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Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« on: August 15, 2009, 06:11:18 PM »
somebody has figured out how long it will take to either deal with them or be dealt with.

Target-rich environment in 3 - 2 - 1 ....

Whoopee, we're all gonna die!

stay safe.

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Undead Reckoning
 
Mathematical Model for Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse



The actions needed to survive a zombie outbreak in a city of 500,000.

Oh yes, somebody actually did a study on mathematics of a hypothetical zombie attack, and published it in a book on infectious disease. So, while we still don’t know what to do if a deadly asteroid takes aim at Earth, an unlikely but technically possible situation, we now know what to do in case of a zombie attack.

How fast do we need to deal with the outbreak? Here’s the equation they used, where S = susceptibles, Z = zombies and R = removed. If an infection breaks out in a city of 500,000 people, the zombies will outnumber the susceptibles in about three days.
I suggest you stockpile two rounds of .22LR for each person in your county, acquire at least two semi-auto .22 pistols and one semi-auto .22 rifle. Larger calibers are fine but you should still have the .22's so you can purge the earth of zombies quietly if necessary.
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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2009, 10:35:04 PM »
Cool. Lets just hope that this doesn't... or does  =D, evolve to affect humans. Zombie ants controlled by fungus! click here for bbrraaiinnssss
« Last Edit: August 16, 2009, 11:31:13 AM by JamisJockey »
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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2009, 02:17:51 AM »
Freak, I do believe that's the longest URL ever posted at APS.  :O
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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2009, 02:22:58 AM »
Two pistols and one rifle? Amateurs.
Look, tiny text!

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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2009, 03:30:35 AM »
Freak, I do believe that's the longest URL ever posted at APS.  :O

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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2009, 03:32:21 AM »
It seems a lot of us were not so far fetched in making certain World War Z-type preparations.  =D

Just kidding. I'm not seriously paranoid about zombies. But just in case... :laugh:
« Last Edit: August 16, 2009, 06:42:40 AM by LadySmith »
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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2009, 09:55:51 AM »
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Just kidding. I'm not seriously paranoid about zombies. But just in case...

I knew you were in the club too!  :laugh: :P
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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2009, 11:30:25 AM »
Tutorial:
{url=www.reallyreallyreallyreallyreallylongurl.com}Click this link{/url}
Replace { with [ and } with ]
Lesson over.
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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2009, 11:54:49 AM »
Coooool. I did not know that,  =D

edit - Now, how do you one line text?

edit edit - Never mind, discovered that there are buttons for it, lol
« Last Edit: August 16, 2009, 12:23:55 PM by freakazoid »
"so I ended up getting the above because I didn't want to make a whole production of sticking something between my knees and cranking. To me, the cranking on mine is pretty effortless, at least on the coarse setting. Maybe if someone has arthritis or something, it would be more difficult for them." - Ben

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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2009, 12:56:32 PM »
Glad to have enlightened you.
 :cool:
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I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you also were meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought

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Re: Zombies may not be real - but if they are
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2009, 10:18:31 AM »
Harold, NICE!
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