This is hilarious. I wish they got away with it for a little while just to see what would have happen.
Though not exactly the same thing, I can't tell you how often I've wished I could take the computers I find left powered on over night at work and put them all to the task of researching on boinc and gridcoins coming to me.
I know I can't do it but it just feels like a waste of power to let 2 entire floors of a building with desktops just sitting there running screensavers.