“A power plant for the Internet”? That’s a bit presumptuous of Google, assigning themselves the position of powering the Internet. It’s like if China would call itself “creators of the computers for the Earth”. In both cases, the viewpoint has technical merit, but it’s a bad sign for the rest of us that they chose that particular way of putting it.

> Every time you check your Gmail, search on Google for a nearby restaurant, or watch a YouTube video, a server whirs to life in one of our data centers.

I see. Hmm, I don’t use Gmail or Google Search, but I do watch things on YouTube. I take this as a sign that I should stop. No real loss – I have other things to do with my time.

I suddenly realize what this reminds me of; it’s that quote from The Matrix:

“The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes.”