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Analysis of posts to Rec.Crafts.Metalworking
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)
Total posts considered: 2,005 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Dec 28 08:27:54 2009
Latest article: Sun Jan 3 23:53:16 2010
Original articles: 128, replies: 1,877
Total size of posts: 7,052,842 bytes (6,887K) (6.73M)
Average 286 articles per day, 0.96 MB per day, 3,517 bytes per article
Total headers: 3,014 KB bodies: 3,873 KB
Body text - quoted: 2,164 KB, original: 1,531 KB = 41.43%, sigs: 162 KB
Total number of posters: 253, average 27,876 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 204, average 34,572 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 45
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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Gunner Asch <gun...@lightspeed.net>............................ : 154
2: Cliff <Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om>............... : 116
3: "Ed Huntress" <hunt...@optonline.net>........................ : 106
4: Wes <clu...@lycos.com>......................................... : 82
5: "Lib Loo" <heez...@crazymother.kom>........................... : 80
6: "Steve B" <desert...@fishmail.net>.......................... : 56
7: "HH&C" <hot-ham-a...@hotmail.com>........................ : 54
8: Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>................... : 45
9: Aratzio <a6ah...@sneakemail.com>............................. : 44
10: "Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com>.......... : 44
11: cavelamb <cave...@earthlink.net>.............................. : 43
12: Hawke <davesm...@digitalpath.net>........................... : 43
13: Winston <Win...@bigbrother.net>............................... : 37
14: Jim Alder <jima...@ssnet.com>................................. : 33
15: Jim Wilkins <kb1...@gmail.com>................................. : 30
16: pyotr filipivich <ph...@mindspring.com>........................ : 30
17: "Bill McKee" <bmckee...@ix.netcom.com>..................... : 25
18: Deucalion <som...@nowhere.net>................................ : 23
19: wmbjk...@citlink.net........................................ : 23
20: Fred Hall <fkh...@gmail.com>................................... : 23
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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Gunner Asch <gun...@lightspeed.net>............................ : 614
2: "Ed Huntress" <hunt...@optonline.net>........................ : 453
3: "Lib Loo" <heez...@crazymother.kom>........................... : 346
4: gm <j...@hhh.com>............................................... : 321
5: Cliff <Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om>............... : 297
6: Aratzio <a6ah...@sneakemail.com>............................. : 272
7: Jim Alder <jima...@ssnet.com>................................. : 223
8: "HH&C" <hot-ham-a...@hotmail.com>........................ : 196
9: Wes <clu...@lycos.com>......................................... : 170
10: Fred Hall <fkh...@gmail.com>................................... : 149
11: Hawke <davesm...@digitalpath.net>........................... : 143
12: "Steve B" <desert...@fishmail.net>.......................... : 138
13: cavelamb <cave...@earthlink.net>.............................. : 135
14: Deucalion <som...@nowhere.net>................................ : 130
15: Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>................... : 113
16: pyotr filipivich <ph...@mindspring.com>........................ : 101
17: "Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com>.......... : 95
18: Strabo <str...@flashlight.net>................................. : 76
19: wmbjk...@citlink.net........................................ : 76
20: Winston <Win...@bigbrother.net>............................... : 75
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Top 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Joe788 <larry...@yahoo.com>.................................. : 91.62%
2: "Robert Swinney" <jud...@tx.rr.com>........................... : 91.05%
3: very...@nocando.com (Pinstripe Sniper)....................... : 85.82%
4: Bob Engelhardt <bobeng...@comcast.net>..................... : 78.13%
5: F. George McDuffee <gmcd...@mcduffee-associates.us>.......... : 77.01%
6: nytrillium <lapo...@gmail.com>................................ : 70.92%
7: "Karl Townsend" <karltown...@embarqmail.com>.............. : 67.08%
8: Jim Wilkins <kb1...@gmail.com>................................. : 66.95%
9: "dca...@krl.org" <dca...@krl.org>............................ : 63.94%
10: Ignoramus10756 <ignoram...@NOSPAM.10756.invalid>........... : 63.74%
11: robert bowman <bow...@montana.com>............................. : 62.12%
12: Wes <clu...@lycos.com>......................................... : 60.19%
