re: #507 Charles

I have the package of data; I got it the first day the story broke.

I’ve looked through a lot of it — not all, but a lot. There is absolutely no evidence in there of any wrongdoing. None.

The criminal who stole this stuff deliberately picked out the worst things he could find — and there’s nothing there, except scientists acting like emotional human beings.

The reason I’m so completely sure this is a phony scandal is because I looked into it myself, in depth.

All I’ve seen so far is a sloppiness in coding and data handling that wouldn’t pass muster at a professional software house. It’s disconcerting, but it isn’t an indication of malfeasance or even of incorrectness. To determine such things would take an extensive code review, something I don’t have the time or desire to undertake.

But if someone has found actual, demonstrable errors, I’m certain you’d like to hear about it as much as I would. Until then, however, I’m getting tired of baseless accusations founded on nothing but a determination to reach a foregone conclusion. At this point, I’m more or less in put-up-or-shut-up mode. If someone’s found an actual error, intentional or accidental, let’s see it, along with some actual reasoning to shore up the assertion. Otherwise, I’ve already heard that people are unhappy; there’s nothing I can do about that.