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Re: lol,, SABO STRIKES AGAIN! “9-1-1 Billboard Vandalized With Anti-Beto O’Rourke Message”

By: Decomposed in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 21 Mar 19 6:30 PM | 72 view(s)
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micro, Nemo and ribit:

Re: The Image I could see but you guys couldn't....Now that the cacheing lecture is behind us (see my previous post if you didn't read it), this post will be easy: TheGatewayPundit.com, which hosts the picture I was trying to show you, was responsible.

The explanation is that I read the article and saw the original image, then posted it to AtomicBobs. Since I'd been to the original article, my computer had stored a cached copy of the image and the AtomicBobs post (including image) displayed just fine for me - so long as I was in Firefox, the browser I'd used when I read the article. YOUR computers, however, had no such cached image. They had to retrieve it.

Unfortunately and unbeknownst to me, TheGatewayPundit has code preventing us evil-folks from doing what it calls "hotlinking." See the message I received this morning when I dug down to see how TheGatewayPundit.com was messing with us:

And that's the explanation. When I looked at my post from Firefox, I could see the image because Firefox was getting it from my cache. When I used a different browser - and when you guys used any browser - nothing showed up.

This will probably happen again one day. I'm sure TheGatewayPundit isn't the only media site that prevents hotlinking. Unfortunately. What it means is that those of us who post pictures will eventually be forced to download a picture and then upload it to an image host like USE.COM whenever we want to share it. It's a pain, but I already do that almost half the time.




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Re: lol,, SABO STRIKES AGAIN! “9-1-1 Billboard Vandalized With Anti-Beto O’Rourke Message”
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Thu, 21 Mar 19 6:11 PM 		Msg. 28470 of 62138

micro, nemo and ribit:

Re: "Im using firefox (latest edition whatever that is) and I got no pic either."This post is addressed to the three of you since you've all mentioned photo problems and you may find this educational. micro, though, is the one who will directly benefit - unless, of course, he already knows all this:

First, a little background:

When you view a web page, your browser retrieves copies of the page's pictures and stores them for a period on your computer. The storage area is called "cache" and may periodically clear itself. When you view the web page again, your computer responds faster by displaying the pictures in your cache instead of getting them a second time via the internet. This takes workload off of the site you're visiting too since other people - sometimes tons of other people - may be simultaneously hitting it.

So, micro: I think the problem is that your browser's cache needs to be cleared. Until then, Opera will continue showing you a cached image. If you wait a while (which could be days, weeks or months), it could clear itself depending on Opera's settings.

To force Opera to clear its cache right now:

1) Start Opera and maximize its size on your screen.

2) Click the red "O" in the uppermost left corner of the screen.

3) Click "Settings"

4) Click "Advanced"

5) Click "Privacy & Security"

6) The window that comes up will be a big one. You may have to scroll up or down to get to its "Privacy and Security" section. Within it, click on "Clear browsing data"

The window that pops up will look like what I've displayed at the bottom of this post.

7) The only box that must be checked is "Cached images and files." Set the Time Range to far enough back to ensure that the cached picture will be included. "All time" will clear all the cached images and will definitely correct your problem (if it's cache-related). When you click the "Clear data" button, your browser's cached images will be cleared and Opera will have to seek current copies from the internet the next time you visit the affected pages.

Here's the requisite disclaimer: Once you clear cached images, you can't get them back. But, on the other hand, I've never had a case where I wanted them back. Clearing a large cache will free up hard disk space and may even help your system operate more efficiently. There are also security benefits in the event your system is ever hit by those evil "Russian hackers."

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