Re: ONLINE-ADS>> Ad Bytes -- Whose hand is that in the cookie jar?

Bob Stewart (rstewart_at_mars.superlink.net)
Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:42:06 -0400

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>Whose hand is that in the cookie jar?
>MSNBC
>http://www.msnbc.com:80/news/66878.asp

Urgh. More misinformation. "...cookies are ominous strings of random
numbers that follow them from site to site."

Aren't all cookies domain specific? Can someone show me an example of a
cookie written at one domain and read by another?

No wonder the average user is paranoid about them when the Internet press
doesn't even understand them.

I think cookies are destined to be the handle for Internet conspiracy
theorists. If it weren't for the fact that the earth is flat, people would
accept cookies. ;-)

Bob Stewart

The Virtual Mirror - http://www.vmirror.com

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Highland Park, NJ 08904

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