> Of course, we are entirely ignoring closeness. The algorithm for choosing
> nodes needs to taken into account both closeness and reliability for them
> both to have meaning. A simple multiplication of the two values might be
> good enough, with a constant weighing the outcome towards one value or the
> other.

Shouldn't connection speed be taken into account as well?  Maybe the prior 
average
connection speed of each node could be stored locally and factored in.  A more
distant node with a fast connection is preferable to a nearby one on a modem,
right?

Mark Roberts
mroberts100 at mediaone.net


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