Zombies Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism
Tiny Human Ferret
Clearly Minnesota's department of Homeland Security has one of my fans
on staff.
Astute readers from news:alt.gothic will recall that I once pointed out
that "any nation that isn't adequately prepared to deal with rabid
plague-carrying zombies dripping with nerve gas, just doesn't take
homeland defense seriously".
And clearly, Minnesota's police really do take homeland security seriously!
Perhaps too much so:
<quote in-part>
'Zombies' Booked for Carrying Fake WMDs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Six friends spruced up in fake blood and tattered
clothing were arrested in downtown Minneapolis on suspicion of toting
"simulated weapons of mass destruction."
Police said the group were allegedly carrying bags with wires sticking
out, making it look like a bomb, while meandering and dancing to music
as part of a "zombie dance party" Saturday night.
"They were arrested for behavior that was suspicious and disturbing,"
said Lt. Gregory Reinhardt, a police spokesman. Police also said the
group was uncooperative and intimidated people with their "ghoulish" makeup.
One group member said the "weapons" were actually backpacks modified to
carry a homemade stereos and the suspects were jailed without reason.
None of the six adults and one juvenile arrested have been charged.
"Given the circumstance of them being uncooperative ... why would you
have those (bags) if not to intimidate people?" said Inspector Janee
Harteau. "It's not a case of (police) overreacting."
Harteau also said police were on high alert because they'd gotten a
bulletin about men who wear clown makeup while attacking and robbing
people in other states.
Kate Kibby, one of those arrested, said previous zombie dance parties at
the Mall of America and on light-rail trains have occurred without
incident. Last fall, nearly 200 people took part in a "zombie pub crawl"
in northeast Minneapolis.
Kibby said they were cooperative and followed the two officers to the
station where they were questioned and eventually loaded into a van and
booked into jail.
[ ... ]
</quote>
See also http://www.zombiepubcrawl.com/
--
nam primi in omnibus proeliis oculi vincuntur.
Dark Phoenix
"Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamsp...@earthops.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Given the circumstance of them being uncooperative ... why would you have
> those (bags) if not to intimidate people?" said Inspector Janee Harteau.
> "It's not a case of (police) overreacting."
>
Gee, so anything that you can't tell at once exactly what it is must be for
the purpose of intimidating? Jebus. Hope the Inspector didn't sprain his
shoulder covering his ass.
--
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Tiny Human Ferret
> "Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamsp...@earthops.net> wrote in message
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>
>>
>>"Given the circumstance of them being uncooperative ... why would you have
>>those (bags) if not to intimidate people?" said Inspector Janee Harteau.
>>"It's not a case of (police) overreacting."
>>
>
>
> Gee, so anything that you can't tell at once exactly what it is must be for
> the purpose of intimidating? Jebus. Hope the Inspector didn't sprain his
> shoulder covering his ass.
"Nothing to see here, folks, just zombies with WMDs. Yes we're arresting
them, move along, please."
But really, you know it's only a matter of time before someone does a
movie where biowarfare researchers all get infested with zombie virus
and begin to shamble through the countryside after staggering through
puddles of other noxious stuff spilt from flasks they accidentally
overturn. Well, in the movies, anyway.
--klaatu, wonders how far a zombie could go with a "briefcase nuke"
handcuffed to its wrist before succumbing to a lack of braaaaainssss
Dark Phoenix
> --klaatu, wonders how far a zombie could go with a "briefcase nuke"
> handcuffed to its wrist before succumbing to a lack of braaaaainssss
Well, we're safe knowing that they'd starve in Wash DC. And they'd never
take the president!
Tiny Human Ferret
> "Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamsp...@earthops.net> wrote in message
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>
>>--klaatu, wonders how far a zombie could go with a "briefcase nuke"
>>handcuffed to its wrist before succumbing to a lack of braaaaainssss
>
>
> Well, we're safe knowing that they'd starve in Wash DC. And they'd never
> take the president!
Hey, _I_ live here!
Now there's a scenario. Every last zombie in DC headed straight for my
house.
I suppose I had best stock up on plastic film and duct tape.
Dark Phoenix
> Dark Phoenix wrote:
>> "Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamsp...@earthops.net> wrote in message
>> news:44CD1CBE...@earthops.net...
>>
>>>--klaatu, wonders how far a zombie could go with a "briefcase nuke"
>>>handcuffed to its wrist before succumbing to a lack of braaaaainssss
>>
>>
>> Well, we're safe knowing that they'd starve in Wash DC. And they'd never
>> take the president!
>
> Hey, _I_ live here!
No, you live *very close* to DC. I am speaking of the District itself.
> Now there's a scenario. Every last zombie in DC headed straight for my
> house.
>
> I suppose I had best stock up on plastic film and duct tape.
How many zombies are there in DC these days, what with old Strom gone?
I'm wondering- what happens if a zombie eats brains infected with Mad Cow?
Does it affect them?
the enemies of god
> "Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamsp...@earthops.net> wrote in message
> news:44CCEF1A...@earthops.net...
>
>>
>>"Given the circumstance of them being uncooperative ... why would you have
>>those (bags) if not to intimidate people?" said Inspector Janee Harteau.
>>"It's not a case of (police) overreacting."
>>
>
>
> Gee, so anything that you can't tell at once exactly what it is must be for
> the purpose of intimidating? Jebus. Hope the Inspector didn't sprain his
> shoulder covering his ass.
>
>
stop. you're intimidating me
Jennie Kermode
> I'm wondering- what happens if a zombie eats brains infected with Mad Cow?
> Does it affect them?
That's unlikely. The disease takes a long time to do its thing,
and most zombies don't survive that long; also protein replication, if
it occurs at all, is much slower in zombies.
Jennie
--
Jennie Kermode jen...@innocent.com
http://www.triffid.demon.co.uk/jennie
Tiny Human Ferret
> On 2006-07-31, Dark Phoenix <dark_p...@netw.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm wondering- what happens if a zombie eats brains infected with Mad Cow?
>>Does it affect them?
>
>
> That's unlikely. The disease takes a long time to do its thing,
> and most zombies don't survive that long; also protein replication, if
> it occurs at all, is much slower in zombies.
But, you know, she might almost be onto something. After all, we have to
ask what sort of process could cause the damned things to rise in the
first place. Something that isn't exactly life-as-we-know-it has to be
postulated. Since virii couldn't likely produce this sort to thing due
to the lack of ability to activate the mitochondria etc., and as one
can't postulate nanotechnology (there not being any known which is
remotely this complex) one might postulate that zombies rise due to some
sort of massive infection by multiple prionic agents. Protein re-folding
might provide both the energy and the clearly evident dementia of the
zombies. It might also explain their hunger for flesh, and especially
for braaaaaiiinnnnssss. They need as much protein as they can get to be
folded from the existing shapes into something that can be incorporated
into their dead clammy flesh.
--klaatu, coming from from his latest issue of _Nature_ where they're
doing bizarre things with spintronics, nanotech, and the gibbon genome
Tiny Human Ferret
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:02:37 -0400, Tiny Human Ferret wrote:
>
>>Dark Phoenix wrote:
>>
>>>Well, we're safe knowing that they'd starve in Wash DC. And they'd never
>>>take the president!
>>
>>Hey, _I_ live here!
>>
>>Now there's a scenario. Every last zombie in DC headed straight for my
>>house.
>>
>>I suppose I had best stock up on plastic film and duct tape.
>
>
Mostly in my own mind, sadly.
Will Smith as the last man on earth?
CLOSE-UP on SMITH
Smith: What, I'm the last man on earth? [pause for effect] Figures. Now
who am I gonna call for take-out?
Tiny Human Ferret
> "Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamsp...@earthops.net> wrote in message
> news:44CD56A...@earthops.net...
>
>>Dark Phoenix wrote:
>>
>>>"Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamsp...@earthops.net> wrote in message
>>>news:44CD1CBE...@earthops.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>--klaatu, wonders how far a zombie could go with a "briefcase nuke"
>>>>handcuffed to its wrist before succumbing to a lack of braaaaainssss
>>>
>>>
>>>Well, we're safe knowing that they'd starve in Wash DC. And they'd never
>>>take the president!
>>
>>Hey, _I_ live here!
>
>
> No, you live *very close* to DC. I am speaking of the District itself.
I should point out that probably most of the people who work in the
District and are regarded nationwide as being "what's wrong with the USA
today" tend to live in either suburban Maryland or Northern Virginia.
Of course, this means that zombies won't be invading on the MetroRail
trains, as they would starve to death there, too.
>>Now there's a scenario. Every last zombie in DC headed straight for my
>>house.
>>
>>I suppose I had best stock up on plastic film and duct tape.
>
>
> How many zombies are there in DC these days, what with old Strom gone?
I won't go into the unsubstantiated rumours about the people
disappearing in the vicinity of the Supreme Court, then.
<snips>
--
The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may
often assume the appearance, and produce the effects,
of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy.
--Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
nam primi in omnibus proeliis oculi vincuntur.
==================================================================
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To study and not think is a waste.
To think and not study is dangerous.
-- Confucius, _Analects_, 2:15
Jennie Kermode
> But, you know, she might almost be onto something. After all, we have to
> ask what sort of process could cause the damned things to rise in the
> first place. Something that isn't exactly life-as-we-know-it has to be
> postulated.
Oh, it's not just speculation anymore. We actually have it.
Haven't you been following the development of zombie bacteria? They're
the latest thing in vaccine technology - almost as potent as live
vaccine, but without the same difficulties as regards storage,
transportation, and potential bad reactions. Basically, they're not
truly alive - they can't reproduce or fulfil their other normal
functions - but they maintain enough metabolic activity to make them useful.
Stuart is anxious to know what happens if bacteria of this
sort are fed salt.
> Since virii couldn't likely produce this sort to thing due
> to the lack of ability to activate the mitochondria etc.
The FVZA still maintains the zombification is caused by a
soil-borne virus. <shrug> I guess there's a possibility of interaction
between viral and mitochondrial rna at that level. People are managing
to get rna to do more and more interesting things in the lab.
> can't postulate nanotechnology (there not being any known which is
> remotely this complex) one might postulate that zombies rise due to some
> sort of massive infection by multiple prionic agents. Protein re-folding
> might provide both the energy and the clearly evident dementia of the
> zombies. It might also explain their hunger for flesh, and especially
> for braaaaaiiinnnnssss. They need as much protein as they can get to be
> folded from the existing shapes into something that can be incorporated
> into their dead clammy flesh.
Well, possibly, but it's awfully difficult to use proteins to
direct such complex metabolic changes. For such a process to evolve,
there would need to be an obvious benefit to the prion itself, and I'm
not sure occasional zombie plague outbreaks would be sufficient for that
- it would seem much simpler for a protein to make a dead body smell
really tasty (equally useful for passing itself on) than for it to go to
all the trouble of animating the dead. Not that evolution doesn't take
odd paths sometimes, but still, I'm dubious about this one.
Fascinet Presents: The Downtown Lesbeum and Harbor Tour
Tiny Human Ferret wrote:
>
> 'Zombies' Booked for Carrying Fake WMDs
>
Dude, that sucks!
They were going to be on tour with the Mooney Suzuki and the Woggles in
September!
-F
Tiny Human Ferret
I'm still incensed that I missed a Niteclub 9:30 performance on, or very
near to my birthday, by Puffy AmiYumi.
I heard they really rocked. Plus I also hear that it was
standing-room-only full of hot Japanese girlies.
The Sprouting Homunculi of Fascinet
Ah, if only they came here.
Oh, well. There are plenty of cute Asian chicks on campus.
Not just plenty, really, we're fortunately overrun with them.
A date with one Sunday night turned into waiting for her friend to
bring a fish over while her friend moves, but the movie she wanted to
see was a chick flick, anyway.
-F
Tiny Human Ferret
D00d! You've totally passed the Hot Asian Chick Potential Husband Test.
Not only are you a mad scientist who is actually getting paid to do mad
science, but you don't mind hanging around all night waiting for stinky
mackerel.
You're practically married.
--klaatu, now what the heck is this about scanning tunnelling microscope
sand creating ferromagnetic semiconductors that can both process and
store data? _nature_ 442, 7101, 27 Jul 2006 um not to mention WTF
optofluidics yeesh or maybe yeshshshsh
--
The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may
often assume the appearance, and produce the effects,
of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy.
--Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
nam primi in omnibus proeliis oculi vincuntur.
The Sprouting Homunculi of Fascinet
> The Sprouting Homunculi of Fascinet wrote:
> > Tiny Human Ferret wrote:
> >
> >>Fascinet Presents: The Downtown Lesbeum and Harbor Tour wrote:
> >>
> >>>Tiny Human Ferret wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>'Zombies' Booked for Carrying Fake WMDs
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Dude, that sucks!
> >>>
> >>>They were going to be on tour with the Mooney Suzuki and the Woggles in
> >>>September!
> >>
> >>I'm still incensed that I missed a Niteclub 9:30 performance on, or very
> >>near to my birthday, by Puffy AmiYumi.
> >>
> >>I heard they really rocked. Plus I also hear that it was
> >>standing-room-only full of hot Japanese girlies.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ah, if only they came here.
> >
> > Oh, well. There are plenty of cute Asian chicks on campus.
> >
> > Not just plenty, really, we're fortunately overrun with them.
