From: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats on
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Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux.mandriva by Robert Marshall
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)


Total posts considered: 146 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Dec 21 21:25:07 2007
Latest article: Fri Dec 28 20:25:04 2007
Original articles: 28, replies: 118
Total size of posts: 417,426 bytes (407K) (0.40M)
Average 20 articles per day, 0.06 MB per day, 2,859 bytes per article
Total headers: 167 KB bodies: 239 KB
Body text - quoted: 70 KB, original: 152 KB = 68.40%, sigs: 17 KB
Total number of posters: 48, average 8,696 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 36, average 11,595 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 14

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling)........................... : 14
2: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 11
3: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 10
4: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 10
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 8
6: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 8
7: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 7
8: Rich <evodawg(a)verizon.net>..................................... : 6
9: Warren Post <wpost(a)hondutel.hn>................................ : 6
10: Eric <InvalidEmail(a)email.com>.................................. : 5
11: bulli.babai(a)gmail.com.......................................... : 5
12: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 5
13: Jim <jim(a)totalspeed.net>....................................... : 4
14: Mr H <niloch(a)gmail.com>........................................ : 4
15: "Sandman" <sandman(a)nowhere.com>................................ : 3
16: Doug Laidlaw <doug(a)dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 2
17: Stuart <no-one(a)nothere.net>.................................... : 2
18: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marc_Par=E9?= <marc(a)marcpare.com>............... : 2
19: Colin <ve1csm(a)ns.sympatico.ca>................................. : 2
20: don <noddleif(a)westnet.com.au>.................................. : 2

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling)........................... : 40
2: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 26
3: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 25
4: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 22
5: ememvfm(a)lycos.com.............................................. : 18
6: vfmfvfife(a)lycos.com............................................ : 17
7: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 16
8: eimivif(a)lycos.com.............................................. : 15
9: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet(a)capuchin.co.uk>............ : 15
10: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 14
11: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 14
12: mievif(a)lycos.com............................................... : 14
13: bulli.babai(a)gmail.com.......................................... : 13
14: Warren Post <wpost(a)hondutel.hn>................................ : 12
15: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 12
16: vimvemif(a)lycos.com............................................. : 12
17: Rich <evodawg(a)verizon.net>..................................... : 12
18: Eric <InvalidEmail(a)email.com>.................................. : 12
19: Mr H <niloch(a)gmail.com>........................................ : 7
20: Grimble <grimble(a)nospamthanx.net>.............................. : 6

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Top 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Warren Post <wpost(a)hondutel.hn>................................ : 86.35%
2: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 80.79%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 72.58%
4: Rich <evodawg(a)verizon.net>..................................... : 57.13%
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 54.80%
6: js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling)........................... : 53.80%
7: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 46.25%
8: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 45.86%
9: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 45.83%
10: Eric <InvalidEmail(a)email.com>.................................. : 36.26%
11: bulli.babai(a)gmail.com.......................................... : 34.08%

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Bottom 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 28.30%
2: bulli.babai(a)gmail.com.......................................... : 34.08%
3: Eric <InvalidEmail(a)email.com>.................................. : 36.26%
4: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 45.83%
5: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 45.86%
6: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 46.25%
7: js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling)........................... : 53.80%
8: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 54.80%
9: Rich <evodawg(a)verizon.net>..................................... : 57.13%
10: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 72.58%
11: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 80.79%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: 2008: Can't burn CDs........................................... : 33
2: Multiple users: Icons.......................................... : 13
3: Cannot enable DMA on K7S5A mobo................................ : 9
4: DVD Drive not working in 2008.................................. : 9
5: Javascript:void(0);............................................ : 6
6: urpmi database remains locked after use........................ : 6
7: firefox-2.0.0.11-1 won't run................................... : 6
8: java and firefox64............................................. : 6
9: Stability...................................................... : 5
10: Extracting audio from an .asf file............................. : 5
11: wireless pci card for linux.................................... : 5
12: 2008 and webcam................................................ : 5
13: MDV 2008 Boot Problem.......................................... : 4
14: "Hash" identification of USB devices........................... : 3
15: Firefox problem................................................ : 3
16: 2008.0 f-spot update requires non-extant sqlite-tools.......... : 3
17: Call to lnusertemp failed...................................... : 3
18: TMB Kernel cures Amarok-Firefox-Thundebird Lockups............. : 2
19: Toshiba 210 sound ............................................. : 2
20: light weight urpmi frontend.................................... : 2

