Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sat Oct 25 14:35:17 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9PLZGI7022474 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:35:16 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9PLjiLD003689 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:45:44 -0700 Message-Id: <200810252145.m9PLjiLD003689@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS551: Final Project: join distance Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:45:44 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > So Does it mean that, the distance can be a negative number? No. Would you say that the numeric difference between 3 and 5 is -2? -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Bill Cheng wrote: > Someone wrote: > > > If node A sends join request to node B then, in the join response which node > > B sends, the distance field will be absolute(location A - location B), > > correct ? > > The spec says: > > The distance is simply the numeric difference between the > location of this node and that of the joining node. > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu