a.o.l. Stats - 0911
Stats
Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)
Total posts considered: 375 over 30 days
Earliest article: Sun Nov 1 05:37:08 2009
Latest article: Mon Nov 30 23:17:21 2009
Original articles: 38, replies: 337
Total size of posts: 1,009,937 bytes (986K) (0.96M)
Average 12 articles per day, 0.03 MB per day, 2,693 bytes per article
Total headers: 402 KB bodies: 583 KB
Body text - quoted: 279 KB, original: 262 KB = 48.49%, sigs: 40 KB
Total number of posters: 97, average 10,411 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 48, average 21,040 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 34
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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: RodMcKay <NoJun...@No.com>................................... : 41
2: "J.O. Aho" <us...@example.net>.................................. : 26
3: Mike Jones <N...@Arizona.Bay>................................... : 23
4: Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid>............................ : 20
5: "�n�hw��f" <snuh...@netscape.net>............................. : 15
6: philo <ph...@privacy.net>...................................... : 12
7: Aragorn <ara...@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 11
8: Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com>............................ : 11
9: TJ <T...@noneofyour.business>.................................... : 10
10: Rikishi42 <skunk...@rikishi42.net>........................... : 6
11: Lew Pitcher <lpit...@teksavvy.com>............................ : 6
12: John Hasler <jha...@newsguy.com>.............................. : 6
13: Vahis <wax...@gmail.com.invalid>.............................. : 6
14: Davorin Vlahovic <nr...@ylf.krs.ref.rh>........................ : 5
15: nos...@geniegate.com (Jamie)................................... : 5
16: Freeballer <freeb...@nospam.invalid>......................... : 5
17: Van Chocstraw <boobooil...@roadrunner.com>................ : 5
18: Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz>................................. : 5
19: Baron <baron....@linuxmaniac.nospam.net>.................... : 4
20: Meat Plow <me...@petitmorte.net>................................ : 4
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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: RodMcKay <NoJun...@No.com>................................... : 161
2: Aragorn <ara...@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 63
3: "J.O. Aho" <us...@example.net>.................................. : 58
4: Mike Jones <N...@Arizona.Bay>................................... : 52
5: "�n�hw��f" <snuh...@netscape.net>............................. : 47
6: Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid>............................ : 46
7: TJ <T...@noneofyour.business>.................................... : 40
8: philo <ph...@privacy.net>...................................... : 38
9: Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com>............................ : 29
10: Freeballer <freeb...@nospam.invalid>......................... : 16
11: Stats <st...@SNIP-THIS.twoloonscoffee.com>..................... : 14
12: Vahis <wax...@gmail.com.invalid>.............................. : 12
13: Baron <baron....@linuxmaniac.nospam.net>.................... : 12
14: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A7=F1=FChw=A4=A3f?= <snuh...@yahoo.com>....... : 11
15: Lew Pitcher <lpit...@teksavvy.com>............................ : 11
16: Rikishi42 <skunk...@rikishi42.net>........................... : 11
17: nos...@geniegate.com (Jamie)................................... : 11
18: Stefan Patric <n...@thisaddress.com>............................ : 10
19: Davorin Vlahovic <nr...@ylf.krs.ref.rh>........................ : 9
20: Meat Plow <me...@petitmorte.net>................................ : 9
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Responders by original text (> 4 posts)
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1: Eclectic <teka...@gmail.com>.................................. : 88.98%
2: nos...@geniegate.com (Jamie)................................... : 80.20%
3: andrew <and...@skamandros.invalid>............................. : 74.52%
4: NOSPAM.Jo...@nickandre.com (Joe Schweier)............... : 70.49%
5: Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com>............................ : 64.44%
6: Aragorn <ara...@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 64.40%
7: "Dr. Deb" <debs...@mon-cre.net>............................... : 63.34%
8: Lew Pitcher <lpit...@teksavvy.com>............................ : 57.14%
9: Rikishi42 <skunk...@rikishi42.net>........................... : 56.66%
10: Ivan Marsh <ivan...@yahoo.com>............................... : 54.84%
11: RodMcKay <NoJun...@No.com>................................... : 52.22%
12: bb <spam...@norsborg.net>..................................... : 50.48%
13: TJ <T...@noneofyour.business>.................................... : 49.57%
14: "J.O. Aho" <us...@example.net>.................................. : 46.91%
15: Vahis <wax...@gmail.com.invalid>.............................. : 44.97%
16: Van Chocstraw <boobooil...@roadrunner.com>................ : 42.80%
17: Davorin Vlahovic <nr...@ylf.krs.ref.rh>........................ : 41.20%
18: John Hasler <jha...@newsguy.com>.............................. : 40.70%
19: Freeballer <freeb...@nospam.invalid>......................... : 38.52%
20: Luis Santana <ad...@hacktalk.net>.............................. : 37.45%
21: Steve Ackman <st...@SNIP-THIS.twoloonscoffee.com>.............. : 37.02%
22: philo <ph...@privacy.net>...................................... : 36.25%
23: atec 7 7 <"atec 77"@hotmail.com>............................... : 34.00%
24: Mike Jones <N...@Arizona.Bay>................................... : 30.02%
25: Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz>................................. : 26.43%
26: Baron <baron....@linuxmaniac.nospam.net>.................... : 23.82%
27: jellybean stonerfish <stone...@geocities.com>................ : 22.52%
28: "�n�hw��f" <snuh...@netscape.net>............................. : 21.37%
29: Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid>............................ : 18.66%
