[Javascript] Can I Give Myself a Cookie ?

[dlovering at gazos.com (David T. Lovering)]

Yes, you can -- although there are generally better ways to store data on
your own machine.  [Like encrypted environment variables maybe?]

Cookies are useful, but the proliferation of them for trivial things are
posing dangers that I'm sure their creators never imagined.

-- Compute safely, and often! --
-- Dave Lovering

Tim Makins wrote:
> 
> I notice that Internet Explorer includes 'My Computer' in its list of
> History items. This got me wondering whether it is possible to set a Cookie
> on my own computer ? I am developing a series of webpages that are designed
> to be viewed on a local computer, with no requirement for an Internet
> connection. A calculation requires a couple of variables from the surfer,
> and rather than ask for it each time the program is run, or have them
> manually edit a file, it would be nice to store the information on their
> computer somehow - a cookie seems the obvious way....
> 
> Tim in Ireland.
> 
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