Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:15:55 GMT From: "Skid" <skid2nopsamast.net> Subject: Re: Best tyres for 9-3?
"'nuther Bob" <yetanotherphonyaddressnopsamacereally.com> wrote in message news:vnh0ivop4vbaem95tq75npum6qrh0qfvr2nopsamcom... > On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:28:58 GMT, "Skid" <skid2nopsamast.net> wrote: > > >It's OT anyway, but Zuke was advising people to avoid using one of the best > >sources of tire and wheel info on the net because of a misplaced paranoia > >about cookies. > > There is a lot of paranoia about cookies. But, cookies never contain > anything the web site that you didn't tell them. The only thing they > do is give a site the ability to tell that it's you returning ("You > being identifiable only as far as you've identified yourself to them). > FWIW, one domain cannot read the cookies of another - so tirerack.com > cannot read cookies from microsoft.com. > Thanks for injecting a note of sanity. I was trying to do the same, but veered slightly toward the ballistic when I got a response that began and ended with "Duh." On reflection, I realize there has to be a good reason why that word is such a lynchpin in that poster's limited vocabulary.