关于Android 开发中，访问网络的问题

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private EditText address;
private Button getbutton;
private TextView text;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        //版本4.0后需加这个，不然就报错android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException
        StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder()
                .detectDiskReads().detectDiskWrites().detectNetwork()
                .penaltyLog().build());
        StrictMode.setVmPolicy(new StrictMode.VmPolicy.Builder()
                .detectLeakedSqlLiteObjects().detectLeakedClosableObjects()
                .penaltyLog().penaltyDeath().build());
        //
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.test);
        //初始化

        address = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.address);
        getbutton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.getbutton);
        text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);



        getbutton.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                String url = address.getText().toString();
                getPDAServerData(url);
            }
        });

    }

    public void getPDAServerData(String url) {
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpPost request;

        try {

            request = new HttpPost(url);

            //调用HttpClient对象的execute(HttpUriRequest request)发送请求，返回一个HttpResponse
            HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);

            //返回响应码为200
            if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 200) {

                //从响应中获取消息实体
                HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
                if (entity != null) {
                    String out = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
                    text.setText(out);
                }
            }


        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

}

请问，

 StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder()
                .detectDiskReads().detectDiskWrites().detectNetwork()
                .penaltyLog().build());
        StrictMode.setVmPolicy(new StrictMode.VmPolicy.Builder()
                .detectLeakedSqlLiteObjects().detectLeakedClosableObjects()
                .penaltyLog().penaltyDeath().build());

这段代码的意思是什么呢，为什么不加，就无法执行访问网络的代码语句呢。