Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Dec 19 08:49:37 2004

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 12 Dec 2004 10:50:57 GMT and ending at

19 Dec 2004 08:11:02 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: 105 Articles: 301 (69 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 47 Volume generated: 523.6 kb - headers: 267.9 kb (5,081 lines) - bodies: 251.1 kb (6,979 lines) - original: 129.6 kb (3,979 lines) - signatures: 4.4 kb (220 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.516

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 2.9 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 52 posters s: 3.7 posts Posts per thread: 6.4 median: 5 posts mode: 1 post - 8 threads s: 7.0 posts Message size: 1781.4 bytes - header: 911.3 bytes (16.9 lines) - body: 854.2 bytes (23.2 lines) - original: 441.1 bytes (13.2 lines) - signature: 14.9 bytes (0.7 lines)

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

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22 40.1 ( 22.4/ 17.7/ 8.0) "Tim" 21 38.6 ( 21.6/ 17.0/ 8.7) Ronald Raygun 15 24.9 ( 11.5/ 12.9/ 3.6) "Doug Ramage" 12 19.4 ( 9.8/ 9.7/ 3.3) "Alex" 9 16.6 ( 8.2/ 8.3/ 3.8) john boyle 9 8.9 ( 5.5/ 3.4/ 1.1) Jonathan Bryce 8 15.7 ( 6.3/ 8.7/ 2.1) "Tumbleweed" 8 13.3 ( 8.3/ 4.7/ 2.6) "Troy Steadman" 7 9.7 ( 6.6/ 3.1/ 3.1) snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com 7 13.8 ( 5.0/ 8.8/ 3.3) snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com

These posters accounted for 39.2% of all articles.

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

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40.1 ( 22.4/ 17.7/ 8.0) 22 "Tim" 38.6 ( 21.6/ 17.0/ 8.7) 21 Ronald Raygun 24.9 ( 11.5/ 12.9/ 3.6) 15 "Doug Ramage" 19.4 ( 9.8/ 9.7/ 3.3) 12 "Alex" 16.6 ( 8.2/ 8.3/ 3.8) 9 john boyle 15.7 ( 6.3/ 8.7/ 2.1) 8 "Tumbleweed" 13.8 ( 5.0/ 8.8/ 3.3) 7 snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com 13.3 ( 8.3/ 4.7/ 2.6) 8 "Troy Steadman" 13.2 ( 5.9/ 7.3/ 3.2) 6 "John Bishop" 13.1 ( 5.2/ 7.9/ 4.4) 6 Richard Buttrey

These posters accounted for 39.9% of the total volume.

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

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1.000 ( 3.1 / 3.1) 7 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com 0.563 ( 2.6 / 4.7) 8 "Troy Steadman" 0.560 ( 4.4 / 7.9) 6 Richard Buttrey 0.509 ( 8.7 / 17.0) 21 Ronald Raygun 0.506 ( 2.3 / 4.6) 5 "rob." 0.469 ( 3.2 / 6.7) 5 "Marcus Collie" 0.465 ( 2.9 / 6.3) 6 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 0.459 ( 3.8 / 8.3) 9 john boyle 0.453 ( 8.0 / 17.7) 22 "Tim" 0.443 ( 3.2 / 7.3) 6 "John Bishop"

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

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0.459 ( 3.8 / 8.3) 9 john boyle 0.453 ( 8.0 / 17.7) 22 "Tim" 0.443 ( 3.2 / 7.3) 6 "John Bishop" 0.438 ( 2.3 / 5.2) 6 "tim" 0.381 ( 1.4 / 3.7) 5 "Terry Harper" 0.376 ( 3.3 / 8.8) 7 snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com 0.341 ( 3.3 / 9.7) 12 "Alex" 0.328 ( 1.1 / 3.4) 9 Jonathan Bryce 0.276 ( 3.6 / 12.9) 15 "Doug Ramage" 0.239 ( 2.1 / 8.7) 8 "Tumbleweed"

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

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25 Prize money in sport ... 21 ID cards - who benefits 20 Contracting back into SERPS/State Second Pension 13 Hire Purchase 12 Bank Transfers 12 Cheque Validility 12 Commercial Property - To sell or keep ? 11 Selling my 2/3 bedroom flat in Paris 11 Bank account 11 New Company Formation - procedure, pros & cons, obligations, and any management / accounting software

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

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46.5 ( 23.2/ 22.9/ 9.2) 21 ID cards - who benefits 43.4 ( 24.9/ 18.2/ 6.2) 25 Prize money in sport ... 43.1 ( 17.9/ 25.1/ 14.9) 20 Contracting back into SERPS/State Second Pension 22.7 ( 10.1/ 12.4/ 4.5) 12 Commercial Property - To sell or keep ? 21.7 ( 12.3/ 9.2/ 4.5) 13 Hire Purchase 21.4 ( 10.7/ 10.5/ 3.8) 10 PIN crap. 20.3 ( 9.6/ 9.9/ 4.2) 9 Trivia: Britain's most broken law is? 19.9 ( 10.4/ 9.3/ 5.4) 10 Zero Vector Target Approached - T Bonds 19.2 ( 8.3/ 10.7/ 4.7) 11 New Company Formation - procedure, pros & cons, obligations, and any management / accounting software 18.7 ( 6.9/ 11.7/ 6.1) 8 20k loan over 6 months?

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

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0.776 ( 0.3/ 0.4) 3 ISA question 0.678 ( 2.4/ 3.6) 4 Social Club Closing - Finance Issues 0.671 ( 1.1/ 1.6) 4 Buying Dollars On The High Street 0.649 ( 4.9/ 7.5) 9 ISA's - Capital Guaranteed? 0.632 ( 4.0/ 6.3) 11 Selling my 2/3 bedroom flat in Paris 0.617 ( 4.1/ 6.6) 8 Goldfish and Amazon 0.612 ( 0.6/ 0.9) 3 Personal tax calculator 0.605 ( 3.9/ 6.5) 7 What do developers look for? 0.593 ( 14.9/ 25.1) 20 Contracting back into SERPS/State Second Pension 0.580 ( 5.4/ 9.3) 10 Zero Vector Target Approached - T Bonds

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

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0.451 ( 2.1 / 4.7) 5 tax return P85 0.449 ( 2.1 / 4.7) 12 Bank Transfers 0.446 ( 1.8 / 3.9) 3 Benefit Fraud and Tax Evasion 0.444 ( 4.7 / 10.7) 11 New Company Formation - procedure, pros & cons, obligations, and any management / accounting software 0.425 ( 2.0 / 4.6) 5 using Visa with paypal on ebay 0.423 ( 4.2 / 9.9) 9 Trivia: Britain's most broken law is? 0.403 ( 9.2 / 22.9) 21 ID cards - who benefits 0.358 ( 4.5 / 12.4) 12 Commercial Property - To sell or keep ? 0.357 ( 3.8 / 10.5) 10 PIN crap. 0.340 ( 6.2 / 18.2) 25 Prize money in sport ...

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

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32 uk.legal 20 us.politics 20 uk.politics.misc 3 uk.business.accountancy 1 uk.education.staffroom 1 uk.education.teachers 1 uk.food+drink.real-ale 1 uk.politics.parliament 1 uk.forsale 1 uk.food+drink.chinese

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

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9 etamp 9 Alan G 9 "Tumbleweed" 7 "Martin Davies" 6 "Clive" 3 Richard Buttrey 3 libraryofalex@*nospam*btinternet.com 3 Tam 3 Alex 3 Biwah
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