Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Jan 2 12:31:11 2005

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 26 Dec 2004 12:40:27 GMT and ending at

02 Jan 2005 10:55:51 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: 82 Articles: 243 (78 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 45 Volume generated: 446.2 kb - headers: 219.2 kb (4,084 lines) - bodies: 222.0 kb (6,018 lines) - original: 132.5 kb (3,852 lines) - signatures: 4.7 kb (231 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.597

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.0 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 37 posters s: 4.1 posts Posts per thread: 5.4 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 20 threads s: 12.0 posts Message size: 1880.1 bytes - header: 923.9 bytes (16.8 lines) - body: 935.4 bytes (24.8 lines) - original: 558.5 bytes (15.9 lines) - signature: 19.9 bytes (1.0 lines)

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

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24 51.5 ( 26.4/ 24.8/ 12.9) john boyle 16 22.0 ( 11.1/ 10.9/ 5.0) "Adrian Boliston" 13 20.6 ( 13.8/ 6.8/ 2.8) "Tim" 12 24.3 ( 12.8/ 11.5/ 6.3) Ronald Raygun 10 17.9 ( 8.1/ 8.8/ 2.6) "Doug Ramage" 9 20.8 ( 5.8/ 14.1/ 4.6) "Tumbleweed" 7 13.4 ( 6.4/ 7.0/ 4.5) "John Redman" 6 12.2 ( 7.7/ 4.6/ 2.7) David Lowndes 6 29.2 ( 3.5/ 25.7/ 25.1) Biwah 6 8.4 ( 6.1/ 2.0/ 1.4) Phil Thompson

These posters accounted for 44.9% of all articles.

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

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51.5 ( 26.4/ 24.8/ 12.9) 24 john boyle 29.2 ( 3.5/ 25.7/ 25.1) 6 Biwah 24.3 ( 12.8/ 11.5/ 6.3) 12 Ronald Raygun 22.0 ( 11.1/ 10.9/ 5.0) 16 "Adrian Boliston" 20.8 ( 5.8/ 14.1/ 4.6) 9 "Tumbleweed" 20.6 ( 13.8/ 6.8/ 2.8) 13 "Tim" 17.9 ( 8.1/ 8.8/ 2.6) 10 "Doug Ramage" 13.4 ( 6.4/ 7.0/ 4.5) 7 "John Redman" 12.4 ( 3.9/ 8.5/ 5.5) 5 "anon" 12.2 ( 7.7/ 4.6/ 2.7) 6 David Lowndes

These posters accounted for 50.3% of the total volume.

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

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0.979 ( 25.1 / 25.7) 6 Biwah 0.759 ( 1.9 / 2.5) 5 Steve Firth 0.697 ( 1.4 / 2.0) 6 Phil Thompson 0.653 ( 5.5 / 8.5) 5 "anon" 0.648 ( 4.5 / 7.0) 7 "John Redman" 0.583 ( 2.7 / 4.6) 6 David Lowndes 0.547 ( 6.3 / 11.5) 12 Ronald Raygun 0.523 ( 12.9 / 24.8) 24 john boyle 0.459 ( 5.0 / 10.9) 16 "Adrian Boliston" 0.415 ( 2.8 / 6.8) 13 "Tim"

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

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0.653 ( 5.5 / 8.5) 5 "anon" 0.648 ( 4.5 / 7.0) 7 "John Redman" 0.583 ( 2.7 / 4.6) 6 David Lowndes 0.547 ( 6.3 / 11.5) 12 Ronald Raygun 0.523 ( 12.9 / 24.8) 24 john boyle 0.459 ( 5.0 / 10.9) 16 "Adrian Boliston" 0.415 ( 2.8 / 6.8) 13 "Tim" 0.374 ( 2.4 / 6.5) 5 "Andy Pandy" 0.324 ( 4.6 / 14.1) 9 "Tumbleweed" 0.299 ( 2.6 / 8.8) 10 "Doug Ramage"

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

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34 Secure storage of documents 26 UK prepaid "credit" cards? 22 I foolishly lent someone 50!!! 17 Changing mortgage 15 Inland Revenue rules re. mobiles and travel - help understanding them 15 "Initial interest" on a mortgage 13 VAT classifciation on USA purchases - Z or E 9 Company pension 9 Auld Lang Singalong 8 CGT husband->wife->other

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

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67.5 ( 29.6/ 36.8/ 18.4) 34 Secure storage of documents 46.8 ( 27.1/ 19.5/ 9.4) 22 I foolishly lent someone 50!!! 39.3 ( 21.8/ 17.3/ 10.5) 26 UK prepaid "credit" cards? 31.7 ( 13.5/ 18.1/ 8.9) 15 "Initial interest" on a mortgage 30.4 ( 12.7/ 17.5/ 8.5) 15 Inland Revenue rules re. mobiles and travel - help understanding them 29.7 ( 13.7/ 15.8/ 9.0) 17 Changing mortgage 17.2 ( 11.7/ 4.5/ 2.5) 13 VAT classifciation on USA purchases - Z or E 16.2 ( 9.1/ 6.9/ 3.1) 8 CGT husband->wife->other 14.5 ( 10.5/ 4.0/ 1.5) 9 Company pension 13.8 ( 9.5/ 4.0/ 2.2) 9 Auld Lang Singalong

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

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0.856 ( 3.5/ 4.0) 4 What is FOB and CIF 0.787 ( 0.4/ 0.5) 3 any one seen this new site UK's Best-loan.pd2.net 0.751 ( 0.7/ 0.9) 3 Is credit card receipt enough for VAT? 0.675 ( 3.5/ 5.2) 6 buchanan clark & Wells 0.666 ( 0.5/ 0.7) 4 STILL IN DENIAL OVER THE HOUSE PRICE COLLAPSE GENTS ? 0.605 ( 10.5/ 17.3) 26 UK prepaid "credit" cards? 0.568 ( 9.0/ 15.8) 17 Changing mortgage 0.565 ( 2.5/ 4.5) 13 VAT classifciation on USA purchases - Z or E 0.547 ( 2.2/ 4.0) 9 Auld Lang Singalong 0.547 ( 2.9/ 5.2) 3 Barclays made a mistake and owned up!

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

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0.500 ( 18.4 / 36.8) 34 Secure storage of documents 0.493 ( 8.9 / 18.1) 15 "Initial interest" on a mortgage 0.491 ( 1.3 / 2.7) 6 Invalid details. 0.487 ( 8.5 / 17.5) 15 Inland Revenue rules re. mobiles and travel - help understanding them 0.484 ( 9.4 / 19.5) 22 I foolishly lent someone 50!!! 0.467 ( 1.2 / 2.7) 4 Credit Cards - Online... 0.454 ( 1.3 / 2.8) 3 Remortgaging 100k property 0.442 ( 3.1 / 6.9) 8 CGT husband->wife->other 0.378 ( 1.5 / 4.0) 9 Company pension 0.285 ( 0.5 / 1.9) 3 >>>DO NOT LISTEN TO PAYPAL POSTS
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