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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03.03.2014 05:50, José Eduardo S. C. Xavier wrote:
> What this error means? It happens when I open cvpcb.


$ wget https://github.com/KiCad/Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty


--2014-03-03 10:38:14--  https://github.com/KiCad/Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.252.131
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.252.131|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 44430 (43K) [text/html]
Saving to: `Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty'

100%[=============================================>] 44.430       151K/s   in 0.3s

2014-03-03 10:38:15 (151 KB/s) - `Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty' saved [44430/44430]


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Wow, the library is downloaded in only 0.3 seconds, with a working internet connection.

And that included the *redirect* that wget had to do.  The github_plugin eliminates even
that redirect step, producing even faster results.


I guess everyone is outside shovelling snow today, not actually bogging down github.com.
Thank goodness for global warming, it would be damn cold without it.

23 deg. F in central Texas in March last night.