COLA Stats 5 Mar 2006
Roy Culley
This report covers 2349 articles received by this system to
newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy [1]
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Toplist of Posters
Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Larry Qualig 145 321725 67%
2. Linønut <linøn...@bone.com> 131 101012 58%
3. Liam Slider <li...@nospam.liamslider.com> 103 189580 73%
4. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 92 132363 61%
5. Jim Richardson <war...@eskimo.com> 74 125753 72%
6. Peter Köhlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> 73 124082 62%
7. Funkenbusch - MS APOLOGIST / LIAR / FUDMEISTER 69 108006 54%
8. GreyCloud <mi...@cumulus.com> 68 97917 80%
9. JEDIDIAH <je...@nomad.mishnet> 67 93448 72%
10. Rgdawson / Mark Thompson / Oxford - MACTROLL 66 95368 57%
11. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@gmail.com> 65 120335 26%
12. billwg - WINTROLL / LIAR LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 59 96092 60%
13. TheLetterK <no...@none.net> 58 159357 79%
14. DooFuS - LIAR / WINTROLL / RACIST 51 50296 57%
15. Snit - MACTROLL / IDIOT 49 118593 67%
16. The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus 47 126452 47%
17. Kier <val...@tiscali.co.uk> 46 70663 71%
Sinister Midget <sini...@noidshack.com> 46 61711 61%
19. Tim Smith - FLATFISH APOLOGIST 44 36747 40%
Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> 44 55418 46%
21. chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> 38 18804 67%
22. tha...@tux.glaci.remove-this.com 37 47531 33%
23. Rick <trol...@trollfeed.com> 35 38573 80%
Rex Ballard <rex.b...@gmail.com> 35 128239 14%
25. John Bailo - TROLL / IDIOT 34 16896 46%
26. Rick - TROLLFEEDER 29 31270 79%
Richard G. Riley <rgr...@gmail.com> 29 52391 68%
Ruel Smith <No...@NoWhere.com> 29 42466 35%
29. Mathew P. <Mat...@COLA.com> 27 39798 48%
30. Lobo <n...@here.org> 25 45203 57%
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Toplist of Subjects
Pos Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 251 430505
2. Any decent installers for Linux ? 146 234679
3. Oxford lies again. 107 175526
4. Linux Adoption Barriers 104 158221
5. Puzzling over Vista 95 132387
6. Ten Reasons to Buy Windows Vista, Five Things That 67 125636
7. Linux is not even a contender for average Joe and 62 173801
8. 6 Versions of Vista - Are they nuts? 58 73857
9. Darwin is a BSD unix 54 146040
10. Freedom of Speech 50 101229
11. OS/X on 'regular' box | death of Linux? 48 58294
12. Why do I hate Windows... 47 116389
Linux? What's that? My own survey. 47 62208
14. No Windows, no Business 43 44132
15. "Vista Will Such" 42 62826
16. Browser wars 3: IE7 beta no match for Firefox 40 59073
17. Linux? What's that? My own survey. 36 54664
18. What was your first computer and OS? 35 42219
19. Viruses plague British businesses 31 56801
"Thank God for IEDs" 31 38021
21. Windows Server 2003 install in 7 minutes? 29 21170
MacTard runs Rampant [ was Re: Windwoes] 29 58620
23. Macs: 1 button, Windows: 2 buttons, Unix: 104 butt 24 56560
24. dell/linux 23 17532
25. Too late! Window hasta la vista 5308 is now fully 22 53179
26. Sniff, sniff... 21 30264
Microsoft Intercepts Linux Torrents 21 52332
COLA is mostly liars 21 19503
29. IBM Subpoenas Microsoft! Sun! Baystar and HP! 20 40153
The USB boot conspiracy comes true... 20 56437
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Toplist of Most Replied To Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. Larry Qualig 189
2. Rgdawson / Mark Thompson / Oxford - MACTROLL 127
3. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 92
4. Linønut <linøn...@bone.com> 89
5. Funkenbusch - MS APOLOGIST / LIAR / FUDMEISTER 85
6. Liam Slider <li...@nospam.liamslider.com> 72
7. billwg - WINTROLL / LIAR LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 66
8. Peter Köhlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> 65
9. DooFuS - LIAR / WINTROLL / RACIST 58
10. JEDIDIAH <je...@nomad.mishnet> 46
Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> 46
12. Lobo <n...@here.org> 43
13. Jim Richardson <war...@eskimo.com> 42
TheLetterK <no...@none.net> 42
15. Tim Smith - FLATFISH APOLOGIST 41
16. John Bailo - TROLL / IDIOT 40
Snit - MACTROLL / IDIOT 40
18. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@gmail.com> 38
19. Richard G. Riley <rgr...@gmail.com> 37
20. tha...@tux.glaci.remove-this.com 33
21. GreyCloud <mi...@cumulus.com> 32
22. Kier <val...@tiscali.co.uk> 30
23. Rex Ballard <rex.b...@gmail.com> 29
The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> 29
