* James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org> [2002-11-07 10:35]: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:29:57PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: >> http://www.newriders.com/ : Error = (405) Method Not Allowed > > The site tries to set a cookie. I didn't bother trying to handle that. > > [snip] >> http://www.borders.com/ : Error: site uses a non-compliant server. Not checkin >> >> That page gets redirected to amazon, amazon seems to have bought >> borders. Shall we change that link? >> > Go ahead. I guess this should be the generic URL for that book: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0965957519/> Without any session-id attached or else. I will replace it with this. > OT: I note that when you go to www.amazon.com you get redirected to a > unique url each time, e.g. > www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/102-4355343-3502569 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I can't see any reason they'd do that unless they are trying to track > you. Just a session-id. They use it for people that have cookies turned off to keep them logged in. Yes, conspiracy theory might tell us that there might be more behind it but I personally don't care/think it does. Have fun, Alfie -- * I hate bash * I really really hate bash -- Frank Belew (Myth), changelog.Debian for mozilla (2:0.9.1-4)
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