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Summary of articles spanning a 7 day period.
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Analysis of posts to comp.os.linux.advocacy
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)
Total posts considered: 3,374 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sun Jan 28 23:05:14 2007
Latest article: Sun Feb 4 23:05:16 2007
Original articles: 600, replies: 2,774
Total size of posts: 10,308,857 bytes (10,067K) (9.83M)
Average 482 articles per day, 1.40 MB per day, 3,055 bytes per article
Total headers: 4,329 KB bodies: 5,738 KB
Body text - quoted: 1,929 KB, original: 2,092 KB = 52.03%%, sigs: 1,699 KB
Total number of posters: 311, average 33,147 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 741, average 13,912 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: Roy Schestowitz
schestowitz.com>................... : 465
2: "VistaKing" hotmail.com>....................... : 179
3: Linonut bone.com>..................................... : 136
4: The Ghost In The Machine sirius.tg00suus7038.net>....... : 131
5: yttrx@yttrx.net (yttrx)........................................ : 109
6: "DFS" dfs_.com>........................................ : 93
7: Tim Fairchild bcs4me.com>.............................. : 65
8: Hans Schneider ......................... : 64
9: Peter =?UTF-8?B?S8O2aGxtYW5u?= ... : 58
10: John Bailo texeme.com>................................ : 56
11: "John A. Bailo" texeme.com>........................... : 55
12: "Doug Mentohl" linuxmail.org>.................... : 53
13: Mark Kent demon.co.uk>.............................. : 53
14: 7 www.enemygadgets.com>..................... : 52
15: Max Grrl gmail.com>............................... : 49
16: chrisv ................................. : 48
17: "cc" hotmail.com>................................... : 47
18: Rafael ninjaNOSPAM.org>................................ : 44
19: "amicus_curious" sti.net>................................ : 43
20: "[H]omer" uce.gov>....................................... : 41
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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Roy Schestowitz schestowitz.com>................... : 1713
2: Mark Kent demon.co.uk>.............................. : 1146
3: The Ghost In The Machine sirius.tg00suus7038.net>....... : 391
4: "VistaKing" hotmail.com>....................... : 371
5: Linonut bone.com>..................................... : 282
6: yttrx@yttrx.net (yttrx)........................................ : 255
7: Rafael ninjaNOSPAM.org>................................ : 227
8: "DFS" dfs_.com>........................................ : 212
9: "cc" hotmail.com>................................... : 184
10: Peter =?UTF-8?B?S8O2aGxtYW5u?= ... : 162
11: Max Grrl gmail.com>............................... : 151
12: "Rex Ballard" gmail.com>.......................... : 144
13: Tim Fairchild bcs4me.com>.............................. : 140
14: Hans Schneider ......................... : 123
15: "amicus_curious" sti.net>................................ : 118
16: "[H]omer" uce.gov>....................................... : 116
17: John Bailo texeme.com>................................ : 113
18: "Doug Mentohl" linuxmail.org>.................... : 103
19: "John A. Bailo" texeme.com>........................... : 101
20: Larry Qualig localhost.com>............................. : 95
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Top 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: royschestowitz@fmgirl.com...................................... : 99.20%%
2: Doug Mentohl linuxmail.org>...................... : 92.24%%
3: royschestowitz@yahoo.com....................................... : 89.43%%
4: "Doug Mentohl" linuxmail.org>.................... : 87.87%%
5: "Linux security" lycos.com>......................... : 87.80%%
6: Roy Schestowitz schestowitz.com>................... : 86.98%%
7: "Rex Ballard" gmail.com>.......................... : 86.15%%
8: B'ichela pinkrose.dhis.org>........................... : 74.47%%
9: "[H]omer" uce.gov>....................................... : 74.26%%
10: Alexander Terekhov ........................... : 73.64%%
11: Peter Kai Jensen pekajemaps.homeip.net>................ : 73.19%%
12: thad01@tux.glaci.remove-this.com............................... : 70.57%%
13: Tim Smith mouse-potato.com>.................... : 69.83%%
14: BearItAll rassler.co.uk>................................. : 69.51%%
15: "VistaKing" hotmail.com>....................... : 65.53%%
16: Mark Kent demon.co.uk>.............................. : 65.18%%
17: mlw ....................................... : 63.78%%
18: rapskat gmail.com>.................................... : 63.30%%
19: Kelsey Bjarnason ncoldns.com>...................... : 59.70%%
20: Arne Knut Roev runbox.com>............................. : 58.60%%
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Bottom 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Art Deco usa.net>................................... : 1.96%%
2: ed noreply.com>............................................ : 8.52%%
3: The God of Odd Statements ...... : 11.27%%
4: "chrisv" ............................... : 13.39%%
5: The Demon Prince of Absurdity hell.corn : 14.59%%
6: TheLetterK none.net>..................................... : 14.92%%
7: Max Grrl gmail.com>............................... : 15.56%%
