will be removed.

PLEASE USE POLITE RESTRAINT in your choice of language. If you wouldn’t want your boss, spouse, children, or mother to see it in print with your name as author, don’t type it in.

YOU MUST USE YOUR REAL NAME when posting a comment, except in the event that your participation in a discussion is both a requirement for a grade and you object to your name being published. In that event you may arrange with the instructor to advise the website to accept a first name and single letter as a substitute (Example: Linda Smith becomes Linda K.) You must advise and receive acknowledgement (we will let you know the single letter to add following your first name) from your instructor before posting a comment. You are not required to give any reason since the desire for privacy is assumed and is sufficient. All publications will use the name you post, but we will retain evidence of your real name privately. Unauthorized fake names or handles are not allowed.