Ayn Rand is overestimated. I don't know whats up with so many people subtly pushing her agenda on slashdot these days.

The theory that Richard Dawkins put in his book "The Blind Watchmaker" is that early on two or more bacteria fused together to supplement each other within the boundaries of one "cell". For this reason, the mitochondria has its own "DNA" separate from the nucleus. This theory was first proposed in 1967 by L.Sagan: http://endosymbionts.blogspot.com/2006/01/on-origin-of-mitosing-cells-1967.html

No, you're mistaken.

I think twitter has really gotten to you.

Maybe he was thinking Radar and decided it didn't sound right.

Using traceroute after access denied.

Maybe David the Goliath.

But, it was an industrial accident.

As finite as infinite can be. Interestingly in mathematical analysis it is well known that there are different levels of infinities. For example, the infinity of integers is not the same as infinity of real numbers.

It is infinite compared to our reality, just as an electron is infinitely smaller than a galaxy.

But I know what dude I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude.

Clearly? I think it depends on your sample size. So far we have only been able to collect very little data about some phenomena, and quite a good amount of data about others. So, we do know a lot about some things.

With an infinite universe (such as ours) and finite lifespan (such as ours) there is only so much data we can collect to gather inferences about what we observe. I think what you are saying is redundant.

I used to chat with bots of Quake3Arena.
Its fun, you never know what they'll say before launching a rocket in your direction.

he did mention "deep regret", a feeling hard to shake off in 5 seconds. Anger however, is another issue.