> >
> > A date with one Sunday night turned into waiting for her friend to
> > bring a fish over while her friend moves, but the movie she wanted to
> > see was a chick flick, anyway.
>
> D00d! You've totally passed the Hot Asian Chick Potential Husband Test.
>
> Not only are you a mad scientist who is actually getting paid to do mad
> science, but you don't mind hanging around all night waiting for stinky
> mackerel.
>
> You're practically married.
>
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
It's still in the "free dinner and English lessons" stage.
>
> --klaatu, now what the heck is this about scanning tunnelling microscope
> sand creating ferromagnetic semiconductors that can both process and
> store data? _nature_ 442, 7101, 27 Jul 2006 um not to mention WTF
> optofluidics yeesh or maybe yeshshshsh
>
It's a cute method, but useless for spintronics. The samples are going
to be way too expensive for industrial use, so the application stuff
was all BS. Good result in directly confirming orientation
dependence, though.
Also, even the best GaAsMn samples can only operate well at liquid
nitrogen temperatures. They need another material to operate a
worthwhile device.
There are a few "room temperature" magnetic semiconductors, e.g. a
phase of MnGe, but since Tc is room temperature, there still needs to
be a lot of materials work done to get a worthwhile material that can
be used for spintronics work.
-F
Tiny Human Ferret
Ah, remember to teach her lots of verbs in between the nouns for body
parts. ;)
And actually, a mackerel is probably better than a chick flick, though
actually I have seen a few chick flicks that I rather liked. Maybe I'm
just getting in touch with my girly side in my old age.
"Uptown Girls", probably mostly because of Brittany Murphy and Dakota
Fanning, was both amusing and had quite a touching finish. I might also
add that Brittany Murphy is beyond fetching and spends most of the movie
flouncing around in generally filmy haute-couture creations appropriate
to a wealthy NYC gal. Four stars for the rent-a-chick-flick evening
before the fireside um television with the girl of yer dreams.
>>--klaatu, now what the heck is this about scanning tunnelling microscope
>>sand creating ferromagnetic semiconductors that can both process and
>>store data? _nature_ 442, 7101, 27 Jul 2006 um not to mention WTF
>>optofluidics yeesh or maybe yeshshshsh
>>
>
>
> It's a cute method, but useless for spintronics. The samples are going
> to be way too expensive for industrial use, so the application stuff
> was all BS. Good result in directly confirming orientation
> dependence, though.
>
> Also, even the best GaAsMn samples can only operate well at liquid
> nitrogen temperatures. They need another material to operate a
> worthwhile device.
>
> There are a few "room temperature" magnetic semiconductors, e.g. a
> phase of MnGe, but since Tc is room temperature, there still needs to
> be a lot of materials work done to get a worthwhile material that can
> be used for spintronics work.
Not to mention getting it to the point where a 9v transistor radio
battery can generate a spindizzy[1] field that can launch a city into
space.
More seriously, reading that article was one of the first times in years
that I was caught completly off guard by the potential emergence of a
technology. It's rather odd as that whole things about spin states is a
very basic and fundamental concept in chemistry and physics which has
been around since before I took my first science class in public school.
I guess I'm looking forward to the development of optofluidics
controllers for highspeed STMs[2] pushing atoms around in an
industrially-useful production line.
Though, actually, I'm still sort of partial to vacuum tubes and
cyclotrons as props for the set of mad-scientist movies. Oh, and telsa
coils and spark gaps.
Ref:
1. _Cities in Flight_, Blish, James, ca.1955-1965
http://members.tripod.com/templetongate/cities-in-flight.htm
2. "Scanning tunneling microscopes" in case anyone forgot. They push
atoms around etc. as well as imaging in the nanometer scale.
~Fianna
> Mackerel is darned tasty. A cleaned, skinned whole mackerel slit every
> inch or so (like you were making gills all the way down) and deep fried
> is probably the best FISH you'll ever have. Please note capitalization:
> this is not "seafood", this is not fish, this is FISH. You must like
> FISH to enjoy it.
>
> Fortunately, I like FISH.
Honestly, I really like FISH, as well. The only time that I've had mackerel
is once at a sushi place, and I honestly didn't care for it. It just seemed
very oily, and not in a pleasant way. Did I just have the misfortune to not
get a good bit of mackerel, or is that standard? I've never had it cooked,
either. Do you prefer it that way? As in, is it just a bad fish to have
raw and cooking actually does good things to it, or is mackerel mackerel, no
matter how it's served?
~Fi