13: Steve Ackman <st...@SNIP-THIS.twoloonscoffee.com>.............. : 59.15%
14: Bruce L. Bergman <bruceNOSP...@gmail.com>................ : 58.75%
15: Ignoramus16758 <ignoram...@NOSPAM.16758.invalid>........... : 53.71%
16: "Lib Loo" <heez...@crazymother.kom>........................... : 53.04%
17: Ignoramus4115 <ignora...@NOSPAM.4115.invalid>.............. : 52.79%
18: "William Wixon" <wwi...@frontiernet.net>....................... : 52.05%
19: Last Post <last...@primus.ca>................................ : 48.94%
20: "Grumpy" <tomi...@melbpc.org.au>.............................. : 48.15%
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Bottom 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.t...@earthlink.net>.............. : 11.15%
2: Lookout <mrLo...@yahoo.com>.................................. : 12.26%
3: Dan <dnad...@hotmail.com>..................................... : 12.33%
4: tankfixer <paul.c...@gmail.com>............................. : 12.57%
5: Jim Alder <jima...@ssnet.com>................................. : 12.97%
6: Plonkite <apotr...@gmail.com>............................... : 13.27%
7: Stuart Wheaton <sdwh...@fuse.net>............................ : 13.43%
8: oldjag <msmit...@comcast.net>................................ : 13.85%
9: "HH&C" <hot-ham-a...@hotmail.com>........................ : 15.45%
10: Beam Me Up Scotty <Then-Destro...@Talk-n-dog.com>..... : 16.33%
11: Curly Surmudgeon <CurlySu...@live.com>.................... : 16.78%
12: "ArmyOfDorkness" <DorkAs...@hotmail.com>.................... : 17.96%
13: "Martin H. Eastburn" <lion...@consolidated.net>.............. : 18.23%
14: jbsl...@gmail.com............................................. : 18.47%
15: Fred Hall <fkh...@gmail.com>................................... : 18.56%
16: dr_jeff <u...@msu.edu>.......................................... : 20.08%
17: RBnDFW <burkh...@gmail.com>.................................. : 20.29%
18: Strabo <str...@flashlight.net>................................. : 21.20%
19: "Buerste" <bue...@wowway.com>................................. : 21.76%
20: Jim Stewart <jste...@jkmicro.com>............................. : 21.87%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: 45 ACP ammo.................................................... : 171
2: How does a Palin/Beck ticket sound?............................ : 116
3: How many guns are out there...really?.......................... : 106
4: Time to get tougher............................................ : 86
5: Why Jews Hate Palin............................................ : 74
6: Conservative websites offer bomb making instructions........... : 53
7: Palin Wins Inagural Award!..................................... : 49
8: But I thought tree give off carbon dioxide..................... : 48
9: Suburbanite shoots two home invasion suspects.................. : 45
10: [OT] Fast, Fun Unclogging...................................... : 43
11: What is it? Set 317............................................ : 39
12: Lie of the Year................................................ : 37
13: A banner year for the right wing............................... : 36
14: Any difference?................................................ : 33
15: #OT# Hard data on "investment" returns......................... : 32
16: (OT) Freecycle.org............................................. : 31
17: Opinion of Ruger Mini 14 .223?................................. : 30
18: Limbaugh survives heart attack................................. : 29
19: OK, Where did I Put It?........................................ : 28
20: Aviation Week - Annual Photo Issue............................. : 26
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: How does a Palin/Beck ticket sound?............................ : 646
2: 45 ACP ammo.................................................... : 565
3: Time to get tougher............................................ : 363
4: How many guns are out there...really?.......................... : 343
5: what are these tools used for (1/1)............................ : 321
6: Palin Wins Inagural Award!..................................... : 264
7: Why Jews Hate Palin............................................ : 235
8: Conservative websites offer bomb making instructions........... : 187
9: Wingnut Waves White Flag - Runs away - was: How does a Palin/Be : 167
10: Lie of the Year................................................ : 166
11: Suburbanite shoots two home invasion suspects.................. : 137
12: But I thought tree give off carbon dioxide..................... : 136
13: A banner year for the right wing............................... : 109
14: Any difference?................................................ : 100
15: [OT] Fast, Fun Unclogging...................................... : 96
16: #OT# Hard data on "investment" returns......................... : 91
