Trying to access ~-areas of people.debian.org ends up in redirection cycles, see the following (text is translated from Norwegian nationalisation and might be slightly off):
bash-2.05a$ wget http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/preload/ --10:37:20-- http://people.debian.org/%7Eblade/install/preload/ => `index.html' Resolving people.debian.org... OK. Connecting to people.debian.org[192.25.206.10]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, recieving headers... 302 Found Localisation: http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/preload/ [redirected] http://people.debian.org/%7Eblade/install/preload/: Redirection cycle detected. bash-2.05a$ kind regards, -sig -- Sigurd Urdahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systemkonsulent og sånt Systems consultant and such Linpro A/S http://www.linpro.no/