Statistics of Deadly Quarrels

CarlNorthcore writes "Brian Hayes published this paper in the Computing Science chapter of Jan-Feb's American Scientist. It provides a fascinating and [sadly] relevant statistical exploration of our world's deadly conflicts. Look out for the excellent "Web of Wars" diagram."

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emacs vs vi

[The Turd Report]

Just look at all the pain and suffering that quarrel has caused.

nerf

[Transient0]

how appropriate that the banner ad was for Nerf weapons when I viewed this story...

Civil Wars

[NiftyNews]

"Civil wars are omitted"

Good. I hate to sit around and watch two windbags duke it our with big words. I like my wars like I like my movies: with lots of action and cool explosions.

already gone

[GutBomb]

think of the deadly conflict that is happening in this guy's server room right now. slashdotted in 1 minute.

Safest place to live?

[gpinzone]

I don't know about you, but I'm moving to whatever country ends in "co", "ec", "kr", "ve", or "ph". At least I know they have Internet access there.

Re:Safest place to live aren't on the map

[Anonymous Coward]

> CH == Confederation Helvetica

They named a country after a font? Cool...

.fr - is that the country of Frutiger?

.ar - must be the Arial Republic

Re:Thought this was about crossbows.

[Chris Burke]

Yeah, well, I thought the headline said "deadly squirrels", so you can think how much more confused I was...

i can't believe this:

[cosmo7]

doesn't any country realise that the best way to win is to conquer australia first? you get five extra units and you only have to defend two territories.