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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: 1,665 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Mar 31 00:55:10 2008
Latest article: Sun Apr 6 22:55:23 2008
Original articles: 309, replies: 1,356
Total size of posts: 5,791,175 bytes (5,655K) (5.52M)
Average 237 articles per day, 0.79 MB per day, 3,478 bytes per article
Total headers: 2,238 KB bodies: 3,417 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,213 KB, original: 2,057 KB = 62.91%, sigs: 139 KB
Total number of posters: 390, average 14,849 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 351, average 16,499 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: Cliff ............................... ....... : 94
2: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 70
3: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 69
4: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 60
5: Larry Jaques ................... : 49
6: Gunner .................... ...... : 40
7: ................................. : 39
8: Bill Schwab ........................... . : 35
9: Wes ................................ ......... : 32
10: Bob Brock .............................. : 30
11: "Backlash" ........................... .. : 27
12: Don Foreman ................... . : 23
13: F. George McDuffee .......... : 22
14: cavelamb himself ..................... : 22
15: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 21
16: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 20
17: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 20
18: MooseFET .............................. .... : 19
19: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 19
20: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 15

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 253
2: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 248
3: ......................................... : 229
4: Cliff ............................... ....... : 205
5: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 200
6: ................................. : 167
7: Bob Brock .............................. : 119
8: Larry Jaques ................... : 118
9: Bill Schwab ........................... . : 114
10: Gunner .................... ...... : 104
11: ....................................... : 102
12: "Backlash" ........................... .. : 100
13: ........................................ : 92
14: F. George McDuffee .......... : 88
15: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 70
16: MooseFET .............................. .... : 67
17: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 63
18: ...................................... : 59
19: cavelamb himself ..................... : 56
20: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 53

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: ........................................ : 99.85%
2: ......................................... : 99.69%
3: Ned Simmons ................................. . : 78.89%
4: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 77.38%
5: F. George McDuffee .......... : 74.69%
6: "Karl Townsend" .............. : 72.66%
7: " ............................ : 66.98%
8: Steve Ackman .............. : 64.97%
9: John Doe ......................... .... : 64.37%
10: Terryc ......................... : 64.32%
11: Wes ................................ ......... : 62.49%
12: Bill .............................. ........ : 61.72%
13: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 61.11%
14: jon_banquer ........................... . : 60.38%
15: Dan@ (Dan )................................................. ... : 59.84%
16: Al Patrick ................................... .. : 59.58%
17: steamer ............................... ..... : 57.57%
18: Cliff ............................... ....... : 56.52%
19: "Steve Lusardi" ....................... : 56.42%
20: Leon Fisk ......................... ... : 51.60%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: Bob Brock .............................. : 7.46%
2: ................................. : 12.16%
3: Observer .............................. .... : 14.25%
4: "Kadaitcha Man" ............... : 16.05%
5: Myal ............................. ........ : 18.15%
6: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 19.00%
7: Ignoramus14041 ........... : 19.48%
8: Fred Bloggs ............................... . : 20.37%
9: mark ........................... ........ : 20.77%
10: cavelamb himself ..................... : 21.24%
11: Ignoramus20845 ........... : 22.81%
12: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 23.29%
13: Tom .......................... ......... : 23.57%
14: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 24.02%
15: Curly Surmudgeon ................ : 24.80%
16: Gunner .................... ...... : 25.90%
17: clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada......................... : 27.55%
18: "Backlash" ........................... .. : 28.79%
19: MooseFET .............................. .... : 29.06%
20: David Billington ............ : 29.13%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: For Non-Muslims........................................... ..... : 124
2: Lathe update/questions......................................... : 107
3: Recession is a given. Can we avoid a Bush Depression?.......... : 96
4: 4000 and counting ............................................. : 81
5: Voodoo............................................ ............. : 54
6: Recession a Media created myth................................. : 47
7: OT-How to be a Holocaust Revisionist........................... : 40
8: McCain............................................ ............. : 36
9: Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrating............................... : 32
10: Very interesting homemade trailer.............................. : 30
11: Plans to build a Trailer for a Motorcycle to tow?.............. : 28
12: Bulb Tricks............................................ ........ : 28
13: What is it? CCXXVI............................................ . : 26
14: building trailer axles......................................... : 25
15: Lettering on metal............................................. : 25
16: A pattern is emerging.......................................... : 22
17: Clausing 5914 chatter -- solved at last........................ : 21
18: Semi Off Topic: Google Groups.................................. : 20
19: Asscroft gets no-bd contract (winger business as usual)........ : 20
20: Heating the garage shop........................................ : 20

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: For Non-Muslims........................................... ..... : 375
2: Recession is a given. Can we avoid a Bush Depression?.......... : 370
3: Lathe update/questions......................................... : 326
4: 4000 and counting ............................................. : 275
5: Recession a Media created myth................................. : 174
6: Voodoo............................................ ............. : 140
7: Air Jordan Wholesale All of the Air Jordan sneakers have Nike A : 135
8: OT-How to be a Holocaust Revisionist........................... : 104
9: paypal accept sell nike sports shoes,ugg shoes,air max,nike ... : 102
10: Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrating............................... : 96
11: Clausing 5914 chatter -- solved at last........................ : 88
12: McCain............................................ ............. : 81
13: Banks at the public tit...will they choke?..................... : 80
14: Plans to build a Trailer for a Motorcycle to tow?.............. : 79
15: building trailer axles......................................... : 77
16: Bulb Tricks............................................ ........ : 71
17: Very interesting homemade trailer.............................. : 67
18: How to bend 1/4" steel strip................................... : 63
19: What is it? CCXXVI............................................ . : 60
20: Asscroft gets no-bd contract (winger business as usual)........ : 58

