Posted on 11/11/2008 12:59:25 PM PST by winoneforthegipper
SAN FRANCISCO — What if Google knew before anyone else that a fast-spreading flu outbreak was putting you at heightened risk of getting sick? And what if it could alert you, your doctor and your local public health officials before the muscle aches and chills kicked in?
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Wonder if the police will show up if I search with the phrase “how do I harm a well known search engine”?
Lots of flu here in Alaska, and lots of flu shots, too. Even the morning radio guy has been sounding bad for a week, and he is never sick.
Uh, oh. “Captain Trips”??
They already snoop email and put up relevant advertising links.
Wonder when they will cull email exchanges for phrases like “won’t be in for work today, sick”.
What boggles my mind is that they’ve KEPT 5 or more years worth of search terms in their database. If I were designing a system, I’d throw away the search terms as soon as I was done with them.
So, what are the names of some other good search engines? Thanks...
Not so bad for me, just some sneezing that disturbed the dog’s nap. Charlie the radio guy just about had no voice this morning, but he says is is over the worst of it.
Paging Randall Flagg...Paging Randall Flagg....
Baby I’m your Mannnnnn
“So, what are the names of some other good search engines? Thanks...”
You know, I am weak....lol
So many times I have tried to break away from Google but I just can’t. Sad actually...!
I use clusty. I avoid google and yahoo like the plague. Being a little guy, though, I have always gravitated toward little guys.
Next up for Google, the genital warts alert...
What if Google had a camera on a truck that drove down your street to record through your window . . . oh, they do!
It's just acne!
I had a flu shot 2 years ago. It put me in bed for a week. Never again.
Maybe they could do this for liberal trends... to bad there’s not a vaccine for that.
Anyways, here is the link: http://www.google.org/flutrends/
Yeah, I had a three-day reaction too, mostly swelling in my shoulder that hurt like heck, but then for the next two years I never got any colds or anything. Not even an upset stomach.
The viruses in the flu shot are “dead” so you can’t get the flu from a flu shot.
145 million doses to sell.
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