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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: 1,243 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Apr 28 00:55:08 2008
Latest article: Sun May 4 22:55:39 2008
Original articles: 274, replies: 969
Total size of posts: 3,428,653 bytes (3,348K) (3.27M)
Average 177 articles per day, 0.47 MB per day, 2,758 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,579 KB bodies: 1,769 KB
Body text - quoted: 793 KB, original: 776 KB = 49.47%, sigs: 192 KB
Total number of posters: 315, average 10,884 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 302, average 11,353 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 36

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 64
2: Cliff ............................... ....... : 57
3: Larry Jaques ................... : 29
4: Wes ................................ ......... : 28
5: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 26
6: Don Foreman ................... . : 25
7: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 23
8: mariposas rand mair fheal ............... : 21
9: Bruce in Bangkok ........... : 21
10: Curly Surmudgeon ................ : 20
11: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 19
12: "SteveB" toquerville,utah@zionvistas..................... .... : 19
13: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 19
14: Gunner .................... ...... : 17
15: .......................................... : 16
16: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 14
17: philipdick ............................. .. : 14
18: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 13
19: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 13
20: Lew Hartswick ...................... . : 13

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 201
2: Cliff ............................... ....... : 130
3: TRMF4445 .............................. .... : 123
4: "Hawke" ....................... ..... : 98
5: Larry Jaques ................... : 84
6: Joseph Gwinn .......................... .. : 83
7: mariposas rand mair fheal ............... : 82
8: Don Foreman ................... . : 71
9: Bruce in Bangkok ........... : 67
10: Curly Surmudgeon ................ : 66
11: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 57
12: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 56
13: Gunner Asch ..................... . : 54
14: .......................................... : 47
15: "SteveB" toquerville,utah@zionvistas..................... .... : 47
16: Wes ................................ ......... : 44
17: Gunner .................... ...... : 40
18: "Martin H. Eastburn" .............. : 40
19: "*" ............................ ......... : 38
20: Jon Elson ............................. : 38

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Top 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: "Robert Swinney" ........................... : 83.19%
2: grumpyoldhori ....................... . : 78.71%
3: F. George McDuffee .......... : 74.75%
4: Bill Schwab ........................... . : 74.25%
5: Bruce L. Bergman ........... : 69.73%
6: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com........... : 64.49%
7: "Karl Townsend" .............. : 63.56%
8: Jon Elson ............................. : 63.41%
9: barbitura ......................... ... : 62.90%
10: stambul ............................... ..... : 62.90%
11: Jim Wilkins ................................ . : 61.82%
12: .................................. : 61.81%
13: " .. : 61.81%
14: dorsers .................... ..... : 61.81%
15: philipdick ............................. .. : 61.81%
16: friend ................... ...... : 61.81%
17: Wes ................................ ......... : 61.70%
18: ...................................... : 60.75%
19: spaco .............................. : 56.21%
20: "Michael Koblic" ........................ : 53.89%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text ( 5 posts)
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1: " .................... : 10.79%
2: (Doug Miller).............................. : 16.06%
3: Curly Surmudgeon ................ : 17.22%
4: .......................................... : 18.87%
5: "*" ............................ ......... : 22.55%
6: "Michael A. Terrell" .............. : 23.41%
7: Gerald Miller ........................... . : 24.47%
8: "DoN. Nichols" .......................... : 25.18%
9: "Pete C." ............................. ... : 25.40%
10: Dan ............................ ......... : 28.92%
11: "Kadaitcha Man" ............... : 29.35%
12: "Ed Huntress" ....................... . : 29.66%
13: Too_Many_Tools ...................... : 29.68%
14: Bruce in Bangkok ........... : 30.00%
15: cavelamb himself ..................... : 31.28%
16: Ignoramus18948 ........... : 31.29%
17: Gunner .................... ...... : 31.54%
18: Dan@ (Dan )................................................. ... : 31.75%
19: Lew Hartswick ...................... . : 31.80%
20: clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada......................... : 32.92%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: OK which is it Global Warming or Cooling?...................... : 76
2: old techniques still in use?................................... : 68
3: Who ya votin' for???........................................... : 67
4: OT - Degree Arrives, Job Vanishes.............................. : 38
5: Ground rod question.......................................... .. : 35
6: US Life Expectancy Falls....................................... : 31
7: OT - Switch Operated Parking Brake............................. : 28
8: Cutting fluid?............................................ ..... : 25
9: Generator for tools?........................................... : 21
10: OT - As the noose tightens on the progun crowd................. : 20
11: Trepanning and Parting Off..................................... : 19
12: FOLLOWUP -- Snap-On Paint...................................... : 19
13: Lincoln Tig 300 problems....................................... : 19
14: What is it? Set 230............................................ : 18
15: How to create an Angry American................................ : 17
16: Steel wire carrying twelve volts ?............................. : 17
17: Garage door help! (Off topic but begging for help!)............ : 16
18: Assistance requested with wiring............................... : 16
19: DIY Induction heater for shrinker endmill holders?............. : 16
20: Propane conversion (some metal content)........................ : 16

