Posted by Toby Inkster on 12/23/07 20:07

=========================== alt.html Statistics ============================
Total posts considered: 511 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sun Dec 16 21:05:38 2007
Latest article: Sun Dec 23 20:01:34 2007
Original articles: 237, replies: 274
Total size of posts: 3,001,603 bytes (2,931 kbytes) (2.86 Mbytes)
Average 73 articles per day, 0.41 Mbytes per day, 5,873 bytes per article
Total headers: 446 kbytes, bodies: 2,484 kbytes
Body: quoted 167 kbytes, original 2,164 kbytes = 92.80%, sigs 152 kbytes
Total number of posters: 236, average 12,718 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 230, average 13,050 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 18
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==================== Top Posters by Number of Messages =====================
Poster Msgs
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1: dorayme ........................................................ 49
2: Bone Ur ........................................................ 22
3: Ben C .......................................................... 16
4: rf ............................................................. 16
5: Jonathan N. Little ............................................. 16
6: Nik Coughlin ................................................... 15
7: Harlan Messinger ............................................... 14
8: MI5.Victim@mi5.gov.uk........................................... 12
9: Blinky the Shark ............................................... 9
10: visioninfosyslinks@gmail.com.................................... 9
11: richard ........................................................ 7
12: IGot2P ......................................................... 7
13: Chaddy2222 ..................................................... 7
14: Bergamot ....................................................... 7
15: Toby A Inkster ................................................. 7
16: mkarja ......................................................... 7
17: Beauregard T. Shagnasty ........................................ 6
18: linkswanted .................................................... 6
19: John Doe ....................................................... 6
20: Jukka K. Korpela ............................................... 5
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======================= Top Posters by Size (kbytes) =======================
Poster Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total
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1: MI5.Victim@mi5.gov.uk........... 5 3 119 28 156
2: dorayme ........................ 49 36 31 0 117
3: Bone Ur ........................ 28 9 6 1 45
4: Ben C .......................... 21 12 7 0 41
5: Jonathan N. Little ............. 21 11 4 1 39
6: Harlan Messinger ............... 13 12 6 0 33
7: Nik Coughlin ................... 15 10 4 0 31
8: rf ............................. 16 8 6 0 31
9: Victim@mi5.gov.uk............... 1 0 11 14 26
10: msk2000 ........................ 2 0 20 0 23
11: Toby Inkster ................... 0 0 21 0 22
12: mkarja ......................... 8 6 3 0 18
13: Blinky the Shark ............... 10 5 1 1 18
14: ivemfevfm@bigfoot.com........... 0 0 17 0 17
15: ifiefvi@bigfoot.com............. 0 0 17 0 17
16: fvifmfv@hotmail.com............. 0 0 17 0 17
17: vmvemeifi@gmail.com............. 0 0 17 0 17
18: vimeifiv@gmail.com.............. 0 0 17 0 17
19: fieifeiv@yahoo.com.............. 0 0 17 0 17
20: vmivfv@hotmail.com.............. 0 0 17 0 17
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================== Top Posters by Original Text (kbytes) ===================
Poster Total
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1: MI5.Victim@mi5.gov.uk........................................... 119
2: dorayme ........................................................ 31
3: mimfmem@hotmail.com............................................. 12
4: imvemfi@yahoo.com............................................... 12
5: mfimi@lycos.com................................................. 12
6: vfmvfm@bigfoot.com.............................................. 12
7: mimfemv@gmail.com............................................... 12
8: fefvmf@lycos.com................................................ 12
9: vieieivfe@hotmail.com........................................... 12
10: evmviemi@gmail.com.............................................. 12
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=================== Highest Percentage of Original Text ====================
Poster Orig Body %age
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1: MI5.Victim@mi5.gov.uk........................... 3 151 78
2: John Doe ....................................... 0 2 77
3: Bergamot ....................................... 0 2 63
4: Adrienne Boswell ............................... 1 6 60
5: Beauregard T. Shagnasty ........................ 0 2 51
6: Tarscher ....................................... 1 3 49
7: Jukka K. Korpela ............................... 1 4 48
8: dorayme ........................................ 36 68 45
9: rf ............................................. 8 14 43
10: Toby A Inkster ................................. 0 6 41
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==================== Lowest Percentage of Original Text ====================
Poster Orig Body %age
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1: Blinky the Shark ............................... 5 7 17
2: Jonathan N. Little ............................. 11 17 26
3: richard ........................................ 3 4 30
4: Nik Coughlin ................................... 10 15 30
5: IGot2P ......................................... 5 7 31
