Re: [spoon-discuss] Nearest location

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 18 June 2002 1:38 pm, Dan Waldron wrote:
> > Ok. BTW, this is because numerous rules refer to the 'nearest' location
> > without saying what that location is. This solves that, and add a random
> > tiebreaker.
>
> On further reading of the proposal I am not entirely sure that we need it.
> Although it seems like a good idea, presumably the 'nearest' location is a
> location such that its distance to the origin is less than that of any
> other possible locations.  We already have a reliable method for
> calculating the distance between two points according to a variety of
> metrics.
>
> I am willing to be convinced, however.  The Grid is not an area in which I
> claim great expertise.

The 'nearest location' is not explicitly defined anywhere. Do we want another 
near-crisis like the DimShips again?
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