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Comment author: shminux 07 September 2012 05:09:13PM *  2 points [-]

I'll quickly address the no-hair issue. The theorem states only that a single stationary electro-vacuum black hole in 3+1 dimensions can be completely described by just its mass, angular momentum and electric charge. It says nothing about non-stationary (i.e. evolving in time) black holes. After the dust settles and everything is emitted, the remaining black hole has "no hair". Furthermore, this is a result in classical GR, with no accounting for quantum effects, such as the Hawking radiation.