--- wget-1.9.1/src/retr.c	2003-10-11 15:57:11.000000000 +0200
+++ wget-1.9.1/src/retr.c.patched	2004-03-01 17:19:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@
 {
   double dlrate;
 
-  assert (msecs >= 0);
+  /* fix msec for machines with non ordinal clock */
+  if (msecs < 0) 
+    msecs = 0;
+
   assert (bytes >= 0);
 
   if (msecs == 0)