25. B Gruff <bbg...@yahoo.co.uk> 27
26. Ian Semmel <RocketLi...@nojunkrocketcomp.com.au> 26
27. Flatfish Nyms - TROLL / THIEF / RACIST 25
Edwin - WINTROLL 25
29. Roy Culley <r...@nodomain.none> 22
30. chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> 21
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Toplist of Troll Feeders [2]
Pos Poster Msgs %
1. Linønut <linøn...@bone.com> 69 53
2. Liam Slider <li...@nospam.liamslider.com> 50 49
3. Jim Richardson <war...@eskimo.com> 44 59
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@gmail.com> 44 68
5. Peter Köhlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> 43 59
6. TheLetterK <no...@none.net> 41 71
7. GreyCloud <mi...@cumulus.com> 36 53
8. Rick <trol...@trollfeed.com> 32 91
9. Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> 29 66
10. JEDIDIAH <je...@nomad.mishnet> 25 37
Kier <val...@tiscali.co.uk> 25 54
12. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 20 22
Rick - TROLLFEEDER 20 69
14. chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> 16 42
15. The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> 15 32
16. tha...@tux.glaci.remove-this.com 14 38
Larry Qualig 14 10
18. Mathew P. <Mat...@COLA.com> 12 44
Ruel Smith <No...@NoWhere.com> 12 41
20. 7 <website_...@www.enemygadgets.com> 11 58
21. Rex Ballard <rex.b...@gmail.com> 10 29
Sandman - REPREHENSIBLE LIAR 10 71
B Gruff <bbg...@yahoo.co.uk> 10 45
24. 'ultranerd' Bob 9 56
Edwin - WINTROLL 9 39
26. Sinister Midget <sini...@noidshack.com> 8 17
27. Flatfish Nyms - TROLL / THIEF / RACIST 7 44
Lobo <n...@here.org> 7 28
ed <news...@no-atwistedweb-spam.com> 7 41
Timberwoof <timbe...@stimpberawoofm.com> 7 29
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Toplist of 'Quality' Posters [3]
Pos Poster Index
1. Lobo <n...@here.org> 70
2. Rex Ballard <rex.b...@gmail.com> 64
3. Colin Day <cd...@sc.rr.com> 63
Rob Hughes <r...@robhughes.com> 63
Ian Semmel <RocketLi...@nojunkrocketcomp.com.au> 63
6. nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu <nes...@wigner.berkeley.edu> 62
7. Sinister Midget <sini...@noidshack.com> 61
Roy Culley <r...@nodomain.none> 61
9. Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> 60
10. The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> 59
11. Linønut <linøn...@bone.com> 56
12. Ruel Smith <No...@NoWhere.com> 55
13. Mathew P. <Mat...@COLA.com> 54
14. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 53
William Poaster <w...@suse10.1oss.eu> 53
Mark Kent <mark...@demon.co.uk> 53
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@gmail.com> 53
18. Au79 <au...@null.net> 52
B Gruff <bbg...@yahoo.co.uk> 52
20. JEDIDIAH <je...@nomad.mishnet> 51
Robert Newson <Reap...@bullet3.fsnet.oc.ku> 51
22. chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> 50
mlw <m...@nospamnoway.zz> 50
Paul Hovnanian P.E. <Pa...@Hovnanian.com> 50
noone <no...@all.com> 50
Gordon <gor...@localhost.localdomain> 50
spi...@freenet.co.uk 50
AZ Nomad <azn...@PmunOgeBOX.com> 50
29. Jim Richardson <war...@eskimo.com> 49
30. Brad <br...@linux4life.net> 48
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Toplist of X-No-Archive Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. Richard G. Riley <rgr...@gmail.com> 29
2. Flatfish Nyms - TROLL / THIEF / RACIST 11
3. Stuart Krivis <j...@mongo.krivis.com> 7
4. Technomage Hawke <technoma...@127.0.0.1> 2
5. Cory Dyvik <i.dont...@false51surf.net> 1
<stats...@gmail.com> 1
Sam<s...@samdotcom.com> 1
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Toplist of Newsreaders
Pos Newsreader Msgs
1. slrn 526
2. Pan 401
3. KNode 322
4. G2/0.2 262
5. MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) 150
6. Microsoft Outlook Express 133
7. Mozilla 93
8. 40tude_Dialog 70
9. Forte Agent 61
10. Debian Thunderbird 58
11. Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.1.051004 49
12. tin 43
13. Mozilla Thunderbird 40
14. knews 21
15. Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) 18
16. MacSOUP 15
17. Unison/1.7.5 14
18. Opera M2/8.52 (Linux, build 1631) 11
19. Unison/1.6.3 10
20. Xnews 7
21. Hogwasher/4.2.2 3
MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.60.2060 3
Gnus 3
24. Forte Free Agent 2
Sylpheed 2
Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) 2
27. Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060213) 1
Codeforge Sophax 2.1 1
MR/2 Internet Cruiser 1
ProNews/2 1
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[1]: Posts via mail to news gateways are dropped by this server
and hence not included in the stats.