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 391
2: alt.aol.tricks.................................... ............. : 252
3: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 232
4: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 165
5: comp.os.linux.misc................................ ............. : 145
6: alt.usage.english................................. ............. : 144
7: rec.sport.soccer.................................. ............. : 144
8: sci.electronics.design............................ ............. : 142
9: alt.impeach.bush.................................. ............. : 107
10: rec.woodworking................................... ............. : 40

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 165
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 67
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 39
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213)........................ : 21
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 18
6: rn................................................ ............. : 10
7: Unknown........................................... ............. : 8
8: Xnews............................................. ............. : 7
9: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480.......................... : 7
10: Pan............................................... ............. : 6

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: G2................................................ ........ : 466 (28%)
2: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 354 (21%)
3: Outlook Express........................................... : 272 (16%)
4: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 128 ( 8%)
5: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 113 ( 7%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows............................. : 76 ( 5%)
7: slrn.............................................. ........ : 51 ( 3%)
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11................................. : 45 ( 3%)
9: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... ..... : 32 ( 2%)
10: Xnews............................................. ........ : 22 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : 466
2: -0400.............................................. ............ : 352
3: -0500.............................................. ............ : 231
4: -0700.............................................. ............ : 229
5: UTC............................................... ............. : 157
6: -0600.............................................. ............ : 79
7: -0800.............................................. ............ : 54
8: -0300.............................................. ............ : 19
9: +0100............................................. ............. : 18
10: +0200............................................. ............. : 16

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

This report covers 7769 messages written between 2008-03-07 00:02:24 and
2008-04-06 23:57:13

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. Art Deco 4 91.76%
2. Bob Brock 48 89.62%
3. Ignoramus25365 5 89.14%
4. Jim Insolo 5 88.68%
5. Bob 5 87.91%
6. Myal 21 87.61%
7. Kadaitcha Man 24 86.99%
8. 76 86.06%
9. Jim Chandler 50 85.78%
10. Daniel 7 85.60%
11. Jeb 19 85.50%
12. Mark F 11 85.36%
13. Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) 3 85.30%
14. Observer 20 85.02%
15. Rex 45 84.93%

A total of 13900524 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
6040809, or 43.46%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Ed Huntress 351 793099 8.3%
2. Cliff 331 338542 48.6%
3. Too_Many_Tools 325 802135 12.5%
4. Michael A. Terrell 319 266829 55.0%
5. Larry Jaques 258 321883 54.0%
6. Gunner 234 304438 72.1%
7. Gunner Asch 188 327991 52.5%
8. Wes 184 109037 46.5%
9. Hawke 167 425285 60.3%
F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-associates. 167 392850 18.6%
11. Don Foreman 142 184026 59.6%
12. cavelamb himself 131 142198 67.7%
13. Tom Gardner 97 101697 67.9%
14. Pete C. 84 100261 76.3%
15. 76 143069 86.1%

A total of 915 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. 85284 / 3 = 28428
2. 67988 / 3 = 22662
3. 215598 / 11 = 19599
4. 57377 / 3 = 19125
5. Statistics 79754 / 5 = 15950
6. 110622 / 7 = 15803
7. 47109 / 3 = 15703
8. 45477 / 3 = 15159
9. 84911 / 6 = 14151
10. 56536 / 4 = 14134
11. 80808 / 6 = 13468
12. 12345678 160984 / 13 = 12383
13. 35297 / 3 = 11765
14. 64400 / 6 = 10733
15. n+s+m+tm a+y+m+a+n+ 36925 / 4 = 9231 1.1%

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Bulb Tricks 179 234080
2. Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrating 177 289819
3. McCain 160 156364
4. Recession is a given. Can we avoid a Bush Depression? 157 385963
5. OT - The Affluent, Too, Couldn't Resist Adjustable Rates 156 250028
6. 4000 and counting ... 152 223722
7. still work out there - MN 150 222503
8. OT: 2nd Amendment case 143 456653
9. Truckers slowing down to save fuel..how about you? 132 217323
10. OT: when to shoot back 127 169388
11. For Non-Muslims 123 187802
12. reducing the cost of labor 116 296985
13. Foreclosed Homes: Compliments of George Bush 115 206774
14. Oops...A CCW Owner Does It Again 113 179063
15. Cleaning solvent 110 99902

A total of 1118 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. G2 1657
2. Microsoft Outlook Express 1424
3. Forte Agent 1370
4. Forte Free Agent 537
5. Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 485
6. Mozilla 474
7. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 325
8. slrn 296
9. Xnews 145
10. MT-NewsWatcher 135
11. Microsoft Windows Mail 72
12. Pan 49
13. MicroPlanet-Gravity 40
14. Microsoft Internet News 36
15. tin 32

A total of 48 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.

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