gistfile1.txt

require 'net/http'
Net::HTTP.start("multimedia.pol.dk") { |http|
  resp = http.get("/archive/00493/Greece_Mail_Bombs_493553y.jpg")
  open("foo.jpg", "wb") { |file|
    file.write(resp.body)
  }
}

require ‘open-uri’
open("foo.jpg", “wb”) do |f|
  f.write(open("http://sirupsen.com/").read)
end

Even better, yes :)