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Who ya votin' for???........................................... : 246
2: OK which is it Global Warming or Cooling?...................... : 234
3: old techniques still in use?................................... : 169
4: OT - Degree Arrives, Job Vanishes.............................. : 126
5: hello my friend............................................ .... : 125
6: Trepanning and Parting Off..................................... : 104
7: US Life Expectancy Falls....................................... : 93
8: OT - As the noose tightens on the progun crowd................. : 89
9: Ground rod question.......................................... .. : 88
10: OT - Switch Operated Parking Brake............................. : 70
11: Lincoln Tig 300 problems....................................... : 57
12: FOLLOWUP -- Snap-On Paint...................................... : 52
13: Statistics for week ending 20080428............................ : 49
14: Generator for tools?........................................... : 48
15: Cutting fluid?............................................ ..... : 45
16: Garage door help! (Off topic but begging for help!)............ : 44
17: Propane conversion (some metal content)........................ : 43
18: Purge button added to SP125+ welder (attn. Don Foreman)........ : 38
19: DIY Induction heater for shrinker endmill holders?............. : 37
20: OT_Rev.Wright..................................... ............. : 37

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.machines.cnc.................................. ............. : 233
2: misc.survivalism.................................. ............. : 170
3: alt.usenet.kooks.................................. ............. : 139
4: alt.aol.tricks.................................... ............. : 80
5: sci.engr.joining.welding.......................... ............. : 43
6: rec.woodworking................................... ............. : 22
7: rec.puzzles....................................... ............. : 15
8: sci.electronics.design............................ ............. : 10
9: alt.impeach.bush.................................. ............. : 7
10: alt.politics.republican........................... ............. : 7

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 119
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 51
3: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 42
4: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 20
5: rn................................................ ............. : 13
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213)........................ : 10
7: Xnews............................................. ............. : 8
8: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... .......... : 7
9: Unknown........................................... ............. : 5
10: KNode............................................. ............. : 5

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: G2................................................ ........ : 303 (24%)
2: Outlook Express........................................... : 255 (21%)
3: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 224 (18%)
4: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 117 ( 9%)
5: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 83 ( 7%)
6: MT-NewsWatcher....................................... ..... : 51 ( 4%)
7: slrn.............................................. ........ : 39 ( 3%)
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows............................. : 32 ( 3%)
9: Xnews............................................. ........ : 26 ( 2%)
10: unknown........................................... ........ : 21 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : 303
2: -0400.............................................. ............ : 283
3: -0700.............................................. ............ : 210
4: -0500.............................................. ............ : 203
5: UTC............................................... ............. : 122
6: +0700............................................. ............. : 24
7: -0800.............................................. ............ : 23
8: -0300.............................................. ............ : 20
9: -0600.............................................. ............ : 18
10: +1000............................................. ............. : 10

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

This report covers 7258 messages written between 2008-04-05 00:03:01 and
2008-05-04 23:05:31

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

Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. zynteq7 4 96.32%
2. Lamont Cranston 3 94.09%
3. Malingo 4 92.76%
4. Bob Brock 67 91.17%
5. Kali 6 89.70%
6. dozr 22 89.70%
7. Mark F 6 89.63%
8. 87 87.67%
9. krw 5 87.24%
10. Daniel 7 87.03%
11. Tom 30 86.74%
12. charlie 3 86.46%
13. Rightisright 36 85.67%
14. Ignoramus15795 7 85.46%
15. Myal 13 85.21%

A total of 12423938 bytes were written (message bodies only), of which
4944006, or 39.79%, were quotes.

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Cliff 456 434491 55.6%
2. Ed Huntress 288 597605 65.4%
3. Gunner Asch 248 561515 45.1%
4. Larry Jaques 151 177751 51.8%
5. Too_Many_Tools 134 310770 73.6%
6. Don Foreman 133 183685 55.0%
7. Wes 115 66818 43.4%
8. mariposas rand mair fheal 109 137063 62.9%
9. Michael A. Terrell 97 104398 50.7%
10. clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada 93 180618 70.1%
11. Hawke 88 220190 65.3%
12. 87 186531 87.7%
13. Jim Wilkins 83 66281 38.7%
14. DoN. Nichols 78 182273 45.8%
15. stryped 77 97746 74.9%

A total of 1297 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 87901 / 4 = 21975
2. 47109 / 3 = 15703
3. 12345678 82532 / 7 = 11790
4. okexport 27072 / 3 = 9024
5. 62112 / 8 = 7764
6. 15800 / 3 = 5266
7. 14585 / 3 = 4861 39.4%
8. 17949 / 4 = 4487
9. 13456 / 3 = 4485
10. 13439 / 3 = 4479
11. 13160 / 3 = 4386
12. 12759 / 3 = 4253
13. 12434 / 3 = 4144
14. 41051 / 10 = 4105
15. 16266 / 4 = 4066 4.3%

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Black Holes 253 375719
2. Who ya votin' for??? 212 343182
3. $4 dollar gas and its effects on metalworking 190 324310
4. OT - As the noose tightens on the progun crowd... 164 329685
5. Surprising increase in truck MPG 149 196920
6. OT Diesel engines 117 249402
7. Lathe update/questions 109 182277
8. Recession is a given. Can we avoid a Bush Depression? 106 230542
9. Unplesant rumor 95 179615
10. Voodoo 90 116040
11. US Life Expectancy Falls 87 140556
Steel wire carrying twelve volts ? 87 90967
13. OT - You Thought You Had an Equity Line 84 204230
14. For Non-Muslims 77 114013
15. OK which is it Global Warming or Cooling? 75 130582

A total of 1710 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. G2 2113
2. Microsoft Outlook Express 1166
3. Forte Agent 982
4. Forte Free Agent 552
5. Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 433
6. Mozilla 371
7. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 345
8. slrn 216
9. MT-NewsWatcher 215
10. Xnews 177
11. Microsoft Windows Mail 55
12. Pan 48
13. Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 43
KNode 43
15. News Xpress 34

A total of 50 different programs (not counting different versions) were
identified.

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