@Wolfram_EP -- Some of what you mention comes along as (or, in) pretty standard stress testing suites (those checking number of connections per geo-ip based lag considerations).
>> "I see absolutely no theoretical way of protection against such an attack"
I wasn't thinking in attack terms. But, this is a good point. Again, another reason for stress-tests (including "attack" vector injections from a random population sample).
My "out of this world" point was that of not only distance, but also the (deminimus) difference in time exchanged between being closer to or further from a gravity well. (Network compensated lag accommodates for > 99% of "lag" we experience in our perceived real-time, but, there's also "lag" in the sense of exiting a gravity well). We notice greater lag if we have to jump irregular differences around inundated network buffers; versus angular bouncing of network signal no different in land-based communications versus satellite communications. (Don't ask me how I know these things, just research how GPS signals reconcile to provide accurate geo-location data, versus land-based triangulation over the earth's curve, and you'll have your answer .)
>> "I see absolutely no theoretical way of protection against such an attack"
I wasn't thinking in attack terms. But, this is a good point. Again, another reason for stress-tests (including "attack" vector injections from a random population sample).
My "out of this world" point was that of not only distance, but also the (deminimus) difference in time exchanged between being closer to or further from a gravity well. (Network compensated lag accommodates for > 99% of "lag" we experience in our perceived real-time, but, there's also "lag" in the sense of exiting a gravity well). We notice greater lag if we have to jump irregular differences around inundated network buffers; versus angular bouncing of network signal no different in land-based communications versus satellite communications. (Don't ask me how I know these things, just research how GPS signals reconcile to provide accurate geo-location data, versus land-based triangulation over the earth's curve, and you'll have your answer .)
