I tried pinging "tracker.thepiratebay.org" and for some reason the DNS returns 127.0.0.1 I get 0% packet loss, but, obviously, it isn't going to the correct website.
My college uses a local DNS server, but I don't think that's where the problem is, since I asked a friend outside my college, and he reported the same results.
Can someone verify this result? And if yes, is there a reason? Also, can I access the real website somehow? (So, someone who can give me the ip of the website would be appreciated)
(Btw, "http://tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce" is one of the default trackers used by torrents downloaded from The Pirate Bay.)
EDIT: I've tried using the google DNS lookup instead of my own, and that too is returning 127.0.0.1 Can a possible explanation be that the site doesn't exist any more? or would not-existing return some other identifiable result?
From Wikipedia:
The Pirate Bay used to run a tracker, but has since disabled it,
although the website remains as a torrent index.
Also a quick nslookup tracker.thepiratebay.org confirms your problem.