On 30 Aug 2004 10:28:32 -0700, (Cousin Ricky)
wrote:

Richard wrote in message . ..

Your Web browser appears to be set to block cookies.
SkyandTelescope.com requires a cookie file, ...[snip]

Haven't we been through all this before?

Long, long ago--2.5 years, specifically--when S&T instituted this
policy, it was hashed to death on SAA, and some of us (myself
included) brought the matter directly to S&T. After considering the
objections, S&T chose to stay with this policy. Likewise, we each
made our personal decisions whether or not to visit the new and
"improved" SkyandTelescope.com.

This is all ancient history.

Haven't you got something more recent or more constructive to bitch
about? Or are you just going through a slow period, like Shawn
sometimes does?
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Incidentally, my experience is that writing S&T about a problem gets
better results than grousing about it to SAAers who aren't on S&T's
editorial staff. This, in fact, is in good agreement with Dr.
Feinberg's predictions (Spectrum, June '02). S&T staffers have been
seen here--but i don't see gzseronik around much, Tony is unlikely to
read any thread with your name on it, and i wouldn't presume Alan to
be spying for his wife's employer.

You will recall that you got a polite request to change your browser
settings. Had no one complained *directly* to S&T, you may very well
instead have been greeted with a curt, ugly, stock-issue error
message. Granted, all of S&T's decisions may not be to your liking,
but they do listen to their customers.

(Beware that another one of Dr. Feinberg's predictions is that a
*rude* e-mail will quickly find itself on the wrong side of the event
horizon.)


Happy trolling. Clear skies!

In a sense, it was unintentional trolling. I just posted it
because I'd never seen this before when accessing their
site and the usual crowd "ran" with it.
-Rich