Re: [APML] New Hubble shots released

["Fred & Liz Lusen" <fl.lusen@verizon.net>]

You know instead of starting another non astronomical thread that will last
a week, send an e-mail to Sky&Tel and let them know your feelings.  If they
get enough disgruntled e-mails they may rethink their policy.  Hashing it
out in this forum will not bother Sky&Tel but only serve to alienate many
people that frequent here.

And that is my 2 cents

Fred Lusen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Miracle" <rwm@photo-miracles.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] New Hubble shots released


> At 11:29 AM 4/29/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >Guess I'm a privacy freak.  When I ran Ad-aware the first time it found
50
> >apps tracking me.  I'm perfectly happy to re-enter info when in a site.
IMO
> >they have no reason to set cookies on my computer if I request that they
> >don't.  There are millions of sites that function perfectly without
cookies
> >even if they want to set them.
>
> I used to work for a DOT Com that provided games to Internet
> customers.   We used cookies to make your experience better.   We would
> have your username and password so you didn't have to remember to log in
> every time for example.   Cookies help remember settings.   When you go to
> Mapquest, they remember your preferences through cookies for instance.
>
> Ad companies figured out they could find what your preferences were by
> using cookies, but keep in mind, a company can only read their cookies,
> they can't read other cookies.   So they can only track what sites they
run
> ads on that you've visited.   They can't get any personal information
about
> you.   They can using statistics determine your habits and that lets them
> target advertising toward you.  Its not as evil as its lead to
> believe.  Yes its evil, but not that evil.
>
> IE 6.0 supports 3rd party cookie blocks.   This lets you block cookies
> trying to be set from sites other than the base site you are
> visiting.   Basically this kills ad cookies while letting real ones that
do
> good things for you work.
>
>
> Rob
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>
>
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