[STATS] Posting statistics past 7 days for ACF

[SINNER]

This should quell much of the arguing in this group regarding Tramp's
posts.

Just a few quick notes: I download every article and every header
in this group as long as its not been crossposted to more than 3 groups.
You will notice that even if you did the same thing and came here only
once per week, you would only be downloading 3.5 megs of data. If done
daily about .5 meg for EVERYTHING. Even on dial-up that is less then
minimal.

Hamster can be used with ANY widows client and aid in filtering
without downloading the whole article so there is really no excuse to be
complaining. After looking at the results, the 2 threads bitching about
the guy that does the most for the group, takes up the most space, very
silly. Consider this my vote for Tramp to continue doing what he doing
and ignore the naysayers. So, without further delay, the stats:

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Analysis of posts to alt.comp.freeware
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)


Total posts considered: 1,813 over 7 days
Earliest article: Tue Jul 22 07:40:37 2003
Latest article: Tue Jul 29 07:30:09 2003
Original articles: 328, replies: 1,485
Total size of posts: 3,358,895 bytes (3,280K) (3.20M)
Average 259 articles per day, 0.46 MB per day, 1,852 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,876 KB bodies: 1,403 KB
Body text - quoted: 582 KB, original: 714 KB = 55.10%, sigs: 102 KB
Total number of posters: 430, average 7,811 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 434, average 7,739 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 30

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Tramp <[email protected]>............................. : 128
2: Blinky the Shark <[email protected]>......................... : 119
3: "-½cut" <halfcut@DIE_SPAMMERstalkingsheep.co.uk>............... : 52
4: DC <[email protected]>..................................... : 42
5: John Fitzsimons <[email protected]>................... : 34
6: John Corliss <[email protected]>.......................... : 33
7: Bob Adkins <[email protected]>................................. : 32
8: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=" <[email protected]>................... : 31
9: Susan Bugher <[email protected]>............................ : 27
10: Tiger <[email protected]>.......................................... : 23
11: msd13 <[email protected]>............................ : 21
12: "YK" <[email protected]>...................................... : 20
13: John Latter <[email protected]>.................................. : 17
14: Max Quordlepleen <[email protected]>..................... : 17
15: "all4you.dk" <[email protected]>............................. : 16
16: your name <[email protected]>........................................... : 16
17: Aaron <[email protected]>............................ : 16
18: "DigitalXaos" <[email protected]>..................... : 15
19: BoB <[email protected]>.................................. : 15
20: Terry Orchard <[email protected]>............................... : 15

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Blinky the Shark <[email protected]>......................... : 221
2: Tramp <[email protected]>............................. : 179
3: "-½cut" <halfcut@DIE_SPAMMERstalkingsheep.co.uk>............... : 84
4: DC <[email protected]>..................................... : 76
5: John Fitzsimons <[email protected]>................... : 61
6: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=" <[email protected]>................... : 61
7: John Corliss <[email protected]>.......................... : 60
8: "all4you.dk" <[email protected]>............................. : 56
9: Bob Adkins <[email protected]>................................. : 47
10: Susan Bugher <[email protected]>............................ : 46
11: Tiger <[email protected]>.......................................... : 46
12: "YK" <[email protected]>...................................... : 42
13: John Latter <[email protected]>.................................. : 40
14: Max Quordlepleen <[email protected]>..................... : 40
15: msd13 <[email protected]>............................ : 40
16: Roger Johansson <[email protected]>............................. : 34
17: "DigitalXaos" <[email protected]>..................... : 33
18: Aaron <[email protected]>............................ : 33
19: "Lance M Hillier, Sr" <[email protected]>............ : 31
20: harsha godavari <[email protected]>........................... : 31

