From: Thomas Wieczorek <wieczo.yo@...>
Date: 2008-03-25T21:53:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Remote files?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:30 AM,  <rduby1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  The first file is a plain-text file and the other is a binary file
>  (photo).
>

Take a look at http://www.rubynoob.com/articles/2006/8/21/how-to-download-files-with-a-ruby-script
Notice "wb" in _open("fun.jpg", "wb")_, it is important, when you
download images on windows platforms otherwise it will open them in
ASCII mode.