8: The Secretary of HomIntern ............... : 15.71%%
9: ray zianet.com>........................................... : 17.41%%
10: Maverick mustang.org>..................................... : 18.94%%
11: "Dustbin" geemail.com>.............................. : 19.75%%
12: Peter J Ross ............................. : 20.78%%
13: wjbell none.net>....................................... : 21.56%%
14: Romeo Rondeau nowhere.com>.............................. : 22.23%%
15: Rick trollfeed.com>...................................... : 22.53%%
16: "Dr. GroundAxe " hotmail.co.uk>..................... : 22.89%%
17: "cc" hotmail.com>................................... : 23.59%%
18: Hans Schneider ......................... : 23.81%%
19: yttrx@yttrx.net (yttrx)........................................ : 24.99%%
20: graeme <www.rillion.net@no.spam.wanted>........................ : 25.69%%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Linux = Perpetual Failure...................................... : 221
2: 7 Reasons to Move from Windows to Linux........................ : 131
3: Boycott Vista in the UK........................................ : 91
4: Cakewalk Sonar Supports Vista's Advanced Multimedia Features... : 74
5: Why Linux is a Shit Sandwitch.................................. : 46
6: Low hardware requirements for Vista............................ : 46
7: OT - The Real first powered flight............................. : 46
8: Guess I was wrong in my pricing of Vista....................... : 41
9: For Jim: Memory footprint of iTunes and Amarok................. : 38
10: Deja Vu all over again as the Linux users recycle their old dre : 38
11: Ubuntu Linux is Spyware?....................................... : 37
12: HDDVD/Bluray: stillborn or coma................................ : 37
13: Vista review................................................... : 36
14: rsync.......................................................... : 36
15: Why does anyone run Linux, when Solaris is open source?........ : 32
16: Why Vista is a Shit Sandwitch.................................. : 31
17: Linux Man...................................................... : 31
18: Romanian President Slaps Linux In The Face!.................... : 29
19: My trip to the mall - first view of Vista...................... : 29
20: Linux nothing but failure after failure........................ : 28
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Linux = Perpetual Failure...................................... : 745
2: 7 Reasons to Move from Windows to Linux........................ : 357
3: Boycott Vista in the UK........................................ : 231
4: OT - The Real first powered flight............................. : 190
5: Cakewalk Sonar Supports Vista's Advanced Multimedia Features... : 181
6: LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 30 : 173
7: LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceeding 2 : 154
8: LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 01 : 149
9: LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 02 : 143
10: LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceeding 2 : 128
11: For Jim: Memory footprint of iTunes and Amarok................. : 114
12: Deja Vu all over again as the Linux users recycle their old dre : 113
13: LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 31 : 111
14: Guess I was wrong in my pricing of Vista....................... : 106
15: Vista review................................................... : 102
16: HDDVD/Bluray: stillborn or coma................................ : 100
17: Official FAQ and Primer for COLA, Edition III.................. : 100
18: Why Linux is a Shit Sandwitch.................................. : 99
19: Low hardware requirements for Vista............................ : 93
20: LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 03 : 92
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Top 20 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.windows-xp.............................................. : 366
2: comp.sys.mac................................................... : 169
3: alt.usenet.kooks............................................... : 168
4: rec.audio.pro.................................................. : 72
5: cakewalk.audio................................................. : 67
6: comp.sys.mac.advocacy.......................................... : 64
7: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy.................................... : 48
8: comp.os.linux.misc............................................. : 47
9: alt.fan.karl-malden.nose....................................... : 40
10: alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk............................ : 40
11: alt.video.dvd.................................................. : 37
12: alt.os.windows-vista........................................... : 36
13: comp.sys.laptops............................................... : 36
14: alt.politics.homosexuality..................................... : 33
15: 24hoursupport.helpdesk......................................... : 29
16: comp.unix.solaris.............................................. : 29
17: rec.video.desktop.............................................. : 23
18: alt.fan.madonna................................................ : 20
19: alt.bible...................................................... : 19
