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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: 1,700 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sun Oct 12 00:55:08 2008
Latest article: Sun Oct 19 00:55:25 2008
Original articles: 102, replies: 1,598
Total size of posts: 5,099,390 bytes (4,979K) (4.86M)
Average 242 articles per day, 0.69 MB per day, 2,999 bytes per article
Total headers: 2,303 KB bodies: 2,676 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,438 KB, original: 833 KB = 36.69%, sigs: 394 KB
Total number of posters: 303, average 16,829 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 160, average 31,871 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 47

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Cliff ............................... ....... : 112
2: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 69
3: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 67
4: Aratzio ........................ ..... : 53
5: Larry Jaques ................... : 53
6: rand mair fheal ............................ : 50
7: Christopher Tidy .................. : 50
8: Wes ................................ ......... : 45
9: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 33
10: Boater .......................... ...... : 32
11: Gunner .................... ...... : 25
12: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 25
13: F. George McDuffee .......... : 25
14: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 25
15: BAR ................................ ......... : 24
16: Don Foreman ................... . : 24
17: "Buerste" ................................. ... : 23
18: "Michael Koblic" ........................ : 22
19: Snarky ..................... ...... : 19
20: RB ............................ .......... : 18

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 280
2: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 251
3: Cliff ............................... ....... : 248
4: rand mair fheal ............................ : 178
5: Aratzio ........................ ..... : 156
6: Christopher Tidy .................. : 151
7: Larry Jaques ................... : 151
8: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 109
9: Demon Lord Benedict Snodgrass Jr of Confusion popesnarky.verwa : 102
10: Snarky ..................... ...... : 96
11: Boater .......................... ...... : 93
12: F. George McDuffee .......... : 93
13: The Original Demon Prince of Absurdity absurd_number_of_nicks@ : 87
14: BAR ................................ ......... : 86
15: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 78
16: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 78
17: Wes ................................ ......... : 76
18: "Buerste" ................................. ... : 75
19: Gunner .................... ...... : 67
20: Don Foreman ................... . : 57

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: F. George McDuffee .......... : 81.32%
2: Ignoramus31919 ........... : 78.88%
3: Jon Anderson ....................... .. : 76.04%
4: John Doe ......................... .... : 73.87%
5: "RogerN" ............................... .... : 73.71%
6: Richard J Kinch ............................ : 72.82%
7: "Karl Townsend" .............. : 71.17%
8: Leon Fisk ......................... ... : 69.39%
9: Ignoramus10312 ........... : 67.57%
10: "Michael Koblic" ........................ : 66.55%
11: "Harold and Susan Vordos" ..................... : 66.09%
12: nick hull ................................... ... : 63.48%
13: Jon Elson ............................. : 59.24%
14: Wes ................................ ......... : 58.98%
15: Winston .......................... ..... : 56.70%
16: Don Foreman ................... . : 53.84%
17: Jon Elson ............................... ... : 53.74%
18: pyotr filipivich ........................ : 53.69%
19: "Phil Kangas" ....................... . : 53.64%
20: ............................................. : 52.78%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: ah ........................... .......... : 2.98%
2: BAR ................................ ......... : 9.32%
3: Demon Lord Benedict Snodgrass Jr of Confusion popesnarky.verwa : 11.38%
4: Snarky .............. ...... : 12.03%
5: Patriot Games ........................... . : 12.20%
6: Boater .......................... ...... : 12.38%
7: Cydrome Leader ....................... : 14.95%
8: cavelamb himself ..................... : 14.99%
9: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 15.15%
10: Slim ....................................... ........ : 15.86%
11: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 16.00%
12: "Buerste" ................................. ... : 16.80%
13: Jim Stewart ............................ . : 17.05%
14: john .......................... ........ : 17.12%
15: (Richard Casady)................... : 17.31%
16: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 17.98%
17: "ATP*" ...................... ...... : 19.98%
18: RB ............................ .......... : 21.93%
19: "David G. Nagel" ................... : 22.26%
20: clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada......................... : 22.28%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Obama again wins "debate"...................................... : 154
2: OT: Whoops! That really IS Sam the Plumber..................... : 102
3: Repubs on Terrorists........................................ ... : 66
4: Ultra thin screwdriver....................................... .. : 63
5: From little Acorns............................................ . : 53
6: OT where will Palin be in four years ?......................... : 53
7: An insane sentence.......................................... ... : 52
8: McSame-Palin defend hate groups & racism....................... : 47
9: Mccain: "Don't be scared of an Obama presidency"............... : 43
10: MIG Welding........................................... ......... : 38
11: OT: new toaster, 10 yr investment.............................. : 32
12: OT- Why do front brakes wear out faster than rears?............ : 32
13: What is it? Set 254............................................ : 32
14: One oil for all engines........................................ : 31
15: The Horror, The Horror Yet To Come............................. : 29
16: New nom de plume for an oft contributor........................ : 28
17: OT: Informal Poll - D, R, L, or NOTA - none of the above....... : 27
18: Why is Sarah Palin in.......................................... : 26
19: McSame & the Rule of Law....................................... : 23
20: Lathe spindle mounts........................................... : 22

