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Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1972
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 9:15 am: |     |
My photo in my profile shows what I want, but the photo when I post is still the old one that was deleted.
Any ideas on how to fix this problem? It is giving Slip Knot the willies to keep seeing the former detective from the OJ Simpson trial. |
Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8532
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 9:48 am: | |
Clear your browser's cache out.
This is a flaw in the software on MOL, because it gives one address for both the old and new pictures. This fools your browser into thinking it doesn't need to download a new copy.
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Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1974
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:11 am: | |
Uh, okay, and how do I close out my browser's cache (I do not even know what that means, Tom, sorry--I am a Luddite when it comes to this stuff). |
Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8535
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:18 am: | |
I don't know. It depends on what browser you use. Poke around a bit. I promise nothing will explode if you pull down the wrong menu choice.
But if you see the right picture, it's not up to you. It's up to the people who see the wrong picture. In the fullness of time, whatever that is, they will see the right picture.
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Stevef
Citizen
Username: Stevef
Post Number: 76
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:38 am: | |
Hold down shift and hit reload. |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1975
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:41 am: | |
Huh? Way too Zen for me, Tom.
Boy, I hate computers and HTML and all that stuff. To me, these should be like a TV set or a radio--turn it on, and you get what you want. It is even worse when I hear an explanation from some techie (who is trying hard to explain it in plain English) and still feel like an ultra-maroon because I don't understand it.
I think it is all a huge conspiracy on the part of geeks to keep themselves fully employed, and to confuse the vast majority of normal, right thinking people who would not know (and should not NEED to know) a cache if it bit them on the •••! When I start my revolution, Bill Gates is at the head of the line for the firing squad, with his alter-egos at Apple right behind him.
Okay, rant over, and my picture still remains unchanged. Jeesh. |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1976
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:42 am: | |
Sure, and where is reload? (unless you are referring tongue in cheek to my comment on firing squads). |
Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8539
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:48 am: | |
Reload is the button on your browser that (I hope) looks a little like this: 
Check out the English definition of cache: http://tinyurl.com/9eh6k
The computer definition therein does not apply.
When you look at a web page, you are looking at various objects, each with its own address. The text is at the address that your browser's address bar displays. The graphics are each objects, each with its own address. Since those graphics are displayed many times, there's no sense in grabbing them from the server each time, so the browser caches them. When it reads a page that refers to a graphic it has cached, it pulls the graphic from the local disk cache rather than from the web server.
MOL says that your new graphic is at address X, but that's the address where your old graphic was, so the browser doesn't think it's time to re-fetch the graphic from MOL.
Clearing your cache makes the browser fetch everything, since there is nothing cached.
Does that help?
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Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1977
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 11:03 am: | |
Thanks, Tom, now I understand it better. Although I also hit "Shift" and "Refresh" and still get the same picture. I think it is more of a curse than something technical at this point in time.
(And I still want to line up Gates and Jobs when the revolution comes, but you are safe for being such a mensch) |
Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8541
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 11:09 am: | |
How to clear your cache:
In Internet Exploder, pull down "Tools" and choose "Internet Options". Press the button marked "Delete Files..." You'll get a popup, and you should check the box marked "Delete all offline content" and then press "OK". Then press "OK" in the first popup.
In Firefox, pull down "Options" and then choose "Privacy". Under "Cache" there is a button marked "Clear".
In Opera, pull down "Tools" and then "Preferences". "Advanced" -> "History" -> "Empty Now".
Those are the only three browsers I have.
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Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1978
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 11:29 am: | |
Thanks Tom. You can even help me choose the lineup at the wall when I start the revolution! |
Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8556
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 3:21 pm: | |
You gave me pause to think. Why aren't computers as easy and reliable as simple appliances? I think one key reason is that we demand so much of them, and we want them to do so many different things. And they should do so much more this year than they did last year.
It's not anyone's fault; it's everyone's fault.
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AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 684
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 4:34 pm: | |
Your refrigerator has had MANY MANY MANY years of refinement and it generally only does ONE THING. Keep things cold. It sometimes does more like provide water and ice in different shapes, and if you REALLY go crazy it has a tv in it. But really it just keeps things cold. One thing.
Now your computer. You can do so much with it. The options are endless. To compare it to a refrigerator is ridiculous I think. For instance on my computer I can see MILFS, Hairy Women, Shaved Women, Furries, Bondage, Asian, Russian, Older, you name the porn, you can see it. Aint computers great? When you can do all that with just one appliance, who even needs a refrigerator! |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 1338
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 4:35 pm: | |
I thought that's what cable and pay-per-view were for, Alley... |
AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 686
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 4:47 pm: | |
You did? I guess I just like it a bit harder core than you. *gulp!*
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monster
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 1014
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:50 am: | |
quote:like it a bit harder
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AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 694
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:28 am: | |
Yeah, I like it a bit harder, like this for instance:
The new Kenmore refrigerator is a sleek side-by-side, with ice, crushed ice, and water right out in front. It has a stainless steel finish, and will snuggly fit into the slot in our kitchen. The water filter is strategically placed in front--at the bottom--and the shelves slide in and out so you can have fun with a significant other, other items, or all by yourself.
The Maytag dishwasher is quiet, but the water still has a powerful thrusting motion to clean the dirtiest dishes. Its black finish adds just a hint of sluttiness. It has a delay cycle, so you can have the thrill of dishwashing even in your sleep. The inside racks adjust, so that everything, no matter how big or small, will slide right in. It also fits snugly in the slot in our kitchen.
The over-the-range microwave has more size and power than our old one. All but the base is enveloped in the surrounding cabinets. It has it's own unique sound so it's clear when it has achieved completion. Again, the black finish just hints at the delights to be found inside. |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 1985
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 12:20 pm: | |
Alley--very sexy ad copy there, thanks. I always like to get jiggy with my appliances.
Tom--I still think it is more a full employment for geeks thing. Look, I like geeks, respect them, even. If they can pack more power into my one little desktop computer than was used by all the computers that were involved in landing people on the moon, I KNOW they can find a way to make computers moron-friendly for idiots like me. But they don't. Therefore, I conclude they do this on purpose (and a small part of me thinks that they do it to get at me, in particular, but I try not to listen that that voice).
Gotta go now--the funny men in white suits from Spector are starting to tap into my monitor...... |
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