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# i'm still RISsing how that's possible
if i open the image in a separate window, i get the correct size
and there's nothing conspicious in the source code either...
???
(, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 15:09, archived)
# It's just not caching.
(, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 15:25, archived)
# It'll be a HTTP redirect.
All you get when you ask for that URL is a message to the browser saying "the file's actually here: website.com/realpicture.jpg".

So the thing that's loaded in the web page is 0 bytes because the server's reply to its URL contained no data (the real data is elsewhere).

If you open the image on its own though, the HTTP redirect kicks in, you get the real URL in the address bar, and you see the actual file size.

The difference here appears to be that the file extension ought to be capitalised - the Unix-like operating system this image is hosted on is case sensitive, so it has to issue the redirect to prevent the browser asking for a non-existent file and getting a "404 Not Found".
(, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 16:27, archived)