XPost: uk.comp.os.linux, alt.windows7.general   
   From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   Oops ... As hopefully anyone interested would have realised ...   
      
   On 23/06/2024 18:24, Java Jive wrote:   
   >   
   > Yes, it seems to be some sort of silly-buggers protectionism, for FREE   
   > OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE, for chrissake!  What I think may have been   
   > happening in my case was that a certain amount of time was allowed for   
   > the size of the download, and because I have a moderately slow rural   
   > mobile connection, the portcullis was coming down just before the   
   > downloads could complete.   
   >   
   > However, I've found a way around it ...   
   >   
   >  the failed item in your browser's downloads page, and   
   > paste it into a new tab, remove the part   
      
   ... including and ...   
      
   > after the '?', which from   
   > memory was ?viasf=1.  This takes you to a mirror without all the silly   
   > buggers, and it just works, or at least did for me.   
      
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