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Re:Does anyone else see the contradiction?
if you can get an ADSL connection, then you probably have somewhere between 2-8 MB/s bandwidth at the moment.
Yes, if by 2-8 MB/s you mean 2-8 Mb/s. My ISP genuinely doesn't know the difference between a 2 Megabit connection and a 2 Megabyte connection (BT Ireland). -
server slow, mirror list:
Sorry, couldn't format it because of Slashdot's fucking filters.
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/applications/gimp/ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/ http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/ ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/ http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/ ftp://gimp.zeta.org.au/gimp/gimp/ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/gimp/ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/graphics/packages/gimp/ ftp://ftp.minet.net/pub/gimp/ http://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/gim p/ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ ftp://sunsite.ics.forth.gr/sunsite/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ ftp://SunSITE.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/packages/gimp / ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/graphics/tools/gimp/ http://www.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/ ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/ http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/ ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/ ftp://ftp.kreonet.re.kr/pub/tools/X11/ftp.gimp.org / http://gnu.kookel.org/ftp/gimp/ ftp://gnu.kookel.org/pub/gimp/ ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/Linux/gimp/ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/ ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/graphics/gimp/mirror / http://gimp.tsuren.net/mirror/gimp/ ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gimp/ http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gimp/ ftp://ftp.hun.edu.tr/pub/linux/gimp/ ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gi mp/ ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/X/gimp/gimp/ -
server slow, mirror list:
Sorry, couldn't format it because of Slashdot's fucking filters.
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/applications/gimp/ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/ http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/ ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/ http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/ ftp://gimp.zeta.org.au/gimp/gimp/ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/gimp/ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/graphics/packages/gimp/ ftp://ftp.minet.net/pub/gimp/ http://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/gim p/ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ ftp://sunsite.ics.forth.gr/sunsite/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ ftp://SunSITE.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/packages/gimp / ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/graphics/tools/gimp/ http://www.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/ ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/ http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/ ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/ ftp://ftp.kreonet.re.kr/pub/tools/X11/ftp.gimp.org / http://gnu.kookel.org/ftp/gimp/ ftp://gnu.kookel.org/pub/gimp/ ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/Linux/gimp/ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/ ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/graphics/gimp/mirror / http://gimp.tsuren.net/mirror/gimp/ ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gimp/ ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gimp/ http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gimp/ ftp://ftp.hun.edu.tr/pub/linux/gimp/ ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gi mp/ ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/X/gimp/gimp/ -
The List of mirrors is slashdoted.
Africa ftp://ftp.is.co.za/applications/gimp/ Australia ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/
http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/
ftp://gimp.zeta.org.au/gimp/gimp/ Austria ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/gimp/ Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/graphics/packages/gimp/ France ftp://ftp.minet.net/pub/gimp/
http://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gimp/ Germany ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/gim p/
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ Greece ftp://sunsite.ics.forth.gr/sunsite/pub/gimp/ Ireland ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/
http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ Japan ftp://SunSITE.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/packages/gimp /
ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/graphics/tools/gimp/
http://www.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/
ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/
http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/
ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/ Korea ftp://ftp.kreonet.re.kr/pub/tools/X11/ftp.gimp.org / Netherlands http://gnu.kookel.org/ftp/gimp/
ftp://gnu.kookel.org/pub/gimp/ Norway ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/gimp/ Poland ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/Linux/gimp/
ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/ Romania ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/
ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/
http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ Russia ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/graphics/gimp/mirror /
http://gimp.tsuren.net/mirror/gimp/ -
The List of mirrors is slashdoted.
