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You can etransfer to Henry Lam at chesstalkforum at gmail dot com
Transfér à Henry Lam à chesstalkforum@gmail.com
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General Guidelines
---- Nous avons besoin d'un traduction français!
Some Basics
1. Under Board "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) there are 3 sections dealing with General Forum Usage, User Profile Features, and Reading and Posting Messages. These deal with everything from Avatars to Your Notifications. Most general technical questions are covered there. Here is a link to the FAQs. https://forum.chesstalk.com/help
2. Consider using the SEARCH button if you are looking for information. You may find your question has already been answered in a previous thread.
3. If you've looked for an answer to a question, and not found one, then you should consider asking your question in a new thread. For example, there have already been questions and discussion regarding: how to do chess diagrams (FENs); crosstables that line up properly; and the numerous little “glitches” that every new site will have.
4. Read pinned or sticky threads, like this one, if they look important. This applies especially to newcomers.
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7. Unnecessary thread proliferation (e.g., deliberately creating a new thread that duplicates existing discussion) is discouraged. Look to see if a thread on your topic may have already been started and, if so, consider adding your contribution to the pre-existing thread. However, starting new threads to explore side-issues that are not relevant to the original subject is strongly encouraged. A single thread on the Canadian Open, with hundreds of posts on multiple sub-topics, is no better than a dozen threads on the Open covering only a few topics. Use your good judgment when starting a new thread.
8. If and/or when sub-forums are created, please make sure to create threads in the proper place.
Debate
9. Give an opinion and back it up with a reason. Throwaway comments such as "Game X pwnz because my friend and I think so!" could be considered pointless at best, and inflammatory at worst.
10. Try to give your own opinions, not simply those copied and pasted from reviews or opinions of your friends.
Unacceptable behavior and warnings
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Helping to Moderate
13. 'Report' links (an exclamation mark inside a triangle) can be found in many places throughout the board. These links allow users to alert the board staff to anything which is offensive, objectionable or illegal. Please consider using this feature if the need arises.
Advice for free
14. You should exercise the same caution with Private Messages as you would with any public posting.
Last time I had my local "expert" sort out my old computer, I asked him about the whole Maz vs Windows security thing. He said that that Mac was indeed much more robust - something to do with a much tighter register that is next to impossible to crack - and that is all I bothered to understand! I got the impression that even if Mac "took over the world", viruses would still be much rarer......
On Thursday, Oct 31 upon accessing the ChessTalk site I received a screen warning from my virus protection program McAfee - Whoa, you don't want to go there!
Well I went there anyway and see no problem.
McAfee, it seems wants to be exceptionally visible in the month preceding the contract renewal date. And guess what. They sent me an email saying that my contract has been renewed automatically even though I did not authorise a renewal. Furthermore, they automatically charged $39.99 to my MasterCard since they had my number recorded at the time of the original purchase.
Apperently, I am not the only victim of this McAfee policy - others have posted on-line with a similar problem.
So if you subscribe to McAfee you can be comforted that they will protect you from computer viruses - McAfee does not want competition! They want to be the only virus in your computer. They will deduct cash from your credit card once a year, every year, forever.
You can cancel your subscription by going to their website and then navigating a complex menu of options - then one option will direct you to a different one - and on and on til you give up.
I solved the problem with a phone call to their client support number after having resolved to be put on hold for however long it took. I got an email back saying a full refund was on its way. Lets hope so.
chesstalk.info
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McAfee TrustedSource web reputation analysis found potential suspicious behavior on this site which may pose a security risk. Use with caution.
Perhaps the site admins or Larry will wish to rectify the security flaw:
The only issue is with the actulal link Chesstalk.info as both Stategy Games and ChessTalk.com appear to be OK
I have a home business and three computers, so I bought Norton 360 two years ago with automatic renewal. It's been excellent. I used to go with free antivirus, but as the old saying goes, "You get what you pay for".
No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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