Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Jul 4 08:16:05 2004

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 27 Jun 2004 07:17:33 GMT and ending at

04 Jul 2004 07:11:54 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: 132 Articles: 477 (107 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 73 Volume generated: 882.9 kb - headers: 402.2 kb (7,912 lines) - bodies: 474.1 kb (13,058 lines) - original: 222.5 kb (6,981 lines) - signatures: 6.2 kb (242 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.469

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.6 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 59 posters s: 5.3 posts Posts per thread: 6.5 median: 4 posts mode: 2 posts - 15 threads s: 8.5 posts Message size: 1895.3 bytes - header: 863.4 bytes (16.6 lines) - body: 1017.7 bytes (27.4 lines) - original: 477.6 bytes (14.6 lines) - signature: 13.2 bytes (0.5 lines)

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

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24 32.7 ( 24.0/ 8.7/ 3.6) "Tim" 24 35.4 ( 21.5/ 13.8/ 7.0) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 23 46.8 ( 18.1/ 28.1/ 11.1) Greg Hennessy 20 39.8 ( 23.1/ 16.7/ 11.0) "dp" 17 32.2 ( 15.7/ 16.3/ 8.9) john boyle 15 32.1 ( 14.6/ 16.4/ 11.8) Jon S Green 13 30.0 ( 12.0/ 17.9/ 9.9) Ronald Raygun 13 21.1 ( 7.9/ 13.0/ 5.8) snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 11 11.7 ( 6.3/ 5.5/ 1.8) Jonathan Bryce 11 18.7 ( 6.8/ 11.9/ 3.3) "Doug Ramage"

These posters accounted for 35.8% of all articles.

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

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46.8 ( 18.1/ 28.1/ 11.1) 23 Greg Hennessy 39.8 ( 23.1/ 16.7/ 11.0) 20 "dp" 35.4 ( 21.5/ 13.8/ 7.0) 24 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 32.7 ( 24.0/ 8.7/ 3.6) 24 "Tim" 32.2 ( 15.7/ 16.3/ 8.9) 17 john boyle 32.1 ( 14.6/ 16.4/ 11.8) 15 Jon S Green 30.3 ( 10.4/ 19.7/ 3.9) 9 "Roger J. P. Jones" 30.0 ( 12.0/ 17.9/ 9.9) 13 Ronald Raygun 24.2 ( 1.1/ 23.1/ 0.3) 1 In The Darkness 23.0 ( 1.0/ 21.8/ 21.8) 1 "Dick Eastman"

These posters accounted for 37.0% of the total volume.

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

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0.720 ( 11.8 / 16.4) 15 Jon S Green 0.704 ( 3.2 / 4.5) 6 "Andrew" 0.658 ( 11.0 / 16.7) 20 "dp" 0.593 ( 2.5 / 4.3) 6 "T." 0.587 ( 1.8 / 3.0) 5 "D.A.L." 0.552 ( 9.9 / 17.9) 13 Ronald Raygun 0.544 ( 8.9 / 16.3) 17 john boyle 0.528 ( 1.4 / 2.7) 5 criticaldensity 0.515 ( 3.3 / 6.5) 6 "Helen" 0.510 ( 7.0 / 13.8) 24 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com

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

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0.336 ( 4.2 / 12.5) 10 "Tumbleweed" 0.334 ( 3.2 / 9.7) 5 snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com.invalid 0.333 ( 3.5 / 10.4) 9 "tim" 0.326 ( 1.8 / 5.5) 11 Jonathan Bryce 0.316 ( 2.1 / 6.6) 10 "Alex" 0.277 ( 3.3 / 11.9) 11 "Doug Ramage" 0.254 ( 1.9 / 7.6) 5 "Dave Mayall" 0.237 ( 0.6 / 2.3) 5 "Zoe Brown" 0.196 ( 3.9 / 19.7) 9 "Roger J. P. Jones" 0.144 ( 1.1 / 7.6) 6 snipped-for-privacy@hetnet.nl

