Yes, it is literally analogous to choosing points from the set of intersections of lines of integral latitude and longitude, which is not what you want. The sp

Yes, it is literally analogous to choosing points from the set of intersections of lines of integral latitude and longitude, which is not what you want. The specialness of the Gaussian has been mentioned here before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9446126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9446126