USAP Analysis of this newgroup, uk.media.dvd
Usenet Self Awareness Project
Covering 1055 messages from roughly Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:20:54 -0000 to 23 Mar 1999 21:43:17 GMT
Threads: 380, average length: 2.7763157
Fractured threads, 12 suspected fractions, 2 splices performed.
Longest thread:
<36f94f63...@news3.newscene.com>, count= 58 (20.890997*average, 5.49763% of total)
Posters: 472, average posts per poster: 2.2351694
Most frequent poster:
mi...@nospam.tw2.com (Mike Henry), count= 24 (10.737441*average, 2.2748816% of total)
Most frequently replied to poster:
"Richard Wood" <plat...@bigfoot.com>, count= 28 (11.76*average, 3.5% of total)
Most effective thread initiator:
sha...@netcene.com (Sh.), count= 56 (12.780083*average, 11.6182575% of total)
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Threads:
Total: 380, Average instance count: 2.7763157
Top 20 entries...
<36f94f63...@news3.newscene.com> 58 Seizure of adult videos by UK customs
<7cmlr7$r28$1...@usenet41.supernews.com> 51 BBFC reject Straw Dogs, pass Chainsaw??
<q6tJ2.4828$Qv...@news-reader.bt.net> 15 [Q] Multi Remote
<WdWI2.1357$dB1....@newsr2.u-net.net> 13 Good deal at Currys ?!
<3LtH2.80$jS....@news-reader.bt.net> 12 TENEBRE - received today
<7clbbc$m6j$1...@yama.mcc.ac.uk> 12 DVD World
<7d2gdi$8ae$1...@plug.news.pipex.net> 12 Re: Whats best SCART or S-Video
<36f63...@145.227.194.253> 11 Lethal Weapon 4 - Delayed
<01be7210$8406bd70$53028282@ra0315704> 11 Radio 1 cock-up?
<7ct338$r89$1...@yama.mcc.ac.uk> 11 Father Ted
<asbJ2.87$_Q6....@news-reader.bt.net> 10 Re: DVD gets a mention on Ceefax !
<36ece...@nnrp1.news.uk.psi.net> 9 Contact as a "demo CD" - WTF!
<36F1979A...@adrenalin-online.demon.co.uk> 9 Waterworld DTS version
<921538765.13883.0...@news.demon.co.uk> 9 OnDigital Anamorphic?
<PXbB2.865$uJ1...@nnrp3.clara.net> 9 Re: AR Rahman beats Anu Malik easily...
<36EAA485...@cwcom.net> 8 Re: Advice before purchasing a Philips 730
<X5BI2.1009$mi3...@nnrp3.clara.net> 8 Re: NTSC Region 1 playback on Toshiba 2107B
<36f5b218...@news.dial.pipex.com> 7 Win all 4 Batman movies on region 2 DVD
<7chda1$am9$1...@scotty.tinet.ie> 7 Re: LOCK, STOCK ?
<7cdpjr$q7f$1...@plug.news.pipex.net> 7 Re: Jackie Brown - Is it being released by BV?
...these 20 entries (out of 380) account for 27.393366% of total instance count
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Posters:
Total: 472, Average instance count: 2.2351694
Top 20 entries...
mi...@nospam.tw2.com (Mike Henry) 24
"Richard Hopkins" <ri...@dial.pipex.nospam> 18
nob...@nospam.nowhere.com (gb) 17
jer...@odonohoe.demon.co.uk (Jerome O'Donohoe) 16
sha...@netcene.com (Sh.) 13
j...@boolaala.demon.co.uk (Jay) 13
"Bardo" <dg...@dial.pipex.com> 12
"Richard Wood" <plat...@bigfoot.com> 12
"Darryl Ashton" <ni...@clara.net> 12
"Gareth Bill" <garet...@freeuk.com> 10
"Mark Stapley" <silverd...@cableol.co.uk> 10
MBatc...@t-online.de (Melvin Batchelor) 10
m.i...@freeuk.com (mike) 10
Simon Pocock <poc...@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com> 9
"Kev" <k...@byke5.com> 9
"Jay" <jus...@mcmail.com> 9
Steve Olive <st...@solive.freeserve.co.uk> 9
Simon Arnold <s.p.a...@reading.ac.uk> 9
Ian Forrester <e-m...@adrenalin-online.demon.co.uk> 9
mcharsley@REMOVE_THIS.ndsuk.com (Mark Charsley) 9
...these 20 entries (out of 472) account for 22.748816% of total instance count
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Posters replied to:
Total: 336, Average instance count: 2.3809524
Top 20 entries...
