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I wonder what crapped out this time.....

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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: 1,775 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon May 26 00:55:07 2008
Latest article: Sun Jun 1 22:55:35 2008
Original articles: 104, replies: 1,671
Total size of posts: 5,421,762 bytes (5,294K) (5.17M)
Average 253 articles per day, 0.74 MB per day, 3,054 bytes per article
Total headers: 2,441 KB bodies: 2,852 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,808 KB, original: 820 KB = 31.22%, sigs: 217 KB
Total number of posters: 269, average 20,155 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 139, average 39,005 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 35

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Aratzio ........................ ..... : 208
2: Cliff ............................... ....... : 185
3: Bob Brock .............................. : 140
4: mariposas rand mair fheal ............... : 104
5: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 77
6: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 41
7: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 39
8: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 33
9: Larry Jaques ................... : 31
10: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 27
11: Why ..................................... ......... : 23
12: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 21
13: "Dave August" ....................... . : 21
14: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 20
15: Wes ................................ ......... : 20
16: strabo ........................... ...... : 19
17: D Murphy ........................... .... : 19
18: F. George McDuffee .......... : 18
19: Jim Chandler ................................. .. : 16
20: cavelamb himself ..................... : 16

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Aratzio ........................ ..... : 758
2: Bob Brock .............................. : 533
3: Cliff ............................... ....... : 395
4: mariposas rand mair fheal ............... : 346
5: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 223
6: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 221
7: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 155
8: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 144
9: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 117
10: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 80
11: strabo ........................... ...... : 77
12: Larry Jaques ................... : 75
13: "Dave August" ....................... . : 65
14: Why ..................................... ......... : 64
15: F. George McDuffee .......... : 64
16: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 56
17: D Murphy ........................... .... : 54
18: " .............. : 54
19: Jeff McCann ............................. . : 51
20: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 48

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: John2005 ....................... .... : 97.47%
2: "Robert Swinney" ........................... : 81.00%
3: F. George McDuffee .......... : 76.80%
4: "Karl Townsend" .............. : 72.37%
5: Tim May ...................... ..... : 70.49%
6: "Michael Koblic" ........................ : 67.91%
7: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 63.30%
8: Wes ................................ ......... : 58.42%
9: "William Noble" ........................... : 55.20%
10: "Steve W." ............................. .. : 54.72%
11: Larry Jaques ................... : 54.48%
12: Ned Simmons ................................. . : 53.60%
13: "Tom Gardner" ................... . : 50.73%
14: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 50.63%
15: (Doug Miller).............................. : 50.41%
16: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 49.69%
17: Modat22 ............................... ..... : 48.67%
18: oldjag .......................... ...... : 46.81%
19: ............................................. : 44.58%
20: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 43.60%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: " .............. : 9.10%
2: Bob Brock .............................. : 10.83%
3: ................................. : 12.14%
4: Jim Stewart ............................ . : 14.01%
5: Jim Chandler ................................. .. : 14.83%
6: Curly Surmudgeon ............. : 14.90%
7: (DaveB)......................................... : 15.40%
8: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 15.66%
9: Gunner .................... ...... : 16.25%
10: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 18.43%
11: Aratzio ........................ ..... : 21.63%
12: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 21.87%
13: "Den" ........................... ....... : 21.90%
14: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 22.57%
15: cavelamb himself ..................... : 23.37%
16: Tim Wescott ............................ . : 23.53%
17: strabo ........................... ...... : 23.65%
18: jon_banquer ........................... . : 24.09%
19: Why ..................................... ......... : 24.10%
20: Dan ............................ ......... : 25.06%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: How to REALLY cut US taxes..................................... : 623
2: OT..How come we still export oil to Japan?..................... : 147
3: OT- The gun is civilization.................................... : 104
4: IN OBAMA'S OWN WORDS........................................... : 54
5: ZIP drive to swap.............................................. : 38
6: Sad Comment about McMaster-Carr................................ : 38
7: Painted a Wilton machinist vise, maybe it is nuts.............. : 33
8: How to mill a flat surface..................................... : 31
9: 220-440v transformer....................................... .... : 27
10: Basic 3D & CAD programs........................................ : 24
11: electric stun fish............................................. : 23
12: OT: Very Expensive Weed Whacking............................... : 23
13: Four years late ............................................... : 21
14: OT but has content........................................... .. : 20
15: Clausing 5914 - Test Report Requirements....................... : 20
16: Best paint color for a Wilton machinist vise................... : 20
17: What is it? Set 234............................................ : 19
18: Obamas plans for the US........................................ : 19
19: Pre-hard machinable steel with highest compressive yield streng : 18
20: 99,000 people died............................................. : 18

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: How to REALLY cut US taxes..................................... : 2086
2: OT..How come we still export oil to Japan?..................... : 413
3: OT- The gun is civilization.................................... : 354
4: Continuing lathe chatter (from people now, not the lathe. :-).. : 280
5: IN OBAMA'S OWN WORDS........................................... : 146
6: Sad Comment about McMaster-Carr................................ : 100
7: ZIP drive to swap.............................................. : 88
8: Painted a Wilton machinist vise, maybe it is nuts.............. : 78
9: How to mill a flat surface..................................... : 76
10: Clausing 5914 - Test Report Requirements....................... : 70
11: Obamas plans for the US........................................ : 56
12: Four years late ............................................... : 55
13: 220-440v transformer....................................... .... : 52
14: OT: Very Expensive Weed Whacking............................... : 50
15: Basic 3D & CAD programs........................................ : 49
16: what are some ways to remove cylinder sleeves in an old engine. : 46
17: OT but has content........................................... .. : 44
18: Ebay stuff...what do I with with em?........................... : 43
19: 99,000 people died............................................. : 43
20: engine problems.......................................... ...... : 42

