Re: PETER FOLDES Does not know how to give computer advice AVOID IT!!

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From: FromTheRafters
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:12

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"G. Morgan" <sealteam6@osama-is-dead.net> wrote in message 
news:p695d7hqhp59dguvtrjeg9753esnlv080j@Osama-is-dead.net...
> Peter the Stupid (PtS) can't make his mind up if a HOSTS file is
> advisable. Here are two posts 1.5 hours apart from each other. First he
> says that using a HOSTS file is 'bad advice', only an hour and half
> later he does a 180� and recommends one.

That's not the way I read it. It looked to me like PF wanted to warn against 
BD's suggestion about reducing the hosts file to its default (nearly empty) 
state just to see if a slowdown is being caused by it. BD *did* ask Betty if it 
was being actively used.

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Subject: Re: PETER FOLDES Does not know how to give computer advice AVOID IT!!
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