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Hello Jasen - 

CA>> The relevance (for me) is when Linux (for instance) makes
CA>> 700 meg ISO image files available for download and thinks
CA>> they are doing everyone a huge favor. :-\ 

JB> ISTR that the the folks at Slack or Debian were working on
JB> a "virtual ISO tool" [my term] 

S'okay. I'm getting used to you making up words as we go along.
;-) 

JB> that would take a list of packages and get them
JB> individually and then assemble them into an ISO locally.
JB> their motive was to reduce server load when a new ISO
JB> contains 80% of the old ISO's content etc... but it would
JB> provide a convenient way for low bandwidth users to get
JB> large ISOs with less reliance on resuming downloads 

So they _are_ aware the sizes of these downloads are
problematic eh? 

JB> OTOH you could complain to them source of the ISO and ask
JB> them to pressure the maintainer of their server to upgrade
JB> their software to something capable of resuming downloads. 

I will have cable access soon (this year) and then I won't care
anymore how messed up all this is. ;-) 

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