Re: [luv-talk] web privacy, execute-only access to data (was Re: be as generous as Bill Gates)

Quoting Trent W. Buck (trentbuck@gmail.com):

I had to start sending a User-Agent field after Wikipedia decided to drop HTTP queries that lacked one, on the assumption they were from people who were leeching AND too stupid to use wget or libcurl.

I like using User-Agent Switcher. Also: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Web/user-agent-string.html