Other attention seeking posters may not appear as well.
[2]: Troll feeder %'age is (troll feeding posts / total posts) * 100
[3]: The poster 'quality' stats is based on:
a) quoting: 100 - %'age quoted
b) cross-posting: 100 - %'age cross-posted
c) number of direct followups posters articles get
d) troll feeding: 100 - %'age troll followups
e) for the humour impaired the quotes around 'quality'
are intended to convey they are not to be taken too
seriously :-)
f) for Erik: it is highly unlikely, although perhaps
possible, for a troll to appear in the 'quality' stats
William Poaster
> Toplist of X-No-Archive Posters
>
> Pos Poster
> 1. Richard G. Riley <rgr...@gmail.com>
Why does this not surprise me.....
--
SuSE 10.1 OSS Beta3 (Agama Lizard)
Roy Culley
<pan.2006.03.05....@suse10.1oss.eu>,
William Poaster <w...@suse10.1oss.eu> writes:
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:59:28 +0100, Roy Culley wrote:
>
>> Toplist of X-No-Archive Posters
>>
>> Pos Poster
>> 1. Richard G. Riley <rgr...@gmail.com>
>
> Why does this not surprise me.....
I got a laugh out of it as well. Sadly for him his posts are archived
elsewhere. :-)
William Poaster
Yes, a few other archives ignore the "X-No-Archive" header, that's why
it's a waste of time!
Roy Culley
<08mpd3-...@dog.did.it>,
r...@nodomain.none (Roy Culley) writes:
> ngstats.pl version 1.18
>
> This report covers 2349 articles received by this system to
> newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy [1]
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Toplist of Posters
>
> Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
> 1. Larry Qualig 145 321725 67%
Correction:
Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Larry 'arsehole' Qualig 145 321725 67%
William Poaster
That's better ;-)
Roy Schestowitz
> William Poaster wrote:
>
>> Yes, a few other archives ignore the "X-No-Archive" header, that's why
>> it's a waste of time!
>
> Since you're claiming XNA is "a waste of time", why then do you and
> several other cola regulars always make such a big fuss about it?
>
> Does anybody besides me miss the old DejaNews? I think what Google has
> done with the Usenet archives is utterly deplorable. :-(
It's not just the archives, BD. A more worrisome fact is that they slowly
convert UseNet into 'Google Chat'. That is most definitely the bigger issue.
Do not expect quotes and attributions when Google takes over the world,
communication included.
Best wishes,
Roy
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William Poaster
> __/ [ Black Dragon ] on Sunday 05 March 2006 13:54 \__
>
>> William Poaster wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, a few other archives ignore the "X-No-Archive" header, that's why
>>> it's a waste of time!
>>
>> Since you're claiming XNA is "a waste of time", why then do you and
>> several other cola regulars always make such a big fuss about it?
>>
>> Does anybody besides me miss the old DejaNews? I think what Google has
>> done with the Usenet archives is utterly deplorable. :-(
>
> It's not just the archives, BD. A more worrisome fact is that they slowly
> convert UseNet into 'Google Chat'. That is most definitely the bigger
> issue. Do not expect quotes and attributions when Google takes over the
> world, communication included.
It's also a waste of time, because anyone replying to them still records
their post. IMO we aren't the ones bothered about XNA, but they are or why
else would they use it?
Kelsey Bjarnason
> William Poaster wrote:
>
>> Yes, a few other archives ignore the "X-No-Archive" header, that's why
>> it's a waste of time!
>
> Since you're claiming XNA is "a waste of time", why then do you and
> several other cola regulars always make such a big fuss about it?
Two reasons. One is that an archive ignoring it is the exception, not the
rule, meaning an XNA post may well slip through all the usual haunts,
unrecorded.
Second, though, is probably more important: if you have to set XNA,
doesn't this tend to indicate you're trying to hide something, that, say,
you want to be able to spew a mess of complete and utter tripe whilst
being able to deny it later, because it's not archived, for example?
If you don't want your posts recorded... don't post.
--
MS, because work should be measured by effort, rather than result.
Roy Culley
<pan.2006.03.05....@gmail.com>,
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:54:29 -0500, Black Dragon wrote:
>
>> William Poaster wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, a few other archives ignore the "X-No-Archive" header, that's
>>> why it's a waste of time!
>>
>> Since you're claiming XNA is "a waste of time", why then do you and
>> several other cola regulars always make such a big fuss about it?
>
> Two reasons. One is that an archive ignoring it is the exception,
> not the rule, meaning an XNA post may well slip through all the
> usual haunts, unrecorded.
>
> Second, though, is probably more important: if you have to set XNA,
> doesn't this tend to indicate you're trying to hide something, that,
> say, you want to be able to spew a mess of complete and utter tripe
> whilst being able to deny it later, because it's not archived, for
> example?
That was always the flatfish retort when people mentioned things from
his/hers previous posts. Prove it he would say.
> If you don't want your posts recorded... don't post.
This BD character has always posted with XNA I think. Why it seems
important to him I've no idea.
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