30: Meat Plow <me...@petitmorte.net>................................ : 15.16%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Recovering data from duff CDROM ?.............................. : 39
2: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? How did you find the proc : 32
3: Ubuntu 9.10 Keeps Freezing..................................... : 23
4: Why do some distros have SH opened by Kwrite?.................. : 22
5: Peice of Linux Os.............................................. : 22
6: Tried Arch linux...uh oh....................................... : 18
7: Nvidia help pls ............................................... : 17
8: For your consideration......................................... : 11
9: ping Meat Plow................................................. : 11
10: arch linux / leafnode - unable to connect (connection refused). : 10
11: Xubuntu 9.10................................................... : 10
12: Spawn independant bash shell?.................................. : 9
13: Who knows routers?............................................. : 9
14: Remoting from windows.......................................... : 9
15: Why do some distros have SH opened by Kwrite? [Install themes.. : 9
16: Why do some distros have SH opened by Kwrite? [Install themes n : 9
17: Traffic Management............................................. : 8
18: prohibit other user "top" my commands.......................... : 8
19: Cordless keyboards, mice and telephones........................ : 8
20: Puppy Linux 4.3.1.............................................. : 8
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? How did you find the proc : 114
2: Why do some distros have SH opened by Kwrite?.................. : 99
3: Recovering data from duff CDROM ?.............................. : 91
4: Nvidia help pls ............................................... : 62
5: ping Meat Plow................................................. : 56
6: Ubuntu 9.10 Keeps Freezing..................................... : 49
7: Peice of Linux Os.............................................. : 45
8: Tried Arch linux...uh oh....................................... : 42
9: Why do some distros have SH opened by Kwrite? [Install themes n : 28
10: arch linux / leafnode - unable to connect (connection refused). : 26
11: Why do some distros have SH opened by Kwrite? [Install themes.. : 24
12: Questions About Linux.......................................... : 24
13: For your consideration......................................... : 22
14: Cordless keyboards, mice and telephones........................ : 20
15: Traffic Management............................................. : 18
16: LiveCD question, working directly to hdd?...................... : 16
17: Spawn independant bash shell?.................................. : 15
18: Remoting from windows.......................................... : 15
19: Xubuntu 9.10................................................... : 15
20: Who knows routers?............................................. : 14
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Top 8 cross-posted groups
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1: 24hoursupport.helpdesk......................................... : 49
2: alt.comp.linux................................................. : 5
3: alt.os.linux.ubuntu............................................ : 5
4: linux.redhat................................................... : 3
5: alt.linux...................................................... : 2
6: alt.comp.os.linux.............................................. : 2
7: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras...................................... : 1
8: comp.os.linux.hardware......................................... : 1
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Thunderbird.................................................... : 17
2: slrn........................................................... : 16
3: Pan............................................................ : 15
4: G2/1.0......................................................... : 10
5: KNode.......................................................... : 8
6: Forte Agent.................................................... : 6
7: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 6
8: Unknown........................................................ : 4
9: Mozilla........................................................ : 3
10: Gnus........................................................... : 2
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: slrn...................................................... : 57 (15%)
2: Forte Agent............................................... : 51 (14%)
3: Pan....................................................... : 47 (13%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11................................. : 34 ( 9%)
5: KNode..................................................... : 32 ( 9%)
6: unknown................................................... : 29 ( 8%)
7: Mozilla................................................... : 28 ( 7%)
8: G2........................................................ : 21 ( 6%)
9: Xnews..................................................... : 17 ( 5%)
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows............................. : 14 ( 4%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 129
2: -0500.......................................................... : 77
3: +0100.......................................................... : 54
4: -0600.......................................................... : 47
5: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 21
6: -0700.......................................................... : 14
7: -0800.......................................................... : 7
8: +1000.......................................................... : 7
9: -0400.......................................................... : 7
10: +1100.......................................................... : 6
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When the lodge meeting broke up, Meyer confided to a friend. "Abe, I'm
in a terrible pickle! I'm strapped for cash and I haven't the slightest
idea where I'm going to get it from!"
"I'm glad to hear that," answered Abe. "I was afraid you might have
some idea that you could borrow from me!"