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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: 1,601 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Jan 28 00:55:17 2008
Latest article: Sun Feb 3 22:55:23 2008
Original articles: 156, replies: 1,445
Total size of posts: 4,265,162 bytes (4,165K) (4.07M)
Average 228 articles per day, 0.58 MB per day, 2,664 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,937 KB bodies: 2,227 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,114 KB, original: 942 KB = 45.83%, sigs: 163 KB
Total number of posters: 319, average 13,370 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 191, average 22,330 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: Cliff ............................... ....... : 99
2: Gunner .................... ...... : 89
3: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 87
4: mariposas rand mair fheal ............... : 39
5: F. George McDuffee .......... : 36
6: Wes ................................ ......... : 35
7: Larry Jaques ................... : 30
8: Curly Surmudgeon ....................... : 28
9: Dan ............................ ......... : 26
10: " ............................ : 26
11: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 26
12: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 25
13: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 23
14: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 22
15: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 21
16: ................................. : 21
17: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 20
18: Louis Ohland ............................ .. : 19
19: Don Foreman ................... . : 19
20: Jon Elson ................................. ... : 18

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 260
2: Cliff ............................... ....... : 235
3: Gunner .................... ...... : 191
4: Curly Surmudgeon ....................... : 102
5: F. George McDuffee .......... : 97
6: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 95
7: mariposas rand mair fheal ............... : 94
8: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 93
9: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 81
10: Dan ............................ ......... : 80
11: " ............................ : 80
12: ................................. : 77
13: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 76
14: Larry Jaques ................... : 72
15: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 64
16: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 64
17: Don Foreman ................... . : 60
18: Brent ........................... ....... : 55
19: Bob Brock .............................. : 54
20: "Tom Gardner" ................... . : 51

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: "Leo Lichtman" ................... : 90.08%
2: Bob AZ .............................. ..... : 81.51%
3: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 78.33%
4: Ecnerwal .............. .... : 76.75%
5: Richard J Kinch ............................ : 75.55%
6: axolotl ............................. ..... : 70.34%
7: Nick Mueller ............................ .. : 70.10%
8: F. George McDuffee .......... : 69.65%
9: Bill .............................. ........ : 68.55%
10: "SteveB" .................... .... : 67.60%
11: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 66.65%
12: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 63.63%
13: Joe Pfeiffer .......................... .. : 63.25%
14: Ned Simmons ................................. . : 62.59%
15: Rich Grise ................................ .. : 60.31%
16: "William Noble" ........................... : 58.66%
17: Dave Hinz .............................. ... : 57.78%
18: mariposas rand mair fheal ............... : 56.36%
19: Larry Jaques ................... : 55.63%
20: "Carl Byrns" ........................ .. : 55.46%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: Rex ............................ ......... : 11.08%
2: BostonBlackie© .................. : 11.63%
3: JR North ..................... .... : 11.89%
4: ................................. : 12.11%
5: Bob Brock .............................. : 12.97%
6: Daedalus ............................ .... : 16.26%
7: Ignoramus17662 ........... : 18.79%
8: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 19.22%
9: "Tom Gardner" ................... . : 19.69%
10: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 23.03%
11: Ignoramus18705 ........... : 26.01%
12: "Greg O" ......................... .... : 26.77%
13: Ignoramus19508 ........... : 26.83%
14: cavalamb himself ..................... : 27.33%
15: Curly Surmudgeon ....................... : 30.01%
16: Dan ............................ ......... : 31.28%
17: Brent ........................... ....... : 31.40%
18: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 32.59%
19: clare at snyder.on.ca...................................... .... : 32.84%
20: Lew Hartswick ...................... . : 33.28%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: A Surge of More Lies........................................... : 356
2: Desoldering question (Miller XMT welder repair)................ : 98
3: Retraining........................................ ............. : 56
4: Shop heating question.......................................... : 54
5: Huge changes in eBay feedback.................................. : 52
6: Car Batteries......................................... ......... : 50
7: 48 volt car elect not going to happen.......................... : 43
8: Inbox Trivia............................................ ....... : 42
9: OT - Political : Illegals may be registering to vote........... : 32
10: What is it? CCXXVII........................................... . : 32
11: OT; clock running backwards?................................... : 29
12: 1/29/2008.............................................. ........ : 28
13: OT; Is scientific process flawed?.............................. : 27
14: Another Car Battery question................................... : 27
15: Where does the term "clapped out" come from?................... : 26
16: OT - Got broadband?........................................ .... : 24
17: Lead linked to aging in older brains........................... : 24
18: Back to school...NOT!!!................................... ..... : 22
19: Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure........................... : 21
20: Clausing 5900 Collet Holder photos............................. : 17

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: A Surge of More Lies........................................... : 1055
2: Desoldering question (Miller XMT welder repair)................ : 252
3: Retraining........................................ ............. : 173
4: Shop heating question.......................................... : 152
5: Clausing 5900 Collet Holder photos............................. : 136
6: Inbox Trivia............................................ ....... : 133
7: Huge changes in eBay feedback.................................. : 130
8: Car Batteries......................................... ......... : 104
9: 48 volt car elect not going to happen.......................... : 102
10: OT - Political : Illegals may be registering to vote........... : 90
11: 1/29/2008.............................................. ........ : 67
12: OT - Got broadband?........................................ .... : 64
13: OT; Is scientific process flawed?.............................. : 63
14: OT; clock running backwards?................................... : 57
15: Testing FatMax TLM 100 laser measure........................... : 57
16: What is it? CCXXVII........................................... . : 56
17: Another Car Battery question................................... : 54
18: Back to school...NOT!!!................................... ..... : 53
19: Lead linked to aging in older brains........................... : 53
20: Where does the term "clapped out" come from?................... : 45

