Harvey mentioned earlier about fixing the annoying popups. When he first mentioned it last week, some of you asked about the cookie notice. He didn’t ignore you, but he left it to me to address. So, here’s the address:
1050 Carl Griffin Drive
Savannah, GA 31045
Maybe he meant for me to explain what that cookie notice was all about.
Hmm. Okay. Here’s the deal.
All Websites attempt to deliver cookies. And, unless you’ve dug down deep and tweaked some settings or installed plugins and configured them certain ways, you’re going to have a cookie or two from IMAO. And from every other Website.
Some Websites also use a newer thing called Local Storage, which is another way of saying a different type of cookie. That’s a whole discussion in and of itself.
That cookie notice? Well, it’s designed for our friends in the EU. We do have a few readers there, and the EU, being the EU and all, wants Websites to issue a cookie notice. Now, the people that wrote that regulation don’t know jack squat about cookies, browsers, servers, or anything at all, based on other EU regs I’ve seen. But, it’s a notice that they want.
I thought about ignoring it, but then the thought struck me: why not? I mean, we are putting a cookie on your computer or tablet or phone. Several, in fact. The Website itself puts cookies, images, scripts, and all kinds of stuff. Just like every other Website. Unless you have caching turned off. It’s on by default, so if you didn’t change the settings, you’re getting them, from us and from everyone. It’s how the Web works.
Each ad, even if you have an ad blocker running, is trying to put cookies there. And, odds are, you’re getting the cookies, just the scripts that serve the actual ads are blocked.
Oh, and then there’s Google. We use Google Analytics to count visits to the Website. More visits means higher potential ad revenue. Capitalism! Anyway, Google puts cookies because Google.
There’s probable more, but you get the idea.
But the EU Cookie Notice? We’re simply letting you know. EU wants us to do that. I don’t care what EU wants. But, you? You deserve to know. We love and respect you that much. Or something.
I’ve never hit “Accept”, how does that affect it?
If it’s for the EU, I would change the message to “By continuing to live in the EU you are subject to all manner of stupidities like…by continuing to use the….”
But then, I’m kind of a jerk.
If you hit “Accept,” it will set a cookie to prevent the notice from displaying in the future. If you later clear your cookies, you’ll get the notice again.
Whether you click “Accept” or not, it’s going to otherwise do the same thing.
You know those Websites that have notices with “Don’t notify me again?” Same thing.
So in short there’s a lot of “live with it, deal with it” on the internet. Thank you for the tutorial, for those of us who needed it, Basil.
Readers in the EU? I can see Americans checking in when they’re traveling, but for people who just live there and read this, I can only apologize for Obama and Hillary, and may not be able to fully explain how utterly opposite they are to the values that all Americans once grew up with (hand over the heart for the Pledge of Allegiance, standing up for the national anthem, revering the Founding Fathers, etc. . . . ) Therefore, sorry. You may not be able to get the utter revulsion, and rejection of their dismissal of the past.
Cookie! Cookie! Nom nom nom nom.
When I was in college, we learned that the USA defines a “computer crime” as using one byte of main memory, or one byte of external storage (e.g. disk storage), or one CPU cycle without the permission of the owner of the system. It’s a federal felony (or was). So when your employer says that the computer they provide for your use is to be used for work-related things only, when you play mine sweeper, you’re committing a felony.
hmph! and here I thought it was a pop up ad for Anonymrs’ delicacies,
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