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

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39 cheque 'guarantee'? 31 getting a foot on the property ladder 29 Misrepresentation by Egg (sorry to cross post) 28 Stupid banks. 22 Investment funds that invest in (commercial) Real Estate? 19 Disputing damage to hire car? 19 Idea about overdrafts. 18 how i made my millions... 17 How much is 20000 in 1840 worth today? 13 PROPERTY AUCTIONS

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

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100.1 ( 36.2/ 63.8/ 17.8) 39 cheque 'guarantee'? 65.4 ( 28.6/ 36.7/ 17.0) 31 getting a foot on the property ladder 48.9 ( 24.5/ 24.1/ 10.3) 29 Misrepresentation by Egg (sorry to cross post) 46.6 ( 20.8/ 25.4/ 13.1) 22 Investment funds that invest in (commercial) Real Estate? 42.0 ( 20.3/ 21.6/ 10.6) 28 Stupid banks. 41.6 ( 17.4/ 23.7/ 10.7) 19 Disputing damage to hire car? 32.9 ( 17.0/ 15.6/ 9.4) 19 Idea about overdrafts. 31.6 ( 17.1/ 14.0/ 5.4) 18 how i made my millions... 26.2 ( 2.3/ 23.6/ 22.7) 2 KERRY CAN'T WIN -- AND WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IMPORTANT IF HE DID (PICK SOMEBODY ELSE WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME)

-- REALITY ROUNDUP 24.2 ( 1.1/ 23.1/ 0.3) 1 KERRY CAN'T WIN -- AND WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IMPORTANT IF HE DID (PICK SOMEBODY ELSE WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME) -- REALITY ROUNDUP

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

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0.900 ( 4.1/ 4.6) 4 Renting the 'in' thing to do... read it in one of those free papers... 0.847 ( 1.0/ 1.2) 3 IF INDICATORS WORK WHY DO 90% OF TRADERS LOSE? 0.847 ( 1.6/ 1.9) 4 Top banks 0.792 ( 0.5/ 0.7) 3 HBOS Halts Buy-To-Let Lending 0.779 ( 4.8/ 6.1) 7 Property Investment Abroad instead of UK 0.686 ( 1.1/ 1.6) 3 SIGNS OF A TURNING HOUSING MARKET 0.668 ( 2.9/ 4.4) 3 Mis-sold endowment mortgage compensation 0.663 ( 1.4/ 2.1) 3 Question on accounts 0.648 ( 1.9/ 2.9) 3 How much is 20000 in 1840 worth today? 0.645 ( 3.9/ 6.0) 8 Trackers

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

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0.409 ( 3.0 / 7.4) 10 Barclays bank are s**te 0.408 ( 1.6 / 3.9) 5 financial graphs 0.405 ( 4.3 / 10.5) 12 Card Readers at M6T payment booths. 0.394 ( 0.3 / 0.9) 4 Barclays Panel Surveyors? 0.387 ( 5.4 / 14.0) 18 how i made my millions... 0.334 ( 3.5 / 10.4) 8 Lloyds TSB current account 0.329 ( 1.8 / 5.5) 9 Wages 0.300 ( 0.7 / 2.4) 4 Is Switch / Solo being phased out? 0.279 ( 17.8 / 63.8) 39 cheque 'guarantee'? 0.240 ( 2.2 / 9.2) 6 buy to let

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

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82 uk.legal 15 uk.rec.cars.misc 14 uk.politics.parliament 14 uk.politics.misc 12 uk.transport 11 alt.politics.british 6 uk.people.consumers 4 misc.invest.futures 4 aus.invest 4 misc.invest.stocks

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

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28 Greg Hennessy 16 "Leighton Jones" 13 "Tim" 12 GoldTrade 9 "Roger J. P. Jones" 5 Jon S Green 5 snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com.invalid 5 "Dave Mayall" 4 George Edwards 4 "Dick Eastman"
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