Africa ftp://ftp.is.co.za/applications/gimp/ Australia ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/
http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/gimp/gimp/
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gimp/
ftp://gimp.zeta.org.au/gimp/gimp/ Austria ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/gimp/ Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/graphics/packages/gimp/ France ftp://ftp.minet.net/pub/gimp/
http://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gimp/ Germany ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/gim p/
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ Greece ftp://sunsite.ics.forth.gr/sunsite/pub/gimp/ Ireland ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/
http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ Japan ftp://SunSITE.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/packages/gimp /
ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/graphics/tools/gimp/
http://www.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/
ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/
http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/
ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/gimp/ Korea ftp://ftp.kreonet.re.kr/pub/tools/X11/ftp.gimp.org / Netherlands http://gnu.kookel.org/ftp/gimp/
ftp://gnu.kookel.org/pub/gimp/ Norway ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/gimp/ Poland ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/Linux/gimp/
ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/ Romania ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/
ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/
http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ Russia ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/graphics/gimp/mirror /
http://gimp.tsuren.net/mirror/gimp/ -
mirrors
Australia
ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Brisbane)
Austria
ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/Mandrake/8.2
/ i586/ (Vienna)ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pub/linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586
/ (Vienna)
Belgium
ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/mandrake/8.2/i586/
Costa Rica
ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/linux/mandrake/Mandr
a ke/8.2/i586/
Czech Republic
ftp://ftp.cesnet.cz/OS/Linux/Mandrake/mandrake/8.
2 /i586/ (Brno)ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Brno)
ftp://klobouk.fsv.cvut.cz/pub/linux-mandrake/Mand
r ake/8.2/i586/ (Prague)ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake/8.2/i586/
ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/OS/Linux/Dist/Mandrake/
m andrake/8.2/i586/ (Prague)http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586
/ (Brno)
Denmark
ftp://ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Koebenhavn)
ftp://ftp.sunsite.dk/mirrors/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Aalborg)
Estonia
ftp://ftp.aso.ee/pub/os/Linux/distributions/mandr
a ke/8.2/i586/
Finland
ftp://ftp.song.fi/pub/linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Espoo)
France
ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Nancy)
ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distrib
u tions/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Paris)ftp://ftp.info.univ-angers.fr/pub/linux/distribut
i ons/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Angers)ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mandrak
e /8.2/i586/ (Paris)ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mand
r ake/8.2/i586/ (Paris)ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/pub/linux/distributions/ma
n drake/8.2/i586/ (Strasbourg)ftp://linux.ups-tlse.fr/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Toulouse)
Germany
ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/Mandr
a ke/8.2/i586/ (Esslingen)ftp://ftp.de.uu.net/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/
ftp://ftp.fh-giessen.de/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i5
8 6/ (Giessen)ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandra
k e/dist/8.2/i586/ (Wolfenbuettel)ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Goettingen)
ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distribu
t ions/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Muenster)ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/linux/Mandrake
/ Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Munchen)ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i
5 86/ (Chemnitz)ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/
i 586/ (Clausthal)ftp://ftp.uasw.edu/pub/os/linux/mandrake/dist/8.2
/ i586/ (Wolfenbuettel)ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/Mandrake/8.2/
i 586/ (bayreuth)ftp://ftp.uni-kassel.de/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i5
8 6/ (Kassel)ftp://ftp.uni-mannheim.de/systems/linux/mandrake/
8 .2/i586/ (Mannheim)ftp://ftp.vat.tu-dresden.de/pub/Mandrake/8.2/i586
/ (Dresden)ftp://ramses.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/mandra
k e/8.2/i586/ (Dresden)ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux
/ mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Aachen)
Greece
ftp://ftp.duth.gr/pub/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Thrace)
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Athens)
Hong Kong
ftp://ftp.wisr.eie.polyu.edu.hk/linux/mandrake/8.
