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Entry in /etc/hosts responds to ping but not in browser

A little background: I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.4 I have a site set up on my external web server The site on my server is set up with DNS records ready to respond to "mydomain.dev" There is no public ...
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Why is “127.0.0.1 localhost” needed in HOSTS file?

I disabled all my network connections and deleted 127.0.0.1 localhost in HOSTS file but cannot find what had I broken by it. My IIS and MS SQL Server 2008 R2 continues to resolve localhost just fine ...