re: Keith Cowing has the right to change his mind!
"Chris writes: Hum, question has Cowing criticized Tumlinson ever before?"
Probably. I'm pretty sure Tumlinson is capable of making mistakes- in fact, "off the cuff" seems to be how he usually does things.
"Give some examples of where I've tried to read Cowing's mind and show how I was unsuccessful doing it. "
Without doing much digging, a couple pages back:
Cowing said:
"Only when you and Vancil started making things up about me and what I am doing did I post a response."
http://www.habitablezone.com/space/messages/288188.html