Rich:
Next time you need access to the NY Times, try userid = opensesame
with password = opensesame. No muss. No fuss. No spam.
A.Z.
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:12:39 -0400, Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On 13 Sep 2000 05:23:07 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan
>Zaslavsky) wrote:
>
>> The following article may be of interest to some of you who are trying to
>> get across the notion of reliability, particularly those who are teaching
>> H.S. or young college students who have recently gone through high-stakes
>> achievement/competency testing programs. You can also download directly
>> from the New York Times web site at
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/13/national/13LESS.html
>>
> < snip, rest >
>
> - Should we count the challenge this leads to
>as a minor IQ test?
>
>If you are not "registered" with NY Times, then it asks you for name,
>password ... and an option allows you to save them (in a cookie, I
>presume) so you won't get asked the next time.
>
>If you skip down to the bottom and click "done", then
>you have endorsed 3 or 4 pre-checked boxes which authorize/request
>that folks send you e-mail. Or sell your name.
> - Did you want that ?-
>
>I have said before, I don't get much Spam as a result of posting to
>stat-groups. I may be protected by having an ".edu" name, and I may
>be protected by filters that the University uses -- but I also watch
>out so that I don't *request* more mail. And I don't give my logname
>very often, anyway, though I did, this time.
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