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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: 1,784 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Mar 10 17:26:43 2008
Latest article: Sun Mar 16 23:55:22 2008
Original articles: 228, replies: 1,556
Total size of posts: 5,108,008 bytes (4,988K) (4.87M)
Average 254 articles per day, 0.70 MB per day, 2,863 bytes per article
Total headers: 2,187 KB bodies: 2,800 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,319 KB, original: 1,263 KB = 48.91%, sigs: 207 KB
Total number of posters: 373, average 13,694 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 279, average 18,308 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 43

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 99
2: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 74
3: Larry Jaques ................... : 57
4: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 57
5: Gunner .................... ...... : 56
6: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 56
7: Cliff ............................... ....... : 56
8: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 46
9: Wes ................................ ......... : 45
10: Don Foreman ................... . : 44
11: Bruce in Bangkok ...................... : 39
12: F. George McDuffee .......... : 35
13: "SteveB" ............................. .... : 32
14: cavelamb himself ..................... : 26
15: Millwright Ron ..................... : 25
16: clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada......................... : 25
17: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 25
18: Dave Hinz .............................. ... : 21
19: Lew Hartswick ...................... . : 20
20: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 18

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 294
2: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 202
3: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 194
4: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 169
5: Larry Jaques ................... : 152
6: Bruce in Bangkok ...................... : 143
7: Gunner .................... ...... : 135
8: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 134
9: Cliff ............................... ....... : 134
10: F. George McDuffee .......... : 117
11: Don Foreman ................... . : 106
12: Millwright Ron ..................... : 105
13: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 87
14: clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada......................... : 76
15: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 70
16: Wes ................................ ......... : 68
17: cavelamb himself ..................... : 64
18: "SteveB" ............................. .... : 61
19: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 61
20: Tim Wescott ............................ . : 50

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: Richard J Kinch ............................ : 83.74%
2: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 80.22%
3: "Leo Lichtman" ................... : 79.97%
4: F. George McDuffee .......... : 76.28%
5: "Roger Shoaf" .......................... . : 75.40%
6: John Martin .............................. . : 71.80%
7: spaco .............................. : 68.75%
8: "William Wixon" ....................... : 63.64%
9: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 62.96%
10: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 61.97%
11: "Bob in Phx" ............................. .. : 61.92%
12: Jon Elson ............................. : 58.44%
13: "SteveB" ............................. .... : 54.40%
14: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 52.37%
15: Ned Simmons ................................. . : 51.43%
16: "Joe AutoDrill" ........................... : 51.32%
17: "William Noble" ........................... : 49.62%
18: ........................................ : 49.47%
19: Wes ................................ ......... : 47.54%
20: Ignoramus11215 ........... : 47.45%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: Millwright Ron ..................... : 13.88%
2: cavelamb himself ..................... : 14.26%
3: Jim Chandler ................................. .. : 14.57%
4: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 16.08%
5: Nicholas ............................ .... : 16.28%
6: (Doug Miller).............................. : 17.32%
7: Curly Surmudgeon ................ : 20.73%
8: David Billington ............ : 21.18%
9: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 22.58%
10: Abrasha ............................. ..... : 23.54%
11: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 24.20%
12: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 24.35%
13: Joe Pfeiffer .......................... .. : 24.84%
14: BostonBlackie© .................. : 26.07%
15: Rex ............................ ......... : 26.23%
16: Tim Wescott ............................ . : 27.11%
17: Winston .......................... ..... : 28.11%
18: Bruce in Bangkok ...................... : 28.63%
19: ................................. : 28.74%
20: "Tom Gardner" ................... . : 29.18%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: reducing the cost of labor..................................... : 111
2: OT: when to shoot back......................................... : 106
3: Winger Radio Love Fest......................................... : 87
4: Transporting 2 tons in a 1 ton pickup truck.................... : 54
5: adding water to fuel........................................... : 46
6: Union workers make more money $................................ : 38
7: Sorta OT.... Virus problems may affect us...................... : 37
8: OT: Anti-bumpers........................................... .... : 34
9: Battery question.......................................... ..... : 33
10: THIS GROUP IS DEAD............................................. : 33
11: She's home gloat............................................. .. : 32
12: Clarke 130EN............................................. ...... : 30
13: OT: 2nd Amendment case......................................... : 28
14: Yes Bobby, there is a God!..................................... : 28
15: Machine shop estimating help, please?.......................... : 27
16: Rec Crafts Politics.......................................... .. : 27
17: Carbon fiber can so break!..................................... : 26
18: Metal protection question (truck bed liner).................... : 25
19: Admiral Fallon disposed of by wingers.......................... : 24
20: The Brits are utterly Daft..................................... : 24

