So... they're trusting information provided by the <i>user's browser</i> (referral links, cookies, javascript... whatever) to determine whether or not the article should be displayed to the user....<p>This makes me want to pat the NYT on the head and tell them how adorable they are.<p>The fact that they're 1+ years away from implementing this may indicate that they have <i>some</i> knowledge about how technologically stupid this idea is, but are hoping that investors don't figure that out.