In a message dated 09/20/98 7:19:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Hi Guys and Gal's
>  Is it just me or is the IPC Land Pattern Calculator download site just a
>  cunning way for the IPC to get e-mail contact addresses? I've tried to use
>  it to no avail......What gives?....Is there some secret password I should
>  be aware of???
>
>  Best Regards
>
>  Justin "Paranoid" Braime
>  Production Engineering
>  Alpine Electronics of New Zealand Ltd

Justin,

     What exactly do you mean it doesn't work? You do have to register, and
yes it does give you a "cookie", but in doing that, all IPC is doing is just
keeping track of who is using the calculator...there's nothing harmful with
that. The fact that the calculator tells you up front that it does use
"cookies" is ten times more open than what other sites do that use "cookies"
for more commercial means...don't worry, the LAST thing you'll ever have to
worry about is getting spammed from the IPC!

-Steve Gregory-

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