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Statistics of Deadly Quarrels

Posted by Hemos on from the the-science-of-war dept.

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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  1. nerf by Transient0 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  2. Civil Wars by NiftyNews · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.

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  3. already gone by GutBomb · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  4. Safest place to live? by gpinzone · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

  5. Re:Thought this was about crossbows. by Chris+Burke · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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  6. i can't believe this: by cosmo7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.