"Richard Wood" <plat...@bigfoot.com> 28
news.demon.co.uk (MAPS TO MANY ) 17
plug.news.pipex.net (MAPS TO MANY ) 16
news-reader.bt.net (MAPS TO MANY ) 12
"Ian Mascarenhas" <ian_...@hotmail.com> 11
"Chris Doane" <doa...@nospam.bol.co.uk> 10
mi...@nospam.tw2.com (Mike Henry) 10
nclient3-gui.server.ntli.net (MAPS TO MANY ) 9
nob...@nospam.nowhere.com (gb) 9
Ian Forrester <e-m...@adrenalin-online.demon.co.uk> 9
mic...@everyman.demon.co.uk (Michael Brooke) 9
"Richard Hopkins" <ri...@dial.pipex.nospam> 9
Pete Mitchell <Pe...@rockall.net> 9
st...@usa.net.remove.everything.after.net (Stuart Wright) 8
news7.svr.pol.co.uk (MAPS TO MANY ) 8
"Brian Wescombe" <b.w...@LineOne.netTRUST_NO_ONE> 7
"Darryl Ashton" <ni...@clara.net> 7
jer...@odonohoe.demon.co.uk (Jerome O'Donohoe) 7
j...@boolaala.demon.co.uk (Jay) 6
"Peter Woods" <pe...@apacomp.demon.co.uk> 6
...these 20 entries (out of 336) account for 25.875% of total instance count
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Thread initiators:
Total: 110, Average instance count: 4.3818183
Entries more than 2.0 times average instance count...
sha...@netcene.com (Sh.) 56
usenet41.supernews.com 50
plug.news.pipex.net (MAPS TO MANY ) 28
news.demon.co.uk (MAPS TO MANY ) 22
nnrp3.clara.net (MAPS TO MANY ) 13
"Ian Mascarenhas" <ian_...@hotmail.com> 13
news-reader.bt.net (MAPS TO MANY ) 12
"Graham Howe" <gra...@gha.u-net.com> 12
newnews.global.net.uk (MAPS TO MANY ) 11
"Brian Wescombe" <b.w...@LineOne.netTRUST_NO_ONE> 11
...these 10 entries (out of 110) account for 47.302906% of total instance count
Richard Wood
> Most frequently replied to poster:
> "Richard Wood" <plat...@bigfoot.com>, count= 28 (11.76*average, 3.5% of total)
Talk about getting picked on!!!
;->>>
If anyone needs me I'll be hiding in the cupboard...
--
Cheers,
Richard Wood
From: address anti spammed, please use:- rich...@cdex.ericsson.se
Home Cinema questions? See my Home Cinema FAQ : http://www.therock.force9.co.uk
(Or http://homepages.force9.net/therock/index.html if that ones dead or slow)
gb
>> Most frequently replied to poster:
>> "Richard Wood" <plat...@bigfoot.com>, count= 28 (11.76*average, 3.5% of total)
>Talk about getting picked on!!!
>;->>>
>If anyone needs me I'll be hiding in the cupboard...
Oh yeah, that's right run away ;)
I suspect these results may have been slightly skewed by that big
thread!
gb.
Jules
gb wrote in message <36f8b356...@gum.com>...
>"Richard Wood" <rich...@cdex.ericson.se> wrote:
>
>>> Most frequently replied to poster:
>>> "Richard Wood" <plat...@bigfoot.com>, count= 28 (11.76*average,
3.5% of total)
>>;->>>
>>If anyone needs me I'll be hiding in the cupboard...
>
>Oh yeah, that's right run away ;)
>
>I suspect these results may have been slightly skewed by that big
>thread!
>
>gb.
>
Just maybe!
Michael Brooke
> > Analysis of uk.media.dvd from results of NNTP xover command...
>
> > Most frequently replied to poster:
> > "Richard Wood" <plat...@bigfoot.com>, count= 28 (11.76*average, 3.5%
> > of total)
>
> Talk about getting picked on!!!
Well, how do you think *I* feel - I've managed nine entries despite
never having knowingly posted to this newsgroup before today!
Michael
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