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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANTI-SHIMADZU GUY

Q) Who is this guy who posts the rants about Shimadzu?

A) His name is Mark Kukucka and he lives in Kingsville Maryland, near Baltimore. 
He has a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Virginia Tech that he got in 1993.

Q) Why does he hate Shimadzu?

Because they fired him. The circumstances are amusing if true.

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=491067560

Q) What does he do that's so bad?

A) Other than being a general annoyance, Mark has been known to post his
"enemies" addresses and phone numbers to Usenet

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=498242044

send them anonymous hostile messages 

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=520237572
    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=387248226

and subscribe them to e-mailing lists

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=378749920

Q) When did he first start posting to Usenet?

A) His first posts were in July 1998

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=368743747
    
Before he figured out Usenet, he ran an anti-Shimadzu Web page on Geocities.

Q) Does he have any other Web sites?

A) Here's a partial list in no particular order

	http://members.tripod.com/~alerts/ 
	http://members.tripod.com/~shimadzu/
	http://www.bigfoot.com/~shimadzu-sux/
	http://www.bigfoot.com/~baltimore-sux
	http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Subway/2007/
	http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/subway/3436/
	http://shimadzu-sux.iscool.net/
	http://freecenter.digiweb.com/science/shimadzu/
	http://internettrash.com/users/shimadzu/
	http://www.geocities.com/wallstreet/floor/6065

Q) Does he have a beef with any other companies?

A) In addition to Shimadzu and anyone who does business with them or
who challenges him on Usenet, he also hates the Home Shopping Network

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385838746

and in late 1994 and early 1995 he picketed Ryland Homes with a sign
reading "I bought a lemon. You could too" (see the Baltimore Sun March 30,
April 4, and June 11, 1995). He claims to have been awarded a $300,000 by
Ryland:

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=492178151

He also hates Composite Rotor

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=443715378

where he may have been a sales rep

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=469243884

Erie Insurance

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=450483942

Ameritrade

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=424913567

and let's not forget the City of Baltimore

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=523040200

Q) Why does he hate Baltimore?

A) Rumor has it that his brother Douglas parted ways with his Baltimore 
Convention Center job under less than ideal circumstances.

    http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=490313605

Q) What e-mail addresses does he use?

A) Many. Don't even try to keep track. He usually posts from the
Enoch-Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, but lately he has been using an
anonymous remailer. He's not easy to miss even when posting anonymously (so
why bother, Mark?). Just search deja.com for "shimadzu" or "baltimore
convention" and there he be.

Q) If you object to him posting anonymously, why are you doing it?

A) Who said we objected to anonymous posts? We object to his tactics.

Q) So what should I do about Mark Kukucka?

A) The best thing to do is nothing. Ignore him and eventually he'll get
bored and go away. If you do challenge him, expect that he will put you on
his "enemies" list, post any personal information that he can dig up, send
you anonymous e-mail and maybe even create a web page just for you. He's
generally harmless, but unless you are up for that sort of contest just
leave him be.

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Society for the Prevention of Usenet Kookery
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