The Secret Behind Google's Power (Bill)

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Nov 2nd, 2005 @ 5:53pm

• Google Electricity

  by Haggie

  Google is working on an Internet based, web-enabled cold fusion application that will power all of their internal electricity needs. Excess capacity will be delivered to consumers in exchange for viewing targeted advertisements based upon power consumption (ie: use your radio, you'll get music ads; use an electric weed trimmer, get an ad for Better Homes & Gardens, use an electric suction pump, get an ad for penis enlargement....)

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Nov 2nd, 2005 @ 11:00pm

• Re: Google Electricity

  by Pasta Sauce

  Has cold fusion even been a proven theory yet?
  
  If not, it won't supprise me if google gets it to work.

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 2:10am

• Re: Google Electricity

  by Anonymous Coward

  Sure but it's already patented and sold by Macromedia. LOL!

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 9:50am

• Re: Google Electricity

  by Cameron

  cold fusion is a web development language. he wasn't referring to the theoretical technology based on nuclear fission.

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 10:20am

• Re: Google Electricity

  by cc

  I think Google engineers would be insulted that anyone thinks they use ColdFusion for any app development. What next, Picasa is written using Visual Basic - LOL
  

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 9:22am

• Re: Google Electricity

  by bill

  are you serious? what's next every American citizen regardless of age gets a federally employed babysitter? this is seriously an invasion of privacy!

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Nov 2nd, 2005 @ 8:14pm

• lol

  by barry goodknight

  3 google

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 2:21am

• That explains it

  by dustrider

  My boss was at the googleplex last week, and he came back flumoxed at why Serge and co. spent three hours doing a presentation to mainly business partners on solar and wind power.
  Another mystery solved.

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 6:03am

• The Seti at Home model

  by Anonymous Coward

  Google is working on a Seti-like project. When your computer's power-saving stuff kicks in (i.e. monitor turns off), your computer puts the saved power into special power-packets which go to Google.

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 6:55am

• Re: The Seti at Home model

  by Mike

  Or maybe google plans on sucking power from any source availble and storing them into "Energon Cubes" which make it easy to transport large amounts of energy to their sever room

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Nov 3rd, 2005 @ 7:04am

• Off peak electricity

  by Geoff

  Maybe they should use off-peak electricity (In UK between 1am and 7am) with data centres in different time zones they could have continous service.

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