It is generally believed that in order for that to work you need the round ship delays in milliseconds, in 100 milliseconds, in 200 milliseconds, not 8s.

人们一般相信，为了运行正常,总延迟需要控制在毫秒的单位，在100毫秒，200毫秒以内，而不是8秒。

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So, you have to feed the slave all year round to work only a small part of the time, that's not very profitable.

你不得不整年的喂养奴隶,而他们只有少量时间在工作,这是很不划算的

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