6: Chaddy2222 ..................................... 3 5 31
7: Harlan Messinger ............................... 12 19 34
8: Ben C .......................................... 12 20 36
9: mkarja ......................................... 6 10 37
10: Michael Fesser ................................. 1 2 37
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==================== Top Threads By Number of Messages =====================
Thread Msgs
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1: Positioning text relatively to a picture........................ 43
2: CSS liquid layout - can't achieve correct sizing................ 22
3: New to CSS....simple question maybe............................. 17
4: Picture not showing correctly................................... 15
5: Suppression of URL details...................................... 15
6: W3C validation error............................................ 12
7: I think if I see another three column web page I am going to ... 12
8: Web Hosting - reseller hosting.................................. 9
9: Tag Id.......................................................... 8
10: URL encoding of c cedille....................................... 8
11: bmp compressed image............................................ 8
12: How do I make a tip of the day pop up?.......................... 8
13: Get Your New Firefox Web Browser................................ 8
14: Superscript (<sup>) and middle alignment in tables.............. 7
15: easily scalable images.......................................... 7
16: css sub-menu overlapping problem................................ 6
17: MI5 Persecution: Comparing the MI5 Persecution with German Fi... 6
18: Graphic copyrights & morale issues.............................. 6
19: Valid characters in GET data.................................... 5
20: tables and anchors.............................................. 5
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======================= Top Threads By Size (kbytes) =======================
Thread Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total
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1: Positioning text relatively to . 53 27 17 1 100
2: MI5 Persecution: Four Years of . 2 4 64 0 71
3: MI5 Persecution: Comparing the . 2 0 66 0 69
4: MI5 Persecution: MI5 Waste Taxp. 2 0 28 35 66
5: CSS liquid layout - can't achie. 26 17 13 0 58
6: Suppression of URL details...... 17 17 8 0 43
7: Picture not showing correctly... 18 10 8 0 38
8: New to CSS....simple question m. 17 12 7 0 37
9: Persecution: MI5 Waste Taxpayer. 3 0 12 14 30
10: W3C validation error............ 12 8 5 1 27
11: ALT.HTML Statistics for 16/12/2. 0 0 21 0 22
12: I think if I see another three . 13 1 4 0 19
13: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
14: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
15: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
16: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
17: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
18: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
19: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
20: MI5 Persecution: Molestation du. 0 0 17 0 17
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========================= Most Replied-To Messages =========================
Message-ID Replies
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1: <e8368e4a-e9cd-492c-afe3-c2cc9e194b09@e6g2000prf.googlegroups... 9
2: <3319ac00-4786-442c-9490-9908e6703ddf@s19g2000prg.googlegroup... 9
3: <ededdad2-c127-4b5a-b4e0-a559fa8123c7@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups... 5
4: <1a1e68d3-3629-413a-b5fa-d96c71a9144e@i29g2000prf.googlegroup... 4
5: <s82lm3ptcsajn2cads1mh1i17h6r0nagg8@4ax.com>.................... 4
6: <dad60e5a-7f42-43c3-ab9c-e7680df0b253@1g2000hsl.googlegroups.... 4
7: <26aff379-bb0a-4515-b0c0-fd40bf193ba8@d21g2000prf.googlegroup... 4
8: <a2bb1d9d-a525-4c51-9c49-1475021252e4@d27g2000prf.googlegroup... 3
9: <doraymeRidThis-F95A67.08495221122007@news-vip.optusnet.com.a... 3
10: <doraymeRidThis-6283DB.19432518122007@news-vip.optusnet.com.a... 3
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========================= Most Cross-Posted Groups =========================
Group Msgs
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1: uk.misc......................................................... 179
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=================== Top User-Agents by Number of Posters ===================
User-Agent Posters
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1: unknown......................................................... 163
2: G2.............................................................. 30
3: Mozilla Thunderbird............................................. 9
4: Outlook Express................................................. 9
5: Forte Agent..................................................... 5
6: 40tude Dialog................................................... 3
7: Mozilla......................................................... 3
8: Xnews........................................................... 3
9: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480........................... 2
10: Pan............................................................. 1
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================== Top User-Agents by Number of Messages ===================
User-Agent Msgs
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1: unknown......................................................... 181
2: G2.............................................................. 79
3: MT-NewsWatcher.................................................. 49
