On 1/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nathan C. Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:smith@ipmvs.com">smith@ipmvs.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>So I'm thinking about this "Google PC" at Wal-Mart, and I'm thinking about<br>Google's giant search engine machine and I'm wondering "can they extend this<br>to the computers they sell?" So everyone's computer contributes a little to
<br>either the processing, the knowledge, or both at Google Corporate?<br>1) it would be really clever and interesting if they pulled it off</blockquote><div><br>But I somehow doubt that most consumers of a $200 "PC like device" have reliable enough broadband to make it appealing to google. Having vast cpu power paid for (and powered) by someone else is nifty, but not so cool when you can't get to it.
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