On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:31:38 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:33:46 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> o.k., after a quick google, i get that 127.0.0.1 loops back to your own
>> machine. but what is the practical result of adding such a line to the
>> host file? does it just bypass any hits for cooks.com?
>
> It doesn't prevent Google hits, but if you do end up clicking on a
> cooks.com link, it will do nothing (unless you have a webserver
> set up on your own computer).
>
> It's to keep you from accidentally going to the site, or being
> referred to the site.
>
> -sw

o.k., that makes sense.

i have seen the 'there's no place like 127.0.0.1' t-shirt before, but i
guess i didn't really get it.

your pal,
dorothy