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 995
2: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 961
3: alt.aol.tricks.................................... ............. : 870
4: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 849
5: rec.woodworking................................... ............. : 52
6: sci.electronics.components........................ ............. : 37
7: alt.home.repair................................... ............. : 37
8: sci.engr.joining.welding.......................... ............. : 32
9: alt.global-warming........................................... .. : 25
10: sci.electronics.repair............................ ............. : 20

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 77
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 57
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 32
4: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 20
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421)........................ : 16
6: rn................................................ ............. : 10
7: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... .......... : 9
8: Unknown........................................... ............. : 8
9: Forte Free Agent............................................. .. : 7
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: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 528 (30%)
2: Outlook Express........................................... : 331 (19%)
3: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 224 (13%)
4: G2................................................ ........ : 166 ( 9%)
5: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... ..... : 148 ( 8%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows............................. : 100 ( 6%)
7: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 99 ( 6%)
8: slrn.............................................. ........ : 49 ( 3%)
9: Xnews............................................. ........ : 26 ( 1%)
10: unknown........................................... ........ : 23 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0400.............................................. ............ : 585
2: -0700.............................................. ............ : 500
3: -0500.............................................. ............ : 245
4: UTC............................................... ............. : 213
5: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : 166
6: +0100............................................. ............. : 20
7: -0800.............................................. ............ : 13
8: -0600.............................................. ............ : 12
9: +0200............................................. ............. : 6
10: -0300.............................................. ............ : 6

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

This report covers 6491 messages written between 2008-05-02 00:12:28 and 2008-06-01
23:41:36

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. Myal 15 90.53%
2. Mark F 7 89.42%
3. Bob Brock 187 88.12%
4. 18 87.28%
5. Rev. 11D Meow! 6 87.05%
6. Jim Stewart 11 86.36%
7. DaveB 18 86.04%
8. 21 85.91%
9. tad 7 85.43%
10. Ken Sterling 3 85.01%
11. Wolf 253 55 84.85%
12. Rex 18 84.26%
13. Toilet Pepper 8 84.05%
14. Jim Chandler 32 83.34%
15. 27 82.92%

A total of 9804856 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which 5842962, or 59.59%,
were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Cliff 457 470922 61.7%
2. Ed Huntress 353 766692 6.7%
3. Gunner 289 420160 70.0%
4. Aratzio 273 628401 6.6%
5. mariposas rand mair fheal 263 338750 60.5%
6. Bob Brock 187 375099 88.1%
7. Wes 158 102100 46.3%
8. Hawke 148 374065 59.3%
9. Larry Jaques 146 225423 57.4%
10. John R. Carroll 137 239352 58.6%
11. Martin H. Eastburn 92 176603 56.7%
12. Joseph Gwinn 88 417236 71.8%
13. DoN. Nichols 86 394091 62.0%
14. Gunner Asch 85 123316 59.6%
15. cavelamb himself 83 71719 77.4%

A total of 667 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 79611 / 5 = 15922
2. 15800 / 3 = 5266
3. 15200 / 3 = 5066
4. $B".Us6H(BIGBT$BnyS4".(B lima137141025 17576 / 4 = 4394
5. 10580 / 3 = 3526
6. Ignoramus22089 11659 / 4 = 2914 15.5%
7. Scott S. Logan 7254 / 3 = 2418
8. sittingduck 7149 / 3 = 2383 17.9%
9. 55422 / 24 = 2309
10. 8407 / 4 = 2101
11. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-asso144534 / 74 = 1953 18.1%
12. DoN. Nichols 149885 / 86 = 1742 62.0%
13. Andrew Erickson 5032 / 3 = 1677 4.1%
14. sweet&soft 5914 / 4 = 1478
15. Joseph Gwinn 117666 / 88 = 1337 71.8%

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. How to REALLY cut US taxes 1072 1922755
2. How to REALLY cut US taxes - ID, deporting 258 383649
3. crude oil's record ascent to solidly above $121 per barre 254 386633
4. OT:McCain's War Record 195 339194
5. OT..How come we still export oil to Japan? 158 197395
6. Obamas plans for the US 157 348081
7. OK which is it Global Warming or Cooling? 139 300371
8. Sami 124 218166
9. OT- The gun is civilization 120 228714
10. OT_Rev.Wright 92 158933
11. Hardince HC Chucker -- someone needs help 71 94517
12. Kennedy 58 54987
13. IN OBAMA'S OWN WORDS............ 54 78103
14. If ya don't feel good ... pay attention! 52 76414
15. Bush was satisfied... 50 111647

A total of 697 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. Forte Agent 1397
2. Microsoft Outlook Express 1345
3. G2 760
4. Forte Free Agent 589
5. MT-NewsWatcher 410
6. Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 383
7. Mozilla 333
8. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 264
9. slrn 226
10. Xnews 137
11. Microsoft Windows Mail 72
12. Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 55
Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 55
14. Microsoft Internet News 41
15. Pan 32

A total of 40 different programs (not counting different versions) were identified.

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