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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I should mention that this timing test was with this line in my /etc/hosts file:


  192.30.252.147  codeload.github.com


That cuts out a net based DNS transaction.




On 03.03.2014 10:52, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> $ wget https://codeload.github.com/KiCad/Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty/zip/master
> --2014-03-03 10:49:54--
> https://codeload.github.com/KiCad/Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty/zip/master
> Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.252.147
> Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.252.147|:443... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 10035 (9,8K) [application/zip]
> Saving to: `master.1'
> 
> 100%[===================================================================================================================================>]
> 10.035      --.-K/s   in 0.05s
> 
> 2014-03-03 10:49:54 (178 KB/s) - `master.1' saved [10035/10035]
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> This is without the redirect.  Its possible github.com has caught on to what we are doing
> and is actually trying to help.  Everytime we hit the site they have a record of our
> visit, since we advertise the "web client" in the GET header.
> 
> Maybe I'm just being optimistic, but 0.05 seconds to fetch a zip file is pretty
> exceptional.  Its possible they've made special provisions for us (read caching).
> 
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> 
> Dick
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