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Obama again wins "debate"...................................... : 578
2: OT: Whoops! That really IS Sam the Plumber..................... : 365
3: Repubs on Terrorists........................................ ... : 216
4: An insane sentence.......................................... ... : 175
5: From little Acorns............................................ . : 173
6: Ultra thin screwdriver....................................... .. : 157
7: OT where will Palin be in four years ?......................... : 146
8: McSame-Palin defend hate groups & racism....................... : 145
9: McSame & the Rule of Law....................................... : 116
10: Mccain: "Don't be scared of an Obama presidency"............... : 103
11: MIG Welding........................................... ......... : 100
12: OT: new toaster, 10 yr investment.............................. : 93
13: OT: Informal Poll - D, R, L, or NOTA - none of the above....... : 93
14: The Horror, The Horror Yet To Come............................. : 90
15: OT- Why do front brakes wear out faster than rears?............ : 87
16: New nom de plume for an oft contributor........................ : 85
17: The bright side of the stockmarket collapse.................... : 69
18: Republicans: Nancy Pelosi Was Mean To Us - Petty Sissies Vote N : 69
19: Why is Sarah Palin in.......................................... : 66
20: What is it? Set 254............................................ : 65

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 656
2: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 630
3: alt.impeach.bush.................................. ............. : 566
4: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 538
5: rec.boats......................................... ............. : 495
6: rec.bicycles.racing............................... ............. : 485
7: rec.woodworking................................... ............. : 72
8: sci.engr.joining.welding.......................... ............. : 43
9: alt.home.repair................................... ............. : 40
10: rec.autos.sport.nascar............................ ............. : 39

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 67
2: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 57
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 50
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914)........................ : 23
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 20
6: Pan............................................... ............. : 11
7: Xnews............................................. ............. : 10
8: rn................................................ ............. : 10
9: Unknown........................................... ............. : 9
10: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... .......... : 6

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Outlook Express........................................... : 363 (21%)
2: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 328 (19%)
3: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 190 (11%)
4: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 140 ( 8%)
5: G2................................................ ........ : 127 ( 7%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows............................. : 101 ( 6%)
7: unknown........................................... ........ : 87 ( 5%)
8: slrn.............................................. ........ : 71 ( 4%)
9: Pan............................................... ........ : 68 ( 4%)
10: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... ..... : 65 ( 4%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0400.............................................. ............ : 521
2: -0700.............................................. ............ : 485
3: -0500.............................................. ............ : 252
4: UTC............................................... ............. : 221
5: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : 127
6: -0800.............................................. ............ : 29
7: -0600.............................................. ............ : 24
8: +0100............................................. ............. : 21
9: +0800............................................. ............. : 6
10: +0300............................................. ............. : 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 7687 messages written between 2008-09-19 00:04:42 and
2008-10-18 23:34:32

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. Naked Gonad 8 98.24%
2. 3 97.57%
3. ah 70 97.56%
4. Git_RDunn 12 95.47%
5. RIP rec.boats 3 94.22%
6. Paulie Walnutts 3 92.63%
7. Robert Jones 3 91.79%
8. RecBoats 7 91.45%
9. David R Brooks 3 91.23%
10. Kirk Gordon 4 89.93%
11. Bob Brock 30 88.78%
12. Starkiller 3 88.58%
13. BAR 44 88.25%
14. . tHe_PC_JeLLy BeAn!! . . tHe_PC_JeLLy BeAn!! 9 87.93%
15. Dan 9 87.04%

