On Jun 22, 12:32*am, (Statistics) wrote:
This post is generated weekly as a service to the participants of
Rec.Crafts.Metalworking

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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: 1,170 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Jun 15 00:55:05 2009
Latest article: * Sun Jun 21 22:55:12 2009
Original articles: 67, replies: 1,103
Total size of posts: 3,460,247 bytes (3,379K) (3.30M)
Average 167 articles per day, 0.47 MB per day, 2,957 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,620 KB *bodies: 1,759 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,014 KB, *original: 632 KB = 38.40%, sigs: 107 KB
Total number of posters: 228, average 15,176 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 106, average 32,643 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 40

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* * * * * * * * * * Top 20 posters by number of articles
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*1: Cliff ............................... ....... : * * 87
*2: Gunner Asch ..................... . : * * 69
*3: Wes ................................ ......... : * * 37
*4: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : * * 37
*5: Larry Jaques ................... : * * 31
*6: Don Foreman ................... . : * * 25
*7: rangerssuck ........................... . : * * 25
*8: Ned Simmons ................................. . : * * 24
*9: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : * * 24
10: Tim Daneliuk ......................... .. : * * 21
11: "Proctologically Violated©®" ........ : * * 21
12: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : * * 21
13: Winston .......................... ..... : * * 19
14: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : * * 18
15: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : * * 18
16: Gerald Miller ........................... . : * * 16
17: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : * * 15
18: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : * * 15
19: Deucalion ............................. ... : * * 15
20: "Steve W." ............................. .. : * * 14

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* * * * * * * * * Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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*1: Gunner Asch ..................... . : * *270
*2: Cliff ............................... ....... : * *202
*3: Tim Daneliuk ......................... .. : * *170
*4: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : * *167
*5: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : * *103
*6: rangerssuck ........................... . : * *103
*7: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : * * 82
*8: Larry Jaques ................... : * * 74
*9: "Proctologically Violated©®" ........ : * * 66
10: Wes ................................ ......... : * * 63
11: "RogerN" ............................... .... : * * 57
12: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : * * 56
13: Don Foreman ................... . : * * 54
14: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : * * 49
15: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : * * 48
16: Ned Simmons ................................. . : * * 46
17: Deucalion ............................. ... : * * 44
18: Gerald Miller ........................... . : * * 43
19: "Steve W." ............................. .. : * * 39
20: "J. Clarke" .......................... . : * * 37

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* * * * * * * *Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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*1: "RogerN" ............................... .... : 83.42%
*2: "Robert Swinney" ........................... : 77.17%
*3: "Joe AutoDrill" ........................... : 74.38%
*4: Mark Rand ......................... ... : 73.84%
*5: " ............................ : 68.49%
*6: "Jon Danniken" ................. : 67.88%
*7: Leon Fisk ......................... ... : 66.46%
*8: jon_banquer ........................... . : 65.97%
*9: Wes ................................ ......... : 61.31%
10: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 56.88%
11: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 56.81%
12: Jon Elson ............................. : 56.10%
13: Steve Ackman .............. : 53.84%
14: "Karl Townsend" .............. : 53.13%
15: ................................ ............. : 52.83%
16: Bruce L. Bergman ................ : 52.57%
17: Ned Simmons ................................. . : 50.57%
18: pyotr filipivich ........................ : 50.40%
19: Larry Jaques ................... : 44.42%
20: .................................. ............. : 44.30%

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* * * * * * *Bottom 20 responders by original text *( 5 posts)
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*1: "J. Clarke" .......................... . : 7..51%
*2: "HH&C" ........................ : 12.72%
*3: RB ............................ .......... : 13.52%
*4: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 17.27%
*5: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 18.16%
*6: rangerssuck ........................... . : 18.19%
*7: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 18.43%
*8: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 19.76%
*9: Deucalion ............................. ... : 20.10%
10: "Dennis" .............................. .... : 20.97%
11: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 21.99%
12: "Terry Coombs" ......................... : 22.37%
13: (Doug Miller).............................. : 22.57%
14: Tim Daneliuk ......................... .. : 23.87%
15: cavelamb .......................... .... : 23.99%
16: Stealth Pilot ............... . : 24.46%
17: ................................ ............. : 25.36%
18: "William Wixon" ....................... : 27.16%
19: Cliff ............................... ....... : 28.61%
20: "Steve W." ............................. .. : 28.71%

