Of course, this guy could just be an attention whore and made these outlandish statements to get himself in the press, and more press for Google, but dumb, dumb, dumb idea! Also sounds a bit like innovation envy of Bell Labs. [...]

People don't realize that lead is mildly radioactive, and the decay from solders on the connectors or chassis can also cause bit flips. Very old processed lead, such as that used for the roofs of some European cathedrals, has been used to build supercomputers since more of the radioactivity has decayed.

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