Footprints in the ether.
	As with paper trails, or footsteps in the snow, your voyage through the web pages of the internet leaves your electronic footprint behind you.
	Every web site you visit records who you are	204.117.228.100 (your IP number)
	date and time of your arrival,	[01/Dec/1999:05:36:48 +0000]
	pages you viewed,	"www.hitc.co.uk"
	Browser compatibility, type and operating system.	Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 95)"
	the time of your departure and the page you were viewing when you left and so on.
	This information is used by web masters to count the number of visitors to the page, identify the most popular pages and the length of time a visitors spends viewing the site. Log files show where you have been... and contain historical information.
	Now for the Mystic Meg bit... As I peer into my crystal ball.... What can I see... Ahh... the mist is clearing now....
	Your IP number is...
	No IP number, you not be using Netscape then... Well no matter whether you are using Netscape or Explorer... if you're using Windows 95/98/NT, click start, run, type winipcfg in the box and press return. The IP number will be the same as your PPP adaptor, unless you have a network card, in which case the number will match that of the network card.
	Now what else will be revealed by my crystal ball...
	What Browser are YOU using today....
	I can see you clearly now at a screen resolution of :
	What a lot of plugins you have,
	No plugins, you not be using Netscape then...
	Do you come here often?
	Ahh.... Whats this I see before me? Show me! Show me!
	Do you recognise it... No... have another look...
	Show me again !!!

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