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Cookies?
Could some explain in simple terms what "cookies" are and can I delete those
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Cookies are tiny little files that websites put on your machine so they know
it's you when you come back to the website. Ever see "Welcome back, Dale!"? That's 'cause they put a cookie on your machine. To delete them, open Internet Explorer and hit Tools--Internet options... This is the Microsoft Word newsgroup. Please check the group in which you're posting first.  ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "Dale" wrote in message ... Could some explain in simple terms what "cookies" are and can I delete those files? |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Troy" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: Cookies? Cookies are tiny little files that websites put on your machine so they know it's you when you come back to the website. Ever see "Welcome back, Dale!"? That's 'cause they put a cookie on your machine. To delete them, open Internet Explorer and hit Tools--Internet options... This is the Microsoft Word newsgroup. Please check the group in which you're posting first. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "Dale" wrote in message ... Could some explain in simple terms what "cookies" are and can I delete those files? Actually Anne! Isn't that extending the falsehood that cookies are bad a bit too far? Cookies don't identify you per Anne TroY or Dale Somebody or John Smith. There merely provide a referecne from a particlar machine, using a particular browser from a particular IP range. There's an ongoing industry effort to enforce confidence in the use of cookies in an attempt to assure paid advertisers of worthiness of their marketing dollars spent that are based on cookies. Unless your on the moon, much of the internet is provided through the benefit of advertisers. In addition, SEO's are fearful of what encompassing new tool might be necessary to replace cookies and provide more accurate inforamtion to advertisers. Currently, we as users are able to delete our cookies at will. As many times per day as we may desire. With a new tool, that may not be possible. The Pros http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html http://wp.netscape.com/legal_notices/cookies.html http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/c/cookie.html http://www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm (multiple pages) http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-034.shtml http://www.netlingo.com/right.cfm?term=cookies The Cons http://www.junkbusters.com/cookies.html The Options http://scholar.google.com/cookies.html |
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Sorry, lostinspace. I didn't know that I inferred that they were bad.
******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "lostinspace" wrote in message . .. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Troy" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 12:15 PM Subject: Cookies? Cookies are tiny little files that websites put on your machine so they know it's you when you come back to the website. Ever see "Welcome back, Dale!"? That's 'cause they put a cookie on your machine. To delete them, open Internet Explorer and hit Tools--Internet options... This is the Microsoft Word newsgroup. Please check the group in which you're posting first. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "Dale" wrote in message ... Could some explain in simple terms what "cookies" are and can I delete those files? Actually Anne! Isn't that extending the falsehood that cookies are bad a bit too far? Cookies don't identify you per Anne TroY or Dale Somebody or John Smith. There merely provide a referecne from a particlar machine, using a particular browser from a particular IP range. There's an ongoing industry effort to enforce confidence in the use of cookies in an attempt to assure paid advertisers of worthiness of their marketing dollars spent that are based on cookies. Unless your on the moon, much of the internet is provided through the benefit of advertisers. In addition, SEO's are fearful of what encompassing new tool might be necessary to replace cookies and provide more accurate inforamtion to advertisers. Currently, we as users are able to delete our cookies at will. As many times per day as we may desire. With a new tool, that may not be possible. The Pros http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html http://wp.netscape.com/legal_notices/cookies.html http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/c/cookie.html http://www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm (multiple pages) http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-034.shtml http://www.netlingo.com/right.cfm?term=cookies The Cons http://www.junkbusters.com/cookies.html The Options http://scholar.google.com/cookies.html |
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