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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: 227 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Jan 9 21:25:05 2009
Latest article: Fri Jan 16 20:25:07 2009
Original articles: 24, replies: 203
Total size of posts: 614,787 bytes (600K) (0.59M)
Average 32 articles per day, 0.08 MB per day, 2,708 bytes per article
Total headers: 279 KB bodies: 320 KB
Body text - quoted: 134 KB, original: 157 KB = 54.01%, sigs: 27 KB
Total number of posters: 58, average 10,599 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 38, average 16,178 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 13

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 21
2: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 15
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 15
4: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 15
5: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 13
6: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 12
7: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 10
8: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 9
9: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 8
10: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 7
11: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 7
12: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 5
13: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 5
14: John Kloosterman <John@Closed.org.invalid>..................... : 4
15: Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid>..................... ....... : 4
16: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>........... .... : 4
17: Roger <gronnvold@linuxmaskinen.homelinux.org>........... ....... : 3
18: egh <eghoward@gmail.com>.............................. ......... : 3
19: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 3
20: ray <ray@zianet.com>.................................. ......... : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 71
2: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 49
3: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 43
4: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 36
5: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 34
6: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 33
7: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 31
8: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 23
9: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 22
10: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 19
11: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 18
12: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 15
13: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 14
14: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>........... .... : 11
15: "Joachim Ziebs" <Anybody.Nobody@newmail.net>................... : 11
16: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 9
17: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 9
18: don <noddleif@westnet.com.au>......................... ......... : 8
19: John Kloosterman <John@Closed.org.invalid>..................... : 8
20: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 7

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Top 12 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 83.93%
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 77.07%
3: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 66.08%
4: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 63.41%
5: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.29%
6: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 59.80%
7: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 58.88%
8: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 51.69%
9: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 51.19%
10: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 50.05%
11: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 30.29%
12: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 27.94%

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Bottom 12 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 11.76%
2: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 27.94%
3: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 30.29%
4: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 50.05%
5: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 51.19%
6: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 51.69%
7: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 58.88%
8: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 59.80%
9: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.29%
10: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 63.41%
11: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 66.08%
12: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 77.07%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Mandriva Can No Longer Claim... (cc to forum).................. : 21
2: Xsane: inconsistent finding of scanner......................... : 20
3: Clock Inaccuracies, etc. (was: Partitioning External HD, etc.). : 15
4: Startup Error Message.......................................... : 13
5: gspca failed............................................ ....... : 12
6: bad sigs.............................................. ......... : 11
7: newbie: how to create icon on desktop?......................... : 11
8: "Read Only File System"........................................ : 10
9: Amarok updated draws a blank under KDE4, 64-bit................ : 9
10: KNode draft messages.......................................... . : 8
11: Different colors of Lilo?...................................... : 8
12: configuring laptop pad-mouse................................... : 8
13: Two kernels........................................... ......... : 8
14: not enough space for /......................................... : 7
15: where is qrender?.......................................... .... : 6
16: Strange behavior of the saver screen........................... : 5
17: Sorting output of du command................................... : 5
18: Which DSL works well with Mandriva?............................ : 5
19: Is this possible, printing out a directory automatic?.......... : 5
20: Title bar blank in open windows with 2009...................... : 4

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Clock Inaccuracies, etc. (was: Partitioning External HD, etc.). : 80
2: Mandriva Can No Longer Claim... (cc to forum).................. : 57
3: Xsane: inconsistent finding of scanner......................... : 44
4: Two kernels........................................... ......... : 36
5: gspca failed............................................ ....... : 35
6: "Read Only File System"........................................ : 29
7: Startup Error Message.......................................... : 26
8: Amarok updated draws a blank under KDE4, 64-bit................ : 23
9: newbie: how to create icon on desktop?......................... : 22
10: bad sigs.............................................. ......... : 20
11: Different colors of Lilo?...................................... : 19
12: where is qrender?.......................................... .... : 16
13: Partitioning External HD, etc.................................. : 15
14: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 15
15: KNode draft messages.......................................... . : 14
16: configuring laptop pad-mouse................................... : 14
17: not enough space for /......................................... : 12
18: Sorting output of du command................................... : 11
19: Is this possible, printing out a directory automatic?.......... : 11
20: Tilda fails all of a sudden.................................... : 9

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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............................................. ............. : 19
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 12
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11...................................... : 6
4: slrn.............................................. ............. : 6
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 3
6: G2................................................ ............. : 2
7: Opera Mail.............................................. ....... : 2
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11...................................... : 2
9: Unknown........................................... ............. : 2
10: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode............................................. ........ : 93 (41%)
2: Pan............................................... ........ : 35 (15%)
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11................................. : 28 (12%)
4: slrn.............................................. ........ : 24 (11%)
5: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 17 ( 7%)
6: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 9 ( 4%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11................................. : 5 ( 2%)
8: nn................................................ ........ : 5 ( 2%)
9: unknown........................................... ........ : 4 ( 2%)
10: Gnus.............................................. ........ : 2 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: +0100............................................. ............. : 59
2: UTC............................................... ............. : 56
3: -0500.............................................. ............ : 42
4: +1100............................................. ............. : 30
5: -0600.............................................. ............ : 18
6: -0800.............................................. ............ : 14
7: -0700.............................................. ............ : 3
8: +1030............................................. ............. : 3
9: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 2

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