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Comment on Realtime Swine Flu Outbreak Infection Map by Frisco Real Estate

Frisco Real Estate — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:53:08 +0000

I just found this and I know there is still a threat out there, so please keep this up.

Comment on Google Flu Trends Canadian Edition by CreativeHerb

CreativeHerb — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:26:15 +0000

and there’s a sharp spike in April 2009 too, due to the recent Swine Flu outbreak.

Comment on Google Flu Trends Canadian Edition by James

James — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:21:48 +0000

Very interesting, thanks! I’d guess the spike in October is likely due to several province’s annual flu shot drivse.

Comment on Google Flu Trends Canadian Edition by CreativeHerb

CreativeHerb — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:02:19 +0000

No problem Kelly. The News Reference Volume is basically just the frequency of the topic found within the Google news network. The more articles on the subject, the higher that stat will be.

Side note:
From analyzing the charts, I have wondered whether the primary index is only partially affected by actual flu symptoms, but mostly affected by mainstream media. Reverse placebo effect.

Comment on Google Flu Trends Canadian Edition by Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:19:22 +0000

Thanks for getting back to me.

One more question: What is the difference between the line entitled “Search Volume Index” and the one entitled “News Reference Volume”?

Thanks again!

Comment on Google Flu Trends Canadian Edition by CreativeHerb

CreativeHerb — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:39:55 +0000

Hi Kelly, you’re welcome, I’m glad it is of use to you. Actually a bit of both, it is from Google’s Canadian data. =)

Comment on Google Flu Trends Canadian Edition by Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:17:30 +0000

Excellent information!

Just wondering the source of the data. Is it from Google, or from a Canadian source?

Thanks!

Comment on New Macbook VS hybrid tablet PC Notebook by CreativeHerb

CreativeHerb — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:56:51 +0000

I don’t think DDR3 makes that much real-world difference compared to DDR2. Though DDR3 prices have dropped significantly to attract customers to upgrade.

The biggest difference with Mac vs PC is that multi-tasking on a Mac is 50-200% more efficient than on a PC.

I’m a designer and tend to have 3-8 graphics related apps open at any point on a Mac. When using a PC though, I try to keep it to only 2-3 graphics apps open at any time. Stability and speed issues.

Comment on New Macbook VS hybrid tablet PC Notebook by CreativeHerb

CreativeHerb — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:53:27 +0000

haha I definitely think that the Macs look way better of course. However, in terms of hardware features, hybrid notebooks are still better.

Actually the HP models all started to have multi-touch screens a while ago (make sure drivers are updated), not sure if the trackpads are multi-touch though.

One bad thing about PC notebooks compared to apple though… they are much hotter. The heat dissipation technology on the Macbooks are light years ahead.

Now if Apple would just come out with a touch screen hybrid tablet macbook, that would be awesome.

Comment on New Macbook VS hybrid tablet PC Notebook by ethan west

ethan west — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:25:53 +0000

The 2GB ram in the macbook is DDR3 ( the worlds fastest ram) and all other pc notebooks use DDR2 ram, I forgot to put that in the other comment.

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