Hoiw timely, I just finished reasding WAORLD WAR Z.
Posted on 08/18/2009 5:30:00 PM PDT by dynachrome
Civilisation would most likely be finished in the event of a zombie outbreak, claim Canadian mathematicians who have calculated the possible devastation caused by an attack by the fictional monsters. Using models developed to calculate the effects of more plausible pandemics, the team from the University of Ottawa have discovered that unless man struck back quickly and aggressively then they would be doomed.
The scientific paper, which is published in a book “Infectious Diseases Modelling Research Progress”, looks at an attack by the undead creatures, who infect the living with a bite.
In their study, titled When Zombies Attack!, the researchers picked “classic” slow-moving zombies such as those in Dawn of the Dead as models and divided humanity into three: the living, zombies and the “removed” – zombies who had been killed by decapitation.
They concluded there was no point trying to cure those infected or live with them - the best thing was to destroy them as quickly as possible.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Hoiw timely, I just finished reasding WAORLD WAR Z.
...that was good but "Quarantine" really creeped me out
Bob Hope on Zombies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4
All I know is a zombie infestation is a dream come true in my neck of the woods. Open hunting season with no bag limit will go over well in East Texas. In fact we’d be willing to mop up other areas once ours were all clear.
I think my 70+ Mom is better armed than Canada.
Ahhh A World War Z reader.....spooky book.
Intro to World War Z - awesome read if you like zombie's of scifi
Rumor has it they will make a movie out of it. with Brad Pitt. ugh.
(World War Z. Best zombie novel ever. Max Brooks is the son of Mel Brooks)
Best zombie novel I have read.
Might be a movie. Starring Brad Pitt, though.
A cute little game - Plants vs Zombies (http://www.popcap.com/games/pvz) I love the Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ zombie with dancers. Fun and cute, but the guys will probably think it’s lame.
> What are those Canadians smoking?
BC Bud is the best.
They exist...
In the House and Senate!
Don’t show Beaker this thread ping.
Malcolm counting zombies ping!
Good Dead are hard to find.
Looks like two of us have seen that flick.
Too cold in Canada for zombies!
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