A total of 12455305 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
6802923, or 54.62%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Cliff 508 458186 58.2%
2. Ed Huntress 355 717584 1.8%
3. Curly Surmudgeon 276 740083 3.9%
4. Gunner Asch 229 415454 70.1%
5. Larry Jaques 220 316620 57.0%
6. Wes 193 109932 46.3%
7. Gunner 180 305464 68.3%
8. rand mair fheal 164 252674 63.1%
Christopher Tidy 164 194745 70.0%
10. John R. Carroll 152 260605 50.6%
11. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-associates. 131 319034 17.7%
12. Aratzio 118 248227 79.1%
13. DoN. Nichols 112 241438 35.4%
14. Hawke 111 223585 62.0%
15. Winston 105 67868 45.3%

A total of 661 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 88147 / 4 = 22036
2. The Secretary of HomIntern cbcrfanexl@zrbj114196 / 10 = 11419 10.0%
3. The Original Demon Prince of Absurdity abs120719 / 12 = 10059 7.3%
4. The Black Goat With A Thousand Young ancie252784 / 35 = 7222 12.9%
5. The God of Odd Statements, Henry Schmidt p 69685 / 10 = 6968 10.7%
6. Demon Lord Benedict Snodgrass Jr of Confusi262877 / 39 = 6740 18.1%
7. Lola Stonewall Riot 59203 / 9 = 6578 22.8%
8. the great win 18954 / 3 = 6318
9. Cardinal Snarky of the Fannish Inquisition 24589 / 4 = 6147 21.2%
10. Porsche Monkey For Life PorscheMonkey4Life 33100 / 6 = 5516 23.6%
11. Synthetic Networked Android Responsible for 81807 / 16 = 5112 13.6%
12. None4You 14110 / 4 = 3527 32.0%
13. Ignoramus12952 12065 / 4 = 3016 8.7%
14. The Demon of Mockery & Silliness, Chas. E. 23925 / 8 = 2990 40.8%
15. Nomen Nescio 8636 / 3 = 2878 8.1%

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. I'm a little confused... 274 691459
2. Republicans: Nancy Pelosi Was Mean To Us - Petty Sissies 235 562040
3. I'm voting republican because... 208 261707
4. Banning Books 186 402053
5. Obama again wins "debate" 153 346086
6. O.J. is going to prison 151 211665
7. OT: WaMu bites the big one 146 313395
8. OT-Food for thought 105 280359
9. OT: Whoops! That really IS Sam the Plumber 98 197013
10. The bright side of the stockmarket collapse 86 190216
11. Drawing program CAD 85 110716
12. Health Care 84 196259
13. OT: another domino thud-thud-thud-thud-thud---- 70 125675
14. Old Age 68 126348
15. Repubs on Terrorists 66 121277

A total of 685 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. Microsoft Outlook Express 1572
2. Forte Agent 1199
3. G2 733
4. Forte Free Agent 673
5. Mozilla 657
6. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 369
7. slrn 301
8. Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 298
9. Pan 248
10. Xnews 225
11. MT-NewsWatcher 222
12. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 163
13. Microsoft Windows Mail 97
14. Mariozilla 70
15. tin 55

A total of 43 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.

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Damn. Missed the list again. Sheesh.

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:50:56 -0800, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas
wrote:

Damn. Missed the list again. Sheesh.


You have some stiff competition.

Wes

Wes wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:50:56 -0800, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas
wrote:

Damn. Missed the list again. Sheesh.


You have some stiff competition.


Yeah, Ed is trying to out-Cliff Cliff.


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There are two kinds of people on this earth:
The crazy, and the insane.
The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.

Wes wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

You have some stiff competition.


Yeah, Ed is trying to out-Cliff Cliff.

Yeah, but at least Ed will stand up and argue his position, Cliffie is a flame thrower
tossing out molotovs and driving by. Cliffie, is dead to me, he just doesn't exist, I see
that he posts, but I ignore him. He craves attention, the best thing to do is to deny him
notice. Assuming you pay attention to him, has he ever posted anything worth taking the
time to read?


The only way I see his crap is when someone replies to him and no,
nothing worthwhile. If there was, I wouldn't have filtered him at the
proxy server.

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The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.