Zombie Survival Physics.

[bradypodidae]

It seems your chances at surviving a zombie attack depends on where you are hiding; the more complex the structure, the better your odds of survival... duh? It seems the Valley Girls got it right, "To the mall!"

Physicist Davide Cassi at the Università di Parma in Italy gives his findings in his published paper on "random walking" models in the journal Physical Review E.

Link to full news article

I particularly like the last line in the article. 

[Succubus_1982]

Lol, interesting. I'll bear that in mind when the apocalypse comes.

[Dannysaysnoo]

Well yeah. With an underground complex, you have a much bigger amount of places to set up defensive barricades against the undead as they invade.

[Brunhidden]

its refreshing to see a return to the shambling zombie as opposed to the fast zombies that are in so many of the newer games and movies.

seriously, if it can run or shoot a gun its not a zombie

[JackTheCubiWolf]

I think heading up into heavily wood mountains would be best. 2 reasons, one it's s
steep and chances are the zombies can't climb the steep ledges without falling. Two, the trees would get in there way if the come after you, they wouldn't know how to avoid them as well as the living do.

[Kipiru]

For me the best place to go to survive a zombie attack is a place with a machinegun and a lot of ammo  other than that you can hide in a restroom and still be safe- zombies can't turn handles!

[ooklah]

I had found a great place to set up camp. It's a pier out into the ocean that forms a T. Except the | in the T is nearly a half mile long. Perfect for being out of noise range, a long corridor for sniping and barricading, and you can dock boats out at end with some modifications so you can come and go to various points up and down the coast, thus being able to quickly find a new landing site before they can even get close to you. Also it sits in deep enough water you don't have to worry about them walking out and attempting to pull you under if you are swimming. (and there is a naval base right across the bay, stock full of goodies)

[Reese Tora]

I could have used this information a week ago

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2818190

[bradypodidae]

I could have used this information a week ago

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2818190

Please accept my sincere apologies for the tardiness of this post. Unfortunately, Physicist Davide Cassi was behindhand in publishing his paper. I was going to say something along the lines of, "What, you really want help with them? They're cute!" However, I guess a zombie is a zombie, cute or not.


I live in the Mountains so I guess my best bet would be to stock up on food and ammo and sit it out. Our cistern has the sweetest water in the area so that's no concern.

[GabrielsThoughts]

http://f-un1t.smackjeeves.com/

I stumbled upon this as it was uploading and thought it was off to a great start... in fact, I'm going to add it to my favorites page later this week, so if anyone else has any other "themed" comics suggestions that fall into this genre I'm all ears.

[rabid_fox]

[ShadesFox]

What is with all the scientific papers about zombies lately?  Someone in Canada wrote a paper, mostly to see if the current mathematical pathology models could be adapted to model zombie outbreaks.

The paper concludes what we already knew, it can only be contained if you kill them fast and kill them hard.

http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/Zombies.pdf

[Janus Whitefurr]

Clearly, someone out there knows something the rest of us don't, and is collating data for the upcoming apocalypse.

[bradypodidae]

Clearly, someone out there knows something the rest of us don't, and is collating data for the upcoming apocalypse.

That, or there are people out there justifying the years they spent playing games by turning it into science.

[GabrielsThoughts]

well video games do follow the laws of physics, so it stands to reason that there would need to be papers on the subject to help the game designers.

[Dannysaysnoo]

well video games do follow the laws of physics, so it stands to reason that there would need to be papers on the subject to help the game designers.

Say that out loud to yourself, and try and realize why I find it so funny.

[ooklah]

Or a new generation of geeks and nerds is now filtering into places of power.

[Brunhidden]

Or a new generation of geeks and nerds is now filtering into places of power.

i demand a more comfy throne and someone make me a pizza smoothie!

[Kafzeil]

I think the best defensible position in a Zombie Outbreak would be a warehouse, one with food, Or a store simmliar to Costco. Lots of food and supplies, big, small, easily barricaded exits, heavy boxes to barricade. If not possible, well, the Armory in my city (Well, not really an armor now, more or less a big filing cabinet) is study enough to withstand the undead, small, barred windows and heavy wooden doors. Multiple stories too. Take out stairwells if you can and hide in the upper levels.

Yes, I have a copy of the Zombie Survival Guide on stand-by.

[Janus Whitefurr]

well video games do follow the laws of physics, so it stands to reason that there would need to be papers on the subject to help the game designers.

Say that out loud to yourself, and try and realize why I find it so funny.

Remember to grab the invulnerability powerup the next time you go shopping, so you can rocket jump over the cashiers and negate the falling damage by landing in a puddle of water!

[Dannysaysnoo]

well video games do follow the laws of physics, so it stands to reason that there would need to be papers on the subject to help the game designers.

Say that out loud to yourself, and try and realize why I find it so funny.

Remember to grab the invulnerability powerup the next time you go shopping, so you can rocket jump over the cashiers and negate the falling damage by landing in a puddle of water!

Hey, did you hear that US Gulf soldiers are being denied their Quad Damage ration?

[ShadesFox]

Hey, did you hear that US Gulf soldiers are being denied their Quad Damage ration?

Oh god, what are they going to do against the demonic nazis that were running the whole thing from behind the scenes?

[Dannysaysnoo]

Hey, did you hear that US Gulf soldiers are being denied their Quad Damage ration?

Oh god, what are they going to do against the demonic nazis that were running the whole thing from behind the scenes?

I dunno, but they're apologizing for the Quad Damage fiasco by giving every soldier a 50 foot tall walking robot.

[Succubus_1982]

Well evidentally the Underground isn't safe

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

It's not safe even without zombies. What's your point?

[Succubus_1982]

This is true 

[bradypodidae]

The official Civil Defense film produced in co-operation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration and in consultation with the Safety Commission of the National Education Association (10 minutes)

[Succubus_1982]

LOL Zombie mime. Now that is scary!

[thegayhare]

The official Civil Defense film produced in co-operation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration and in consultation with the Safety Commission of the National Education Association (10 minutes)

I dissagree with out britich freind a bladed weapon isn't Ideal  I adree with the survival guide book that a good crowbar is the ultimate survival tool and melee weapon against zombies.

A good swing can smash a skull with little dammage to the tool and it can be used to pry open doors and leverage obsticals out of the way

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

It depends on how damaged the skull has to be in order to kill the zombie.

In some cases I've seen (some movie about a zombie girlfriend or something, it's been a while) the lack of a skull didn't slow the zombies down at all, so in that case, removing the head entirely might help.

Mind you, in that case, dismembering the zombie didn't stop it, either, so...