Howto: Download files from the web via the OS X command line

Isn't it frustrating if you can't restart your browser when you're in the middle of a download ?
Well here's a solution. Just use the terminal with the 'curl' command to download your (big) files.

Let's download Colloquy for example (http://colloquy.info/downloads/colloquy-latest.zip).

Open up terminal, and browse to the prefered download folder, IE:
cd ~/Desktop
Initiate the download:
curl -o http://colloquy.info/downloads/colloquy-latest.zip
Screenshot:
curl download
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