I considered doing that to one sleazy boss just before I left that company. almost every site he tried to go to pointed to the FTC's online fraud pages.
larry On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:48:43 -0600, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also a fun way to play with people. ;) For example, mapping > www.cnn.com to playboy. :) > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:40:58 -0500, Larry C. Lyons > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > get the url (ie., www.whatever.com) and in the hosts file you can do > > something like this: > > 127.0.0.1 www.whatever.com > > > > then any request to whatever.com will be directed to your localhost ip > > address. > > > > larry > > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:51:19 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting. Thanks. I'll look into it. I find the doubleclick banners > > > on washingtonpost.com to be quite annoying. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:36:54 -0500, Larry C. Lyons > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've set up several computers with host files set to block banners and > > > > certain IP's It really does help. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:26:45 -0600, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Just an FYI, you can also use your HOSTS file to hide sites. For > > > > > example, you can block all doubleclick banners and other ad sites. > > > > > There are places where you can download HOSTS files just for this > > > > > purpose. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:51:03 -0400, Jim Davis > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >this isn't a server but I am playing around with cold fusion on > > > > > > >it. So if I have > > > > > > > > > > > > > >127.0.0.1 localhost > > > > > > > > > > > > > >then I should be good? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yup - and you really only need that for convienence (I don't think > > > > > > that CF actually requires it for anything). > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141097 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