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Top 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: "Helen" <@abuse.roman.gov>..................................... : 99.96%
2: MChan <news4oguth@>DEL_THIS<xsmail.com>........................ : 94.32%
3: "Mike" <[email protected]>.................................... : 92.76%
4: "all4you.dk" <[email protected]>............................. : 87.22%
5: Mike Ring <[email protected]>.................... : 80.03%
6: (e-mail address removed) (Dos-Man)................................... : 79.06%
7: (e-mail address removed) ([email protected])............................. : 78.60%
8: (e-mail address removed) (BillR)................................. : 76.26%
9: "Neowulf" <[email protected]>.................................. : 75.15%
10: Roger Johansson <[email protected]>............................. : 74.83%
11: (e-mail address removed)................................................. : 71.24%
12: "Ginsu" <[email protected]>....................................... : 69.98%
13: Iain Cheyne <[email protected]>......................... : 69.42%
14: Bob Adkins <[email protected]>................................. : 66.33%
15: Maureen Goldman <[email protected]>................... : 64.99%
16: Simon <[email protected]>......................................... : 63.26%
17: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mal=F9?= <[email protected]>..................... : 62.15%
18: msd13 <[email protected]>............................ : 61.88%
19: your name <[email protected]>........................................... : 60.80%
20: bambam <[email protected]>.............................. : 60.65%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: rdt <[email protected]>.................................... : 10.04%
2: "PS" <[email protected]>................................... : 16.65%
3: M.L. <[email protected]>.......................... : 20.86%
4: ms<[email protected]>.............................................. : 26.25%
5: Blinky the Shark <[email protected]>......................... : 28.64%
6: "Neufie" <[email protected]>...................................... : 31.21%
7: "YK" <[email protected]>...................................... : 31.55%
8: Henk de Jong <[email protected]>........................ : 31.75%
9: Tiger <[email protected]>.......................................... : 32.34%
10: DC <[email protected]>..................................... : 34.15%
11: harsha godavari <[email protected]>........................... : 34.21%
12: "DigitalXaos" <[email protected]>..................... : 34.31%
13: Terry <[email protected]>................................ : 34.76%
14: "Bill Hinds" <[email protected]>.............................. : 35.83%
15: "H-Man" <[email protected]>....................... : 36.11%
16: "George Richards" <[email protected]>......................... : 36.68%
17: Aaron <[email protected]>............................ : 36.70%
18: "Glenn" <[email protected]>.................................... : 37.75%
19: prefuse 73 <[email protected]>.......................... : 38.47%
20: "Paul" <[email protected]>...................................... : 39.32%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Endless lists of software. in a.c.f............................ : 60
2: Pleace Tramp................................................... : 56
3: What's your favorite MP3 Player?............................... : 46
4: PDF like program............................................... : 41
5: At least once a month........?................................. : 31
6: Small editors. Was: EditPad Lite............................... : 26
7: Any freeware Basic programming languages?...................... : 26
8: looking for a good freeware ftp program........................ : 26
9: Make PDF's..................................................... : 20
10: help finding rar program....................................... : 20
11: Pleace Tramp OT................................................ : 18
12: Latest Update, World's Best Freeware........................... : 18
13: Any good programs for recording short sound clips?............. : 18
14: newbies photo imaging software................................. : 18
15: Knoppix 3.2.................................................... : 17
16: What's the differences btwn Open Office and StarOffice 5.1 & 5. : 17
17: Gimp Release and Direction..................................... : 17
18: Envelope Software freeware..................................... : 16
19: CD-R diagnostic utility........................................ : 16
20: small footprint browser........................................ : 14

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Endless lists of software. in a.c.f............................ : 129
2: Pleace Tramp................................................... : 99
3: PDF like program............................................... : 94
4: What's your favorite MP3 Player?............................... : 78
5: Any freeware Basic programming languages?...................... : 58
6: At least once a month........?................................. : 52
7: Small editors. Was: EditPad Lite............................... : 50
8: looking for a good freeware ftp program........................ : 49
9: Pleace Tramp OT................................................ : 44
10: Make PDF's..................................................... : 42
11: Cooler utility: incorrect Pricelessware claim.................. : 42
12: FWT Newsletter - Weekly - July 28, 2003........................ : 37
13: Gimp Release and Direction..................................... : 36
14: newbies photo imaging software................................. : 35
15: Any good programs for recording short sound clips?............. : 34
16: Knoppix 3.2.................................................... : 33
17: Envelope Software freeware..................................... : 31
18: CD-R diagnostic utility........................................ : 30
19: help finding rar program....................................... : 29
20: What's the differences btwn Open Office and StarOffice 5.1 & 5. : 29

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.comp.freeware.discussion................................... : 26
2: comp.programming............................................... : 21
3: alt.windows98.................................................. : 16
4: rec.audio.pro.................................................. : 11
5: aus.net.access................................................. : 10
6: microsoft.public.outlook....................................... : 10
7: comp.hardware.................................................. : 5
8: alt.privacy.................................................... : 3
9: grc.techtalk.cryptography...................................... : 1
10: grc.privacy.................................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Outlook Express................................................ : 156
2: Unknown........................................................ : 76
3: Xnews.......................................................... : 66
4: Forte Agent.................................................... : 52
5: MicroPlanet Gravity............................................ : 20
6: Mozilla........................................................ : 17
7: Forte Free Agent............................................... : 16
8: 40tude_Dialog.................................................. : 8
9: slrn........................................................... : 5
10: Pan............................................................ : 3

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Outlook Express........................................... : 493 (27%)
2: Xnews..................................................... : 318 (18%)
3: Forte Agent............................................... : 272 (15%)
4: MicroPlanet Gravity....................................... : 161 ( 9%)
5: slrn...................................................... : 141 ( 8%)
6: Mozilla................................................... : 132 ( 7%)
7: unknown................................................... : 94 ( 5%)
8: http://groups.google.com/................................. : 74 ( 4%)
9: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 44 ( 2%)
10: 40tude_Dialog............................................. : 19 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 870
2: -0400.......................................................... : 265
3: -0700.......................................................... : 185
4: +0100.......................................................... : 132
5: +0200.......................................................... : 110
6: -0500.......................................................... : 102
7: +1000.......................................................... : 71
8: +0800.......................................................... : 29
9: +1200.......................................................... : 18
10: -0600.......................................................... : 9

 

[Peter Seiler]

SINNER - 29.07.2003 14:46 :

This should quell much of the arguing in this group regarding Tramp's
posts.

