You're on a board full of people who had no problem getting the ISO, and know that it can be done without too much hassle. You're asking someone to wait on an IRC channel while you download a rather large file, and you got good advice but completely disregarded it. It's also kind of sad you brought in one of your IRC buddies to take your side. I've been lurking here for a while now, and it seems to me that Rickenbacherus is extremely helpful, and has a buttload of helpful posts to back himself up...I'd say cut your losses and enjoy Knoppix. When all is said and done it really is a great distro...and that's all I'll say about that.