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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: 1,496 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Dec 29 14:41:05 2008
Latest article: Sun Jan 4 22:55:21 2009
Original articles: 84, replies: 1,412
Total size of posts: 4,273,113 bytes (4,172K) (4.08M)
Average 213 articles per day, 0.58 MB per day, 2,856 bytes per article
Total headers: 2,015 KB bodies: 2,157 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,167 KB, original: 817 KB = 41.19%, sigs: 166 KB
Total number of posters: 250, average 17,092 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 135, average 31,652 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: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 100
2: Wes ................................ ......... : 81
3: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 81
4: Larry Jaques ................... : 50
5: Cliff ............................... ....... : 42
6: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 37
7: "Wild_Bill" ...................... . : 37
8: "ATP*" ...................... ...... : 36
9: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 36
10: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 31
11: F. George McDuffee .......... : 28
12: "Stormin Mormon" .......... : 25
13: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 25
14: terryc ......................... : 24
15: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 23
16: cavelamb .......................... .... : 21
17: "RogerN" ............................... .... : 20
18: ah ........................... .......... : 19
19: ................................. : 18
20: Kali .................................. ........ : 17

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 331
2: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 289
3: Wes ................................ ......... : 186
4: Larry Jaques ................... : 132
5: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 122
6: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 116
7: "Wild_Bill" ...................... . : 108
8: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 108
9: F. George McDuffee .......... : 87
10: Cliff ............................... ....... : 85
11: "ATP*" ...................... ...... : 85
12: ................................. : 67
13: Some Guy ............. .... : 64
14: "RogerN" ............................... .... : 59
15: "Proctologically Violated©®" ........ : 58
16: ah ........................... .......... : 57
17: "Stormin Mormon" .......... : 56
18: cavelamb .......................... .... : 53
19: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 52
20: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 49

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: "Leo Lichtman" .......................... : 80.41%
2: "Bill Noble" ........................ .. : 74.95%
3: GeoLane at PTD dot NET GeoLane at PTD dot NET................ : 74.85%
4: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 74.07%
5: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 73.42%
6: "Robert Swinney" ........................... : 71.24%
7: Bruce L. Bergman ................ : 69.78%
8: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 67.45%
9: F. George McDuffee .......... : 67.41%
10: Christopher Tidy .................. : 66.26%
11: AL A ........................... ........ : 64.09%
12: "Bill Noble" ............................ .. : 61.42%
13: Winston_Smith ............................ . : 60.02%
14: "RogerN" ............................... .... : 59.74%
15: "Bob La Londe" .............................. : 55.88%
16: Leon Fisk ......................... ... : 55.64%
17: ................................... : 55.61%
18: RLM ................................... ......... : 55.41%
19: (dan)........................................ : 55.37%
20: terryc ......................... : 53.57%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: ah ........................... .......... : 2.96%
2: ................................. : 9.83%
3: Tim Wescott ............................ . : 12.67%
4: stryped ........................... ..... : 16.92%
5: Kali .................................. ........ : 17.13%
6: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 17.43%
7: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 18.82%
8: Some Guy ............. .... : 19.14%
9: "Terry Coombs" ......................... : 19.79%
10: Ignoramus25423 ........... : 20.20%
11: " .................... : 22.10%
12: Don Foreman ................... . : 22.28%
13: Dave B ................................ ...... : 23.25%
14: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 24.68%
15: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 25.19%
16: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 25.88%
17: Cliff ............................... ....... : 26.21%
18: "Proctologically Violated©®" ........ : 26.90%
19: Dan ............................ ......... : 28.58%
20: ............................................. : 28.71%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Lantern Mantles? Coleman or generic?........................... : 104
2: OT - Spinning yourself a legacy when everyone hates you........ : 98
3: a welling of disdain........................................... : 96
4: Manufacturing Shrinks as Orders Hit 60-Year Low................ : 82
5: Ping Gunner: Logic 101......................................... : 60
6: Limiting current, w/wall wart txformer?........................ : 57
7: #OT# more insight on mirage of a Detroit bailout............... : 54
8: #OT# More BS on oil supplies................................... : 40
9: OT - Why We Need a "No Child Left Behind" effort............... : 36
10: Mor(m)ons Reproduce Like Rodents............................... : 32
11: Flipping Flopper........................................... .... : 32
12: Pulse Width Modulation Speed Control........................... : 29
13: 304 stainless, and brass, in shower............................ : 28
14: What is it? Set 265............................................ : 28
15: 208 3PH question.......................................... ..... : 26
16: OT -- Let Detroit Build Profitable Cars -- UAW chief Ron Gettel : 25
17: What, your ME262 won't start?.................................. : 25
18: Sanford & Sons Junk Yard....................................... : 25
19: Ping-Larry Jaques Camping stove................................ : 24
20: battery types............................................. ..... : 23

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: OT - Spinning yourself a legacy when everyone hates you........ : 330
2: a welling of disdain........................................... : 300
3: Lantern Mantles? Coleman or generic?........................... : 250
4: Manufacturing Shrinks as Orders Hit 60-Year Low................ : 208
5: Ping Gunner: Logic 101......................................... : 199
6: #OT# More BS on oil supplies................................... : 192
7: #OT# more insight on mirage of a Detroit bailout............... : 172
8: Limiting current, w/wall wart txformer?........................ : 138
9: OT - Why We Need a "No Child Left Behind" effort............... : 118
10: Flipping Flopper........................................... .... : 95
11: Mor(m)ons Reproduce Like Rodents............................... : 77
12: Ping-Larry Jaques Camping stove................................ : 75
13: Update- Honda XL350 Milestone.................................. : 72
14: 208 3PH question.......................................... ..... : 70
15: 304 stainless, and brass, in shower............................ : 68
16: Pulse Width Modulation Speed Control........................... : 67
17: OT -- Let Detroit Build Profitable Cars -- UAW chief Ron Gettel : 64
18: Sorry, that part is discontinued............................... : 59
19: Manufacturing our own spectacles?.............................. : 54
20: Ref: Hurco Servos............................................ .. : 54

