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Old 07-22-2003, 07:34 PM
Brad Amundsen Brad Amundsen is offline
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Xash Please Read

I made an honest mistake when I copied and pasted from another website. I understand the rule now. But my problem is I did this to answer several questions in past posts. I will definately stop but need you to overlook a few others please.
Sincerely sorry and I will follow the rules from now on.

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Old 07-22-2003, 07:46 PM
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Hi Brad Amundsen, Thank you for your understanding.

Please do not copy/paste entire pages. I appreciate that you want to answer questions, and request you to post links to the websites that offer relevant information, instead of copy/pasting them.

Thank you and hope to see positive contributions from you in the future.

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p.s. There is no General Question here. I'm moving this to About This Message Board.
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Old 07-22-2003, 07:59 PM
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For your reference:

From the FAQ - guidelines for posting at the SDMB

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A. If you are going to quote something from an article, quote less than 5% of the source. Include a link to the article if the article is available online.

B. Only quote directly in very rare circumstances. Instead of repeating a source word-for-word, read the article, attempt to understand it, and rephrase what it says in your own words. Again, include a link to the source if the source is available online. Otherwise indicate a reference to the source (e.g. Science News, issue x, pages yy-zz).
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Old 07-22-2003, 09:48 PM
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Dude, this SO could have been your first pit thread.

C'mon, move it on over there. You know you want it.
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Old 07-22-2003, 09:49 PM
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I told him to, but nooooooo...he didn't want to Pit himself. I bet him $10 Tuba would move it there anyway. Heh.
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Old 07-23-2003, 12:15 AM
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Whoa. How long has xash been here? He's new. Hiya, pal.
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Old 07-23-2003, 05:20 AM
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Hey hey hey... I ain't pittin' myself dudes :wally

Gotta leave something for the millions to do.

I've sent Tuba some more chocolates, so Q.E.D. you might wanna send over your $10 to me. Shipping will cost you $25 of course

Hiya Blackeyes. You can "Hiya" me in the other *wink wink* thread as well:

Please welcome our newest mod, xash
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Old 07-23-2003, 07:50 AM
C K Dexter Haven C K Dexter Haven is offline
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Just to be perfectly clear: the Chicago READER, who sponsors this website, is very touchy about copyright issues. They're very protective of Cecil's columns in terms of copyright. And therefore we don't want any abuse of copyright appearing on our boards: the standard is the standard.
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