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- From: dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Daniel R. Kegel)
- Subject: Is there a Internet distance measure?
- Message-ID: <dank.715818516@blacks>
- Sender: news@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Usenet)
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- Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 22:28:36 GMT
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- Hi,
- I'm looking for an automatic way to select the 'nearest' host from a list,
- e.g. such that an Archie client automatically chooses a nearby
- site rather than one on the other side of the globe.
-
- Anyone know how to do this?
- - Dan K. (dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov)
-