Most of this goes straight over my head anyway (I do know that the global warming is not nearly as bad as it's made out to be, though) but being the forum whore that I am, I try to read every new post so stumbled upon these as well.
My time isn't as valuable as Scawen's. And I'm doing that for 5 years now, look at my postcount.
Don't play dumb.
It just wouldn't change anything if Scawen posted "I'm alive and working on LFS" once a week. People would still moan. And everyone with a bit of a brain should be able to think far enough to realize that he won't suddenly abandon a project he has worked over 8 years on.