We've all been there. We're looking at a site and keep refreshing to see if what we're looking for has been updated. But, often times our browsers will cache items on the page (especially images and Flash™ documents.) This enables faster page loads, and less data transfer, which is actually nice. However, if you're a web developer, or someone who checks the tips site a lot for comments, you want to know that the information you're viewing is perfectly accurate. And, you don't want to empty your cache every time you look at a site. So, here's what you do. To get a page to refresh, and not draw from a cache, simply put a good old-fashioned question mark (?) at the end of your URL, and hit "Enter."
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I also had to tell this same guy not to bring a Coke into the lab. Maybe that contributed to his angry state.
Moral 1 - Don't attack something that can't protect itself and that belongs to someone else.
Moral 2 - Don't drink in a computer lab.
Who knows how many lives you just saved.
:o)