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   Message 29,786 of 29,919   
   Doug Laidlaw to Doug Laidlaw   
   Re: Forking around- OpenMandrivaLlx3.01-   
   31 Dec 16 13:23:26   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.mandrake, alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   On 30/12/16 01:40, Doug Laidlaw wrote:   
   > I have had problems downloading a big file intact from SourceForge.   
   > Maybe slow the download.  A Torrent file would be safer, but 3.01 isn't   
   > at http://downloads.openmandriva.org/torrents/ or on LinuxTracker.   
   >   
   > DistroWatch announces the torrent, but the link is to the above.   
   >   
   > Maybe wait a bit.  It should appear on LinuxTracker eventually.   
    >   
   I discovered an extension of Murphy's Law, specifically for downloads:   
      
   Once the file has been at least half downloaded, the download rate will   
   start slowing down, such that no matter how much more of it you   
   download, the time remaining never changes!   
      
   Doug.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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