Re: OT: Digi-Key (at least somewhat on-topic for this group)

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Steven Lichter wrote:
> Greg Buchner wrote:
>
> > In article <3oKdneTm8ubgoY_bnZ2dnUVZ_r6vnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> >  "Vince Briel" <vbriel@removethisspamcamcast.net> wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > "Glenn Jones" <glenn.jones@a2central.com.remove-ygw-this> wrote in 
> > > message 4611CD1A.5748.usenet_csa2@a2central.com">news:4611CD1A.5748.usenet_csa2@a2central.com...
> > >
> > > >  To: Greg Buchner
> > > > Greg Buchner wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I know there's a few people who buy things from Digi-Key and 
> > > > > thought they might be interested in reading an article on Digi-Key 
> > > > > in a paper from the area.
> > > > >
> > > > > > <http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=32971&section=opini 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > on&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=27739675&CFTOKEN=12701391&jse 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ssionid=8830aa8d87357e553f61>
> > > > >
> > > > > Greg B.
> > > > Hi Greg, thanks for the post .... I have dealt with Digi-Key and I 
> > > > would like to have read that article but I am tired of registering 
> > > > to a web site for the privilege of reading one piece of news ....
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Glenn
> > >
> > > I agree. I deal with Digikey on a regular basis but I just don't feel 
> > > like registering to read an article. Greg, can you give a summary of 
> > > what the article said?
> > >
> > > Vince
> >
> > Hmmm... I know, I hate the registration stuff, but I had copied the 
> > link from my normal web browser and put it into a different web 
> > browser and it came up, so I thought that it would work.
> >
> > So, I just created a random account...
> >
> > E-mail: randomuser@csa2.invalid
> > Password: csa2
> >
> > It did work for me, but if it doesn't work for you guys, let me know 
> > and I'll e-mail you the text of the story.  I don't really want to 
> > post a copyrighted newspaper article here.  You do have to have your 
> > browser set to accept cookies from that site.  Seems a normal thing 
> > these days.
> >
> > Greg B.
> Don't know what the problems were but I linked right to the article.

Apparently they require registration only sometimes.

I was unsuccessful in getting *anything* with the original link, but
when I went to the main site page and searched for "digi-key", it
found the article and linked to it without a registration request.

Today, it wants me to register.  ;-)

-michael

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