[...]

thanks for your great, interesting work, Sinner.

 

[Bob Adkins]

The tonnage stats are not "normal" due to Tramp discussing (defending)
his posts to many people and many expressing preferences, rather than
the few informative posts we had before discussing it.

I got a surprise when I saw my name on many of the lists. I'll be more
judicious sin the future.

Bob

 

[SINNER]

Peter Seiler Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:03:03 +0200:

SINNER - 29.07.2003 14:46 :

This should quell much of the arguing in this group regarding Tramp's
posts.

[...]

thanks for your great, interesting work, Sinner.

I wish I could take the credit, Gary Night wrote the script, I just run
it

But I will take the thanks! Your welcome

 

[SINNER]

»Q« Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:49:53 GMT:

<news:[email protected]_of_hell.INVALID>:

Way cool. Is this the same script that's available at his page
<http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/perl.html#newsstats>?
If so, does it work on the Hamster spool just by pointing it there and
specifying a newsgroup, or do more modifications need to be made?

Yes, same one. I dont think it will work with hamster, I believe it ONLY
works with leafnode. It requires that each post is in its own file and I
believe it wants the *nix folder structure as it looks for the files in
/var/spool/news/group/name/here and all I supply is the group name and a
few other variables (defined in the script.)

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

Yes, same one. I dont think it will work with hamster, I believe
it ONLY works with leafnode. It requires that each post is in its
own file and I believe it wants the *nix folder structure as it
looks for the files in /var/spool/news/group/name/here and all I
supply is the group name and a few other variables (defined in the
script.)

Ah, well. Thanks for the info, and thanks for posting the stats.

 

[fLameDogg]

Great stats - just goes to show how prolific Tramp is and how long-winded
Blinky is !
</haha>

WRT to Blinky, that's unfair. He's a consistent bottom-feeder in
original text content whenever I happen to look at stats. Blinky's not
long-winded--he's just chock-full of short winds ;O)

(Blinky, you know I love ya man; stop flashing your teeth at me.)

 

[POKO]

This should quell much of the arguing in this group regarding Tramp's
posts.

Just a few quick notes: I download
snip

Great stats - just goes to show how prolific Tramp is and how long-winded
Blinky is !
</haha>

--
POKO SAID THAT ...........
reply to (e-mail address removed) don't use VIAGARA
Pat Keenan - Webmaster, Keenan Consulting
http://www.keenanconsulting.on.ca
silly portal: www.keenanconsulting.on.ca/portal.html

 

[DC]

fLameDogg wrote:

[snip]

Dood, yer glass eye popped out again. }.O)

<snicker>

 

[Blinky the Shark]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 at 18:37 GMT,

WRT to Blinky, that's unfair. He's a consistent bottom-feeder in
original text content whenever I happen to look at stats. Blinky's not
long-winded--he's just chock-full of short winds ;O)

I'm going to take that as a compliment. Yeah, that's the ticket.

(You're right, of course -- if I was #20 in posts, and #2 in volume,
*then* I'd be longwinded. As it is, I only break wind a little bit at a
time...)

(Blinky, you know I love ya man; stop flashing your teeth at me.)

<flashing my fod at you> (Take it to email.)

 

[DC]

fLameDogg wrote:

[snip]

Dood, yer glass eye popped out again. }.O)

<snicker>

Think that's bad? Look what happened to me.

Chef school? Hey! I got this great soup recipe the other da...er, um.
Forget it. You wouldn't like it.

(outahere)

 

[Blinky the Shark]

Blinky the Shark wrote:

DC wrote:

fLameDogg wrote:
[snip]
Dood, yer glass eye popped out again. }.O)
<snicker>

Think that's bad? Look what happened to me.

Chef school? Hey! I got this great soup recipe the other da...er, um.
Forget it. You wouldn't like it.

C'mon...I found The Original Spool.

 

[Simon]

good info, but having watched the thread for a few hours, I'm thinking
you're going to need to recalculate them stats....

 

[Vic Dura]

Top 20 posters by number of articles

Now we'll see an increase in the "me too" messages from the
volume-posters each trying to best the other.

 

[bambam]

Now we'll see an increase in the "me too" messages from the
volume-posters each trying to best the other.

I recon you might be right.

 

[longshotjohn7]

Great stats - just goes to show how prolific Tramp is and how
long-winded Blinky is !
</haha>

Ah! Blinky-the $19.95 Pocket Popeil bot!...I already know of his cyber
flatulence. Nice to see it validated.

--
longshotjohn 7

http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/hot2trot


The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but
because of those who look on and do nothing. --Albert Einstein

 

[longshotjohn7]

Thanks for the clarification - I try to get along with everybody here.
Best,
POKO

I know you do (as I have been reading with relish this ng since 1999). I do
too.

--
longshotjohn 7

http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/hot2trot


The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but
because of those who look on and do nothing. --Albert Einstein