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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: 1,523 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Sep 8 00:55:11 2008
Latest article: Sun Sep 14 22:56:38 2008
Original articles: 90, replies: 1,433
Total size of posts: 4,567,004 bytes (4,459K) (4.36M)
Average 217 articles per day, 0.62 MB per day, 2,998 bytes per article
Total headers: 2,153 KB bodies: 2,306 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,159 KB, original: 837 KB = 41.93%, sigs: 298 KB
Total number of posters: 281, average 16,252 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 157, average 29,089 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: Larry Jaques ................... : 93
2: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 81
3: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 78
4: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 70
5: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 51
6: Cliff ............................... ....... : 39
7: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 38
8: Wes ................................ ......... : 35
9: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 32
10: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 31
11: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 27
12: RB ............................ .......... : 24
13: Don Foreman ................... . : 23
14: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 22
15: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 21
16: Winston .......................... ..... : 21
17: Jon Anderson ....................... .. : 19
18: F. George McDuffee .......... : 18
19: "Harold and Susan Vordos" ..................... : 17
20: Gunner .................... ...... : 16

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Larry Jaques ................... : 281
2: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 271
3: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 260
4: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 258
5: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 162
6: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 129
7: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 103
8: Cliff ............................... ....... : 86
9: ......................................... : 83
10: RB ............................ .......... : 78
11: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 73
12: The Black Goat With A Thousand Young : 67
13: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 66
14: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 65
15: Wes ................................ ......... : 59
16: F. George McDuffee .......... : 58
17: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 58
18: Don Foreman ................... . : 51
19: Snarky ..................... ...... : 49
20: ................................. : 46

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: steamer ............................... ..... : 91.30%
2: "Leo Lichtman" ................... : 85.18%
3: F. George McDuffee .......... : 83.94%
4: Jon Anderson ....................... .. : 83.05%
5: "azotic" .................................. .... : 79.19%
6: "Stupendous Man" ............................... : 78.38%
7: "Michael Koblic" ........................ : 68.53%
8: " ............................ : 64.78%
9: Wes ................................ ......... : 62.99%
10: "Wild_Bill" ...................... . : 62.81%
11: Ned Simmons ................................. . : 62.70%
12: "Karl Townsend" .............. : 61.73%
13: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 60.35%
14: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 59.56%
15: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 59.12%
16: "Denis G." ................................ .. : 58.26%
17: "Harold and Susan Vordos" ..................... : 57.96%
18: Jon Elson ............................. : 57.68%
19: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 56.47%
20: pyotr filipivich ........................ : 56.20%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: =?iso-8859-1?b?p/H8aHfYo2Y=?= ............. : 8.52%
2: The Black Goat With A Thousand Young : 11.03%
3: Ignoramus24794 ........... : 11.18%
4: Snarky ..................... ...... : 11.72%
5: Aratzio ........................ ..... : 14.87%
6: ................................. : 16.48%
7: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 17.40%
8: Synthetic Networked Android Responsible for Killing and Yardwor : 19.51%
9: (Ray Fischer)............................... : 19.72%
10: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 20.22%
11: " .................... : 20.95%
12: Ignoramus10454 ........... : 21.00%
13: RB ............................ .......... : 21.39%
14: "Terry Coombs" ......................... : 21.84%
15: "Tom Gardner" ............................. . : 22.49%
16: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 25.09%
17: "Roy Blankenship" .................. : 25.60%
18: Ignoramus24166 ........... : 26.30%
19: .......................................... : 26.79%
20: Cliff ............................... ....... : 27.31%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: OT:McCain's for Change?........................................ : 141
2: I'm voting republican because.................................. : 139
3: OT: Holy CRAP---nasty virus, worst I've seen!.................. : 66
4: Fancy wire rope ends?.......................................... : 50
5: OT: another provication? And to what end?...................... : 49
6: On topic -- Schick vs. Gillette blades......................... : 46
7: Buying Band saw- advice needed- mild steel cutting............. : 45
8: Litebulb ripoff?........................................... .... : 44
9: OT: McCain Picks a Gal......................................... : 43
10: swivel vs fixed casters for welder cart?....................... : 34
11: Ed Freeman- A Really Great Man................................. : 33
12: McCain / Repub / Winger Family Values.......................... : 33
13: Another gunner lie by implication.............................. : 31
14: Welding is very dangerous...................................... : 29
15: OT It runs in the vice presidential family..................... : 28
16: The deal of a lifetime!! GLOAT!!!.............................. : 26
17: Norelco Rotary Shaver Sharpening............................... : 23
18: What is it? Set 249............................................ : 21
19: Speeds when facing............................................ . : 21
20: OT Survey, Which Party Do You Think Will Be Better For Machine : 21

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: OT:McCain's for Change?........................................ : 487
2: I'm voting republican because.................................. : 394
3: OT: Holy CRAP---nasty virus, worst I've seen!.................. : 206
4: OT: McCain Picks a Gal......................................... : 172
5: McCain / Repub / Winger Family Values.......................... : 166
6: Fancy wire rope ends?.......................................... : 164
7: OT: another provication? And to what end?...................... : 142
8: On topic -- Schick vs. Gillette blades......................... : 117
9: Litebulb ripoff?........................................... .... : 117
10: Buying Band saw- advice needed- mild steel cutting............. : 111
11: Another gunner lie by implication.............................. : 104
12: OT It runs in the vice presidential family..................... : 86
13: OT Survey, Which Party Do You Think Will Be Better For Machine : 83
14: Ed Freeman- A Really Great Man................................. : 83
15: Sarah Palin's Underage Teenage Daughter Pregnant............... : 79
16: The deal of a lifetime!! GLOAT!!!.............................. : 72
17: swivel vs fixed casters for welder cart?....................... : 69
18: Welding is very dangerous...................................... : 69
19: Cartier Watches Guide - Discount Cartier....................... : 51
20: Gloat and brag.............................................. ... : 51

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 366
2: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 283
3: alt.impeach.bush.................................. ............. : 220
4: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 205
5: rec.boats......................................... ............. : 129
6: alt.abortion...................................... ............. : 119
7: alt.politics.republicans.......................... ............. : 44
8: alt.politics...................................... ............. : 43
9: alt.politics.republican........................... ............. : 37
10: alt.stupidity..................................... ............. : 37

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 63
2: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 57
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 39
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708)........................ : 21
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 17
6: Pan............................................... ............. : 14
7: rn................................................ ............. : 13
8: Unknown........................................... ............. : 8
9: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... .......... : 7
10: Forte Free Agent............................................. .. : 6

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 368 (24%)
2: Outlook Express........................................... : 359 (24%)
3: G2................................................ ........ : 173 (11%)
4: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 172 (11%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows............................. : 94 ( 6%)
6: slrn.............................................. ........ : 75 ( 5%)
7: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 70 ( 5%)
8: Pan............................................... ........ : 41 ( 3%)
9: unknown........................................... ........ : 37 ( 2%)
10: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... ..... : 22 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0400.............................................. ............ : 445
2: -0700.............................................. ............ : 426
3: -0500.............................................. ............ : 243
4: UTC............................................... ............. : 173
5: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : 173
6: -0800.............................................. ............ : 27
7: -0600.............................................. ............ : 10
8: +0800............................................. ............. : 10
9: +0100............................................. ............. : 5
10: +0200............................................. ............. : 3

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