But this was before that happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG

Atwood's Law: "Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript."

P.S.: The world really is 6000 "years" old.

Not accurate. "Schaden" just means "harm" or "damage". And in this context, a better translation for "Freude" would be "pleasure".

Not correct. It used to be 'Neanderthal' in German before the spelling reform of 1901. This spelling has been kept in some places, e.g. for the local train station. The English speaking world has just kept the old spelling, which is consistent with the scientific name.

That won't do either. Photons are not billiard balls. In the quantum world, only frequency (wavelength) attributes to the effect, not intensity. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect.

We're not that far apart. I meant it in the sense that it is an empirical phenomenon that poses a problem in the interpretation of QM. The concept is philosophical in the sense that it is rather used by philosophers or teachers and not so much by practicing physicists.

This is not related in the way you might think it is. The former is a philosophical problem in the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the latter is one of several ways of resolving this problem in practice.

"Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby." --Penn Jillette

There are multiple ways in which genes may bring about altruism. Some are more indirect:

1. Kin selection: Help those who share your genes. (A promotes A'.)
2. Reciprocity: Help others, they help you. (A promotes B who promotes A.)
3. Reputation: Let others recognize who is generally helpful. (A promotes B to persuade C to promote A.)
4. "Handicap Principle": Advertise yourself by showing to be able to afford to take risks and provide charity. (A promotes B to persuade C to mate with A.)

How about making use of head/eye-tracking and electro-active lens technology? Expensive, yes - but not impossible. I was under the impression that this stuff is in use these days in military-grade flight simulators.

Still lame. It clearly should be "7h3j3570r".

I don't think this is any more plausible. Those who doubt that 0.999... equals 1 will also say that "0.333... will never reach 1/3".

http://douglasadams.com/dna/980707-03-a.html

Unfortunately, Germany has a 5% election threshold clause.

Sorry for nitpicking: The term "antisemitism" does not (anymore) derive its meaning from "anti-" and "semite". Since the 19th century (or so) it is established as the term for _racially_ motivated adverseness against jews (in particular) -- as opposed to anti-judaism, which is the term for religiously motivated adverseness against jews. It's an unfortunate diction, but that's the way it is.