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Connie Neil - Apr 13, 2004 6:08:45 pm PDT #7109 of 10000

brillig

Question re: cookies.

I set my security options to Disable from Prompt for cookies that are stored on the system. b.org has never asked to put a cookie on the system. When I set the system to Disable, my system hung twice while trying to come to b.org. When I set it back to Prompt, b.org popped right up, without asking to put a cookie on the system. I know b.org keeps track of me somehow so it knows to remember me, but I'm not sure if I confused the thing by Disabling the cookies. Of course, it could be coincidence. I'm running Win98SE with IE 5.5.

§ ita § - Apr 13, 2004 6:09:32 pm PDT #7110 of 10000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It uses cookies, yes.

Connie Neil - Apr 13, 2004 6:15:11 pm PDT #7111 of 10000

brillig

Are they stored cookies? Those were the only ones I set to Disable. Per Session cookies are Enabled.

§ ita § - Apr 13, 2004 6:23:09 pm PDT #7112 of 10000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you want to be remembered, they're stored for sure. Otherwise they should just be session information.

Connie Neil - Apr 13, 2004 6:31:05 pm PDT #7113 of 10000

brillig

But I've got Stored Cookies set to Prompt. And I've been saying No to the prompts. Hm...

This is where the mystic arts stuff kicks in, right? Internet programming is really done with stinky herbs and Latin, I bet.

Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 13, 2004 10:10:27 pm PDT #7114 of 10000

I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

This is where the mystic arts stuff kicks in, right? Internet programming is really done with stinky herbs and Latin, I bet.

Those noises you hear when you dial up? The dying squeals of an electronic sacrificial goat. Also known as putting the 'die' in 'dial up'.

Sorry. I'm probably over-excited about having had time to finish a thread. t /natter

DXMachina - Apr 14, 2004 2:18:18 am PDT #7115 of 10000

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Internet programming is really done with stinky herbs and Latin, I bet.

Internet programming is like regular programming, really, only with more newt.

Liese S. - Apr 14, 2004 4:53:04 am PDT #7116 of 10000

"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Would this be a good time to mention again how much I hate the use of the term MARCIE for the user filter? The character in question was a tragic one, and I really dislike the thought of applying that concept to people who annoy us.

I realize it doesn't actually matter to me in practical application since I won't be using the filter, but I would like to again discourage the practice. I know there are those who disagree with this and think it's cute, but I say, let's say user filter. It's a straightforward term for a functional application.

amych - Apr 14, 2004 4:55:59 am PDT #7117 of 10000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

What Liese said. I've always hated the name MARCIE.

(FTR, I hated ENUF too -- needless cute acronyms make my teeth itch, and I'd much rather just call it a filter. But MARCIE is even worse, for the reason Liese articulates way better than I can.)

Beverly - Apr 14, 2004 4:59:46 am PDT #7118 of 10000

Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I like user filter myself. They always get nicknamed, anyway. i.e., "bozofilter" at TT. Which, actually I loved, but that wasn't it's actual name. I plump for user filter.

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