Re: Michael Underwood = MU

From: Bob (this one) (Bob_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:10:58 -0400

Carey Gregory wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" <Bob@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>Here's a theory to play with. I think MU is a guy named Michael
>>Underwood who posted hereabouts some time back and is now using his
>>initials.
>
> Sorry, but the evidence doesn't fit. The only Michael Underwood I can find
> who posted to SMC (up until 1999) appears totally legit and in no way
> connected to Chung or Mu.

There are some bits of info that stack together. MU_dhen claims to
have worked in the computer industry and the IP for that Michael
Underwood is from Texas Instruments. He used a couple different ID's
posting to SMC. His age seems about right (47 in '98 - makes him 53 or
so, depending on birthdate) and he and Chung had slight contact in
message replies. There are other posts from Michael Underwood to other
groups with munged addresses, like this one <http://tinyurl.com/48l29>
signed MU from the same TI source.

> Why look for a real person behind the Mu character when all the evidence
> points to Mu merely being Chung's sock puppet? It's the only explanation
> that fits all the facts. That's especially true in older posts before
> Chung/Mu got smart and switched to news providers that conceal identifying
> header information.

I'd agree if there weren't other factors that I see, like Chung's use
of language doesn't match MU_ppet's (except a week or two ago when the
posts were obviously fake and I mentioned it). Unless Chung has
multiple personalities (not out of the question), I find it hard to
imagine that the two voices come from the same hand, as it were.

MU_lcter talks about strength training, athletic experience and
military exploits with a different style and spirit than Chung uses.
And MU_dbug has had some civil conversation with a few people in
usenet when he forewent being an ***. Some of them have disputed
Chung's positions. If it's actually Chung writing MU_ffin's words,
he's rather shiftier than I thought and more skilled at deception than
I've been thinking. I'm skeptical, though.

The MU_x FAQs suggest it's too far afield for it to be Chung.
<http://tinyurl.com/hdex>
<http://www.geocities.com/tanirevek/Roose.html>
<http://tinyurl.com/royd>

Pastorio

Quantcast