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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: 1,491 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Sep 3 00:55:06 2007
Latest article: Sun Sep 9 22:55:27 2007
Original articles: 96, replies: 1,395
Total size of posts: 3,652,345 bytes (3,566K) (3.48M)
Average 213 articles per day, 0.50 MB per day, 2,449 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,765 KB bodies: 1,801 KB
Body text - quoted: 982 KB, original: 715 KB = 42.15%, sigs: 99 KB
Total number of posters: 329, average 11,101 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 166, average 22,002 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 36

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 78
2: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 71
3: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 71
4: Myal ............................. ........ : 43
5: Wes ................................ ......... : 41
6: "The Rifleman" ........................ : 33
7: Cliff ............................... ....... : 33
8: Gunner .................... ...... : 32
9: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 27
10: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 25
11: "Tom Gardner" ..................... . : 22
12: Fred the Red Shirt ................... : 22
13: Dave Hinz .............................. ... : 21
14: (DoN. Nichols)............................ : 20
15: Larry Jaques ................... : 18
16: JohnM ................................. ....... : 17
17: "William Noble" ........................... : 17
18: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 17
19: clare at snyder.on.ca...................................... .... : 16
20: F. George McDuffee .......... : 15

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 253
2: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 172
3: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 156
4: Myal ............................. ........ : 143
5: "The Rifleman" ........................ : 108
6: Fred the Red Shirt ................... : 78
7: "Proctologically Violated©®" . : 71
8: Gunner .................... ...... : 68
9: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 65
10: Cliff ............................... ....... : 61
11: Wes ................................ ......... : 58
12: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 52
13: Stuart Grey ......................... . : 52
14: "Tom Gardner" ..................... . : 49
15: "J Carroll" .................. . : 45
16: Dave Hinz .............................. ... : 45
17: (DoN. Nichols)............................ : 42
18: Stuart Wheaton ............................ : 42
19: clare at snyder.on.ca...................................... .... : 37
20: F. George McDuffee .......... : 35

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 78.92%
2: "Karl Townsend" .............. : 71.24%
3: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 70.82%
4: F. George McDuffee .......... : 70.30%
5: Anthony .......................... ..... : 68.50%
6: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 66.97%
7: Wes ................................ ......... : 60.72%
8: pyotr filipivich ........................ : 60.38%
9: Jon Elson ............................. : 60.11%
10: Cliff ............................... ....... : 59.73%
11: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 58.56%
12: "B.B." u.... : 58.46%
13: Larry Jaques ................... : 55.21%
14: Richard J Kinch ............................ : 54.37%
15: "Proctologically Violated©®" . : 52.39%
16: Winston_Smith ............................ . : 49.96%
17: "J Carroll" .................. . : 48.90%
18: "Jon Danniken" ............... : 48.55%
19: "*" ............................ ......... : 48.49%
20: Stuart Wheaton ............................ : 47.89%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: Randy Replogle ..................... : 13.44%
2: Tim Wescott ............................ . : 16.06%
3: Gunner .................... ...... : 17.95%
4: John .......................... ........ : 18.01%
5: Lew Hartswick ...................... . : 18.03%
6: raden ................................ ....... : 18.07%
7: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 20.83%
8: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 21.34%
9: Stuart Grey ......................... . : 21.66%
10: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 22.38%
11: Why ..................................... ......... : 22.74%
12: Abrasha ............................. ..... : 23.08%
13: Myal ............................. ........ : 24.44%
14: cavelamb himself ..................... : 26.34%
15: clare at snyder.on.ca...................................... .... : 28.68%
16: john .......................... ........ : 28.84%
17: "Bob Brock" ............................. : 29.10%
18: "Tony" ................................. ...... : 29.33%
19: Rich Grise ................................ .. : 30.62%
20: "Dave Gordon" d@p........................................... . : 30.76%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Yes! We're #1!............................................... .. : 270
2: What have been the worst home handyman accidents you've had,or : 53
3: PV teaches Nutrition ( Ping PV.............................. : 52
4: Tig welder extension cord...................................... : 51
5: OT: Bye Bye Alberto........................................... . : 46
6: What is it? CXCVI............................................. . : 46
7: Ford Ranger-Update............................................ . : 43
8: Putting 10 lbs. of Tools In a 5 lb. Shop....................... : 37
9: Pinging Bruce for Clarification................................ : 29
10: Solvent for dissolving asphalt tar?............................ : 25
11: Legion of Honor awarded to WWII vet............................ : 25
12: bond UHMW to SS................................................ : 24
13: New toy gloat!............................................ ..... : 23
14: Re. Worst Handiman Accidents................................... : 21
15: Wheel spoke angles............................................ . : 20
16: cooler thermostat help......................................... : 20
17: Places Atheists avoid Was:..what are all these atheists doing h : 18
18: Say goodbuy to home shops...................................... : 17
19: OT: Legion of Honor awarded to WWII vet........................ : 16
20: OT-Paranoia Rules............................................. . : 15

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Yes! We're #1!............................................... .. : 853
2: OT: Bye Bye Alberto........................................... . : 147
3: PV teaches Nutrition ( Ping PV.............................. : 143
4: Tig welder extension cord...................................... : 120
5: What have been the worst home handyman accidents you've had,or : 115
6: Ford Ranger-Update............................................ . : 88
7: What is it? CXCVI............................................. . : 86
8: Putting 10 lbs. of Tools In a 5 lb. Shop....................... : 73
9: Pinging Bruce for Clarification................................ : 64
10: OT - Got Earthlink for a ISP? You might want to read this...... : 58
11: Places Atheists avoid Was:..what are all these atheists doing h : 54
12: Solvent for dissolving asphalt tar?............................ : 51
13: cooler thermostat help......................................... : 50
14: Legion of Honor awarded to WWII vet............................ : 47
15: Re. Worst Handiman Accidents................................... : 45
16: Yes! We're #1! ................................................ : 43
17: Say goodbuy to home shops...................................... : 41
18: New toy gloat!............................................ ..... : 40
19: bond UHMW to SS................................................ : 40
20: Drill press and Variable Speed................................. : 39

