Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Nov 7 07:46:43 2004

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 31 Oct 2004 08:31:46 GMT and ending at

07 Nov 2004 07:10:11 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: 159 Articles: 477 (114 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 106 Volume generated: 902.3 kb - headers: 401.9 kb (7,858 lines) - bodies: 473.2 kb (13,074 lines) - original: 274.8 kb (8,218 lines) - signatures: 26.6 kb (1,009 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.581

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.0 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 79 posters s: 4.6 posts Posts per thread: 4.5 median: 2.5 posts mode: 1 post - 36 threads s: 6.6 posts Message size: 1936.9 bytes - header: 862.8 bytes (16.5 lines) - body: 1015.9 bytes (27.4 lines) - original: 590.0 bytes (17.2 lines) - signature: 57.2 bytes (2.1 lines)

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

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35 52.6 ( 33.6/ 19.0/ 7.9) "Tim" 23 42.8 ( 16.2/ 22.7/ 9.8) "Tumbleweed" 16 28.7 ( 15.7/ 13.0/ 5.6) Ronald Raygun 16 17.4 ( 10.1/ 7.2/ 3.7) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 14 72.5 ( 14.1/ 44.2/ 41.3) "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 12 25.3 ( 10.5/ 13.5/ 5.2) GSV Three Minds in a Can 11 12.0 ( 6.8/ 5.2/ 2.4) Jonathan Bryce 10 20.2 ( 10.1/ 9.4/ 6.1) Jon S Green 9 23.4 ( 10.1/ 13.0/ 7.8) Troy Steadman 9 14.3 ( 8.0/ 6.3/ 2.3) Alex

These posters accounted for 32.5% of all articles.

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

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72.5 ( 14.1/ 44.2/ 41.3) 14 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 52.6 ( 33.6/ 19.0/ 7.9) 35 "Tim" 42.8 ( 16.2/ 22.7/ 9.8) 23 "Tumbleweed" 28.7 ( 15.7/ 13.0/ 5.6) 16 Ronald Raygun 25.3 ( 10.5/ 13.5/ 5.2) 12 GSV Three Minds in a Can 23.4 ( 10.1/ 13.0/ 7.8) 9 Troy Steadman 20.2 ( 10.1/ 9.4/ 6.1) 10 Jon S Green 18.4 ( 5.5/ 12.8/ 4.9) 5 snipped-for-privacy@bwllfa.co.uk 18.3 ( 6.6/ 11.7/ 7.0) 7 "John Smith" 17.4 ( 10.1/ 7.2/ 3.7) 16 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com

These posters accounted for 35.4% of the total volume.

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

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0.934 ( 41.3 / 44.2) 14 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 0.745 ( 5.4 / 7.2) 6 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk 0.656 ( 6.1 / 9.4) 10 Jon S Green 0.608 ( 2.8 / 4.7) 6 John 0.597 ( 7.8 / 13.0) 9 Troy Steadman 0.595 ( 7.0 / 11.7) 7 "John Smith" 0.594 ( 2.4 / 4.0) 9 "Alex" 0.542 ( 3.9 / 7.2) 8 john boyle 0.538 ( 2.5 / 4.6) 5 Wally Anglesea 0.507 ( 3.7 / 7.2) 16 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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0.417 ( 7.9 / 19.0) 35 "Tim" 0.415 ( 1.1 / 2.6) 6 "Adrian Boliston" 0.396 ( 2.8 / 7.1) 5 Richard Buttrey 0.387 ( 5.2 / 13.5) 12 GSV Three Minds in a Can 0.384 ( 4.9 / 12.8) 5 snipped-for-privacy@bwllfa.co.uk 0.366 ( 2.3 / 6.3) 9 Alex 0.364 ( 1.6 / 4.3) 8 "Zoe Brown" 0.346 ( 2.4 / 7.1) 5 "Jason Power" 0.286 ( 1.4 / 4.9) 6 "Roland Watson" 0.264 ( 2.0 / 7.5) 5 "Martin Davies"

