Google is building what looks to be the foundation for Skynet, in a place called “The Dalles” in Oregon (keep an eye out in the full article for the woman who compares Google with Lord Voldemort):
On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. But it is hard to keep a secret when it is a computing center as big as two football fields, with twin cooling plants protruding four stories into the sky.. . .
Even before the Oregon center comes online, Google has lashed together a global network of computers — known in the industry as the Googleplex — that is a singular achievement. “Google has constructed the biggest computer in the world, and it’s a hidden asset,” said Danny Hillis, a supercomputing pioneer and a founder of Applied Minds, a technology consulting firm, referring to the Googleplex.
But, uh, not to worry. Remember, Google’s motto is “Don’t be Evil,” So I’m sure we’ll all be fine.
Just in case, though, let me get this out of the way early so it’s cached come the Revolution: I submit wholly to the will of our benevolent overlords. All praise the mighty Pagerank.
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