"Scott G. Miller" wrote:
> > When a node receives this message (if it hasn't received it before,
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > which can be determined by the UniqueID), it passes it onto all the other
> > nodes that it knows of, except for the node that it received this message
> > from.
> Unfortunately, this would introduce an exponential message load on the
> network.  Also, your method would not eliminate cycles, so we'd have
> messages circling the net forever.

Actually, his idea would eliminate cycles, as indicated above.  That's
not to say it is a good idea, but it isn't fatally flawed for that
reason.

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