[Cialug] OT: Daydreaming out loud

[Aaron Porter]

On 1/3/06, Nathan C. Smith <smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
>
>
> So I'm thinking about this "Google PC" at Wal-Mart, and I'm thinking about
> Google's giant search engine machine and I'm wondering "can they extend
> this
> to the computers they sell?"  So everyone's computer contributes a little
> to
> either the processing, the knowledge, or both at Google Corporate?
> 1) it would be really clever and interesting if they pulled it off


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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