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: reducing the cost of labor..................................... : 424
2: OT: when to shoot back......................................... : 275
3: Winger Radio Love Fest......................................... : 235
4: adding water to fuel........................................... : 164
5: OT: 2nd Amendment case......................................... : 159
6: Clausing 5914 and Dickson Toolpost............................. : 136
7: Transporting 2 tons in a 1 ton pickup truck.................... : 135
8: Union workers make more money $................................ : 130
9: Sorta OT.... Virus problems may affect us...................... : 97
10: OT: Anti-bumpers........................................... .... : 75
11: Battery question.......................................... ..... : 74
12: OT when to shoot back...................................... : 71
13: Clarke 130EN............................................. ...... : 69
14: Machine shop estimating help, please?.......................... : 68
15: Yes Bobby, there is a God!..................................... : 68
16: Metal protection question (truck bed liner).................... : 65
17: She's home gloat............................................. .. : 64
18: Poverty in the US.............................................. : 61
19: Alternatives to aluminum tube.................................. : 59
20: THIS GROUP IS DEAD............................................. : 56

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 186
2: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 178
3: alt.aol.tricks.................................... ............. : 153
4: alt.impeach.bush.................................. ............. : 127
5: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 77
6: sci.engr.joining.welding.......................... ............. : 26
7: scruz.general..................................... ............. : 20
8: ba.mountain-folk.............................................. . : 20
9: rec.woodworking................................... ............. : 12
10: rec.puzzles....................................... ............. : 12

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 151
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 61
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 43
4: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 22
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213)........................ : 20
6: rn................................................ ............. : 14
7: Xnews............................................. ............. : 7
8: Unknown........................................... ............. : 7
9: Forte Free Agent............................................. .. : 7
10: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480.......................... : 5

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 442 (25%)
2: G2................................................ ........ : 368 (21%)
3: Outlook Express........................................... : 324 (18%)
4: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 242 (14%)
5: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 100 ( 6%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows............................. : 67 ( 4%)
7: slrn.............................................. ........ : 67 ( 4%)
8: Xnews............................................. ........ : 25 ( 1%)
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh........................... : 18 ( 1%)
10: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155......................... : 16 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : 368
2: -0400.............................................. ............ : 308
3: -0500.............................................. ............ : 270
4: -0700.............................................. ............ : 255
5: UTC............................................... ............. : 221
6: -0600.............................................. ............ : 174
7: -0800.............................................. ............ : 127
8: +0700............................................. ............. : 39
9: -0300.............................................. ............ : 8
10: +0900............................................. ............. : 5

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

This report covers 6577 messages written between 2008-02-17 00:00:18 and
2008-03-16 23:22:38

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. ah 8 98.14%
2. Daedalus 9 94.83%
3. Art Deco 10 94.05%
4. Myal 4 91.08%
5. 4 88.50%
6. Sid9 3 87.11%
7. Lamont Cranston 3 86.81%
8. Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) 7 85.25%
9. Rex 56 85.10%
10. John \"C\" 7 85.08%
11. My Conscience 22 84.00%
12. Ignoramus4762 4 83.98%
13. Randy Replogle 6 83.56%
14. Jim Chandler 31 83.47%
15. EdDiffeye 3 83.06%