17: Saab Bites the dust............................................ : 84
18: What is it? Set 317............................................ : 77
19: T-Bolt Fabrication............................................. : 69
20: OK, Where did I Put It?........................................ : 65
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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: misc.survivalism............................................... : 724
2: alt.machines.cnc............................................... : 596
3: talk.politics.guns............................................. : 370
4: alt.politics................................................... : 256
5: alt.rush-limbaugh.............................................. : 253
6: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh.......................................... : 236
7: alt.politics.libertarian....................................... : 226
8: alt.aol.tricks................................................. : 181
9: alt.usenet.kooks............................................... : 176
10: sci.environment................................................ : 55
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0......................................................... : 52
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 47
3: Forte Agent.................................................... : 36
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812)........................ : 16
5: Mozilla........................................................ : 14
6: Xnews.......................................................... : 11
7: rn............................................................. : 11
8: Unknown........................................................ : 7
9: MT-NewsWatcher................................................. : 7
10: Pan............................................................ : 6
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Forte Agent............................................... : 558 (28%)
2: Outlook Express........................................... : 375 (19%)
3: G2........................................................ : 233 (12%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows............................. : 223 (11%)
5: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 137 ( 7%)
6: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606..................... : 103 ( 5%)
7: Mozilla................................................... : 72 ( 4%)
8: Xnews..................................................... : 65 ( 3%)
9: slrn...................................................... : 49 ( 2%)
10: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726................. : 30 ( 1%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0800.......................................................... : 585
2: -0500.......................................................... : 576
3: -0600.......................................................... : 406
4: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 233
5: -0700.......................................................... : 95
6: UTC............................................................ : 86
7: +0700.......................................................... : 11
8: +0100.......................................................... : 7
9: +1100.......................................................... : 5
10: +0800.......................................................... : 1
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Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics
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(c) Copyright 1998-2005 Peter Karlsson
This report covers 8569 messages written between 2009-12-04 00:08:36 and
2010-01-03 23:21:46
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Blacklist of quoters (of people who have written at least three messages)
Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. Tim Miller <replyton...@invalid.invalid> 3 95.02%
2. dbu'' <nos...@nobama.com.invalid> 5 94.81%
3. Blanche Starinski <bla...@starinsky.com> 3 92.68%
4. T.Alan Kraus <soun...@sonic.net> 6 91.71%
5. Hiccum Blurpaedius <hic...@gmail.com> 4 91.64%
6. Jeff M <nos...@nothanks.org> 22 91.08%
7. mike <mlig...@survivormail.com> 5 91.05%
8. hda <age...@xs4all.nl.invalid> 4 90.67%
9. charlie <chan...@nospam.yahoo.com> 3 90.45%
10. richp <travelin...@gmail.com> 7 89.92%
11. FatterDumber& Happier Moe <"WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.M 3 88.89%
12. Beam Me Up Scotty <Then-Destro...@Talk-n-dog.com> 14 88.66%
13. HH&C <hot-ham-a...@hotmail.com> 116 87.97%
14. Plonkite <apotr...@gmail.com> 7 86.93%
15. Lookout <mrLo...@yahoo.com> 14 86.75%
A total of 15958713 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
8703884, or 54.54%, were quotes.
