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        What happens when professional mathematicians and statisticians get together to analyze fictional situations? (Read
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        ""The apocalypse shall not be simulated".  
J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, probably apocryphal. (By apocryphal I mean I made it up." 
      (Yossi Preminger 8/16/2009 10:36:41 AM) | 
       
      
      
        "The developer commentary for the game "Left 4 Dead" may be interesting in this respect. In a way, the developers reverse-engineered the zombie genre and analyzed it's basic assumptions to take it to the next level, gaming-wise.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJkkn6qlMI" 
      (Yossi Preminger 8/16/2009 10:40:08 AM) | 
       
      
     
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