Ta.

er, cookies?

OK so I KNOW you're not refering to home baking (unless you are) cookies are an OS function am I right?

Do I need to check in my computer, wait and I'll go and do that.

Edited for spelling and content.

OK, I'm actually in Control Panel here now...looking

OK, well there doesn't appear to be anything I can do about cookies from Control Panel except delete them or edit on a site by site basis. I reckon editing is unecessary because the defaults will be the correct setting. Unless otherwise stated so If they're NOT please say so.

Anyway I'm closing the Control Panel, now I would like to go back to having fun please.

Zoe, no, it sounds like you've done everything you need to do.

(Cookies, as I understand it, are little files your browser stores on your hard disk when you visit certain websites--for instance, they're the reason why Amazon.com knows who you are when you go back there, if you have an account there. I don't know why they're called "cookies.")

The guy who named them says he doesn't remember why they're called cookies either, but the name probably comes from the similar "magic cookie" concept in Unix:

Magic cookie" is a common term in Unix and other programming for a handle given to a piece of information shared between cooperating programs. The entry for "magic cookie" in The New Hacker's Dictionary [4] defines it as "something passed between routines or programs that enables the receiver to perform some operation; a capability ticket or opaque identifier."

(From a really bad article on First Monday )

From what I have read Lou Montulli called them cookies for no good reason. I think we should write a really good story and float it as a legend.

Sorry for the natter. If there is any way I can contribute to building a better board I would be delighted to help.

I think we should write a really good story and float it as a legend.

See, back in the days when computers were big enough to fill entire rooms, programmers would leave trails of cookie crumbs on the floor to be able to find their way from section to section. Unfortunately, the crumbs also attracted bugs...

Whee!

back in the days when computers were big enough to fill entire rooms, programmers would leave trails of cookie crumbs on the floor to be able to find their way from section to section. Unfortunately, the crumbs also attracted bugs...

and thus a myth is born.

I feel silly, but I lost my bookmark in the crash but---after you threadsuck, what do I need to do in order to do a search?

Can we add this bit of info to the FAQ somewhere near John's Natter Diet.

after you threadsuck, what do I need to do in order to do a search?

Just hit Ctrl-F.

PaulJ is my new secret board crush - work your coder magic!

While I still cannot offer coding help, if there is any cost to doing the CVS thingy with Kristen or stuff that goes above what we have. I will cover it.