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more about #statistics more comments → srw: This study is incomplete. Any mathematical model for a zombie outbreak in Cannada needs to take into account the role played by sasquatch. more » ryno365: Clearly we are much more prepared and informed of the upcoming zombie invasion then we are of the genocide in Africa. more » VenomIreland: He didn't disprove werewolves? Then I'm perfectly happy! more » GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: I'm boarding up the SteveDaveDome, and thanking the lords I live in the country. more » ploopsy: Do they even know how zombies actually behave or infect others? Do they have any undead specimens? BTW: Enough with the canuck crap, please make so... more » switchblade saints: this reminds me. When the hell are details coming for the movie version of World War Z. I cannot wait. more » Jingles8302: This is a tech post on a tech blog? because they used computers to do the math? more » Kaiser-Machead: Oh, America's Hat, you make me smile. more » GodfreyOriole: Well I am in a better place then nyc. I am on long island. ALL the benifits of nyc (only a 45 min lirr trip to manhattan) and all the benifits of the... more » Kaiser-Machead: None of it matters. The fact that we have the superior variety of Pizza makes up for all of the crackhead attacks and hooker stabbings. Suck it, Pizza... more » aerospaceman: turn that upside down and you get Hoboken more » Alluvian: I don't get the allure of NYC either, or any apartment living for that matter. I own a house, and it is surrounded by an 8 foot tall privacy fence wi... more » Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow: People can say want they want about this place. I was forced to leave NYC when my mother moved us to some suburb somewhere and I just couldn't stand i... more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: So yeah, so the "Turnpike traffic" during the evening exodus. .. I more » Bandit: I like the Midtown buildings that are full at night. I guess that's the NY Times working on the paper and maybe some law firms where a lot of people ... more » -
#zombies
Canucks Create Mathematical Model for Outbreak and Containment of Zombie Invasions
A handful of stats students at the University of Ottawa decided to create a working mathematical model for zombie outbreaks, and possible ways of thwarting the attack. What did they learn? We're screwed. Kind of. More » -
#datavisualization
Manhattan's Population By Day vs Manhattan's Population By Night
I love NYC to bits. But when I see the millions of people shifting in and out Manhattan in a pretty pretty graphic like this, I feel vertigo. And then, when I see the subway statistics, I feel panic: More » -
#twitter
If Only 100 People Were in Twitter
We love data visualization here in Gizmodo, specially when it's smart and elegant. This one belongs to a book coming out October 27: Visualized, the Information Atlas, written by David McCandless, featuring the works of brilliant designers. [Visualized] -
#factoid
70% of Kindle Owners Are over 40?
The Official Amazon Kindle Forum has a thread called the "Average Kindle Owner's Age." Someone counted up all 1,387 responses and found that 70% of respondents were over 40. More » -
#statistics
Customer Satisfaction Survey Scores: Apple's Good, Dell's Bad, All ISPs Are Abysmal
In a survey of customer satisfaction, the computer industry as a whole scored pretty badly, with Apple the marginal best out of a not-so-thrilling bunch. The worst sector, however, was ISPs, which seem universally loathed. More » -
#statistics
95% of Music Downloads Are Pirated
According to the AFPI, the music biz made $3.7 billion on digital downloads in 2008. Too bad that was only on the 5% of dowloaded music people actually paid for. More » -
#statistics
Women Control Gadget Buying Regardless of Who Controls the Remote
From a Sex and Electronics article: "Women buy 57% of consumer electronics (to the tune of about $80B), but influence 90% of all CE purchases." I find those numbers shocking. More » -
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#robots
Japan Has Double the Robots of Everyone Else, Density-Wise
As a break from all this CES news, let's talk about robots—specifically, which countries are chock full of them. Unsurprisingly, Japan has the densest robot population, with 295 industrial automatons per every 10,000 workers. More »
