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> library(RCurl)
> 
> url = "http://www.omegahat.net/Rcartogram/demo.jpg"
> header = RCurl:::basicTextGatherer()
> ans = try(getBinaryURL(url, headerfunction = header$update))
> 
> 
> url = "http://eeyore.ucdavis.edu/stat141/data/Elections/NYExitData.rda"
> header = RCurl:::basicTextGatherer()
> ans = try(getBinaryURL(url, headerfunction = header$update))
Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE)  : 
  Failed to connect to eeyore.ucdavis.edu port 80 after 21206 ms: Couldn't connect to server
> 
> proc.time()
   user  system elapsed 
   0.18    0.10   21.82