4: Mozilla Thunderbird............................................. 37
5: Outlook Express................................................. 33
6: Mozilla......................................................... 28
7: Xnews........................................................... 28
8: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480........................... 18
9: Forte Agent..................................................... 16
10: slrn............................................................ 16
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======= Bandwidth-Wasting User-Agents by Average Header Size (bytes) =======
User-Agent Hdrs Msgs Avg
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1: slrn............................................ 21532 16 1345
2: Mozilla......................................... 35660 28 1273
3: Xnews........................................... 35187 28 1256
4: 40tude Dialog................................... 10873 9 1208
5: Pan............................................. 10712 9 1190
6: G2.............................................. 92466 79 1170
7: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480........... 20133 18 1118
8: Outlook Express................................. 35546 33 1077
9: Mozilla Thunderbird............................. 39121 37 1057
10: MT-NewsWatcher.................................. 50412 49 1028
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===================== Top Servers by Number of Posters =====================
Posters
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1: news.alt.net.................................................... 160
2: googlegroups.com................................................ 30
3: individual.net.................................................. 8
4: newsp.newsguy.com............................................... 3
5: news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net.................................... 2
6: postmaster.news.prodigy.com..................................... 2
7: nntp.eclipse.net.uk............................................. 2
8: news-server.bigpond.net.au...................................... 2
9: news.optusnet.com.au............................................ 2
10: corp.supernews.com.............................................. 2
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======================= Top Servers by Size (kbytes) =======================
Server Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total
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1: news.alt.net.................... 75 15 1965 120 2176
2: googlegroups.com................ 90 21 59 6 177
3: news.optusnet.com.au............ 51 37 31 0 120
4: individual.net.................. 42 22 12 1 77
5: nntp.eclipse.net.uk............. 23 13 8 0 45
6: motzarella.org.................. 28 9 6 1 45
7: newsp.newsguy.com............... 8 3 13 14 40
8: NAXS.COM-a2kHrUvQQWlmc.......... 21 11 4 1 39
9: news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net.... 7 0 24 3 35
10: news-server.bigpond.net.au...... 17 8 6 0 32
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=================== Top Time Zones by Number of Posters ====================
Zone Posters
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1: UTC............................................................. 176
2: -0800 (PST)..................................................... 30
3: +0100........................................................... 10
4: -0500........................................................... 6
5: -0600........................................................... 5
6: -0800........................................................... 2
7: +1100........................................................... 2
8: +1300........................................................... 1
9: -0700........................................................... 1
10: +0200........................................................... 1
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=================== Top Time Zones by Number of Messages ===================
Zone Msgs
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1: UTC............................................................. 245
2: -0800 (PST)..................................................... 79
3: +1100........................................................... 53
4: -0500........................................................... 41
5: -0600........................................................... 33
6: +0100........................................................... 24
7: +1300........................................................... 15
8: -0800........................................................... 12
9: +0200........................................................... 5
10: +1000........................................................... 2
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================= Days When We are Most in Need of a Life ==================
Day Msgs
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1: Mon............................................................. 53
2: Tue............................................................. 61
3: Wed............................................................. 65
4: Thu............................................................. 77
5: Fri............................................................. 33
6: Sat............................................................. 19
7: Sun............................................................. 201
8: Non-RFC822 Header............................................... 2
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Stats compiled by Toby Inkster.

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