20: uk.comp.sys.mac................................................ : 11
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Top 20 User Agents by poster
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1: G2............................................................. : 52
2: Outlook Express................................................ : 42
3: Pan............................................................ : 33
4: KNode.......................................................... : 24
5: Unknown........................................................ : 22
6: slrn........................................................... : 21
7: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11....................................... : 13
8: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows................................... : 12
9: Forte Agent.................................................... : 9
10: Mozilla........................................................ : 9
11: MT-NewsWatcher................................................. : 8
12: Xnews.......................................................... : 7
13: Gnus........................................................... : 6
14: pan............................................................ : 6
15: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows................................... : 5
16: MacSOUP........................................................ : 4
17: tin............................................................ : 4
18: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386.......................... : 4
19: Unison......................................................... : 3
20: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11....................................... : 2
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Top 20 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode..................................................... : 805 (24%%)
2: slrn...................................................... : 469 (14%%)
3: Outlook Express........................................... : 431 (13%%)
4: G2........................................................ : 290 ( 9%%)
5: Pan....................................................... : 223 ( 7%%)
6: tin....................................................... : 163 ( 5%%)
7: Mozilla................................................... : 158 ( 5%%)
8: unknown................................................... : 139 ( 4%%)
9: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows.............................. : 110 ( 3%%)
10: Forte Agent............................................... : 82 ( 2%%)
11: Gnus...................................................... : 75 ( 2%%)
12: MT-NewsWatcher............................................ : 62 ( 2%%)
13: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11.................................. : 48 ( 1%%)
14: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows.............................. : 43 ( 1%%)
15: pan....................................................... : 41 ( 1%%)
16: Xnews..................................................... : 40 ( 1%%)
17: 40tude_Dialog............................................. : 38 ( 1%%)
18: Thoth..................................................... : 29 ( 1%%)
19: Microsoft Entourage....................................... : 26 ( 1%%)
20: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386..................... : 21 ( 1%%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 1331
2: -0800.......................................................... : 638
3: -0500.......................................................... : 495
4: -0600.......................................................... : 358
5: +0100.......................................................... : 274
6: -0700.......................................................... : 88
7: +1000.......................................................... : 68
8: +0900.......................................................... : 55
9: +0100 (CET).................................................... : 25
10: +1300.......................................................... : 21
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Summary of articles spanning a 30 day period.
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Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics
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(c) Copyright 1998-2005 Peter Karlsson
This report covers 14175 messages written between 01/05/07 00:04:03 and 02/05/07 11:23:49
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Blacklist of quoters (of people who have written at least three messages)
Place Name Msgs Ratio
1. Art Deco usa.net> 7 95.23%%
2. Sam Malone lycos.com> 15 94.34%%
3. SameAsB4 yanospamhoo.com> 16 90.85%%
4. Michael Baldwin, Bruce mighty.co.za> 4 89.29%%
5. iMojo macs.net> 3 88.83%%
6. Rebecca godlikebuthumble.net> 6 88.19%%
7. Phil Kyle hotmail.com> 5 86.77%%
8. alt lazyeyez.net> 4 86.30%%
9. Edwin juno.com> 3 85.14%%
10. Ray S mail.com> 11 83.88%%
11. Tom Shelton comcastXXXXXXX.net> 12 83.22%%
12. Dr. GroundAxe hotmail.co.uk> 25 82.29%%
13. Rick trollfeed.com> 110 81.84%%
14. Max Grrl gmail.com> 49 81.78%%
15. MuahMan yahoo.com> 4 81.73%%
16. The Secretary of HomIntern 10 81.69%%
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