This kinda makes sense, but really, it doesn't match with the existing model. My guess is that the way this normally works is through a single bounty the service puts on new customers not through revenue sharing of subscribers. Additionally, the only time you see large bounties or discounts is when the provider is…

Considering how easy this is to do, I am really not surprised facebook decided to roll it's own ROM. Now the question is...will you EVER get a software update? Probably not.

So if you screw up a trick, you crush your balls right? Sounds awesome!

@snownpaint1: it only matters if are a neilsen family

And google tracks. I know it doesn't have maps, but it is awesome to record how fast you go on the slopes.

23 is a man...right?

@lllbarllllcodelll: Easier to speak than to read sadly

google translate, please please get alot better!

@vel0city: Yep, and none of them were worth a darn. Everyone who really used email to send files had to get a local client. That was just par for the course.

@Daemonicus: Right, more storage space = actually in the cloud. Hotmail was really meant to be downloaded and deleted from the server.

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: It really is just a web-browser. A few tweaks, and it would ONLY run on the intranet, which is what my company dreams of. I don't think it HAS to plug into google's servers.

@warpped655: PlayOn

@spencercal: Okay did you not read about this? HTML5 works awesome with caching things. Google Docs will run locally without an internet connection and I am sure many other applications will follow suite. It will just be heavy lifting and file streaming which will be the most demanding on a connection

@Daemonicus: Gmail? That was the first real cloud email.

@Yash!: Google has lots of money and lots of coders. Lets hope they start focussing them a little bit more.

@Dodge2002: People WANT cloud computing. Seriously, how much of your day do you spend surfing your file system? Don't you want a RAID backup of your key files? What about instantly scalable processing for gaming? Secure access to your data on any computer you can use with all your settings and preferences coming along…

@A7: This is exactly what my mom needs. Last year I set up her computer desktop with shortcuts to the web (gmail, gcal, pandora, picasa) and she has not looked back since. She doesn't even know she is on a windows machine.

@Settings: A bank LOVES this idea. I work at a big national bank and I LOVE this idea. Suddenly, my processing power is not limited by my computer. My file storage is not limited by my computer.

I do not get all the naysayers in the room. And I will go refute them one by one, and probably make many friends in the process.

@Elliuotatar: Because 10x is a nice theoretical placeholder.