I think they are referencing this Clip from Volker Pisper (first Minute).
Orangenkuchen
joined 2 years ago
Damn... I've heard that it was bad but I've never read it until now...
I heard somewhere that this was the original plan. They changed it because computers were new and they didn't think people would understand "using human brains as CPUs"
There are programs that can check such things as runtime, wear (...).