A total of 11139904 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
5609104, or 50.35%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Ed Huntress 316 730853 4.7%
2. Michael A. Terrell 310 281833 61.4%
3. Gunner 286 471750 67.1%
4. Cliff 259 312960 60.2%
5. Larry Jaques 162 233511 50.1%
6. Hawke 161 431556 60.9%
7. Gunner Asch 150 218339 58.1%
8. Wes 125 54611 50.1%
9. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-associates. 121 242682 17.0%
10. mariposas rand mair fheal 117 118954 54.0%
11. Tom Gardner 105 120830 71.2%
12. Too_Many_Tools 102 220813 78.7%
13. SteveB 97 122145 60.6%
14. DoN. Nichols 75 293750 49.2%
15. Don Foreman 73 102078 56.8%

A total of 800 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. Darkstar 591070 / 5 = 118214
7.3%
2. 181810 / 6 = 30301
3. Statistics 64731 / 5 = 12946
4. The Rifleman 106896 / 9 = 11877 9.7%
5. 25401 / 3 = 8467
6. 100770 / 15 = 6718 0.0%
7. 17278 / 3 = 5759
8. 17030 / 3 = 5676
9. TRMF4445 20230 / 4 = 5057
10. 14542 / 3 = 4847
11. 17970 / 4 = 4492 4.0%
12. 12650 / 3 = 4216
13. 12360 / 3 = 4120
14. 11923 / 3 = 3974
15. 11857 / 3 = 3952

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Poverty in the US 296 529861
2. Inbox Trivia 265 385781
3. House Holds Bush Confidants in Contempt 242 430317
4. Shorts for Gunner 158 317087
5. reducing the cost of labor 111 286831
6. OT: when to shoot back 106 140607
7. RON PAUL: THE CENSORSHIP CONTINUES 99 162511
8. Winger Radio Love Fest 91 131258
9. Union workers make more money $ 86 122478
Automotive Oil filters, creepers 86 82319
11. Boring a hole question... 80 114752
12. Ohio Job Losses 67 128099
'puter repair 67 60721
14. NOMINATION: Gunner Asch - Pathetic Anal Pineapple was: Ho 65 186782
15. Secession 63 116621

A total of 780 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. Microsoft Outlook Express 1401
2. Forte Agent 1166
3. G2 1031
4. Forte Free Agent 421
5. Mozilla 376
6. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 272
7. slrn 244
8. MT-NewsWatcher 237
9. Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 221
10. Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 178
11. Xnews 129
12. Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 59
13. Microsoft Windows Mail 54
14. Pan 42
15. tin 34

A total of 54 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.

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"SteveB" wrote:

What do I win?


Well, if you are using your real email address, extra bonus spam!

Wes

"Wes" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote:

What do I win?


Well, if you are using your real email address, extra bonus spam!

Wes

LOL!!

--
Ed Huntress

What do I win?

"Wes" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote:

What do I win?


Well, if you are using your real email address, extra bonus spam!

Wes

If you read the stats, you'll find that you don't need to get home delivery.

The toplist of original content is almost completely filled with spammers.


Paul K. Dickman

Toplist of original content per message (of people who have written at
least three messages)

Place Name Orig. / Msgs = PrMsg
Quoted
1. Darkstar 591070 / 5 = 118214
7.3%
2. 181810 / 6 = 30301
3. Statistics 64731 / 5 = 12946
4. The Rifleman 106896 / 9 = 11877
9.7%
5. 25401 / 3 = 8467
6. 100770 / 15 = 6718
0.0%
7. 17278 / 3 = 5759
8. 17030 / 3 = 5676
9. TRMF4445 20230 / 4 = 5057
10. 14542 / 3 = 4847
11. 17970 / 4 = 4492
4.0%
12. 12650 / 3 = 4216
13. 12360 / 3 = 4120
14. 11923 / 3 = 3974
15. 11857 / 3 = 3952

"Paul K. Dickman" wrote:


"Wes" wrote in message
...
"SteveB" wrote:

What do I win?


Well, if you are using your real email address, extra bonus spam!

Wes

If you read the stats, you'll find that you don't need to get home delivery.

The toplist of original content is almost completely filled with spammers.


Paul K. Dickman

Toplist of original content per message (of people who have written at
least three messages)



The switch forte made from supernews to easynews brought a lot more spam to
my inbox.

Wes