2 /i586/
Hungary
ftp://ftp.linuxforum.hu/mirror/Mandrake/8.2/i586/
Ireland
ftp://ftp.esat.net/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/
Italy
ftp://bo.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/Mandrake/8.2/i586
/ (Bologna)ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/Mandrake_Mirror/Mandra
k e/8.2/i586/
Latvia
ftp://ftp.latnet.lv/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/
Netherlands
ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Ma
n drake/8.2/i586/ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/
M andrake/8.2/i586/ftp://ftp.wau.nl/pub/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Wageningen)
Poland
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Szczecin)
ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586
/ (Gdansk)
Portugal
ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/Mandrake/Mandrake/8
. 2/i586/ (Coimbra)ftp://tux.cprm.net/pub/Mandrake/8.2/i586/
Russia
ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Chernogolovka)
Singapore
ftp://ftp.singnet.com.sg/opensource/linux/Mandrak
e /8.2/i586/
Slovakia
ftp://spirit.profinet.sk/mirrors/Mandrake/8.2/i58
6 / (Bratislava)
Spain
ftp://ftp.cesga.es/pub/linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Galicia)
ftp://ftp.cica.es/pub/Linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Sevilla)
ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mand
r ake/8.2/i586/
Sweden
ftp://ftp.chello.se/pub/Linux/Mandrake/8.2/i586/
ftp://ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/Linux/distributions
/ Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Gothenburg)ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/os/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Dalarma)
Switzerland
ftp://ftp.pcds.ch/pub/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Neuhausen)
ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/mandrake/8.2
/ i586/ (Zurich)
Taiwan
ftp://linux.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/pub/Mandrake/mandra
k e/8.2/i586/ftp://linux.csie.nctu.edu.tw/distributions/mandra
k e/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ftp://mdk.linux.org.tw/pub/mandrake/8.2/i586/
Turkey
ftp://ftp.ankara.edu.tr/pub/linux/dagitimlar/Mand
r ake/8.2/i586/ (Ankara)
United Kingdom
ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/u
n ix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Canterbury)
United States
ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distribut
i ons/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Georgia)ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandr
a ke/8.2/i586/ (Florida)ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/Linux/Mandrake/mand
r ake/8.2/i586/ (NY)ftp://ftp.nmt.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (New Mexico)
ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Oregon)
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/8.2/
i 586/ (Virginia)ftp://ftp.umr.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrake/8.2
/ i586/ (Missouri)ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/mandrake/8.2/i58
6 / (Indiana)ftp://linux-cs.tccw.wku.edu/pub/linux/distributio
n s/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (WKU-Linux, Western Kentucky University)ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/linux/mandrake/8.2/i
5 86/ (Michigan)ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/Mandra
k e/8.2/i586/ (Wisconsin)ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/Mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Illinois)
ftp://mirrors.ptd.net/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (Pensylvania)
ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandr
a ke/8.2/i586/ftp://uml-pub.ists.dartmouth.edu/mirrors/ftp.mand
r akesoft.com/pub/Mandrake/mandrake/8.2/i586/ (New Hampshire)ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/mandrake/Mandr
a ke/8.2/i586/ (Hawaii)http://mandrake.dsi.internet2.edu/Mandrake/8.2/i5
8 6/ (For Internet2 academic institutions only)
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Re:ADSL in other countries
I hate to break it to you, but I would NOT expect any reasonable sort of ADSL (Always Delayed Slightly Longer) before 2003 in Ireland! If you want economic ADSL try 2004 or later! Currently Ireland is an Internet backwater (and the politicians are far from understanding this). Errorcom^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hircom announced an October 2nd launch of their ADSL service simply to squash any other broadband providers AND to delay the rollout of ADSL as long as possible (if you were supplying 99% of the pots and isdn lines AND 90%+ of the leased lines would you want to launch an ADSL service?). By announcing their intention to launch (and alleged pricing structures) they have forced the Office of the Department of Telecommunications Regulators and their main competitor into legal wranglings to prevent the launch of the service. The basic stumbling block is that the ODTR will not allow Errorcom (fsck them, they seem to be squashing mirrors , the latest casualty which had extra info and links to mirrors is now in googles cache alone, of the already taken down errorcom.com site) to launch the service until the wholesale pricing is agreed (so errorcom can't jump the market thanks to their public funded monopoly). Unfortunatley over 3 months since this debacle there has been no progress and a lengthy war in court is expected. Even if the wholesale prices are agreed tomorrow and both companies launch their services the minimum 30 days later you should not expect the prices to drop, Irish telecoms operators (and in particular errorcom and es(h)at) have a terrible history of pricing by errorcom charging the most ridiculous amount conceivable (you've seen the proposed prices) and then the "competitors" knock maybe 10% off the price to have a slightly less ridiculous extortianate service.
Basically you should be resigned to modem or very expensive ISDN for the next year in Ireland
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Re:Working mirror
How did the space make it into the URL? Slashcode inserted it... Here is the correct link to the directory: ftp://ftp.e sat
.net/...