On 3/24/07, Ted Unangst <ted.unangst@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 3/21/07, Paul Irofti <bulibuta@gmail.com> wrote:
> >   - the fact that ftp can handle http makes me ponder what happened to
> >   the KISS principle?
>
> ftp is very simple.  there are files on the internet.  i want them on
> my computer.  ftp puts them there.  how much simpler can it be? :)

But that's what wget is for.