Index: imagecache/imagecache.module
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--- imagecache/imagecache.module	(revision 575)
+++ imagecache/imagecache.module	(working copy)
@@ -315,12 +315,12 @@ function imagecache_create_url($presetna
     $path = transliteration_get($path);
   }
 
-  $args = array('absolute' => TRUE, 'query' => empty($bypass_browser_cache) ? NULL : time());
+  $args = array('query' => empty($bypass_browser_cache) ? NULL : time());
   switch (variable_get('file_downloads', FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC)) {
     case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC:
-      return url($GLOBALS['base_url'] . '/' . file_directory_path() .'/imagecache/'. $presetname .'/'. $path, $args);
+      return url(file_directory_path() .'/imagecache/'. $presetname .'/'. $path, $args);
     case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PRIVATE:
-      return url('system/files/imagecache/'. $presetname .'/'. $path, $args);
+      return url('system/files/imagecache/'. $presetname .'/'. $path, $args + array('absolute' => TRUE));
   }
 }