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[Alex Martelli]

"Martin Skott" <martin.skott at propylon.com> wrote in message
news:lmq6m07j.fsf at propylon.com...
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> You should first of all be aware that there is no common unique
> identifier for a computer available from the net today[1]. IP
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> [1]Why would somebody use cookies if there was?

Because cookies are more powerful -- they let you associate
state with, e.g., several different _users_ on a single
computer, rather than 'that computer as a whole'.  (That
was a trick question, right?-)


Alex