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Nellie
08-18-2009, 02:29 AM
Well only if Zombies actuall existed:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206280.stm



If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.
That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out by researchers in Canada..

"The paper considers something that many of us have worried about - particularly in our younger days - of what would be a feasible way of tackling an outbreak of a rapidly spreading zombie infection," said Professor Ferguson, from Imperial College London.

However he thinks that some of the assumptions made in the paper might be unduly alarmist.
"My understanding of zombie biology is that if you manage to decapitate a zombie then it's dead forever. So perhaps they are being a little over-pessimistic when they conclude that zombies might take over a city in three or four days," he said.



I had to include the last bit of the article but I'll leave the other treats unquoted.

Jarmo
08-18-2009, 03:01 AM
Nice article! The math research is talked about also in this Qt3 thread (http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=54233).

Nellie
08-18-2009, 04:43 AM
Doh! and its in EE as well, I'll go sit in the corner with the "I missed the other obvious thread about it" hat on.

Jarmo
08-18-2009, 05:32 AM
Well, the other thread missed the great BBC writeup you spotted about the subject, so that's a point for you.

John Many Jars
08-18-2009, 02:59 PM
http://jojuzapalps.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/zombies.jpg