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Global population as of today is 7.016*10^9 so assuming 99.9% of the population are infected eventually, each zombie infects one human per day and it starts with a patient zero that gives us 22.67 days.

This is an under estimate as the rate of infection would change over time (it would decrease as the amount of people to infect decreases and those left alive are smart enough to avoid being infected).

Well this cant be true then, because December is farther away then 22 days

Maybe one thing we don't know about zombies is their ability to procrastinate.

Looks like zombies infect at a rate of 0.1085 a day then, that puts us at exactly the 21st Ignoring the decreasing rate of infection again.

what if their is a gestation period prior to full zombification? so even though patient zero is infecting X per day, they do not rise until day Y? what kind of setup for that would lead us to have DEC 21 as Z day?

Big Mek Dattrukk wrote:what if their is a gestation period prior to full zombification? so even though patient zero is infecting X per day, they do not rise until day Y? what kind of setup for that would lead us to have DEC 21 as Z day?

Well the variables I'm using are Global population=P, t is the amount of days taken, k is the rate of infection per zombie per day and x is the delay. So that's 0.999P=e^(k(t-x)) and there are 209 days until the 21st of December so if we pick the delay to be 9 days that's 0.999*7.016*10^9=e^(k(209-9)) which is 22.67=200k so k=0.1134.

Just going off what I remember from doing this last year, I may be off.

Right.....

Just need to get myself a gun and a baseball bat, a few blankets, and some food. General Winter won't let us down.

Oh, and some chicks. To.... Talk to.

Corpsesarefun wrote:

Big Mek Dattrukk wrote:what if their is a gestation period prior to full zombification? so even though patient zero is infecting X per day, they do not rise until day Y? what kind of setup for that would lead us to have DEC 21 as Z day?

Well the variables I'm using are Global population=P, t is the amount of days taken, k is the rate of infection per zombie per day and x is the delay. So that's 0.999P=e^(k(t-x)) and there are 209 days until the 21st of December so if we pick the delay to be 9 days that's 0.999*7.016*10^9=e^(k(209-9)) which is 22.67=200k so k=0.1134.

Just going off what I remember from doing this last year, I may be off.

There goes Corpses, talking in tongues again. Maybe that can be part of your super power? Cause peoples minds to go stupid for a few moments

Slarg232 wrote:
Oh, and some chicks. To.... Talk to.

You have conversations with small chickens?

And I passed on buying that awesome morningstar at the renfest this weekend....feth!

I'm totally excited about this, as long as I get a do-over if I get bit. Also, n0t_u, your comment about zombie procrastination made my day. I have two swords at my mom's house and a bunch of friends who work in the gun department of Wal-Mart. I'm set. And also access to plenty of roofs to hang out on. Bring on the apoc!

KingCracker wrote:

dæl wrote:What happens with reincarnation if we are all extinct?

Well in that case, Leigen_Zero gets kicked in the balls

If we do all get reincarnated, theres a pretty good.chance of at least one of us lacking either legs, the physical proportions required to kick the other in the ball, or both

However, if in fact there is an afterlife, and total extinction of the human race, KC i will stand proud, with legs a shoulder width apart and accept your dr martin into my groin, for no pain will diminish the joy I would feel, safe in the knowledge that the species was wiped out before we gakked the planet up too badly

I dunno man, I think one could argue rather well that we have fethed it up pretty good already. I dont mean to sound like a tree hugging hippy and all that jazz, but have made a pretty impressive dent in the few hundred years we've been able to

PhantomViper wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:
Oh, and some chicks. To.... Talk to.

You have conversations with small chickens?

Yes..... Yes I do.

KingCracker wrote:I dunno man, I think one could argue rather well that we have fethed it up pretty good already. I dont mean to sound like a tree hugging hippy and all that jazz, but have made a pretty impressive dent in the few hundred years we've been able to

Yeah but we're not at that 'point of no return' yet where the planetary climate has become totally irrepairable and the fight against climate change becomes a damage limitation exercise (I think that date isn't until 2026 or something, based on current estimates).

I saw thins story yesterday and did think 'so it begins'...

I just hope they brapped him with a headshot, otherwise he'll be in the back of the ambulance in a body bag and he'll use his sharp old nails to tear that bag open, next thing he'll be all GRRARRRGGLLEEBLLARRGGGG and the Ambulance drivers will be all ARRGGHHHHH. The Ambulance will crash and 3 zombies get out of the Ambulance and go BLLLLLARRGHHHHGGLLLEEEBLLARGGG. And the passer by who stopped by to help goes ARRRGHHHHH ... etc etc

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/images-released-of-naked-cannibal-killed-by-miami-police-as-he-ate-homeless-mans-face-7800470.html

I found this on a gun site that I go on. Its some pics of what's left of the victims face....

I seriously cannot wait till I can get my CHL

WARING GRAPHIC & NSFW
You have been warned.

Face eaters victim (*** really graphic***) - AR15.COM

But the naked man in that photo is white and the photo in the second article I posted is black (with a different haircut).

And the drug keeps changing (meth-cocaine-super lsd)...

ZOMBIE CONSPIRACY!!1!

Corpsesarefun wrote:But the naked man in that photo is white and the photo in the second article I posted is black (with a different haircut).

And the drug keeps changing (meth-cocaine-super lsd)...

ZOMBIE CONSPIRACY!!1!

I'm guessing its from the lighting,

Seeing as it was outside I doubt that

I'm going with those photos are from something else.

Hmm, all that airsoft equipment is going to come in handy if this is spreading.

PhantomViper wrote:

dæl wrote:The CDC does actually have a plan in event of zombie attack.

I'm guessing that it isn't available to the general public? Because I would love to read it!

http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/phpr.aspx

Corpsesarefun wrote:Seeing as it was outside I doubt that

I'm going with those photos are from something else.

or the photo could just be an out of date photo of the guy...

Fnarp man, that is messed up.

Drugs are bad kids, not just for you, but other peoples faces.

Or we may have 2 patient zeros- or a batch of zombie creating drugs loose on the open market.

Keep your supplies full, your kit packed, and your melee weapons of choice in good repair.

well,I'd say its been nice knowing you all, but I don't want to lie.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/rudy-eugene-identified-as-naked-cannibal-face-attack-miami_n_1552249.html

"The guy, he was like a zombie, blood dripping, it was intense," The New York Daily News quotes Vega as saying. "The closest thing I've seen to it? 'The Walking Dead'."

"Seventy-five to 80 percent of his face was missing," Armando Aguilar of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police Aguilar told NBC Miami. "He was actually swallowing pieces of the man's face."

Gitzbitah wrote:or a batch of zombie creating drugs loose on the open market.

Reminds me of that cheap Russian crap where your flesh starts to fall off and you see people with exposed bones shuffling through the streets.

Not cool man.

If you have a strong stomach, google for "Krokodil drug".

Lynata wrote:

Gitzbitah wrote:or a batch of zombie creating drugs loose on the open market.

Reminds me of that cheap Russian crap where your flesh starts to fall off and you see people with exposed bones shuffling through the streets.

Not cool man.

If you have a strong stomach, google for "Krokodil drug".

Just go to the link I posted above, it has pics of the survivors face.

Makarov wrote:Just go to the link I posted above, it has pics of the survivors face.

Hell no! But thanks for the offer. Although I have seen a lot of stuff already over the years simply by browsing google, I actually do try to avoid the "guro" whenever possible.

But damn, that guy actually survived? Not sure if that's good or bad, given his condition (and lack of money for reconstruction surgery, I guess).