Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Aug 15 10:18:54 2004

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 08 Aug 2004 09:23:25 GMT and ending at

15 Aug 2004 09:03:22 GMT.

Notes ==== - A line in the body of a post is considered to be original if it does *not* match the regular expression /^\s{0,3}(?:>|:|\S+>|\+\+)/.

- All text after the last cut line (/^-- $/) in the body is considered to be the author's signature.

- The scanner prefers the Reply-To: header over the From: header in determining the "real" e-mail address and name.

- Original Content Rating (OCR) is the ratio of the original content volume to the total body volume.

- When no crossposting has taken place during the period of the stats people with 0 crossposts will reach the top ten crossposters.

- The stats are generated automatically every Sunday morning by a Cron script. The script is a modified version of the news-scan script available on CPAN and runs on a GNU/linux machine with Leafnode. It can also be used on a Windows machine with Cygwin and Hamster.

- Please send all comments or requests for copies of the script to Jonathan Bryce (jonathan at jbryce dot org dot uk).

Excluded Posters =============== see\@reply.to not\@home.com test\@test.test indiantravelcompany\@yahoo.co.uk bablebridge\@rediffmail.com asdlk\@aldk.com paranoidandroid\@donetreply.com goldengun\@yahoo.co.uk trash\@mbott.freeserve.co.uk \;alisjd\@alkdjf.com G.Gun\@yahoo.co.uk don'trep\@yahoo.com alisjd\@alkdjf.com qwelkrj\@yahoo.com mrgoldengunn\@hotmail.com theman\@goldengun.com harvery\@barvery.com quentinjone60\@hotmail.donotreply.com quentin60\@excite.co.uk noreply\@nomail.com cutbert_higginbottom70\@hotmail.com cuthbert\@donotreply.com Cuthbert\@Spam.donotreply.com cuthbert\@spamtrap.com harvey\@yahoo.com Harvey\@barvey.co.uk internet\@profile.ndo.co.uk quentin_jones60\@hotmailSPAM.com Harvey\@barvey.com harry_grims59\@hotmailSPAMTRAP.com glorybox\@thisisnotused.com glorbybox\@dontreply.com glorybox\@donotrespond.com moonface\@donotreply.com Jhamilton_59\@hotmail.com tinypost\@nobody.com LhB\@l8vLNKcm.com

Totals ===== Posters: 119 Articles: 320 (51 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 57 Volume generated: 634.2 kb - headers: 273.5 kb (5,243 lines) - bodies: 356.5 kb (9,207 lines) - original: 224.4 kb (6,035 lines) - signatures: 3.9 kb (132 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.629

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 2.7 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 52 posters s: 3.5 posts Posts per thread: 5.6 median: 4 posts mode: 1 post - 16 threads s: 6.6 posts Message size: 2029.6 bytes - header: 875.3 bytes (16.4 lines) - body: 1140.8 bytes (28.8 lines) - original: 718.0 bytes (18.9 lines) - signature: 12.5 bytes (0.4 lines)

Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address

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21 36.5 ( 22.5/ 14.0/ 7.6) "Tim" 19 42.7 ( 19.8/ 22.9/ 12.7) Ronald Raygun 14 16.7 ( 9.5/ 7.2/ 4.0) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 11 19.6 ( 8.0/ 11.6/ 3.3) "Alex" 8 14.9 ( 8.2/ 6.8/ 4.7) John-Smith 8 15.7 ( 7.0/ 8.0/ 2.8) GSV Three Minds in a Can 7 11.7 ( 8.0/ 3.7/ 2.8) "dp" 7 9.8 ( 6.4/ 3.4/ 1.5) "jpdal5921" 7 11.3 ( 4.0/ 7.1/ 4.3) snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net 6 21.9 ( 6.4/ 15.5/ 3.1) "Eric Jones"

These posters accounted for 33.8% of all articles.

Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address

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90.6 ( 2.9/ 87.7/ 87.6) 3 "Dick Eastman" 42.7 ( 19.8/ 22.9/ 12.7) 19 Ronald Raygun 36.5 ( 22.5/ 14.0/ 7.6) 21 "Tim" 21.9 ( 6.4/ 15.5/ 3.1) 6 "Eric Jones" 19.6 ( 8.0/ 11.6/ 3.3) 11 "Alex" 16.7 ( 9.5/ 7.2/ 4.0) 14 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 15.7 ( 7.0/ 8.0/ 2.8) 8 GSV Three Minds in a Can 14.9 ( 8.2/ 6.8/ 4.7) 8 John-Smith 11.7 ( 8.0/ 3.7/ 2.8) 7 "dp" 11.3 ( 4.0/ 7.1/ 4.3) 7 snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net

These posters accounted for 44.4% of the total volume.

Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address

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0.748 ( 2.8 / 3.7) 7 "dp" 0.696 ( 4.7 / 6.8) 8 John-Smith 0.612 ( 4.3 / 7.1) 7 snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net 0.557 ( 4.0 / 7.2) 14 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.556 ( 12.7 / 22.9) 19 Ronald Raygun 0.544 ( 7.6 / 14.0) 21 "Tim" 0.515 ( 2.0 / 4.0) 6 "John Smith" 0.432 ( 1.5 / 3.4) 7 "jpdal5921" 0.399 ( 0.7 / 1.9) 6 Jonathan Bryce 0.353 ( 2.8 / 8.0) 8 GSV Three Minds in a Can

Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address

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0.557 ( 4.0 / 7.2) 14 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.556 ( 12.7 / 22.9) 19 Ronald Raygun 0.544 ( 7.6 / 14.0) 21 "Tim" 0.515 ( 2.0 / 4.0) 6 "John Smith" 0.432 ( 1.5 / 3.4) 7 "jpdal5921" 0.399 ( 0.7 / 1.9) 6 Jonathan Bryce 0.353 ( 2.8 / 8.0) 8 GSV Three Minds in a Can 0.339 ( 1.3 / 3.8) 6 "D.A.L." 0.284 ( 3.3 / 11.6) 11 "Alex" 0.202 ( 3.1 / 15.5) 6 "Eric Jones"

Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject

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29 Early retirement options 26 Egg Anniversary Date 22 Government considering phasing out pensions tax free lump sum 18 Bad credit, why? 14 IR no longer planning to send me tax returns 14 Halifax Credit card offer 13 Credit Score 11 Electoral Roll 11 Strange annuity problem 9 Banks reporting to Inland Revenue

Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject

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60.5 ( 29.8/ 29.9/ 15.4) 29 Early retirement options 53.7 ( 24.1/ 29.6/ 8.9) 26 Egg Anniversary Date 44.1 ( 1.0/ 43.1/ 43.1) 1 Eastman's Pentagon Crash Evidence -- The implications 40.4 ( 21.2/ 19.2/ 10.7) 22 Government considering phasing out pensions tax free lump sum 36.7 ( 16.0/ 20.4/ 6.2) 18 Bad credit, why? 29.1 ( 12.9/ 15.9/ 6.7) 14 IR no longer planning to send me tax returns 23.6 ( 13.6/ 9.9/ 4.7) 14 Halifax Credit card offer 23.3 ( 1.0/ 22.3/ 22.3) 1 call for universal voter strike against major parties 23.2 ( 11.0/ 12.1/ 4.6) 11 Strange annuity problem 23.2 ( 0.9/ 22.3/ 22.3) 1 Bi-Partisan Betrayal -- Various authors, various aspects: BushKerry Out to Kill Us

Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject

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0.782 ( 6.6/ 8.5) 9 Click here to get your VISA Online! 0.740 ( 1.4/ 1.8) 3 Expert calls for optional maths 0.736 ( 2.4/ 3.3) 8 Looking for a job in Financial Services? - UK 0.731 ( 1.6/ 2.2) 5 Capital gains tax on property 0.697 ( 0.5/ 0.7) 3 Xenon 2 0.684 ( 2.9/ 4.2) 3 House prices could crash 0.659 ( 2.8/ 4.3) 4 How do gilts work? 0.649 ( 2.7/ 4.1) 5 Interest rates - Flat/Rate/APR ??? 0.622 ( 0.6/ 1.0) 4 visa delta in the US 0.617 ( 2.5/ 4.1) 6 Old share certificates

Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject

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0.455 ( 3.4 / 7.4) 13 Credit Score 0.449 ( 2.4 / 5.4) 5 Which online bank? 0.425 ( 1.8 / 4.3) 11 Electoral Roll 0.424 ( 1.2 / 2.8) 5 Goldfish points 0.420 ( 6.7 / 15.9) 14 IR no longer planning to send me tax returns 0.380 ( 4.6 / 12.1) 11 Strange annuity problem 0.335 ( 1.5 / 4.3) 5 Value of Trademark 0.304 ( 6.2 / 20.4) 18 Bad credit, why? 0.302 ( 8.9 / 29.6) 26 Egg Anniversary Date 0.178 ( 0.4 / 2.2) 3 Basic Bank Accounts

Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup

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9 finet.koulutus.opintotuki 9 alt.surfing.europe.uk 9 ukr.finance 8 uk.business.accountancy 7 soc.men 6 uk.finance.stockmarket 3 uk.politics.crime 3 uk.food+drink.chinese 3 uk.politics.parliament 3 uk.food+drink.chocolate

Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address

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20 "JT Thornton" 12 "Dick Eastman" 6 Kermit 6 "jpdal5921" 6 "Piggy Malone" 5 Clair Voyance 4 Jon S Green 4 "Bee" 3 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk 3 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk
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