Wow. What fun. But wrong. They want the best, most informational results to rise to the top so that more people will choose Google, rather than MSN or Yahoo! Then, yes, they can use the increased usage to negotiate better ad deals. Maybe they aren't benevolent carebears, but they do want the internet to be better, because the internet /is/ their business. As far as Firefox vs. Chrome, I like the feel of Chrome (mainly because it sheds the Windows frame that FF is still contained in, and adds some default features that can be added to FF with extensions), but it doesn't have nearly the user/contributor base that FF does, nor the broad platform availability.

I imagine rather an ocean somewhere, or in Nevada... Obviously it would have to be packaged with slowing mechanisms (i.e. really heavy duty parachutes) and flotation devices (for a water landing).