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chauncy that billups
11/10/09

In reply to Google Maps Shows You the Way to Your Swine Flu Vaccine
Well, Flu season has barely started. Fortunately, h1n1 is still no more severe than normal flu. But infection rates are unprecedented. Just take a look at the graph here: [www.cdc.gov]
We are 25% higher than the peak of last season, and we are still in the 200940's. the peak will likely happen between 200950 and 201010 on the x-axis.
I and all my family (including my 7 month old) have gotten the h1n1 shot. No ill effects whatsoever.
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dragon:ONE
11/10/09

In reply to Google Maps Shows You the Way to Your Swine Flu Vaccine
When should we prepare for the avian fl- oh wait, the scare of bird flu already passed. Years ago. Just like swine flu will. #swineflu
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chauncy that billups
11/10/09

@dragon: ONE: the difference is that avian flu never went pandemic. It still does not easily pass human-to-human. One mutation could make it so. Then we have a real problem on our hands - because all evidence indicates avian flu is significantly more fatal than even the 1918 A strain. #swineflu
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Thomas Thorne
11/10/09

@chauncy that billups: But will such a freaky mutation occur sending this into pandemic territory? SPOILER: No. But the media will talk spooky talk about it 24/7 for years anyway. #swineflu
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chauncy that billups
11/10/09

@Thomas Thorne: not really freaky, but really mundane. H5n1 (avian flu) doesn't infect humans well because it doesn't bind to mucus membranes in the front of the nasal cavity like human flus (h1n1, h3n1) do. If it reassorts with, say, h1n1 in the body of some unlucky human or bird, it could very easily become highly infectious. That type of thing happens with influenza. Not often, fortunately. But definitely possible. #swineflu
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ripfire
11/10/09

In reply to Google Maps Shows You the Way to Your Swine Flu Vaccine
Jesus, you're link says that the death was unrelated to the vaccine. #swineflu
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
11/10/09

In reply to Google Maps Shows You the Way to Your Swine Flu Vaccine
I got my H1N1 and seasonal shot within a day of each other. Couldn't use my arm for a week. #swineflu
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/10/09

In reply to Google Maps Shows You the Way to Your Swine Flu Vaccine
How about re-linking the new infection map...

[flutracker.rhizalabs.com] #swineflu
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Curves
11/01/09

In reply to New York 'Map Cuts' Aren't for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy
Symmetry: Art for We, the overly organized. #maps
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aek8
10/31/09

In reply to New York 'Map Cuts' Aren't for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy
What I really like to see is one of these from a city here in Europe. There is no method to the madness here. #maps
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Chris Jacob
10/31/09

@aek8: There's one of Paris here: [thejailbreak.com] #maps
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jayhawk11 is a trap star, sort of.
10/31/09

@Chris Jacob: Like he said, no method to the madness. #maps
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Fractal the Meek
10/31/09

@Chris Jacob: Paris' map looks like it was done by a drunk spider. #maps
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Serpentor X
10/28/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
Google Maps Nav is great, but not the answer for everyone. There is still going to be people who cannot rely on always being in a coverage area for their nav to work.

The first time I relied on this type of solution, I ended up in an area with no coverage and had to rely on my clients to find our way out. #googlemapsnavigation
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Blackberry Bold
10/28/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
Garmin and Tom-tom should be out of business now! They have been charging us a lot of money for their apps. Now, it will be no more! #googlemapsnavigation
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crackel
10/28/09

@hcho3: it costs a lot of money to develop apps like these - Google does it free because it can and because it needs to. If Garmin and Tom Tom didn't charge THEN they'd be out of business. #googlemapsnavigation
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Blackberry Bold
10/28/09

@crackel: Of course... U think I would not know that. I am not an idiot. As a consumer, am I suppose to care about how Garmin and Tom Tom at all? No.
As a customer, I only care about which company can give me a better value for cheaper price. That's how it's done in United States, or in the world. So, thanks for your explanation. But, I hope tom tom and Garmin take some actions for this. I am already move away from my iphone. #googlemapsnavigation
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crackel
10/28/09

@hcho3: I do believe you understand that, what I was replying to was the word "lot". #googlemapsnavigation
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Graymalkin56
10/28/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
A standalone GPS unit might still be a good idea in areas where cell reception is spotty or nonexistent. Just sayin'. #googlemapsnavigation
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Wibble
10/28/09

@Graymalkin56: Well, I would hope that they have the good sense to cache n minutes' worth of maps along the route you're following, just in case, or possibly even the whole route if you're not driving from coast to coast.

Time will tell, however. #googlemapsnavigation
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ALT
10/28/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
I still don't see why map info cannot be transmitted via satellite when there is no phone reception. I hope they give the option to load the maps onto whichever phones end up getting supported #googlemapsnavigation
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FalconFour
10/28/09

@ALT: ... You really have no idea how GPS works, do you? GPS cannot transmit data. GPS is merely a collection of satellites that a GPS receiver uses to triangulate its position with. That is - the receiver itself is what figures out its own position. The GPS satellites don't even know... they just broadcast a certain frequency and some other static data, and it's up to the receivers to figure it out from there. To say that the satellites should send map data is like saying a TV should make you breakfast, or something.
(Unless, of course, you mean to say that it should work with any device capable of GPS even without a cell siganl, by loading maps onto a storage device via a PC. In which case, I'd definitely agree.)
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Helo
10/28/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
so google knows:
what we search for
what we talk about
where we go and when we go there

me scared. #googlemapsnavigation
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JC Whitless
10/28/09

@Helo: That is why I now ride a horse back and forth to work and make all of my appliances out of wood cut from the finest timber. No Google is going to find me, I'm off the grid. Oh and Amish. #googlemapsnavigation
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MosesMonster
10/28/09

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Can I have his shirt? #googlemapsnavigation
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frigg
10/28/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
iPhone. iPhone iPhone IPHONE!!! #googlemapsnavigation
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fallenturtle
10/28/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
Can the Android based GPS apps still use GPS outside of your providers network like stand alone GPS devices will? #googlemapsnavigation
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tande04
10/28/09

@fallenturtle: Yes and no.

Its got GPS in it. Its not just relying on AGPS to get a best guess on where you are.

The problem is that you still need phone service to load the map. The G1 will tell you where you are if you don't have cell service, its just you're somewhere on a checkered grid. #googlemapsnavigation
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