Comments for Ideas Illustrated http://ideasillustrated.com/blog Survival Skills for the Information Age Mon, 21 May 2012 02:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on Visualizing English Word Origins by mkinde http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/2012/04/01/visualizing-english-word-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 mkinde Mon, 21 May 2012 02:51:44 +0000 http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/?p=1091#comment-3439 Good catch. I've made the change. Good catch. I’ve made the change.

]]> Comment on Much Ado About Coughin’ by mkinde http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/2012/05/03/much-ado-about-coughin/comment-page-1/#comment-3438 mkinde Mon, 21 May 2012 02:41:43 +0000 http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/?p=1221#comment-3438 Good point. I've altered the treemap to show both total cases and cases per million. A few smaller states definitely do float to the top, notably Vermont and Montana. I struggled a bit with the Google Chart API on this one. I would have preferred a radio button with each option labeled but I struggled to make that work. Good point. I’ve altered the treemap to show both total cases and cases per million. A few smaller states definitely do float to the top, notably Vermont and Montana. I struggled a bit with the Google Chart API on this one. I would have preferred a radio button with each option labeled but I struggled to make that work.

]]> Comment on Visualizing English Word Origins by Jules http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/2012/04/01/visualizing-english-word-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-3428 Jules Sat, 19 May 2012 20:51:14 +0000 http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/?p=1091#comment-3428 A mistake seems to have cropped in to your analysis -- you have 'marbles' down as an American English word, but if you read the description it links to, it only suggests that the sense of "mental faculties" is of American origin, which isn't the sense it's being used in here... instead you need to follow the link "plural of marble" and use the origin from there (old French). A mistake seems to have cropped in to your analysis — you have ‘marbles’ down as an American English word, but if you read the description it links to, it only suggests that the sense of “mental faculties” is of American origin, which isn’t the sense it’s being used in here… instead you need to follow the link “plural of marble” and use the origin from there (old French).

]]> Comment on You Are What You Watch by Abbey S http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/2012/05/06/you-are-what-you-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-3427 Abbey S Sat, 19 May 2012 20:27:33 +0000 http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/?p=1160#comment-3427 This is interesting. I don't suppose it would be possible to add some more divisions? It would be interesting to see Entertainment split into common genres (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Sitcom, Drama, etc), and the addition of Education and Religious programming. Hm. It might take some manual categorization of the data... -- Abbey This is interesting. I don’t suppose it would be possible to add some more divisions? It would be interesting to see Entertainment split into common genres (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Sitcom, Drama, etc), and the addition of Education and Religious programming.

Hm. It might take some manual categorization of the data…

– Abbey

]]> Comment on Much Ado About Coughin’ by James Shaw http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/2012/05/03/much-ado-about-coughin/comment-page-1/#comment-3406 James Shaw Thu, 17 May 2012 18:40:24 +0000 http://ideasillustrated.com/blog/?p=1221#comment-3406 These seem to be on a total case basis rather than the usual cases per 1,000. One case in CA would be nothing in comparison to 1 case in RI. How would this look differently if redone using cases per 1,000? These seem to be on a total case basis rather than the usual cases per 1,000. One case in CA would be nothing in comparison to 1 case in RI. How would this look differently if redone using cases per 1,000?

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