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 388
2: rec.woodworking................................... ............. : 164
3: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 126
4: uk.d-i-y................................................. ...... : 87
5: alt.home.repair................................... ............. : 71
6: misc.consumers.................................... ............. : 69
7: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh.......................................... : 54
8: rec.puzzles....................................... ............. : 51
9: alt.aol.tricks.................................... ............. : 30
10: sci.electronics.design............................ ............. : 17

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 84
2: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 69
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 40
4: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 29
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728)......................... : 18
6: rn................................................ ............. : 17
7: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... .......... : 14
8: Forte Free Agent............................................. .. : 7
9: Xnews............................................. ............. : 6
10: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480.......................... : 6

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Outlook Express........................................... : 367 (25%)
2: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 291 (20%)
3: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 227 (15%)
4: G2................................................ ........ : 186 (12%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows.............................. : 59 ( 4%)
6: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 53 ( 4%)
7: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (Windows............................. : 43 ( 3%)
8: slrn.............................................. ........ : 40 ( 3%)
9: Xnews............................................. ........ : 34 ( 2%)
10: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... ..... : 23 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0400.............................................. ............ : 440
2: -0700.............................................. ............ : 436
3: UTC............................................... ............. : 296
4: -0500.............................................. ............ : 210
5: +0100............................................. ............. : 57
6: -0600.............................................. ............ : 17
7: +1000............................................. ............. : 15
8: +0200............................................. ............. : 7
9: -0300.............................................. ............ : 4
10: +0800............................................. ............. : 3

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

This report covers 5976 messages written between 2007-08-10 00:07:54 and
2007-09-09 23:44:20

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. Stephen Robinson 3 86.56%
2. Ignoramus14352 4 85.00%
3. John Scheldroup 3 83.43%
4. Calif Bill 5 82.44%
5. Pete C. 57 82.27%
6. 11 82.14%
7. scutt 11 82.01%
8. 6 81.76%
9. raden 5 81.71%
10. Tom 33 81.47%
11. David Billington 10 80.11%
12. Jim Chandler 22 79.88%
13. Gary H. Lucas 3 79.77%
14. Metalcutter 3 79.01%
15. 16 78.91%

A total of 6827731 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
3732990, or 54.67%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Ed Huntress 261 393104 61.7%
2. Cliff 247 203737 58.0%
3. Gunner 201 283064 67.4%
4. Michael A. Terrell 196 228672 67.3%
5. cavelamb himself 153 107896 68.8%
6. Gunner Asch 145 163105 68.2%
7. Wes 141 93958 39.1%
8. Larry Jaques 109 126249 52.3%
9. DoN. Nichols 92 136236 36.5%
10. Monika Krug 87 126940 61.7%
11. Too_Many_Tools 85 203385 71.5%
12. Dave Hinz 76 65976 53.1%
13. Tom Gardner 72 68661 70.1%
14. Jim Wilkins 67 43110 42.6%
15. Karl Townsend 66 33450 31.7%

A total of 725 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 88187 / 4 = 22046
2. Robert Sturgeon 10064 / 4 = 2516 52.1%
3. Scott S. Logan 7254 / 3 = 2418
4. Wild_Bill 21607 / 12 = 1800 33.8%
5. Howard Eisenhauer 6789 / 4 = 1697 17.1%
6. mov edags 41201 / 25 = 1648 55.6%
7. Proctologically ViolatedCoRg entropic3.14d 27644 / 17 = 1626 49.5%
8. Paul K. Dickman 6193 / 4 = 1548 20.0%
9. Andrew VK3BFA 8584 / 6 = 1430 39.9%
10. James Lerch -spam-seeds. 4067 / 3 = 1355 9.5%
11. djenyc 5385 / 4 = 1346 24.3%
12. Stuart Wheaton 18612 / 15 = 1240 51.6%
13. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-asso 51096 / 43 = 1188 27.4%
14. 3442 / 3 = 1147 40.0%
15. Doug White 5621 / 5 = 1124 42.0%

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Places Atheists avoid Was:..what are all these atheists d 445 542263
2. Yes! We're #1! 187 256451
3. Say goodbuy to home shops 174 229594
4. Yes! We're #1! 143 223500
5. Places Atheists avoid Was:..what are all these atheists d 132 157002
6. Bush writes Petraeus' report 103 110069
7. "Wide Stance" Craig 72 86582
8. OT - Out of uniform vets authorized to salute flag 70 75527
9. "Thoughts to ponder for 2007" 65 63093
10. Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs 63 94405
11. OT: Bye Bye Alberto 61 103515
12. Rifle toting robots go into battles in Iraq 60 55281
13. Detroit 353 diesel -- aluminum block? How to tell? 53 69822
14. PV teaches Nutrition ( Ping PV 52 76687
15. Tig welder extension cord 51 63849

A total of 641 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. Microsoft Outlook Express 1277
2. Forte Agent 944
3. G2 715
4. Mozilla 444
5. Forte Free Agent 317
6. slrn 249
7. Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 202
8. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 197
9. Xnews 148
10. MT-NewsWatcher 140
11. Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 138
12. KNode 102
13. Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 97
14. trn 4.0-test76 95
15. Pan 89

A total of 53 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.

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