From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 1 10:40:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from scalar.org (scalar.org [208.161.124.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A6014D03 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:40:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougb@scalar.org) Received: (from dougb@localhost) by scalar.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) id KAA05901; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:39:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougb) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:39:05 -0800 From: Doug Beaver To: Scott Mitchell Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Chuck is cute Message-ID: <19990401103905.B5764@scalar.org> References: <7drke8$lmn$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <7142.922948035@zippy.cdrom.com> <7dveen$737$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <19990401114218.D7096@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990401114218.D7096@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>; from Scott Mitchell on Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:42:18AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:42:18AM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: > On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:32:07AM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > I think this whole paranoia about cookies really goes a bit far. > > > > Possibly. However, a whole lot of sites throw out cookies for every > > document served, and I certainly don't feel in control of thousands of > > cookies. I can't be bothered to change browser settings site by site. > > There's a basic rule about web technology: if it can be abused, it will > > be abused. And probably in the majority of cases where it is used at > > all. > > > > > I don't see how a shopping cart aplication can really work reasonably > > > without them, > > > > Dynamic URLs. See Amazon.com for a working example. > > True, but amazon.com and amazon.co.uk also use cookies, and forget who I am > when I turn them off... Hi Scott: Well, yeah, of course it's going to forget you if you don't have cookies turned on... Would you expect it to work any other way? ;-) Yes, they use cookies, but if you have cookies turned off, you can still use the site. You just have to login first, and then you can browse and it will remember who you are until you leave the site. Once you leave the site, you'll have to login again the next time you visit. Doug > > Scott > > -- > =========================================================================== > Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just > | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" > QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message