EU May Outlaw Cookies 287
Millennium writes: "According to Yahoo News, The European Commission is considering a privacy directive which, among other things, completely bans the use of cookies. Forgive me for saying so, but considering all the legitimate uses of cookies, isn't banning them outright going just a bit too far?" Update: 10/31 19:21 GMT by M : The submitter's write-up is wrong. Read the story. Keep in mind, as usual, that a "news" story whose sole source is an executive with an agenda to push is unlikely to portray the situation accurately.
Cookies (Score:3, Funny)
And I hate to disapoint a monster. It's dangerous
You tell him .
In the UK at least... (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah! Ban the cookies! (Score:3, Funny)
I just can't help buy wonder what will Cookie Monster say about this: "When cookies are outlawed, only outlaws will have delicious meals", or something like that.
Oh, you mean software cookies? Oh...
But think about the children (Score:5, Funny)
Ut-oh (Score:2, Funny)
(yes, it was a joke)
-paul
Re:Outlawing Cookies (Score:1, Funny)
It's a good thing, really... (Score:2, Funny)
* Type of milk (skim, 1%, 2%, etc.)
* Brand of milk
* Length of dunk
* Whether you double-dunk or not
* When you dunk (watching TV, in bed, etc.)
* Any health problems it finds as it works its way down your body
I praise the EU for finally doing something about this.
About time! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shades of the French Revolution (Score:2, Funny)
Guns don't kill people, cookies kill people