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 448
2: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 386
3: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 372
4: alt.aol.tricks.................................... ............. : 282
5: sci.engr.joining.welding.......................... ............. : 64
6: sci.electronics.repair............................ ............. : 64
7: .................................................. ............ : 50
8: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............ : 47
9: comp.cad.solidworks............................... ............. : 45
10: misc.survivalism.................................. ............ : 42

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 97
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 66
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 28
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031)......................... : 20
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 17
6: rn................................................ ............. : 14
7: Unknown........................................... ............. : 13
8: Xnews............................................. ............. : 9
9: Pan............................................... ............. : 8
10: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480.......................... : 7

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Outlook Express........................................... : 303 (19%)
2: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 297 (19%)
3: G2................................................ ........ : 237 (15%)
4: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 149 ( 9%)
5: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 147 ( 9%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows.............................. : 110 ( 7%)
7: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... ..... : 76 ( 5%)
8: slrn.............................................. ........ : 68 ( 4%)
9: unknown........................................... ........ : 52 ( 3%)
10: Xnews............................................. ........ : 35 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0500.............................................. ............ : 423
2: -0800.............................................. ............ : 343
3: -0600.............................................. ............ : 286
4: UTC............................................... ............. : 247
5: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 237
6: -0700.............................................. ............ : 33
7: +0100............................................. ............. : 17
8: +0900............................................. ............. : 5
9: +1300............................................. ............. : 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 5916 messages written between 2008-01-04 00:10:22 and
2008-02-03 23:34:41

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. 21 88.17%
2. SE¤�hwCuœf 27 87.55%
3. JimL 3 87.27%
4. Bob Brock 22 87.25%
5. Protagonist 7 86.30%
6. Rex 10 86.14%
7. Tom 27 84.65%
8. Jim Chandler 11 84.06%
9. Bob 5 83.49%
10. Jeff Wisnia 4 82.64%
11. Ignoramus13999 6 82.62%
12. Stephen Robinson 3 82.19%
13. Ignoramus17333 4 81.51%
14. Ignoramus17662 5 81.40%
15. Snag 6 81.18%

A total of 7395222 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
3870400, or 52.34%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Gunner 315 363600 71.4%
2. Cliff 242 285927 54.8%
3. Ed Huntress 241 454721 56.9%
4. Larry Jaques 152 195997 50.9%
5. mariposas rand mair fheal 125 149378 52.3%
6. Wes 122 61049 51.9%
7. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-associates. 102 158691 24.3%
8. DoN. Nichols 99 229177 42.9%
9. Too_Many_Tools 94 158906 63.7%
10. Pete C. 90 112716 76.4%
11. Gunner Asch 89 112735 62.5%
12. Christopher Tidy 86 74887 66.2%
13. Michael A. Terrell 83 75702 59.1%
14. Don Foreman 81 109785 52.0%
15. Louis Ohland 78 66546 64.8%

A total of 636 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. jessie 94927 / 3 = 31642
2. Statistics 108888 / 7 = 15555
3. 43377 / 3 = 14459 0.1%
4. wwwhsshoppingcom 26586 / 3 = 8862
5. 88059355 25066 / 6 = 4177
6. DenisBigbonusID06153 12356 / 3 = 4118
7. globwholesale 9302 / 3 = 3100
8. Mastic not@thisaddress 18498 / 6 = 3083 3.2%
9. 86watches 18352 / 8 = 2294
10. 86bags 6831 / 3 = 2277
11. 6060 / 3 = 2020
12. 5712 / 3 = 1904
13. 5635 / 3 = 1878
14. Scott S. Logan 9270 / 5 = 1854 4.9%
15. Don Kelly 10999 / 6 = 1833 32.6%

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. A Surge of More Lies 356 552554
2. OT - Thought for the day 118 178728
3. Punched a hole in my gas tank last night 114 115372
4. Axis of Idiots; Oh Look! Gunner Just ****ed Six Feet! Bet 113 188806
5. Armed Store Customer Foils Armed Holdup 110 174969
OT; Is scientific process flawed? 110 118144
7. Are higher grade bolts more brittle? 103 111772
8. Desoldering question (Miller XMT welder repair) 98 127728
9. Retraining 86 163087
10. Bush exempts Navy from environmental laws 75 102871
11. Fixing Welding Holes 70 68330
12. Good News for Wingers !!! 65 86362
13. A serious discussion about the need for more gun control 63 129535
CHEAP, SAFE generator xfer switch? 63 72340
15. Of Interest -metalworking..uranium 61 88203

A total of 571 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. Microsoft Outlook Express 1204
2. Forte Agent 1155
3. G2 737
4. Mozilla 538
5. Forte Free Agent 384
6. Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 316
7. slrn 287
8. MT-NewsWatcher 242
9. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 115
10. Xnews 93
11. KNode 77
12. Microsoft Windows Mail 62
13. Pan 52
tin 52
15. Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 50

A total of 45 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.

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