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Toplist of writers
Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Cliff <Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> 597 805216 8.9%
2. Gunner Asch <gun...@lightspeed.net> 427 909459 8.6%
3. Ed Huntress <hunt...@optonline.net> 423 1094152 30.5%
4. Lib Loo <heez...@crazymother.kom> 287 632285 58.2%
5. Wes <clu...@lycos.com> 239 185578 40.8%
6. Steve B <desert...@dishmail.net> 206 221877 61.7%
7. Hawke <davesm...@digitalpath.net> 198 379915 57.4%
8. Stormin Mormon <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com 182 133428 6.8%
9. Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> 160 215117 56.6%
Winston_Smith <not_...@bogus.net> 160 205390 49.4%
11. Buerste <bue...@wowway.com> 149 192026 69.6%
12. cavelamb <cave...@earthlink.net> 143 178382 76.6%
13. Aratzio <a6ah...@sneakemail.com> 139 419999 72.6%
14. Joe788 <larry...@yahoo.com> 120 121521 38.6%
Jim Wilkins <kb1...@gmail.com> 120 93443 39.8%
A total of 563 people were identified.
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Toplist of original content per message (of people who have written at
least three messages)
Place Name Orig. / Msgs = PrMsg Quoted
1. Rory Gage <gagezui...@gmail.com> 104128 / 3 = 34709
2. Statistics <ne...@wess.mdns.org> 110260 / 5 = 22052
3. Priyanka Mehta <priyankap...@gmail.c275739 / 48 = 5744
4. Doug Bashford <pla...@work.edu> 17172 / 4 = 4293 9.3%
5. James <king...@iglou.com> 10708 / 4 = 2677 11.8%
6. www.fjrjtrade.com <rjtr...@163.com> 9805 / 4 = 2451
7. Richard W. <raw...@yahoo.com> 25386 / 11 = 2307 21.0%
8. Joe Irvin <ji3...@sccoast.net> 34014 / 19 = 1790 58.1%
9. Pete Snell <sne...@rmc.ca> 10642 / 6 = 1773 47.0%
10. Deucalion <som...@nowhere.net> 89694 / 55 = 1630 62.5%
11. Neolibertarian <cogn...@gmail.com> 47521 / 30 = 1584 60.9%
12. Fiftycal <n...@abcnnbcbs.com> 4751 / 3 = 1583 12.5%
13. Marvin the Martian <mar...@ontomars.org> 8912 / 6 = 1485 62.3%
14. Curly Surmudgeon <CurlySu...@live.com>141590 / 98 = 1444 51.2%
15. Existential Angst <UNfi...@UNoptonline.net 61714 / 44 = 1402 44.3%
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Toplist of subjects
Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Time to get tougher 433 1031867
2. Lie of the Year 238 598202
3. 45 ACP ammo 220 350973
4. Lord Moncton Declares Sarah Palin To Be The Greatest Auth 207 477873
5. Faux & their proud teabaggng 204 272795
6. How many guns are out there...really? 165 230601
7. OT: AGW - to what depths will those crooks sink? 138 281314
8. How does a Palin/Beck ticket sound? 136 466008
Palin Wins Inagural Award! 136 431894
10. Emerson Electric 132 221092
11. Where it all began..... 118 241788
12. Obama finally making the Supreme Court? 111 140641
13. And Another Wingnut Turns in His Balls -> was: Noted Clim 103 128476
14. PLC? 99 154002
15. Dear Grim Reaper... 97 131232
A total of 733 subjects were identified.
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Toplist of programs
Place Program Msgs
1. Microsoft Outlook Express 1767
2. Forte Agent 1391
3. G2 1122
4. Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 900
5. Forte Free Agent 709
6. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 602
7. Microsoft Windows Live Mail 417
8. Xnews 256
9. Pan 236
10. slrn 211
11. Microsoft Windows Mail 170
12. MT-NewsWatcher 145
13. Mozilla 139
14. MicroPlanet-Gravity 62
15. Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 54
A total of 43 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.
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