# currently this displays progress to STDOUT; either their should
    # be a way to activate/deactivate or preferably use all new ducktype singletons
    # (more on that later, see google://_whytheluckystiff if interested)
    # of course I prefer chain messaging but matz said no :( we'll see :)
    def DownloadManager.download(url, file_path, file_checksum, file_size=nil)