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: 2008: Can't burn CDs........................................... : 88
2: Multiple users: Icons.......................................... : 27
3: Cannot enable DMA on K7S5A mobo................................ : 23
4: DVD Drive not working in 2008.................................. : 21
5: M.I,5`Persecuti on . Molestatio n durin g Trav el.............. : 18
6: M I.5'Pers ecution , BBC Newscast ers L ie & Deny Theyr e Watch : 17
7: M`I'5`Persec ution ` Four Ye ars of MI 5 Per secution Po sts on : 15
8: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 15
9: java and firefox64............................................. : 14
10: M.I,5.Pers ecution - M I5 Wa ste Ta xpayer Million s on Pointl : 14
11: 2008 and webcam................................................ : 12
12: M.I'5`Perse cution ` Compa ring th e MI 5 Persecution with Germ : 12
13: Javascript:void(0);............................................ : 12
14: Extracting audio from an .asf file............................. : 11
15: urpmi database remains locked after use........................ : 11
16: Stability...................................................... : 10
17: firefox-2.0.0.11-1 won't run................................... : 10
18: wireless pci card for linux.................................... : 8
19: MDV 2008 Boot Problem.......................................... : 7
20: Wireless connection help required.............................. : 6

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Top 7 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.slackware......................................... : 5
2: alt.os.linux.mandrake.fr....................................... : 5
3: alt.os.linux.suse.............................................. : 5
4: alt.os.linux.pclinuxos......................................... : 5
5: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 1
6: uk.comp.os.linux............................................... : 1
7: alt.comp.bios.................................................. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode.......................................................... : 11
2: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11....................................... : 8
3: Unknown........................................................ : 8
4: G2............................................................. : 4
5: slrn........................................................... : 4
6: Pan............................................................ : 3
7: pan............................................................ : 3
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11....................................... : 1
9: Gnus........................................................... : 1
10: nn............................................................. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode..................................................... : 26 (18%)
2: Pan....................................................... : 24 (16%)
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11.................................. : 21 (14%)
4: unknown................................................... : 21 (14%)
5: slrn...................................................... : 15 (10%)
6: nn........................................................ : 10 ( 7%)
7: G2........................................................ : 9 ( 6%)
8: Opera Mail................................................ : 7 ( 5%)
9: pan....................................................... : 5 ( 3%)
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows.............................. : 3 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 99
2: -0500.......................................................... : 12
3: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 9
4: +1100.......................................................... : 9
5: -0800.......................................................... : 5
6: -0700.......................................................... : 4
7: -0400.......................................................... : 2
8: +0100.......................................................... : 2
9: +1030.......................................................... : 2
10: ............................................................... : 1

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Anyone around to answer questions?

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>>>>> You can't do *anything* in just standard C.
>>>>
>>>> Then why do you bother with this newsgroup? Why do
>>>> you waste your time on a powerless language? Why don't
>>>> you go away and become a regular on comp.lang.mumps or
>>>> comp.lang.apl or any newsgroup devoted to a language you
>>>> consider more useful than C? Since C has zero utility
>>>> (in your stated estimation), even comp.lang.cobol would
>>>> be a forum of more value. Go! Spend your talent on
>>>> something more useful than the torment of us poor old
>>>> dinosaurs! Go!



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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Kris Kringle wrote:

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http://brock-marshall.no-ip.info/~robert/newsstat.pl

there's also a python script that I pillaged from somewhere and
adapted slightly which does the actual posting

Robert
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