Oh, come on. Anybody who knows a site uses cookies knows how to flush them. In fact, Tirerack give you a cookie so you can save your car(s) in the database and not have to re-enter them each visit. If you're that paranoid, you should be using a cookie-blocker anyhow.
I second the nomination. When I bought my '99 9-3 SE two years ago, it had nearly new Pirellis mounted. They were noisy as hell, but I didn't want to waste money replacing fresh tires. A couple of months of whistling and whoosing later, I hit a pothole and blew a sidewall -- something else Pirellis are infamous for doing.
I replaced all four tires with Kumho Ecsta 712s because they were a serious bargain and I liked the aggressive look. I was surprised to find out that they were better than the much more expensive Pirellis in every way, more stick dry and wet and far less noise. I've been told they suck in snow, but every Saab I've owned would get around fine in a foot or less of the white stuff on any kind of tire that happened to be mounted.
Duh... What is the difference between disabling cookies and cookie blockers? Duh.
Well, duh, being able to manage which sites you accept cookies from and which you don't. Disabling cookies in your browser means you have to re-register or login every time you visit a site you may need to hit on a regular basis -- cutting off your nose to spite your face. A cookie-blocking applet lets you selectively accept cookies from sites where it's to your advantage and block them from sites where it's not. But then if you weren't as stupid as you seem to think I am, you'd know that. Duh.
It's OT anyway, but Zuke was advising people to avoid using one of the best sources of tire and wheel info on the net because of a misplaced paranoia about cookies. Seems silly to me, about as silly as you copping a superior attitude on a subject where you are apparently not that well-informed.
There is a lot of paranoia about cookies. But, cookies never contain anything the web site that you didn't tell them. The only thing they do is give a site the ability to tell that it's you returning ("You being identifiable only as far as you've identified yourself to them). FWIW, one domain cannot read the cookies of another - so tirerack.com cannot read cookies from microsoft.com.
Is there anything "bad" in cookies ? Well, Yahoo was stupid enough to _automatically_ put your username and password in a cookie on your machine (or actually, any machine where you logged in to check email). Now they give you a choice, so you can demonstrate your stupidity for yourself. Other sites may be equally as stupid: don't enter passwords, usernames, or other private information on (public) systems you don't own - or learn how to flush the cookies and cache in the browser you use.
Be aware that anything you type into a web site that does not start with https:// (note the "s" in "https" as opposed tothe normal "http://" ) is easily evesdropped off an intranet orinternet.
Bob
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