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how-to cookie that ID's the COMPUTER? SURFER? ANONYMOUS?

I need a cookie which lets my site recognize a specific ANONYMOUS user has returned? Example: My site lets anyone post messages as ANONYMOUS. But ... I would like to recognize the difference between ANONYMOUS(user707) and ANONYMOUS(user881). And be able to recognize this difference "every-time" the ANONYMOUS user returns to my site.

YES, I know there are dozens of ways to defeat this identification, but for what I'm doing "close-enough" is "good-enough", I don't need "bullet-proof"

So, tell me about a cookie I can drop on a surfer's computer (the first time they visit) and re-query every time they return, to identify "them" as "them"?

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If, 2 hours later, another person uses the same computer to come to my website, I will NOT know it's a different person, UNLESS the new user had to sign on to the computer using their OWN user name and password. Correct? Cookies are stored separated in C:/DocumentsAndSettings/UserXYZ/... right?
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Oh wow! I just realized. This is how a website "REMEMBERS" me and automatically logs me into their site (or not) .... wow ... cool!