"The "non-networked machines" are part of a network. Got it! "
NO YOU DIDN'T GET IT!
From the article:
"Given the specifics, such as the files being saved on Ethernet-connected, high-performance network drives, "
"Even if one considers lag-time, buffering, or some type of computer processor or network-caused “ebb and flow”,"
I got a free ride to college on my reading and English skills, "fellow kid".
And I've been here long enough that some year-old n00b plant trash-talking me doesn't phase me in the slightest.
Like water off a duck's back, neeewwwwbiieee! 
can it. we can spot an ‘arguing troll’ a mile away.