N1H1 Predictions
Posted by lemiffe in Life on Apr 28th, 2009 | 1 commentI wonder… So there are a few paths this “epidemic” can lead to:
It passes in a few days, without causing more than 300 deaths, and all cases outside of Mexico will recover without a problem. The goverment will acknowledge the nation panicked a bit too much, nonetheless acting wisely taking precautions for what could have been a much worse scenario.
It dissolves in 2-3 months with tragic numbers. Over 4,000 people dead in the whole of Mexico and several hundred abroad.
It takes more than 8 months to clear up. Numbers ascend to hundreds of thousands. A vaccine is invented after 6 months, taking 2 months more to produce enough quantity to heal the sick and dying. All nations enter a state of panic. Hundreds of families lock themselves in their houses with large food stocks. Fear increments drastically due to the wild news coverage dealing with raw death images, mostly provided by sensationalist news agencies.
It has been over a year since the A/N1H1 epidemic started. It evolved into a pandemic after 8 months. Vaccines were not enough for the sick. It grew out of control and more than 90 million were killed making it the worst scenario since the start of last century.
My girlfriend blames the Americans, stating that if they created the virus, they could create the cure. This would mean they would profit largely by selling it.
Or could it be a cover up for the drug legalisation that took place at the same time in Mexico?
I wonder…
A/H1N1 Epidemic (Day 1 of Suspension of Education)
Posted by lemiffe in Life on Apr 27th, 2009 | 0 commentsSo it seems all schools are in suspended labour for at least a week. Here in the city of Monterrey there have been more cases confirmed overnight of the A/H1N1 virus. The epidemic has become nation-wide. We’re on the verge of suspending work too, I dearly hope we don’t.
First Impressions: Ubuntu 9.04
Posted by lemiffe in Computers, Operating Systems, Ubuntu on Apr 24th, 2009 | 0 commentsSlick interface, much faster, a few more options here and there, and a faster boot-up.
In general I think it looks quite similar (If at all they added a few more ‘themes’). Where you really notice the difference is in the “Engine”, oh, and the fact that it uses the EXT4 file system.
When you install it, it even checks if you haves windows installed and it will import your document and settings.
There is a normal edition, and a netbook remix edition this time (As well as the Server edition). I am running the normal edition on my netbook because I wanted to see how well it performed. On my eeepc 1002 HA it has performed great! It found my webcam and other devices, installed everything necessary, and seems to be doing a great job. I will try the netbook remix version shortly to see how it compares to the normal version running on a netbook.
For now these are my initial points of view, nonetheless I shall keep you updated if there is any interest.
