Personally, I've always thought Hal Finney was satoshi
You know I have read this so many times people still think Hal Finney was Satoshi. But trust me I don't think some one on a death bed will lie. He he was diagnosed of of ALS in 2009, he knew he is going to die soon. He said this in his post too
But my life expectancy is limited
So if he was Satoshi there was no point in hiding it anymore, so I really don't think he was Satoshi.
as long as analyzing satoshi's posts in this forum in order to try to know where he is from based on the statistics, posting hours and so on... I think it's very misleading.
Yes of course, it's just a speculation not facts. He must have been using Tor as Theymos stated, so there is no point analyzing the post timings or IPs.