On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Scott Carrie wrote:
> Man this is all about choosing what is best for you as I stated in the first
> message.
Scott, what is best for me is my business and not Microsofts.
since when did Microsoft take up communism?
> guess what, I have just deleted all my cookies without shelling to dos. no
> problems for me.
like I posted at the beginning of this thread, and you are
not in very good touch with your operating system, they will be
restored by the index.dat as soon as you restart. you may
have deleted them, but not, as i emphasized, permanently.
details, that is the key, attention to detail.
> also why is it every mail you send spins the discussion in a different
> direction when I try to answer any issue you raise you slide to a different
> issue.
short memory there Scott. you responded to my first post in this
thread and that post was all about cookies. it was you, lost
deep in your own projection, that spun.
> if you want to slang do it over private email I am sure the email
> distribution is getting fed up of it anyway
no Scott, it is not slang, it is just the form of english
we speak here in the US. we don't insult your language, try
to respect ours.
Peace!
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kireau kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 09 November 2000 17:03
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [cc] interesting article about Microsoft
>
>
> and another thing - microsoft is the one that built an OS using MSIE
> that uses cookies that cannot be permanently deleted without having to
> boot to another OS to delete them. Netscape cookies are EASY to
> delete, one file to recycle bin. and even though some cookies are
> good, i have found plenty that interfere with my day to day privacy.
>
> if i put an ad banner on on my site, it is the cookies that prevent me
> from clicking on the banner, even if it is something in the banner
> that i would purchase, because the cookie knows that banner is on my
> site and and i am the one who is clicking on it, i get a message that
> sends me to my banner stats instead of the advertiser of the product i
> am interested in. and i cannot delete that cookie without booting to
> dos. that is just plain WRONG. if i want to click on my own site's
> banners, microsoft has no business building an OS that prevents that.
> but Microsoft did - not http://grc.com/downloaders.htm or any other
> non-authoritative source you want to mention. they did it on purpose.
> that is the clearest invasion of privacy i have ever seen. and i am
> glad the justice department found them guilty - they are!
>
> Kireau Kendrick
> The Cybercafe Search Engine
> Cafe Cybercaptive, San Mateo, CA
> http://cybercaptive.com
>
> > if you look at http://grc.com/downloaders.htm I think you will agree
> it does
> > not mention Microsoft but other companies that trace and report on
> your
> > usage. If MS did it this site would have reported it by now - go
> figure
> >
> > These are the private views of Scott Carrie and not associated with
> > Microsoft in any way
> >
> > Scott
>
>
>
>
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