That's a thought. Someone's got to be noble and rescue the damsels in distress.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: daikaij...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:40:56 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Science ponders 'zombie attack' They make pretty good diversions. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> wrote: > > > Have to agree with you there. With the Dawn '04 Model zombies, you couldn't > keep slow people around you. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody > hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: daikaij...@... > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Science ponders 'zombie attack' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Except for all the brain eating and undeadness. The arms > industry will make a killing though. *ahem* > > > > Slow Romero style zombies would be easier to contain but the running, jumping > Dawn of the Dead 2004 model would be the end of the world as we know it > except for folks lucky enough to get to uninhabited islands. > > > > I'd rather deal with the 28 Days Later style infected. At least in the first > movie you could safely travel by day, kill them more easily and barricade > yourself inside a strong building for protection. Although the 28 Days Later > and Quarantine/Rec style infected are damned hard to get rid of they could be > dealt with if you take action quickly. > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > A dear friend of mine sent me earlier, and we both agree that such an event > > might actually be for the betterment of Mankind, slowing down the species's > > rampant abuse/exploitation of the planet. > > > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > From: sincere1906@ > > > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:31 +0000 > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Science ponders 'zombie attack' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Science ponders 'zombie attack' > > > > > > > > > > > > By Pallab Ghosh > > > > > > Science correspondent, BBC News > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > They say only frequent counter-attacks with increasing force would > > eradicate the fictional creatures. > > > > > > > > > > > > The scientific paper is published in a book - Infectious Diseases Modelling > > Research Progress. > > > > > > > > > > > > In books, films, video games and folklore, zombies are undead creatures, > > able to turn the living into other zombies with a bite. > > > > > > > > > > > > But there is a serious side to the work. > > > > > > > > > > > > In some respects, a zombie "plague" resembles a lethal, rapidly spreading > > infection. The researchers say the exercise could help scientists model the > > spread of unfamiliar diseases through human populations. > > > > > > > > > > > > My understanding of zombie biology is that if you manage to decapitate a > > zombie then it's dead forever > > > > > > > > > > > > Professor Neil Ferguson > > > > > > In their study, the researchers from the University of Ottawa and Carleton > > University (also in Ottawa) posed a question: If there was to be a battle > > between zombies and the living, who would win? > > > > > > > > > > > > Professor Robert Smith? (the question mark is part of his surname and not a > > typographical mistake) and colleagues wrote: "We model a zombie attack > > using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies. > > > > > > > > > > > > "We introduce a basic model for zombie infection and illustrate the outcome > > with numerical solutions." > > > > > > > > > > > > FROM THE TODAY PROGRAMME > > > > > > > > > > > > More from Today programme > > > > > > To give the living a fighting chance, the researchers chose "classic" > > slow-moving zombies as our opponents rather than the nimble, intelligent > > creatures portrayed in some recent films. > > > > > > > > > > > > "While we are trying to be as broad as possible in modelling zombies - > > especially as there are many variables - we have decided not to consider > > these individuals," the researchers said. > > > > > > > > > > > > Back for good? > > > > > > > > > > > > Even so, their analysis revealed that a strategy of capturing or curing the > > zombies would only put off the inevitable. > > > > > > > > > > > > In their scientific paper, the authors conclude that humanity's only hope > > is to "hit them [the undead] hard and hit them often". > > > > > > > > > > > > They added: "It's imperative that zombies are dealt with quickly or else... > > we are all in a great deal of trouble." > > > > > > > > > > > > According to the researchers, the key difference between the zombies and > > the spread of real infections is that "zombies can come back to life". > > > > > > > > > > > > Professor Neil Ferguson, who is one of the UK government's chief advisers > > on controlling the spread of swine flu, said the study did have parallels > > with some infectious diseases. > > > > > > > > > > > > "None of them actually cause large-scale death or disease, but certainly > > there are some fungal infections which are difficult to eradicate," said > > Professor Ferguson, from Imperial College London. > > > > > > > > > > > > "There are some viral infections - simple diseases like chicken pox have > > survived in very small communities. If you get it when you are very young, > > the virus stays with you and can re-occur as shingles, triggering a new > > chicken pox epidemic." > > > > > > > > > > > > Professor Smith? told BBC News: "When you try to model an unfamiliar > > disease, you try to find out what's happening, try to approximate it. You > > then refine it, go back and try again." > > > > > > > > > > > > "We refined the model again and again to say... here's how you would tackle > > an unfamiliar disease." > > > > > > > > > > > > Professor Ferguson went on to joke: "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. > > > > > > > > > > > > "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." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. > > > http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you're up to on > Facebook. > http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009 > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. 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