[Wonder Warthog]

"Sharing the raw data along with the methods and the results should be required. Those who do not comply should be shunned. In this era of communication at light speed across the globe, the old way seems stronger than ever to me."

The guy who invented the idea of "Open Source" software has the right idea. Put the data and methods of any scientific publication on a website, open to everyone and anyone. It'll be painful for a while as errors are caught and corrected, but science will advance more rapidly as a result.

These sleazeballs in the "fiction science" business of "climate change" are giving all of science a black eye. Yes, damn it, there ARE those of us who dedicate ourselves to learning and discovery, and we are mad as hell with those who are doing so. May many maledictions fall upon their heads!!!

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

Excellent mention of 'open source'. I personally run a business for profit and have benefited from the contributions of many other people who share freely in the open source world of e-commerce.

It's the freedom to share free enterprise on a global scale.

If you're not familiar with perhaps the best example of open source read Why Apache Software is Free Bottom of the page.

Apache continues to lead the world in server language, doubling it's nearest competition quietly, correctly, and rightly. Open source is truly a force for good in the world, something science would do well to embrace right about now.

[WOSG]

“The guy who invented the idea of “Open Source” software has the right idea. Put the data and methods of any scientific publication on a website, open to everyone and anyone. It’ll be painful for a while as errors are caught and corrected, but science will advance more rapidly as a result.”

Agreed.

http://travismonitor.blogspot.com/2009/12/climategate-aftershocks.html