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* * * * * * * * * * *Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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*1: OT Stereotypes of "liberals" vs "conservatives"................ : * *122
*2: See ya Saturday..maybe!.................................. ...... : * * 47
*3: the Sedition Act............................................... : * * 47
*4: Dick Cheney wants attack....................................... : * * 38
*5: Repub business as usual........................................ : * * 36
*6: High Quality Casters For Big, Heavy Toolboxes.................. : * * 35
*7: Britain's answer to knife crime................................ : * * 33
*8: OT Obama isn't fooling everybody............................... : * * 33
*9: Kurt vises fell apart.......................................... : * * 31
10: power hand tap............................................... .. : * * 31
11: Inneresting gas-saving factoid................................. : * * 31
12: Usenet services recommended?................................... : * * 28
13: Off I go again...see ya this weekend........................... : * * 28
14: Tuna fish.............................................. ........ : * * 25
15: What is it? Set 289............................................ : * * 24
16: Machine start/stop buttons colors.............................. : * * 24
17: OT - Judeo-Christian nation?".................................. : * * 22
18: OT: First aid and "Nonstick" gauze pads........................ : * * 20
19: Shiney metal!............................................ ...... : * * 17
20: OT: NRA Father's Day gifts..................................... : * * 17

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* * * * * * * * * * * * Top 20 threads by size in KB
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*1: OT Stereotypes of "liberals" vs "conservatives"................ : * *620
*2: See ya Saturday..maybe!.................................. ...... : * *237
*3: the Sedition Act............................................... : * *136
*4: Dick Cheney wants attack....................................... : * * 99
*5: Repub business as usual........................................ : * * 97
*6: OT - Judeo-Christian nation?".................................. : * * 94
*7: High Quality Casters For Big, Heavy Toolboxes.................. : * * 86
*8: OT Obama isn't fooling everybody............................... : * * 83
*9: Inneresting gas-saving factoid................................. : * * 83
10: Kurt vises fell apart.......................................... : * * 75
11: Britain's answer to knife crime................................ : * * 68
12: Tuna fish.............................................. ........ : * * 66
13: power hand tap............................................... .. : * * 62
14: What are these?............................................ .... : * * 62
15: Off I go again...see ya this weekend........................... : * * 57
16: Machine start/stop buttons colors.............................. : * * 55
17: Usenet services recommended?................................... : * * 53
18: What is it? Set 289............................................ : * * 49
19: OT: First aid and "Nonstick" gauze pads........................ : * * 48
20: paint spray guns.............................................. . : * * 43

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* * * * * * * * * * * * *Top 10 cross-posted groups
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*1: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : * *312
*2: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : * *225
*3: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh.......................................... : * *158
*4: alt.rush-limbaugh.......................................... .... : * *145
*5: rec.woodworking................................... ............. : * *133
*6: alt.politics.republican........................... ............. : * * 72
*7: alt.impeach.bush.................................. ............. : * * 71
*8: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : * * 31
*9: rec.puzzles....................................... ............. : * * 26
10: rec.motorcycles.harley............................ ............. : * * 10

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* * * * * * * * * * * * Top 10 User Agents by poster
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*1: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : * * 61
*2: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : * * 46
*3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : * * 32
*4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302)........................ : * * 22
*5: rn................................................ ............. : * * *9
*6: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000.......................... : * * *8
*7: Xnews............................................. ............. : * * *6
*8: Forte Free Agent............................................. .. : * * *6
*9: Pan............................................... ............. : * * *4
10: Mozilla........................................... ............. : * * *4

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* * * * * * * * * *Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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*1: Forte Agent............................................. .. : * 311 (27%)
*2: Outlook Express........................................... : * 253 (22%)
*3: G2................................................ ........ : * 156 (13%)
*4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows............................. : * 105 ( 9%)
*5: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : * *98 ( 8%)
*6: slrn.............................................. ........ : * *53 ( 5%)
*7: Mozilla........................................... ........ : * *42 ( 4%)
*8: Pan............................................... ........ : * *23 ( 2%)
*9: Xnews............................................. ........ : * *15 ( 1%)
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows............................. : * *14 ( 1%)

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Top 10 time zones
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*1: -0400.............................................. ............ : * *396
*2: -0700.............................................. ............ : * *250
*3: -0500.............................................. ............ : * *218
*4: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : * *156
*5: UTC............................................... ............. : * * 88
*6: +0100............................................. ............. : * * 23
*7: -0600.............................................. ............ : * * 16
*8: -0800.............................................. ............ : * * *8
*9: +0800............................................. ............. : * * *5
10: +0700............................................. ............. : * * *4

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Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics
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(c) Copyright 1998-2005 Peter Karlsson

This report covers 5223 messages written between 2009-05-22 00:04:28 and
2009-06-21 22:50:09

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Blacklist of quoters (of people who have written at least three messages)

Place Name * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Msgs * Ratio
* *1. Doug Winterburn * * * * * * * * * * 13 *91.28%
* *2. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *5 *90.21%
* *3. J. Clarke * * * * * * * * * * * * * 20 *87.93%
* *4. Frank * * * * * * * * * * * *3 *87.58%
* *5. Basil Karlo * * * * * * * * * *37 *86.72%
* *6. HH&C * * * * * * * * * * * *14 *86.18%
* *7. Basil *Karlo * * * * * * * * * 11 *85.98%
* *8. Strabo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *3 *85.95%
* *9. Fredric L. Rice * * * * * * * * * * * 5 *85.91%
* 10. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 66 *85.88%
* 11. LD * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 *85.15%
* 12. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3 *85.13%
* 13. Deucalion * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *72 *84.84%
* 14. cavelamb * * * * * * * * * * * * * *23 *84.76%
* 15. Nicholas * * * * * * * * * * *8 *84.20%

