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# If you remove the ?dc= bit from the URL
we only have to Download the image once and it stays in our caches ;-)
Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:13, archived)
# hmm, didnt know that
ta
(VashTheStampede http://www.b3ta.com/features/howtopoachanegg/, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:16, archived)
# can you explain what you mean?
I removed the ?dc and it still appears the same.
i can download it either way.
(I helped save b3ta! pixel8.org, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:18, archived)
# the bit in the URL
i'm guessing is a session type thingy

it basically asks you to re-download the image every time its asked for


EDIT: with descriptions like this its no wonder i'm failing my degree in computing technology
(VashTheStampede http://www.b3ta.com/features/howtopoachanegg/, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:20, archived)
# ah...
ha!
(I helped save b3ta! pixel8.org, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:24, archived)
# you massive mong!
/not really.
(SquidHead, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:20, archived)
# *looks up word in british insult dictionary*
.
(I helped save b3ta! pixel8.org, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:26, archived)
# Passing ?stuff=otherstuff&again=whatever style parameters to a file
(which can pe picked up in the $_GET[] superglobals in PHP, for example) allow the file to do fancy stuff, which means that browsers treat anything with a ?something= style URL as dynamic and refuse to cache it.
(I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:28, archived)
# *swoon*
you're *so* brainy ;)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty_cat, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:33, archived)
# No,
I just don't have any sort of social life.
(I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:35, archived)
# ah
one of THOSE
(I helped save b3ta! kitty_cat, Fri 10 Jun 2005, 17:37, archived)