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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 11:42:18 +0100
From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Chuck is cute
References: <7drke8$lmn$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <7142.922948035@zippy.cdrom.com> <7dveen$737$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de>
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In-Reply-To: <7dveen$737$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de>; from Christian Weisgerber on Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:32:07AM +0200
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On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:32:07AM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> 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...

	Scott

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