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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

I've seen periodic requests for a method of keeping resolv.conf up to 
date, since the list of tier-2 servers seems to change regularly.  To 
make this information useful, we also want server reliability to be 
balanced with geographic distance.

From a command line, these two commands will give the same results 
(note that the quotes are only required if you want to use variables 
like below):
# curl "http://opennicproject.org/geoip/geotxt4.php";
# wget -qO- "http://opennicproject.org/geoip/geotxt4.php";

This will give you three lines with the nearest servers that have a 
reliability of 98% or greater in the past three months.  There are two 
URL variables which allow you to fine-tune these results...

res=3 -- This specifies how many results to return
pct=98 -- What do you consider the minimum reliability percentage

With this information, you can get custom results like this...
# curl "http://opennicproject.org/geoip/geotxt4.php?res=5&pct=97.5";

It should be easy enough to run a daily cron job which pulls these 
results, and generates a new file with your personal domain and search 
lines.  Feel free to make any further suggestions, or let me know of any 
bugs in the results.