Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Jan 9 11:09:54 2005

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 02 Jan 2005 12:31:11 GMT and ending at

09 Jan 2005 10:46:33 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: 134 Articles: 408 (92 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 74 Volume generated: 935.5 kb - headers: 362.3 kb (6,873 lines) - bodies: 566.1 kb (13,348 lines) - original: 407.7 kb (9,545 lines) - signatures: 6.7 kb (286 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.720

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.0 median: 1.0 post mode: 1 post - 69 posters s: 4.6 posts Posts per thread: 5.5 median: 3.0 posts mode: 1 post - 23 threads s: 7.9 posts Message size: 2348.0 bytes - header: 909.3 bytes (16.8 lines) - body: 1420.9 bytes (32.7 lines) - original: 1023.1 bytes (23.4 lines) - signature: 16.8 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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33 78.7 ( 34.8/ 43.8/ 26.7) Ronald Raygun 27 50.4 ( 20.8/ 29.6/ 11.7) "Alex" 19 37.5 ( 20.9/ 16.3/ 7.3) john boyle 18 19.2 ( 11.2/ 8.0/ 3.6) Jonathan Bryce 14 10.8 ( 7.9/ 2.8/ 1.7) "Lo Salt" 12 43.1 ( 12.3/ 30.8/ 30.7) snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com 11 20.8 ( 11.2/ 9.5/ 3.5) "tim" 9 19.2 ( 9.9/ 9.4/ 4.7) "Andy Pandy" 9 15.2 ( 8.5/ 6.7/ 1.9) Annie 8 19.8 ( 8.9/ 10.5/ 6.3) Reestit Mutton

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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146.4 ( 1.2/145.2/144.8) 2 Tam 78.7 ( 34.8/ 43.8/ 26.7) 33 Ronald Raygun 50.4 ( 20.8/ 29.6/ 11.7) 27 "Alex" 43.1 ( 12.3/ 30.8/ 30.7) 12 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com 37.5 ( 20.9/ 16.3/ 7.3) 19 john boyle 25.8 ( 1.8/ 24.0/ 24.0) 2 "NeoOne" 21.0 ( 1.0/ 20.0/ 20.0) 1 "alpha" 20.8 ( 11.2/ 9.5/ 3.5) 11 "tim" 19.8 ( 8.9/ 10.5/ 6.3) 8 Reestit Mutton 19.2 ( 9.9/ 9.4/ 4.7) 9 "Andy Pandy"

These posters accounted for 49.5% of the total volume.

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

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0.995 ( 30.7 / 30.8) 12 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com 0.950 ( 2.5 / 2.7) 6 "NewsGroupQuestion" 0.872 ( 5.4 / 6.2) 5 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.645 ( 2.9 / 4.5) 5 JimGC 0.619 ( 1.7 / 2.8) 14 "Lo Salt" 0.609 ( 26.7 / 43.8) 33 Ronald Raygun 0.600 ( 6.3 / 10.5) 8 Reestit Mutton 0.504 ( 4.7 / 9.4) 9 "Andy Pandy" 0.477 ( 1.7 / 3.5) 5 "Tim" 0.467 ( 3.8 / 8.1) 8 "Marx Peterson"

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

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0.450 ( 7.3 / 16.3) 19 john boyle 0.448 ( 3.6 / 8.0) 18 Jonathan Bryce 0.395 ( 11.7 / 29.6) 27 "Alex" 0.382 ( 2.2 / 5.8) 6 Richard Faulkner 0.377 ( 3.4 / 9.1) 6 Richard Buttrey 0.370 ( 3.5 / 9.5) 11 "tim" 0.278 ( 1.9 / 6.7) 9 Annie 0.253 ( 1.1 / 4.4) 7 "Adrian Boliston" 0.176 ( 0.6 / 3.4) 5 Alex 0.161 ( 1.0 / 6.4) 6 "Doug Ramage"

