I just discovered a weird issue. The comments under my name will explain it better than I can here, but sufficed to say, if you use Net::HTTP in ruby, do not install the RubyForge gem!
Read all about “the issue”:http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=8907&group_id=1024&atid=4025 on the rubyforge bug tracking page.