A total of 7576052 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
4460320, or 58.87%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Msgs * *Bytes Quoted
* *1. Cliff * * * * * * * * * * * * * 401 * 479222 *74.0%
* *2. Gunner Asch * * * * * 199 * 398304 *61.8%
* *3. Ed Huntress * * * * * * * 180 * 437112 *61.3%
* *4. Wes * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *153 * *94489 *45.8%
* *5. Too_Many_Tools * * * * * 127 * 268065 *75.0%
* *6. Larry Jaques * * * *125 * 163197 *59.8%
* *7. Curly Surmudgeon * * * * *89 * 205199 *71.6%
* * * Michael A. Terrell * * *89 * 100961 *70.2%
* *9. Don Foreman * * * * *79 * *83479 *57.0%
* 10. Winston * * * * * * * * * * 77 * *58253 *52.0%
* 11. Deucalion * * * * * * * * * * *72 * 115942 *84.8%
* 12. Hawke * * * * * * * * * *69 * 208031 *73.0%
* 13. * * * * * * * * * * * 66 * 118671 *85.9%
* * * Jim Wilkins * * * * * * * * * * * 66 * *53478 *43.2%
* 15. John R. Carroll * 65 * 129056 *58.2%

A total of 526 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. Statistics * * * * * * 88086 / * *4 = 22021
* *2. WWW.IOFFERKICKS.COM 32706 / * *6 = *5451
* *3. Scott S. Logan * * * * *7254 / * *3 = *2418
* *4. fargo116 * * * * * * * *5401 / * *3 = *1800 *48.3%
* *5. 09sneakers * * * * * * 5355 / * *3 = *1785
* *6. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-asso 54496 / * 32 = *1703 *24.7%
* *7. RogerN * * * * * * * * *69900 / * 42 = *1664 *41.1%
* *8. Andrew Erickson *4478 / * *3 = *1492 * 8.6%
* *9. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *17325 / * 12 = *1443 *45.7%
* 10. Tim Daneliuk * * * *76518 / * 56 = *1366 *68.5%
* 11. DoN. Nichols * * * * 74323 / * 58 = *1281 *42.5%
* 12. cncmillgil * * * * * * * * *3818 / * *3 = *1272 *52.9%
* 13. sittingduck * * * * 10118 / * *8 = *1264 *17.7%
* 14. phil scott * * * * * * *6821 / * *6 = *1136 *45.5%
* 15. * * * * * * * * * * 11194 / * 10 = *1119

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Msgs * Bytes
* *1. OT Stereotypes of "liberals" vs "conservatives" * * * * * * 428 1122288
* *2. See ya Saturday..maybe! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 249 *497434
* *3. possible replacement for manufacturing jobs * * * * * * * * *94 *166723
* *4. Things might be changing folks... * * * * * * * * * * * * * *80 *145800
* *5. Tuna fish * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *79 *103317
* *6. A Bad Manufacturing Economy... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 77 * 70956
* *7. The Case for Working With Your Hands * * * * * * * * * * * * 74 * 77317
* *8. cool as hell pictures, ship engines * * * * * * * * * * * * *71 * 92046
* *9. OT - Hey TMT, where's my change? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 65 *153671
* 10. making large bug zapper for mosquitos * * * * * * * * * * * *63 * 68568
* 11. 2-way GPS . . . ? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *62 * 98293
* 12. Darwinius masillae * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 57 * 93441
* 13. Will of the People 1 win, 1 loss * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 56 * 82146
* 14. Breathing air from a compressor * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *53 * 63765
* 15. Followup -- How do you test a DC servo motor * * * * * * * * 52 * 48312

A total of 455 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Msgs
* *1. Microsoft Outlook Express * * * * * *1192
* *2. G2 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *917
* *3. Forte Agent * * * * * * * * * * * * * 869
* *4. Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 * * * * * * * * *486
* *5. Forte Free Agent * * * * * * * * * * *463
* *6. slrn * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *213
* *7. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English * * * 206
* *8. Microsoft Windows Mail * * * * * * * *138
* * * Pan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 138
* 10. Xnews * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *86
* 11. Microsoft Windows Live Mail * * * * * *66
* 12. MT-NewsWatcher * * * * * * * * * * * * 65
* 13. Mozilla * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *48
* 14. Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 * * * * * * * * * 43
* 15. tin * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *35

A total of 36 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.

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Sure a lot of conservative crapola being posted...why no outcry? ;)

TMT