In case anyone initially overlooks it, as I did: The proposed delay is 350 <i>micro</i>-seconds, or millionths of a second, not the <i>milli</i>-seconds that ping measures for me.<p>If the question is whether a 350 microsecond delay is acceptable and whether it&#x27;s fair to small investors, we&#x27;re asking the wrong questions. For example, should HN introduce a 350 microsecond delay to posting comments? Would that be fair?<p>(In the correction at the bottom, you can see the NY Times made the same mistake I did.)