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Scientific study into 'Zombie Attack"

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thefoundryman said:
I know that someone is going to comment about how they like to be referred to as 'living impaired', dammit, just read the article........It doesn't look good for us. Just remember, blades don't need to be reloaded.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8206280.stm
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Yeah? Well ... I just Freaken' Love the Smell of NAPALM in the morning!

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Who needs Smith and Wesson when you've got a Briggs and Stratton?

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Dead Alive is great! "Your mother ate my dog"... I quoted that in an accent if you can't tell. haha.

I'm also a big fan of the hellicopter / weedeating action when it comes to taking out fields of zombies.
 
I havnt seen or read this as much as i think i should have because any right thinking person should do it!

Bike leathers and crash helmet!

Human teeth can't bite through leathers (or helmet), so thats what i'd go for.
(their bite may still brake bones and hurt alot but you wouldnt turn in to a zombie)

If a Zombie outbreak happened NOW whats the best weapon you have got around your house?

Mine has got to be a medieval mace that hangs on my wall.
 
An AA-12 machine-shotgun could come handy.

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skunkape said:
An AA-12 machine-shotgun could come handy.
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AA-12 ammunition would come in more handy, and blades don't need reloading.
In all seriousness, if it ever went down, it'd be a pair of flea-market/ swap-meet katanas, ( hopefully with a cobra on the handle ), and a snowmobile, because I'd want to get as far north as possible in that circumstance, as re-animated corpses still freeze like the rest of us meat-sacs.:D

Skunkape, what is your plan in the event of zombie nation?
 
thefoundryman said:
Skunkape, what is your plan in the event of zombie nation?
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12 gauge shotgun as a primary weapon and improvise at will.
This looks like it'll be fun. The old drop a piano on the zombie move never grows old.

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You forgot the most important link! The actual paper is here...http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/Zombies.pdf :)

Susceptibles can become deceased through ‘natural’ causes, i.e., non-zombie-related
death (parameter ). The removed class consists of individuals who have died, either
through attack or natural causes. Humans in the removed class can resurrect and become
a zombie (parameter ). Susceptibles can become zombies through transmission via an
encounter with a zombie (transmission parameter ). Only humans can become infected
through contact with zombies, and zombies only have a craving for human flesh so we do
not consider any other life forms in the model. New zombies can only come from two
sources:
 The resurrected from the newly deceased (removed group).
 Susceptibles who have ‘lost’ an encounter with a zombie.
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Who can resist science like this? Sorry about the quote mess! It goes on to provide equations for survival outcomes. Pretty fucking cool!
 
In particular, the 'Quarantine' scenario is pretty grim. Thanks Kandinsky for posting that despite my oversight to do so.:o
 
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