I don't know him other than reading his posts. Same as I know you. But you can never really know anyone that you've only interacted with over the internet.
I bet that you, me, MyFarm, and Hippie Tech could all sit down together, have a few beers and all laugh and tell stories for hours.
Rum would help...can't just have beer.
That said, I read pretty much all of this and think that if people were probing then it was pretty invasive. But perhaps people think that is necessary since "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence".
Evidence is still in transit, in my opinion.
I'm an SPR supporter and the little time I have had was used spent catching up on reading...which has been an interesting exercise in eye twitching. Thanks for all the fish.