acute Posted October 24, 2017 #1 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Hello Saru/Mods/Users, I am puzzled by pictures that disappear shortly after being posted. I posted 3 pictures of cars in this thread: All 3 pics were there, then the last one (the punchline!) later became a black cross. A similar thing happened to Manfred's helicopter photos. They were all there, then all gone. Does anyone know the cause of this? Edited October 24, 2017 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted October 24, 2017 #2 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, acute said: Hello Saru/Mods/Users, I am puzzled by pictures that disappear shortly after being posted. I posted 3 pictures of cars in this thread: All 3 pics were there, then the last one (the punchline!) later became a black cross. A similar thing happened to Manfred's helicopter photos. They were all there, then all gone. Does anyone know the cause of this? Sure. It's the CIA. They're onto you ! Jesting apart... the post seems to have converted the third picture into a link, rather than rendering it as a picture ? Do you have the option available to edit this post, or has that gone ? Edited October 24, 2017 by RoofGardener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted October 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: Sure. It's the CIA. They're onto you! I think I can hear the black helicopters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted October 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: Jesting apart... the post seems to have converted the third picture into a link, rather than rendering it as a picture ? Do you have the option available to edit this post, or has that gone ? The option to edit has long gone. They seem to last for a few minutes, then turn into a broken link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted October 24, 2017 #5 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Hi acute, You posted two pictures, Morris Ital and Ford Anglia. I can see both of those in your post they are still showing. The third picture didn't come out, it just says matra-simca-bagheera-6.jpg, but no picture. Then Manfred quoted your post and it's showing exactly as above, he also added an image of Matra Ranchoa to his post. Are you able to see any of that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted October 24, 2017 #6 Share Posted October 24, 2017 It's curious... the page shows the "alt text" of the picture, rather than the picture itself. F5 (or right-click/show image) DOES reveal the image... sometimes. The image IS rather large.. slightly over 500KBytes... so it is POSSIBLE that the website that hosts the picture is struggling to serve it in a timely fashion, and our browsers are 'timing out' on it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted October 24, 2017 #7 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Perhaps the site hosting the image does not support hotlinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #8 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Still Waters said: Hi acute, You posted two pictures, Morris Ital and Ford Anglia. I can see both of those in your post they are still showing. The third picture didn't come out, it just says matra-simca-bagheera-6.jpg, but no picture. Then Manfred quoted your post and it's showing exactly as above, he also added an image of Matra Ranchoa to his post. Are you able to see any of that? Good morrow, SW! At the time of posting, I could see all three pics, then Manfred (who could obviously also see them all) quoted the third one and added his own car pic. Within about 20 mins, the third one of mine had gone. Edited October 24, 2017 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #9 Share Posted October 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Saru said: Perhaps the site hosting the image does not support hotlinking. As I say above, a similar thing happened to Manfred's helicopter pics. All there, then all gone, and I assume (because he took the photos) they were uploaded rather than linked to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted October 24, 2017 #10 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Whereabouts are the helicopter pictures ? Edited October 24, 2017 by RoofGardener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted October 24, 2017 #11 Share Posted October 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, acute said: As I say above, a similar thing happened to Manfred's helicopter pics. All there, then all gone, and I assume (because he took the photos) they were uploaded rather than linked to. Images can also be removed due to copyright - especially news images or images with watermarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #12 Share Posted October 24, 2017 11 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: Whereabouts are the helicopter pictures ? I can't find them. Maybe Manfred knows where he posted them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #13 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Saru said: Images can also be removed due to copyright - especially news images or images with watermarks. Ah, I think we're getting somewhere! Are hotlinked pics with a watermark deleted by the Mods, then? Edited October 24, 2017 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted October 24, 2017 #14 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Well, on MY screen, your car picture is behaving itself again. Possibly because I've been to the thread several times, and the picture is now "cached". I really don't think you've done anything wrong, nor is UM misbehaving.... it's the website that hosts the picture. (Plus the picture is a trifle big). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #15 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 minute ago, RoofGardener said: Well, on MY screen, your car picture is behaving itself again. Possibly because I've been to the thread several times, and the picture is now "cached". I really don't think you've done anything wrong, nor is UM misbehaving.... it's the website that hosts the picture. (Plus the picture is a trifle big). I can't see the Matra-Simca Bagheera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted October 24, 2017 #16 Share Posted October 24, 2017 52 minutes ago, acute said: I can't find them. Maybe Manfred knows where he posted them. it was a while ago now, I'll have to go back about 25 pages to find them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted October 24, 2017 #17 Share Posted October 24, 2017 48 minutes ago, acute said: I can't see the Matra-Simca Bagheera. Just as an experiment, can you see this one? You're missing something if you can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #18 Share Posted October 24, 2017 21 minutes ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: Just as an experiment, can you see this one? You're missing something if you can't Yep! A 1970's-style hippy chick. I'll post the Bagheera that I posted before, and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #19 Share Posted October 24, 2017 This is the one that disappeared. Can you see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #20 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Well... I can see it at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted October 24, 2017 #21 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, acute said: Are hotlinked pics with a watermark deleted by the Mods, then? If we feel they are violation of copyright, then yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted October 24, 2017 Author #22 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Thanks all! Mystery solved. (Bye-bye bagheera! ) Edited October 24, 2017 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted October 24, 2017 #23 Share Posted October 24, 2017 56 minutes ago, acute said: This is the one that disappeared. Can you see it? Oui. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted October 27, 2017 #24 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Honk honk ? *Thread Closed* ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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