The first time I tried this link, I got the sign-in page. Now it's taking me to the article. Did you set up a cypherpunk account for this post, or do you just try signing in using those names? If I had a Times account, would any link take me directly to the intended page, or would I still have to sign in?
No, I don't make the account, it's just one that often exists on systems (and is set up for the purpose of circumventing these sign ins.) My logs show the Times put 4 cookies on my machine when I read that article. 1 expired after 30 minutes, 1 expires after 90 days, and the other two don't expire for 10 years. So I guess, if you go back right away (maybe within 30 minutes) you don't have to sign in again. (By the way, the digitalmediatree cookie lasts about 90 days. Can't remember why I picked that number.) If you look at your cookie file you can see this info, although the times are given in standard Unix time, so that makes it a little strange. Right now the time is 958520496. That's the number of seconds having elapsed in the Unix epoch - since Jan. 1 1970. The roll over to 10 digits is a mini-Y2K like concern for Unix systems.
I am an NYT "member." Have them right there on my NAV personal toolbar, between RefDesk, and Metros (links to most major and minor newspapers). It used to make me sign in but after a while it just stopped and now it takes me to the page lickety-split. But Bill's link took me to the sign -in page everytime. So in frustration I spouted what seems to be a popular rant at this site--"to hell with the NYT," and then I went to Alex's Cornell link, and now, at the bottom of my screen I have about five chirping .wav files lined up; they aren't differentiated by the time they make it to that bar but they all belong to small birds and there is one that sounds rather like a duck who swallowed a frog.
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- alex 5-17-2000 12:07 am
No, I don't make the account, it's just one that often exists on systems (and is set up for the purpose of circumventing these sign ins.) My logs show the Times put 4 cookies on my machine when I read that article. 1 expired after 30 minutes, 1 expires after 90 days, and the other two don't expire for 10 years. So I guess, if you go back right away (maybe within 30 minutes) you don't have to sign in again. (By the way, the digitalmediatree cookie lasts about 90 days. Can't remember why I picked that number.) If you look at your cookie file you can see this info, although the times are given in standard Unix time, so that makes it a little strange. Right now the time is 958520496. That's the number of seconds having elapsed in the Unix epoch - since Jan. 1 1970. The roll over to 10 digits is a mini-Y2K like concern for Unix systems.
- jim 5-17-2000 12:47 am [add a comment]
I am an NYT "member." Have them right there on my NAV personal toolbar, between RefDesk, and Metros (links to most major and minor newspapers). It used to make me sign in but after a while it just stopped and now it takes me to the page lickety-split. But Bill's link took me to the sign -in page everytime. So in frustration I spouted what seems to be a popular rant at this site--"to hell with the NYT," and then I went to Alex's Cornell link, and now, at the bottom of my screen I have about five chirping .wav files lined up; they aren't differentiated by the time they make it to that bar but they all belong to small birds and there is one that sounds rather like a duck who swallowed a frog.
- jimlouis 5-17-2000 3:16 am [10 comments]