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Gyan — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:52:16 -0800

By: thedevildancedlightly

thedevildancedlightly — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:27:39 -0800

Strikes Portland or The Sims? Hard to tell from the graphic...

By: Dean Keaton

Dean Keaton — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:30:24 -0800

What's with Oregonians and the internet? All the cool hip links are from the pacific northwest it seems. Many originators of cool websites as well.

By: theonetruebix

theonetruebix — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:37:38 -0800

Hard to tell from the graphic... Try reading the article maybe?

By: MikeKD

MikeKD — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:45:21 -0800

...that'd mean...no more mathowie... NOOOOOOOOOOOO

By: CaptMcalister

CaptMcalister — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:54:55 -0800

Wonder if I got the pox... Never should have taken TriMet to school.

By: AlexReynolds

AlexReynolds — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:02:32 -0800

My travel plans are fucked now.

By: thedevildancedlightly

thedevildancedlightly — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:55:25 -0800

Try reading the article maybe? sar-ka-zem: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:15:43 -0800

Global pandemics aren't the sort of thing Minnesota Lutherans like to talk about, even if such contagions are incubating near Ohio.

By: TomSophieIvy

TomSophieIvy — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:50:44 -0800

Local hipster restaurants would battle to get the first smallpox tofu scramble on the menu, local brewers would battle to find the most clever name for a beer inspired by it (Itchy and Scratchy Stout?), the local homeless population would have a new affliction to place on their signs, and someone would try to lure Bud Clark out of retirement to lead the fight against it. (Not to mention the benefit concerts, ironic t-shirts and graffiti that would follow.)

By: exhilaration

exhilaration — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:58:05 -0800

Each simulation ran for a virtual 100 days, and the precise casualty figures resulting from each scenario were less important than the relative effect different responses had on the death tolls. In other words, they don't want people to freak out by releasing the casualty figures. Maybe they'll be in the final study.

By: DeepFriedTwinkies

DeepFriedTwinkies — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:37:20 -0800

"...a synthetic population of 1.6 million residents, and realistic daily activities for those people. " (p2 cite) I didn't know there were 1.6 million people IN Troutdale.

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:29:11 -0800

Actually, I think they did give some casualty figures later in the article, at least in the print version. I actually read this on the way back from an apartment-hunting trip in Los Alamos. This article from the same issue on misconceptions about the Big Bang is also really good. I'm an astronomer, and even I learned a couple of things.

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:11:16 -0800

What's with Oregonians and the internet? All the cool hip links are from the pacific northwest it seems. Many originators of cool websites as well.

It's almost as if there was some gigantic economic infrastructure churning out IT people by the thousands up here...

By: iamck

iamck — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:27:37 -0800

It's almost as if there was some gigantic economic infrastructure churning out IT people by the thousands up here... It just rains so much, we have nothing better to do.

By: Megafly

Megafly — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:46:34 -0800

Am I the only one who read this and thought "This would be the coolest mod for SimCity" ??

By: Four Flavors

Four Flavors — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:44:31 -0800

Reminds me of those Zombie games