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

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31 How long is a UK Cheque 'valid'? 26 Landlord or Tenant: who pays for repairs? 25 Car finance with bad credit rating? 21 Charitable donations from untaxed earnings 20 Whats the truth about C&P? 19 Does a credit card "cash-back" count as income tax purposes? 17 Best Mini-cash ISA rates? 16 Renting my flat out, do I need to change mortgage? 14 ot - i'm drunk! 11 Doom and Gloom in the housing market

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

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156.0 ( 8.7/146.5/145.2) 9 Honourable Society of the Middle Temple v Lloyds Bank plc 55.6 ( 24.6/ 30.7/ 13.6) 26 Landlord or Tenant: who pays for repairs? 54.1 ( 30.7/ 23.0/ 11.5) 31 How long is a UK Cheque 'valid'? 48.0 ( 22.6/ 25.3/ 12.2) 21 Charitable donations from untaxed earnings 44.4 ( 16.2/ 28.3/ 16.3) 17 Best Mini-cash ISA rates? 36.0 ( 17.9/ 17.3/ 7.8) 20 Whats the truth about C&P? 35.7 ( 22.3/ 12.7/ 6.1) 25 Car finance with bad credit rating? 30.3 ( 13.8/ 16.5/ 6.8) 16 Renting my flat out, do I need to change mortgage? 25.8 ( 15.7/ 9.8/ 5.4) 19 Does a credit card "cash-back" count as income tax purposes? 24.9 ( 8.0/ 16.8/ 8.9) 9 SYDNEY DESTRUCTION WRITTEN ON THE WALL !

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

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0.991 (145.2/ 146.5) 9 Honourable Society of the Middle Temple v Lloyds Bank plc 0.980 ( 6.4/ 6.6) 4 HOWARD ' S LAST CHANCE ? 0.939 ( 14.0/ 14.9) 4 NYT/Norris: 2005 with a plunging dollar 0.891 ( 1.4/ 1.5) 3 Share dividend apportionment 0.879 ( 4.7/ 5.3) 4 Proposed fivefold increase in planning application fees 0.740 ( 5.4/ 7.3) 10 Setting up an offshore company 0.734 ( 3.2/ 4.4) 5 paying to registered charity 0.659 ( 5.3/ 8.0) 6 Present value of a growing perpetuity 0.643 ( 2.0/ 3.1) 5 Sending money to Far East for goods 0.627 ( 3.7/ 5.9) 6 Trading shares online in UK.

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

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0.463 ( 1.8 / 3.9) 6 Premium Bond Diary - December & Year end update 0.451 ( 7.8 / 17.3) 20 Whats the truth about C&P? 0.442 ( 13.6 / 30.7) 26 Landlord or Tenant: who pays for repairs? 0.415 ( 1.4 / 3.3) 6 Good place to invest ~50 a month for the long term? 0.411 ( 6.8 / 16.5) 16 Renting my flat out, do I need to change mortgage? 0.406 ( 0.8 / 2.1) 3 Anyone used
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UK specific 0.371 ( 0.9 / 2.5) 4 MINT card - is it *really* 0% APR? 0.370 ( 4.9 / 13.2) 9 Goldfish problem 0.349 ( 4.5 / 12.8) 9 Duplicate Switch transaction 0.346 ( 0.9 / 2.6) 4 UK prepaid "credit" cards?

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

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25 uk.rec.cars.misc 20 uk.people.consumers.ebay 14 uk.adverts.computer 14 uk.telecom.broadband 14 uk.adverts.personals 13 uk.adverts.personals.gay-lesbian-bi 13 uk.adverts.telecom.mobile 9 aus.education 9 uk.legal 9 aus.general

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

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14 "Lo Salt" 11 Alex 11 "Cerumen" 8 "Mike P" 8 "Tim :\\" 7 "Sr Jean-aul Turcaud" 6 Jon 6 snipped-for-privacy@wowmail.com 6 "Jimbob" 6 "Seb"
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