"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> And lo on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:37:41 +0100, Gail Shaw sa dot com>>> >> > Oh wait, I forgot. Science = Evil. Geeks are losers. Geniuses are al> ways> > trying to take over or destroy the world. Right. Now I got it.>> Hell yeah, I'm betting all the negative comments are from Jocks (not you>>> Stephen) who used to shut up Geeks in their lockers and are now petrifie> d>> that they're going to be zapped with Ray-Guns.>
Say that to my face this Saturday, if you dare :)
Stephen
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: As if we didn't have enough to worry about...
Date: 16 Apr 2008 15:53:04
Message: <48065920@news.povray.org>
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:>> In fact, isn't it totally retarded that it requires cookies in the >> first place?> > No. What's totally retarded is building statefull apps on top of HTTP. > Right up there with custom login forms when HTTP has a perfectly good > login mechanism.
Ugh. Trying to figure out how to make a Java web app with HTTP
authentication. Looks like even if it uses HTTP auth, it *still* wants
to stick a session ID on you (cookie or URL rewriting).