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: 285 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Jan 4 21:25:14 2008
Latest article: Fri Jan 11 20:25:03 2008
Original articles: 36, replies: 249
Total size of posts: 804,696 bytes (785K) (0.77M)
Average 40 articles per day, 0.11 MB per day, 2,823 bytes per article
Total headers: 370 KB bodies: 415 KB
Body text - quoted: 170 KB, original: 212 KB = 55.51%, sigs: 30 KB
Total number of posters: 56, average 14,369 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 54, average 14,901 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 16

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 45
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 26
3: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 17
4: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 17
5: "Peter D." <psd(a)live.home.invalid>............................. : 17
6: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 12
7: Crashdamage <03z1krd7(a)nospam.invalid>.......................... : 10
8: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht(a)netscape.net>......................... : 10
9: ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 9
10: Dan Espen <daneNO(a)MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com>................... : 8
11: Adam <look(a)bottom.for.address>................................. : 7
12: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 7
13: Doug Laidlaw <doug(a)dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 6
14: Mark South <mark.south(a)null.invalid>........................... : 6
15: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket(a)config.com>......................... : 5
16: herman.viaene(a)thuis.be......................................... : 5
17: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 5
18: Jim Whitby <nospam(a)deesfantasyplace.com>....................... : 4
19: "Flip Wilson" <Rightback(a)cha.com>.............................. : 3
20: Whiskers <catwheezel(a)operamail.com>............................ : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 104
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 69
3: "Peter D." <psd(a)live.home.invalid>............................. : 59
4: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht(a)netscape.net>......................... : 53
5: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 45
6: Crashdamage <03z1krd7(a)nospam.invalid>.......................... : 43
7: ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 42
8: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 35
9: Dan Espen <daneNO(a)MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com>................... : 34
10: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 31
11: Adam <look(a)bottom.for.address>................................. : 15
12: herman.viaene(a)thuis.be......................................... : 15
13: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet(a)capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
14: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 14
15: santo <nanci(a)auroville.org.in>................................. : 11
16: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 11
17: Syd <me(a)nospam.org.uk>......................................... : 11
18: Mark South <mark.south(a)null.invalid>........................... : 10
19: Doug Laidlaw <doug(a)dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 10
20: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket(a)config.com>......................... : 10

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Top 16 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 88.96%
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 78.32%
3: Doug Laidlaw <doug(a)dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 72.79%
4: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht(a)netscape.net>......................... : 71.58%
5: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 71.55%
6: Adam <look(a)bottom.for.address>................................. : 68.05%
7: ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 65.21%
8: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 56.88%
9: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 53.51%
10: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 47.98%
11: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 45.88%
12: Crashdamage <03z1krd7(a)nospam.invalid>.......................... : 39.40%
13: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket(a)config.com>......................... : 39.20%
14: "Peter D." <psd(a)live.home.invalid>............................. : 37.48%
15: Mark South <mark.south(a)null.invalid>........................... : 36.60%
16: herman.viaene(a)thuis.be......................................... : 27.37%

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Bottom 16 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Dan Espen <daneNO(a)MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com>................... : 16.15%
2: herman.viaene(a)thuis.be......................................... : 27.37%
3: Mark South <mark.south(a)null.invalid>........................... : 36.60%
4: "Peter D." <psd(a)live.home.invalid>............................. : 37.48%
5: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket(a)config.com>......................... : 39.20%
6: Crashdamage <03z1krd7(a)nospam.invalid>.......................... : 39.40%
7: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 45.88%
8: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 47.98%
9: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 53.51%
10: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 56.88%
11: ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 65.21%
12: Adam <look(a)bottom.for.address>................................. : 68.05%
13: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 71.55%
14: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht(a)netscape.net>......................... : 71.58%
15: Doug Laidlaw <doug(a)dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 72.79%
16: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 78.32%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: CPU Speed Half In Linux........................................ : 25
2: Stumped - symbol loockup error: undefined symbol: EVP_idea_cbc. : 24
3: FQDN for Leafnode SOLUTION..................................... : 22
4: Bash script error.............................................. : 17
5: Webcam: Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe................... : 16
6: Reading CPU Core Temp.......................................... : 12
7: Download duration while Easyurpmi.............................. : 12
8: HP keyboard, possibility to program "shortcut buttons"?........ : 10
9: Wireshark 2008.0............................................... : 8
10: Haupauge Nova-t 500 Dig card................................... : 6
11: nc4000 laptop won't power off.................................. : 6
12: control-kit-daemon............................................. : 6
13: Internal DNS resolution look up fails.......................... : 6
14: 2008.0 PP on CD................................................ : 6
15: /etc/fstab entry for USB drive................................. : 6
16: 3rd hard drive goes read only.................................. : 6
17: Partition manipulation......................................... : 5
18: Problem setting up printer on laptop........................... : 5
19: removing unneeded packages..................................... : 5
20: Installing MAndriva on an USB stick ?.......................... : 5

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: CPU Speed Half In Linux........................................ : 97
2: Stumped - symbol loockup error: undefined symbol: EVP_idea_cbc. : 92
3: FQDN for Leafnode SOLUTION..................................... : 92
4: Webcam: Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe................... : 38
5: Download duration while Easyurpmi.............................. : 36
6: Bash script error.............................................. : 32
7: Reading CPU Core Temp.......................................... : 24
8: HP keyboard, possibility to program "shortcut buttons"?........ : 20
9: Internal DNS resolution look up fails SOLUTION................. : 16
10: 2008.0 PP on CD................................................ : 16
11: Internal DNS resolution look up fails.......................... : 16
12: Wireshark 2008.0............................................... : 14
13: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 14
14: nc4000 laptop won't power off.................................. : 14
15: Partition manipulation......................................... : 13
16: Haupauge Nova-t 500 Dig card................................... : 13
17: /etc/fstab entry for USB drive................................. : 12
18: 3rd hard drive goes read only.................................. : 11
19: Multimedia-desktop-kernel but no mouse!........................ : 11
20: [ OT ]FQDN for Leafnode SOLUTION............................... : 10

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Top 2 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 2
2: lists.openoffice.users......................................... : 2

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode.......................................................... : 12
2: Pan............................................................ : 9
3: slrn........................................................... : 8
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11....................................... : 6
5: G2............................................................. : 6
6: Mozilla........................................................ : 4
7: pan............................................................ : 2
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: slrn...................................................... : 61 (21%)
2: Pan....................................................... : 52 (18%)
3: Opera Mail................................................ : 45 (16%)
4: KNode..................................................... : 42 (15%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11.................................. : 22 ( 8%)
6: pan....................................................... : 13 ( 5%)
7: Mozilla................................................... : 13 ( 5%)
8: G2........................................................ : 12 ( 4%)
9: Gnus...................................................... : 8 ( 3%)
10: nn........................................................ : 7 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 139
2: -0500.......................................................... : 47
3: -0600.......................................................... : 29
4: +1100.......................................................... : 25
5: +0100.......................................................... : 22
6: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 12
7: ............................................................... : 3
8: -0700.......................................................... : 3
9: +0100 (CET).................................................... : 3
10: -0800.......................................................... : 1

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