It is called The Grid and it will connect up every computer in the world, creating the most powerful and intelligent supercomputer ever seen. It will be able to send data to computers ten thousand times faster than the average broadband connection can and it will be capable of downloading a full film a continent away in 1-5 seconds. It is the end of the Internet as we know it. So what is The Grid and why does it sound so worryingly like The Matrix? More importantly is there a chance it will take over the world and enslave all of humanity?

The Matrix - humans harvested for batteries

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Think of those adverts that warn about the risk of heart attacks. The ones that show a cut through of a persons veins and arteries transporting blood around the body. Then they show a build up of fat deposits that clog up the veins, stop the flow of blood and are eventually responsible for a heart attack. Well that is what we are doing to the internet, apparently. By 2011 it will have come to a virtual standstill or at best it will be like we are all on 56k modems (again).

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Stumbleupon now provides around 75% of this blogs traffic, and as such i thought it a good time to write a guide for those readers wondering how to get mass stumbleupon traffic. I will also look at what is it, who are the visitors, what are the bounce rates etc

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