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

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38 HOUSE PRICES ARE CRASHING 37 Warranties 30 Paying off blackmailers usually works. 23 Tax point & contract law 22 Help and advice please (Mortgage) 20 Premium Bonds: random? 19 eBay asking for my credit card pin number! Are they kidding?? 12 CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH 10 WORSE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA EVER ( THE DDD ) 8 Keystroke logging trojan horses + online banking

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

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66.2 ( 33.7/ 31.5/ 13.0) 37 Warranties 64.9 ( 24.9/ 39.7/ 18.9) 23 Tax point & contract law 61.4 ( 31.7/ 28.6/ 15.4) 38 HOUSE PRICES ARE CRASHING 55.7 ( 27.0/ 28.0/ 12.2) 30 Paying off blackmailers usually works. 39.6 ( 18.5/ 20.7/ 10.5) 20 Premium Bonds: random? 39.1 ( 20.2/ 15.8/ 8.1) 22 Help and advice please (Mortgage) 34.2 ( 10.6/ 17.6/ 14.8) 10 WORSE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA EVER ( THE DDD ) 26.3 ( 14.7/ 11.4/ 5.2) 19 eBay asking for my credit card pin number! Are they kidding?? 24.3 ( 11.8/ 11.3/ 3.1) 12 CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH 18.4 ( 3.8/ 13.6/ 11.0) 4 SALT RAVAGES AUSTRALIA _ as the DDD worsens_

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

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0.990 ( 0.9/ 0.9) 3 EUR/USD - Euro Dollar Nov 4 0.956 ( 1.0/ 1.0) 5 AUD/USD - Australian Dollar US Dollar Nov 4 0.865 ( 3.5/ 4.0) 3 DTel: Getting your assets all wrapped-up 0.857 ( 0.9/ 1.0) 3 TheUniversalBulidsociety V OneAccount 0.845 ( 14.8/ 17.6) 10 WORSE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA EVER ( THE DDD ) 0.842 ( 3.0/ 3.5) 5 I SAID HOUSE PRICES WOULD START FALLING IN Q4 2004 BACK IN OCT 2003 - I WAS RIGHT 0.815 ( 11.0/ 13.6) 4 SALT RAVAGES AUSTRALIA _ as the DDD worsens_ 0.803 ( 2.5/ 3.1) 3 Electronic bank transfers - Halifax taking the piss 0.740 ( 5.3/ 7.2) 4 Recession likely if 30-year rule holds 0.713 ( 0.8/ 1.1) 3 How do I find out if someone has CCJ's

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

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0.401 ( 3.6 / 9.1) 8 The Vanishing Shares! 0.396 ( 0.8 / 2.0) 6 Application of data mining technique 0.391 ( 1.5 / 3.8) 3 TIME TO PRAY TOGETHER AGAIN ! 0.390 ( 1.3 / 3.2) 6 Selling Endowment: Market Value Adjustment? 0.389 ( 1.0 / 2.4) 4 How to calculate gross margin ... 0.386 ( 3.0 / 7.8) 6 Import Duty 0.385 ( 2.4 / 6.1) 5 definition of spam 0.319 ( 1.1 / 3.4) 4 New Home 0.305 ( 2.2 / 7.3) 6 First Direct? 0.270 ( 3.1 / 11.3) 12 CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH

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

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39 co.politics 39 nz.politics 35 soc.culture.scottish 35 uk.legal 32 sci.engr.mining 32 sci.geo.geology 32 sci.physics 30 sci.archaeology 30 sci.geo.earthquakes 24 uk.business.accountancy

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

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112 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 40 Wally Anglesea 24 Magwitch 24 VOR 24 Michiln 16 George 8 "alanm" 8 "Hallak Cuf" 8 "Adam Whyte-Settlar" 8 Troy Steadman
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