[ExI] simulation

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 12:02:36PM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote:

> If all of the nodes are local, communication at c will work well enough. 

The main reason renting e.g. dark fiber wouldn't work is not
just relativistic latency (it can be partly ameliorated by 
custom, mostly ACK-less protocols), it's the cost of connectivity
which is exponentiated by distance. 10 GBit/s cables are already
expensive enough for ~m distances.

In short, you need local clusters. Due to volume/surface ratio
scaling WAN would work for very fat nodes. Maybe, for a PS7,
on GBit/s residential broadband? 

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