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How That 'Extra .9%' Could Ward Off a Zombie Apocalypse

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

netbuzz writes "The questioner on Quora asks: 'When is the difference between 99% accuracy and 99.9% accuracy very important?' And the most popular answer provided cites an example familiar to all of you: service level agreements. However, the most entertaining reply comes from a computer science and mathematics student at the University of Texas, Alex Suchman. Here's his answer: 'When it can stop a Zombie Apocalypse.'"

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  1. That's not the question by phantomfive · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The question isn't how to ward off the zombie apocalypse. The question is how could a zombie apocalypse realistically happen at all. Any explanation is a huge stretch.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
    1. Re:That's not the question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      It can happen when we sell shiny plastic idevices to plastic ipeople and they spend all their time looking at them, thinking about them, buying new ones, comparing them, and ignoring the real world.

      the zombie apocalypse has already started. we're just in generation one. People already can't go a single day without playing with their idevices. Most of them have forgotten how to drive. To walk. To talk to each other without pressing buttons and repeating one line memes and taglines.

      Now imagine the children of the children today. they will be incapable of interacting with each other in the real world and will wander about like mindless drones.

      they won't be looking for brains tho. or maybe they will. their own sure won't be doing much at all. and their state will be infectious.

      It's only a matter of time until those not infected decide to start shooting to save themselves.