ok, thanks everyone, here's the results....

[TiVo [p0] ~]# ping -c 1 minnie.tuhs.org
PING minnie (131.244.9.101): 56 data bytes

--- minnie ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

[TiVo [p0] ~]# netstat -atn
Active Internet connections (including servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 14476 127.0.0.1:1026 127.0.0.1:8000 FIN_WAIT1
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 130 192.168.0.10:23 192.168.0.2:1165 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 17294 0 127.0.0.1:8000 127.0.0.1:1026 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 1 0 192.168.0.10:80 192.168.
tcp 1 0 192.168.0.10:80 192.168.0.2:2919 CLOSE
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.10:80 192.168.0.2:2517 CLOSE
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.10:80 192.168.0.2:2054 CLOSE
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

[TiVo [p0] ~]# wget -v http://minnie.tuhs.org -O direct_test.html
--19:12:46-- http://minnie.tuhs.org/
=> `direct_test.html'
Resolving minnie.tuhs.org... done.
Connecting to minnie.tuhs.org[131.244.9.101]:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--19:15:55-- http://minnie.tuhs.org/
(try: 2) => `direct_test.html'
Connecting to minnie.tuhs.org[131.244.9.101]:80...

[TiVo [p1] ~]# wget -v http://localhost:8000 -O proxy_test.html
--19:16:48-- http://localhost:8000/
=> `proxy_test.html'
Resolving localhost... done.
Connecting to localhost[127.0.0.1]:8000... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
Read error (Connection timed out) in headers.
Retrying.

--19:31:48-- http://localhost:8000/
(try: 2) => `proxy_test.html'
Connecting to localhost[127.0.0.1]:8000... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... [TiVo [p2] ~]#

[TiVo [p2] ~]# ls -l *test.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Feb 28 19:12 direct_test.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Feb 28 19:16 proxy_test.html