<DIV>can someone please unsubscribe me from this mailing list. i certainly have never subscribed to this since i have nothing to do with javascript.</DIV>
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<DIV>amit.<BR><BR><B><I>"David T. Lovering" <dlovering@gazos.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yes, you can -- although there are generally better ways to store data on<BR>your own machine. [Like encrypted environment variables maybe?]<BR><BR>Cookies are useful, but the proliferation of them for trivial things are<BR>posing dangers that I'm sure their creators never imagined.<BR><BR>-- Compute safely, and often! --<BR>-- Dave Lovering<BR><BR>Tim Makins wrote:<BR>> <BR>> I notice that Internet Explorer includes 'My Computer' in its list of<BR>> History items. This got me wondering whether it is possible to set a Cookie<BR>> on my own computer ? I am developing a series of webpages that are designed<BR>> to be viewed on a local computer, with no requirement for an Internet<BR>> connection. A calculation requires a couple of variables from the surfer,<BR>> and rather than ask for it each time the program is run, or have them<BR>> manually edit a file, it would be nice to store the information on their<BR>> computer somehow - a cookie seems the obvious way....<BR>> <BR>> Tim in Ireland.<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Javascript mailing list<BR>> Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>> https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Javascript mailing list<BR>Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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