If by "they" you a singling out alan, do not forget that his entire body of work on this board, include all claims made by him is now suspect, as he recently posted to the effect that there is no proof that he is in fact a loser, the implication being that he could have been pulling our collective chain all this time.
Yes, I know, what kind of idiot would claim to be a lifetime loser, then out of the blue say "Hey, maybe I'm just kidding?"