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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: 5,199 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Jan 19 14:43:00 2009
Latest article: Sun Jan 25 22:55:18 2009
Original articles: 329, replies: 4,870
Total size of posts: 15,741,775 bytes (15,372K) (15.01M)
Average 742 articles per day, 2.14 MB per day, 3,027 bytes per article
Total headers: 6,922 KB bodies: 8,449 KB
Body text - quoted: 4,816 KB, original: 3,010 KB = 38.46%, sigs: 600 KB
Total number of posters: 525, average 29,984 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 442, average 35,614 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 53

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 314
2: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 295
3: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 191
4: Wes ................................ ......... : 180
5: Cliff ............................... ....... : 155
6: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 153
7: Larry Jaques ................... : 121
8: F. George McDuffee .......... : 114
9: Don Foreman ................... . : 95
10: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 95
11: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 82
12: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 79
13: "Libby Loo" ................................ . : 77
14: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 70
15: "Wild_Bill" ...................... . : 64
16: "SteveB" ............................. .... : 62
17: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 62
18: ................................. : 57
19: "Buerste" ................................. ... : 52
20: cavelamb .......................... .... : 51

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 1305
2: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 981
3: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 634
4: Curly Surmudgeon .................... : 629
5: F. George McDuffee .......... : 396
6: Larry Jaques ................... : 357
7: "John R. Carroll" ......... : 333
8: Wes ................................ ......... : 320
9: "Libby Loo" ................................ . : 298
10: Cliff ............................... ....... : 297
11: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 266
12: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 228
13: "Wild_Bill" ...................... . : 218
14: Don Foreman ................... . : 214
15: ................................. : 195
16: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 176
17: "SteveB" ............................. .... : 174
18: D Murphy ........................... .... : 164
19: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 162
20: "Buerste" ................................. ... : 160

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: "Wild_Bill" ...................... . : 99.92%
2: "Leo Lichtman" .......................... : 90.79%
3: steamer ............................... ..... : 87.02%
4: "Stupendous Man" ............................... : 87.01%
5: "V for Vendicar" Execute_The_Traitor_In_The_White_House@hotmai : 85.29%
6: "(PeteCresswell)" ................................ : 82.85%
7: (Edward A. Falk).......................... : 82.46%
8: Bob Engelhardt ..................... : 80.70%
9: "Robert Swinney" ........................... : 77.17%
10: Ecnerwal .............. .... : 76.74%
11: Richard J Kinch ............................ : 76.66%
12: GeoLane at PTD dot NET GeoLane at PTD dot NET................ : 76.54%
13: Jon Anderson ....................... .. : 74.90%
14: F. George McDuffee .......... : 73.44%
15: ......................................... : 72.01%
16: "Bill Marrs" ......................... .. : 71.64%
17: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 71.60%
18: "Terry J. Wood" ....................... : 69.23%
19: robert bowman ............................ . : 66.89%
20: Leon Fisk ......................... ... : 66.79%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: b .......................... ........... : 1.34%
2: ah ........................... .......... : 2.09%
3: Myal ............................... ........ : 11.27%
4: hk ................................. .......... : 12.40%
5: Bob Brock .............................. : 12.58%
6: ................................. : 12.63%
7: phil scott .............................. .. : 13.11%
8: Ignoramus31576 ........... : 14.44%
9: ............................................... : 14.56%
10: Mark F ............................... ...... : 14.93%
11: .......................................... : 14.95%
12: Tim Wescott ............................ . : 15.11%
13: "Libby Loo" ................................ . : 15.51%
14: ............................................. : 15.53%
15: "Rod Speed" ......................... . : 16.79%
16: Ignoramus10426 ........... : 17.09%
17: HK .......................... .......... : 17.26%
18: James Arthur ....................... .. : 17.92%
19: "Curly Smurf****er" ......................... : 18.34%
20: Gerry .............................. ....... : 19.24%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: OT - Survivalism Retail Style.................................. : 257
2: Manufacturing Shrinks as Orders Hit 60-Year Low................ : 202
3: "I Hope Obama Fails"........................................... : 112
4: OT: The Coronation........................................ ..... : 106
5: OT - Spinning yourself a legacy when everyone hates you........ : 105
6: Antarctica not immune to warming............................... : 99
7: OT - Don't eat the peanut butter............................... : 88
8: What kind of car do American companies need to make?........... : 78
9: Small engine rebuild update.................................... : 76
10: Keeping home life-support up when power goes out............... : 76
11: OT - What the public really thinks of conservatives............ : 75
12: BP disaster: snapped r8 collet?................................ : 70
13: Funny Cartoons - Bush good riddance............................ : 61
14: OT - Why We Need a "No Child Left Behind" effort............... : 60
15: Can't we all just get along?................................... : 59
16: Update on welding with implanted defibrillator................. : 55
17: Justice........................................... ............. : 49
18: Honda Headscratching.................................... ....... : 48
19: Commander in Chief Obama says it is time to bring the troops ho : 47
20: OT We do not torture........................................... : 46

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: OT - Survivalism Retail Style.................................. : 943
2: Manufacturing Shrinks as Orders Hit 60-Year Low................ : 675
3: "I Hope Obama Fails"........................................... : 372
4: OT - Spinning yourself a legacy when everyone hates you........ : 335
5: OT: The Coronation........................................ ..... : 298
6: OT - What the public really thinks of conservatives............ : 283
7: Small engine rebuild update.................................... : 282
8: Antarctica not immune to warming............................... : 252
9: OT - Don't eat the peanut butter............................... : 237
10: Keeping home life-support up when power goes out............... : 228
11: What kind of car do American companies need to make?........... : 201
12: Can't we all just get along?................................... : 193
13: OT - Why We Need a "No Child Left Behind" effort............... : 191
14: Honda Headscratching.................................... ....... : 189
15: Windmills and energy input..................................... : 177
16: Update on welding with implanted defibrillator................. : 175
17: OT We do not torture........................................... : 173
18: Obama & Blagojevich....................................... ..... : 166
19: Justice........................................... ............. : 164
20: Banks in Need of Even More Bailout Money....................... : 156

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 1635
2: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 755
3: alt.politics.republican........................... ............. : 286
4: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 243
5: misc.consumers.frugal-living................................... : 195
6: alt.politics.bush................................. ............. : 175
7: rec.puzzles....................................... ............. : 161
8: rec.boats......................................... ............. : 155
9: alt.survival...................................... ............. : 147
10: sci.environment................................... ............. : 123

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 149
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 95
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 66
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209)........................ : 41
5: rn................................................ ............. : 28
6: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 22
7: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000.......................... : 16
8: Unknown........................................... ............. : 13
9: Xnews............................................. ............. : 12
10: Forte Free Agent............................................. .. : 12

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 1136 (22%)
2: Outlook Express........................................... : 1104 (21%)
3: G2................................................ ........ : 830 (16%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows............................. : 372 ( 7%)
5: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 320 ( 6%)
6: slrn.............................................. ........ : 234 ( 5%)
7: Pan............................................... ........ : 182 ( 4%)
8: Xnews............................................. ........ : 161 ( 3%)
9: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 154 ( 3%)
10: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606..................... : 88 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0500.............................................. ............ : 1416
2: -0600.............................................. ............ : 991
3: -0800.............................................. ............ : 971
4: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 830
5: UTC............................................... ............. : 702
6: -0700.............................................. ............ : 172
7: +1100............................................. ............. : 30
8: +0700............................................. ............. : 28
9: +0100............................................. ............. : 24
10: -0400.............................................. ............ : 23

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