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 533
2: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 350
3: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 154
4: alt.politics.bush................................. ............. : 123
5: alt.survival...................................... ............. : 112
6: alt.aol.tricks.................................... ............. : 50
7: rec.boats......................................... ............. : 34
8: alt.****nozzles................................... ............. : 34
9: alt.aratzio....................................... ............. : 29
10: alt.global-warming........................................... .. : 29

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 50
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 50
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 35
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209)........................ : 18
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 12
6: Xnews............................................. ............. : 8
7: rn................................................ ............. : 8
8: Forte Free Agent............................................. .. : 7
9: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000.......................... : 6
10: Unknown........................................... ............. : 6

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 359 (24%)
2: Outlook Express........................................... : 348 (23%)
3: G2................................................ ........ : 169 (11%)
4: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 89 ( 6%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows............................. : 73 ( 5%)
6: Xnews............................................. ........ : 55 ( 4%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows............................. : 55 ( 4%)
8: Pan............................................... ........ : 44 ( 3%)
9: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 42 ( 3%)
10: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386..................... : 37 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0500.............................................. ............ : 495
2: -0800.............................................. ............ : 350
3: -0600.............................................. ............ : 222
4: UTC............................................... ............. : 190
5: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 169
6: -0700.............................................. ............ : 43
7: +0100............................................. ............. : 12
8: -0400.............................................. ............ : 10
9: +1100............................................. ............. : 2
10: +0930............................................. ............. : 1

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

This report covers 6059 messages written between 2008-12-05 00:01:02 and
2009-01-04 23:18:52

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. T.Alan Kraus 6 95.42%
2. ah 37 94.27%
3. Ken Sterling 4 92.85%
4. MarkQ 4 91.25%
5. RB 21 90.48%
6. SE¤�hwO/œf 6 90.40%
7. Bob Brock 5 89.39%
8. 6 88.16%
9. 35 88.00%
10. Boater 14 87.86%
11. marcodbeast 7 87.62%
12. kT 4 87.45%
13. My Conscience 11 86.85%
14. 16 86.47%
15. Curly Smurf****er 3 85.95%

A total of 9346854 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
5408943, or 57.87%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Gunner Asch 349 644069 60.0%
2. Ed Huntress 317 779575 3.1%
3. Cliff 249 257123 71.7%
4. Wes 242 187812 56.1%
5. Larry Jaques 156 216224 59.9%
6. Wild_Bill 145 306391 49.1%
7. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-associates. 143 338205 18.3%
8. John R. Carroll 137 231343 59.5%
9. DoN. Nichols 136 326145 40.0%
10. Curly Surmudgeon 114 216601 70.3%
11. Kali 107 261546 84.5%
12. Michael A. Terrell 103 141578 53.6%
13. Too_Many_Tools 85 256195 53.1%
14. Richard 81 75399 65.2%
15. Jim Wilkins 80 84995 33.1%

A total of 532 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 88181 / 4 = 22045
2. www.iofferkicks.com 10200 / 4 = 2550
3. 25297 / 10 = 2529
4. Scott S. Logan 7295 / 3 = 2431
5. hhhhhh 8238 / 4 = 2059
6. F. George McDuffee gmcduffee@mcduffee-asso276297 / 143 = 1932 18.3%
7. RLM 8939 / 6 = 1489 49.7%
8. 14514 / 10 = 1451 35.9%
9. DoN. Nichols 195755 / 136 = 1439 40.0%
10. Andrew Erickson 4302 / 3 = 1434 6.5%
11. Masp Erewhon 4246 / 3 = 1415 50.1%
12. Too_Many_Tools 120087 / 85 = 1412 53.1%
13. Kadaitcha Man 3818 / 3 = 1272 13.3%
14. 3731 / 3 = 1243
15. Bruce L. Bergman bruceNOSPAMbergman@gmail. 12263 / 10 = 1226 30.1%

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. a welling of disdain 428 760212
2. Another Neocon Loss 122 361812
3. OT Illinois or Louisiana? 108 195498
4. Lantern Mantles? Coleman or generic? 104 112187
5. Illinois or Louisiana? 103 139927
6. OT: Deficits no concern? 100 202744
7. OT - Spinning yourself a legacy when everyone hates you.. 97 173570
8. Deficits no concern? 96 219274
9. GM Failure 90 201674
10. The Bush Legacy for America? 88 239931
11. Which would you choose? 87 170938
Severe deflation? What deflation? 87 164904
13. Flipping Flopper 77 131091
14. Manufacturing Shrinks as Orders Hit 60-Year Low 73 92169
15. How the hell 67 120406

A total of 457 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. Microsoft Outlook Express 1452
2. Forte Agent 886
3. G2 609
4. Forte Free Agent 412
5. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 374
6. Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 359
7. slrn 283
8. Mozilla 241
9. Microsoft Windows Mail 222
10. Xnews 176
11. Pan 126
12. MicroPlanet Gravity 107
13. MT-NewsWatcher 103
14. Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 76
15. Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 49

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

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