diff -urx '*js' drupal-5.12/includes/cache.inc drupal-5/includes/cache.inc
--- drupal-5.12/includes/cache.inc	2008-02-09 18:05:00.000000000 -0800
+++ drupal-5/includes/cache.inc	2008-10-06 16:49:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
  */
 function cache_get($key, $table = 'cache') {
   global $user;
-
+  static $db_cache;
+  
   // Garbage collection necessary when enforcing a minimum cache lifetime
   $cache_flush = variable_get('cache_flush', 0);
   if ($cache_flush && ($cache_flush + variable_get('cache_lifetime', 0) <= time())) {
@@ -21,6 +22,25 @@
     // Time to flush old cache data
     db_query("DELETE FROM {". $table ."} WHERE expire != %d AND expire <= %d", CACHE_PERMANENT, $cache_flush);
   }
+  
+  if(eregi("views", $table)) {
+    if( ! isset($db_cache) ) {
+      $result= db_query("SELECT * FROM {". $table ."}");
+      while($row = db_fetch_object($result)) {
+        $db_cache[$table][$row->cid]=$row;
+      }
+    }
+    $cache = $db_cache[$table][$key];
+    if ($user->cache > $cache->created) {
+      // This cache data is too old and thus not valid for us, ignore it.
+      return 0;
+    }
+    else {
+      $cache->data = db_decode_blob($cache->data);
+    }
+
+    return $cache;
+  }
 
   $cache = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT data, created, headers, expire FROM {". $table ."} WHERE cid = '%s'", $key));
   if (isset($cache->data)) {
diff -urx '*js' drupal-5.12/includes/path.inc drupal-5/includes/path.inc
--- drupal-5.12/includes/path.inc	2006-12-23 14:04:52.000000000 -0800
+++ drupal-5/includes/path.inc	2008-10-06 16:17:29.000000000 -0700
@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@
   static $map = array(), $no_src = array();
   static $count;
 
+  if(eregi("\.(jpg|png|bmp|jpeg|gif)$", $path)) {
+    return $path;
+  }
+
+  if(eregi("^(comment|admin|logout|fivestar)", $path)) {
+    return $path;
+  }
+
+
+  if(sizeof($map)==0) {
+    $result = db_query("SELECT src,dst FROM {url_alias}");
+    while($row = db_fetch_array($result)) {
+      $key = $row['src'];
+      $map[$key] = $row['dst'];
+    }
+  }
+
   // Use $count to avoid looking up paths in subsequent calls if there simply are no aliases
   if (!isset($count)) {
     $count = db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(pid) FROM {url_alias}'));
@@ -57,6 +74,8 @@
     if ($action == 'alias') {
       if (isset($map[$path])) {
         return $map[$path];
+      } else {
+        return $path;
       }
       $alias = db_result(db_query("SELECT dst FROM {url_alias} WHERE src = '%s'", $path));
       $map[$path] = $alias;