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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: 209 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Nov 14 21:25:12 2008
Latest article: Fri Nov 21 21:02:03 2008
Original articles: 21, replies: 188
Total size of posts: 477,211 bytes (466K) (0.46M)
Average 29 articles per day, 0.07 MB per day, 2,283 bytes per article
Total headers: 264 KB bodies: 201 KB
Body text - quoted: 76 KB, original: 112 KB = 59.64%, sigs: 12 KB
Total number of posters: 53, average 9,003 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 43, average 11,097 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: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 42
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 22
3: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 20
4: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 9
5: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 8
6: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 7
7: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 7
8: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 6
9: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 6
10: Frank Dreyfus <fdreyfus@nyw.com>.............................. . : 6
11: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 6
12: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 5
13: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 5
14: chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>............................. ....... : 4
15: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 4
16: DrTeeth <no-email@tardis.com>................................. . : 4
17: Nanard <bsegonnes@free.fr>............................... ...... : 3
18: George Czerw <noone@nowhere.net>............................. .. : 2
19: Dave Pickles <davep@cyw.uklinux.net>......................... .. : 2
20: chris gareau <ax@bx.cx>...................................... .. : 2

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 78
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 49
3: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 39
4: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 28
5: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 27
6: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 23
7: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 15
8: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 14
9: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
10: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 14
11: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 13
12: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 13
13: Frank Dreyfus <fdreyfus@nyw.com>.............................. . : 11
14: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 10
15: chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>............................. ....... : 9
16: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 7
17: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 7
18: DrTeeth <no-email@tardis.com>................................. . : 6
19: Nanard <bsegonnes@free.fr>............................... ...... : 4
20: LeoTheLion <kavanaghleo@gmail.com>........................... .. : 3

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Top 12 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Frank Dreyfus <fdreyfus@nyw.com>.............................. . : 86.79%
2: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 80.01%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 75.47%
4: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 67.35%
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 62.70%
6: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 59.97%
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 52.41%
8: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 36.34%
9: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 31.45%
10: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 29.55%
11: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 26.49%
12: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 24.13%

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Bottom 12 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 23.96%
2: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 24.13%
3: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 26.49%
4: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 29.55%
5: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 31.45%
6: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 36.34%
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 52.41%
8: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 59.97%
9: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 62.70%
10: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 67.35%
11: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 75.47%
12: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 80.01%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Root password problem in 2008.0................................ : 41
2: 2009 KDE 4 - Where's the printer setup?........................ : 21
3: Loose ends with 2009.0 ('One')................................. : 19
4: Problem with latest 2009.0 kernel desktop586-2.6.27-41mnb...... : 18
5: weird problem in 2009.......................................... : 8
6: Strange message in syslog...................................... : 8
7: Firefox 3.0.4 in 2009.0........................................ : 7
8: ISO -vs- directory of files.................................... : 7
9: Hide user name in login screen................................. : 7
10: FYI: new Firefox security update............................... : 6
11: Split .avi file.............................................. .. : 6
12: Firefox issue............................................. ..... : 6
13: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 5
14: multiple copies of xorg.conf.mdvxxxx........................... : 5
15: Broadcasting...................................... ............. : 5
16: [SOLVED} Strange message in syslog............................. : 4
17: ntp gotcha found............................................. .. : 3
18: Mandriva 2009 Free DVD, Kompozer won't open.................... : 3
19: Telenor Icon 225 Wireless Mobile broadband (Norway)............ : 2
20: FYI: Flash 10 for 64 bit....................................... : 2

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Root password problem in 2008.0................................ : 77
2: Problem with latest 2009.0 kernel desktop586-2.6.27-41mnb...... : 50
3: 2009 KDE 4 - Where's the printer setup?........................ : 43
4: Loose ends with 2009.0 ('One')................................. : 35
5: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 30
6: Broadcasting...................................... ............. : 16
7: weird problem in 2009.......................................... : 15
8: FYI: new Firefox security update............................... : 15
9: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 14
10: Strange message in syslog...................................... : 14
11: ISO -vs- directory of files.................................... : 13
12: Firefox 3.0.4 in 2009.0........................................ : 13
13: Split .avi file.............................................. .. : 12
14: Firefox issue............................................. ..... : 12
15: Hide user name in login screen................................. : 10
16: [SOLVED} Strange message in syslog............................. : 9
17: multiple copies of xorg.conf.mdvxxxx........................... : 8
18: AMD Quad Core AM2+ support in 2009.0........................... : 6
19: ntp gotcha found............................................. .. : 6
20: HD Speed, etc. (new thread).................................... : 6

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Top 2 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 1
2: alt.fan.mozilla................................... ............. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 16
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 9
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11...................................... : 7
4: G2................................................ ............. : 5
5: slrn.............................................. ............. : 5
6: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 3
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows.................................. : 1
8: nn................................................ ............. : 1
9: Microsoft Mail 8.0.4509-dev.................................... : 1
10: Opera Mail.............................................. ....... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Pan............................................... ........ : 59 (28%)
2: slrn.............................................. ........ : 33 (16%)
3: KNode............................................. ........ : 30 (14%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11................................. : 23 (11%)
5: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 22 (11%)
6: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 11 ( 5%)
7: nn................................................ ........ : 8 ( 4%)
8: G2................................................ ........ : 7 ( 3%)
9: Xnews............................................. ........ : 6 ( 3%)
10: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 4 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 107
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 41
3: -0600.............................................. ............ : 21
4: +0100............................................. ............. : 15
5: +1100............................................. ............. : 10
6: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 7
7: -0800.............................................. ............ : 5
8: -0700.............................................. ............ : 3

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