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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Utter, utter, pointless research
« on: August 18, 2009, 08:20:29 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206280.stm

Science ponders 'zombie attack'  


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.  whacky115

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  noooo: noooo: noooo:

In some respects, a zombie "plague" resembles a lethal rapidly-spreading infection.

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?

 

FFS - people are dying of all sorts of so called incurable diseases and they want to concentrate on mapping the effects of a zombie plague  Banghead
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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2009, 08:21:08 AM »
Never underestmiate a zombie
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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2009, 08:22:11 AM »
Do you feel an affiliation for the species Nick  rubschin:
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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2009, 09:10:02 AM »
Utter bollix.
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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2009, 09:44:58 AM »
Utter bollix.

You don't agree with their findings then?  ;)

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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 10:09:01 AM »
I used to have a handle on life but it broke.

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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2009, 10:29:20 AM »
An unbeliever eh?  Having watched four teenagers morning after morning I believe. 
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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2009, 11:21:51 AM »
So what is the difference between a zombie and a vampire if both bite people to turn them into their own kind  rubschin:
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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2009, 11:38:38 AM »
Most teenagers are Zombies, most teenagers do not suck blood but having said that they are leeches therefore..... Shrugs:
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Re: Utter, utter, pointless research
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2009, 12:02:52 PM »
An unbeliever eh?  Having watched four teenagers morning after morning I believe. 


TBH I don't believe in the undead. Teenagers are of course the exception that proves the rule.
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