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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: 226 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Oct 30 21:25:09 2009
Latest article: Fri Nov 6 21:02:04 2009
Original articles: 28, replies: 198
Total size of posts: 555,215 bytes (542K) (0.53M)
Average 32 articles per day, 0.08 MB per day, 2,456 bytes per article
Total headers: 294 KB bodies: 247 KB
Body text - quoted: 117 KB, original: 112 KB = 49.01%, sigs: 16 KB
Total number of posters: 61, average 9,101 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 45, average 12,338 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: Bit Twister <BitTwister DeleteThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 26
2: "Peter D." <p13 DeleteThis @g-node.com.au>................................. : 20
3: Warren <warren DeleteThis @copaninvest.com>................................ : 12
4: Unruh <unruh-spam DeleteThis @physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 11
5: Jim Beard <jdbeard DeleteThis @patriot.net>................................ : 10
6: ibuprofin DeleteThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 10
7: Aragorn <aragorn DeleteThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 10
8: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins DeleteThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 9
9: "Warren Post" <warrenpost DeleteThis @hotpop.com>.......................... : 7
10: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole DeleteThis @afraid.org>............................ : 7
11: Adam <adam DeleteThis @address.invalid>.................................... : 6
12: freemont <freemontspammenot DeleteThis @freemontsoffice.com>............... : 6
13: Jerry Heyman <heymanj DeleteThis @acm.org>................................. : 5
14: Mitchell <mitchell DeleteThis @etinternet.net>............................. : 5
15: Artful Codger <nobody DeleteThis @home.test>............................... : 4
16: Zoraster <zoraster DeleteThis @REMOVETHISoperamail.com>.................... : 4
17: Charlie <nospam DeleteThis @embarqmail.com>................................ : 4
18: "Scott B." <bgates DeleteThis @example.invalid>............................ : 4
19: Maurice Batey <maurice DeleteThis @nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 3
20: herman.viaene@invalid.be....................................... : 3
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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "Peter D." <p13@g-node.com.au>................................. : 52
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 51
3: Warren <warren@copaninvest.com>................................ : 31
4: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>................................ : 29
5: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 28
6: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 27
7: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 25
8: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 18
9: Adam <adam@address.invalid>.................................... : 16
10: "Warren Post" <warrenpost@hotpop.com>.......................... : 15
11: Jerry Heyman <heymanj@acm.org>................................. : 14
12: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>............... : 13
13: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 13
14: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole@afraid.org>............................ : 12
15: Mitchell <mitchell@etinternet.net>............................. : 10
16: "Scott B." <bgates@example.invalid>............................ : 8
17: Charlie <nospam@embarqmail.com>................................ : 8
18: Eric <apophis@ruler.of.the.night.org>.......................... : 7
19: CF <CF@example.invalid>........................................ : 7
20: "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com>.................... : 6
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Top 13 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Warren <warren@copaninvest.com>................................ : 75.66%
2: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 73.32%
3: "Warren Post" <warrenpost@hotpop.com>.......................... : 65.42%
4: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>................................ : 58.41%
5: Adam <adam@address.invalid>.................................... : 56.98%
6: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 56.40%
7: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole@afraid.org>............................ : 55.82%
8: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>............... : 55.47%
9: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 53.64%
10: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 50.17%
11: Jerry Heyman <heymanj@acm.org>................................. : 40.66%
12: "Peter D." <p13@g-node.com.au>................................. : 33.37%
13: Mitchell <mitchell@etinternet.net>............................. : 27.40%
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Bottom 13 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 22.21%
2: Mitchell <mitchell@etinternet.net>............................. : 27.40%
3: "Peter D." <p13@g-node.com.au>................................. : 33.37%
4: Jerry Heyman <heymanj@acm.org>................................. : 40.66%
5: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 50.17%
6: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 53.64%
7: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>............... : 55.47%
8: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole@afraid.org>............................ : 55.82%
9: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 56.40%
10: Adam <adam@address.invalid>.................................... : 56.98%
11: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>................................ : 58.41%
12: "Warren Post" <warrenpost@hotpop.com>.......................... : 65.42%
13: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 73.32%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: My first cron job.............................................. : 39
2: 2010 official.................................................. : 21
3: Log files/directories in ~/tmp in 2009.1....................... : 21
4: Cannot bring up konqueror as root.............................. : 15
5: mysql configuration............................................ : 10
6: SATA Drive Recognized as hdb................................... : 9
7: Suspicious directory........................................... : 9
8: Mandriva download with all codecs?............................. : 8
9: When does Mandriva 2010 come out?.............................. : 7
10: 2010 install fails with black screen........................... : 6
11: Backup recommendations......................................... : 5
12: "Candy stripes" in Konqueror................................... : 5
13: wireless card and 2010.0....................................... : 5
14: Knode to Thunderbird........................................... : 5
15: Can't delete file.............................................. : 5
16: To buy or not to buy........................................... : 4
17: Absolutely basic question...................................... : 4
18: How accurate CPU - System monitor widget?...................... : 4
19: syslog flood of i2c messages................................... : 3
20: Contents of /dev............................................... : 3
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: My first cron job.............................................. : 102
2: Log files/directories in ~/tmp in 2009.1....................... : 50
3: 2010 official.................................................. : 42
4: Cannot bring up konqueror as root.............................. : 33
5: SATA Drive Recognized as hdb................................... : 31
6: Mandriva download with all codecs?............................. : 24
7: mysql configuration............................................ : 22
8: Suspicious directory........................................... : 19
9: 2010 install fails with black screen........................... : 15
10: Backup recommendations......................................... : 14
11: wireless card and 2010.0....................................... : 14
12: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 13
13: GForce 6200 - new install...................................... : 12
14: Can't delete file.............................................. : 12
15: Knode to Thunderbird........................................... : 10
16: When does Mandriva 2010 come out?.............................. : 9
17: Contents of /dev............................................... : 8
18: Question about dissertation (was Re: My first cron job......... : 8
19: "Candy stripes" in Konqueror................................... : 8
20: To buy or not to buy........................................... : 7
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Top 1 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 1
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode.......................................................... : 20
2: Pan............................................................ : 9
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11...................................... : 8
4: slrn........................................................... : 8
5: G2............................................................. : 3
6: Unknown........................................................ : 3
7: Opera Mail..................................................... : 2
8: Mozilla........................................................ : 2
9: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726...................... : 1
10: nn............................................................. : 1
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode..................................................... : 71 (31%)
2: slrn...................................................... : 51 (23%)
3: Pan....................................................... : 25 (11%)
4: Opera Mail................................................ : 16 ( 7%)
5: G2........................................................ : 14 ( 6%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11................................. : 13 ( 6%)
7: nn........................................................ : 11 ( 5%)
8: unknown................................................... : 8 ( 4%)
9: Mozilla................................................... : 7 ( 3%)
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11................................. : 3 ( 1%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 81
2: -0600.......................................................... : 30
3: -0500.......................................................... : 29
4: +1100.......................................................... : 27
5: +0100.......................................................... : 18
6: -0400.......................................................... : 13
7: -0700 (PDT).................................................... : 9
8: -0800.......................................................... : 8
9: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 5
10: -0700.......................................................... : 4
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