Google must have gone "nuts"...

[Hermite15]

see my report here:
60% CPU load with current animation on Google home page ("buckyballs")
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=72f718332b9bd96a&hl=en

leave Google main search page idle and see the result

ps: in the meantime >>> blocking that with Ad-Block+ in firefox
edit: abp isn't enough, still much CPU load as long as the page is displayed.
edit: blocking javascript on google.com with NoScript works >>> CPU load goes down.

[DavidR]

I don't know where you are getting this I don''t see it in my google searches. I have The firefox search bar set to Google as the default and I don't get this.

Yes if I go to google.com first to make a search I get that and the slow increase in CPU to about 25%, if I play with the buckyball with the mouse pointer, spin it etc. yes it goes up a bit more but it doesn't get to anything like 60%

[Hermite15]

it's not just me, see the link I posted above to Google forums, and there's another thread:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=1990519f990f741f&hl=en&fid=1990519f990f741f00048f638c26bfb0

 I get the 60% overload without doing anything with the animation, just leaving the page idle.

so again:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=72f718332b9bd96a&hl=en

edit: you of course don't get anything if you use the search box or the address bar

[disPlay]

Here  with the buckyball the Cpu increased exponentional to 66% and after staying 1 minute playing with it  the CPu usage stayed the same(+-66%).

[Hermite15]

Here  with the buckyball the Cpu increased exponentional to 66% and after staying 1 minute playing with it  the CPu usage stayed the same(+-66%).

okay, that's just it

[Hermite15]

@ disPlay: thanks for posting there

[disPlay]

No problem logos, Hopefully the buckyball will go away is a short period of time

[FreewheelinFrank]

That animation is certainly CPU hungry!

[Hermite15]

can't believe they haven't removed it yet...

[RejZoR]

Maybe it's time to upgrade systems, don't you think? I've seen it on my animation and haven't realy noticed it's causing problems to my system...

[spg SCOTT]

Mine goes from about 2% to 20-30% on my system...I don't really see a slowdown, but it is a little hungry for CPU...

[Hermite15]

okay the simpler is to switch to ssl >>> https://www.google.com/

[YoKenny]

No problem on my Windows 7 system but my XP Pro system really slows down untill I leave http://www.google.ca

Google is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Buckyball - the discovery of Buckminster-Fullerene molecules - as an interactive Google Doddle on Saturday

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/35448/google-doodles-buckyball-buckminster-fullerene

[disPlay]

Maybe it's time to upgrade systems, don't you think? I've seen it on my animation and haven't realy noticed it's causing problems to my system...

Upgrade my system to spin a buckyball in google?  I don't think so.

[RejZoR]

If it can't handle that, it's probably outdated really for anything else as well...