In article JOMXc.101265$TI1.13664@attbi_s52,
"William W. Plummer" wrote:

Reading that article requires that you give up personal information to
the NY Times, probably accept a tracking cooking, and put up with
endless advertising.

You can make up the personal information if you don't want to divulge
your true identify. Yes, they do use cookies, and yes, you get
advertising. But, you know what, you get advertising when you buy the
dead-tree version on the newsstand, and there's no charge to read
exactly the same material on the web. Seems like a good deal to me.

In any case, I quoted the really relevant parts (and as much as I
thought would be within the bounds of "fair use" for copyrighted
material).