Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Oct 10 11:01:20 2004

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 03 Oct 2004 10:37:53 GMT and ending at

10 Oct 2004 09:31:46 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: 113 Articles: 392 (87 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 68 Volume generated: 789.5 kb - headers: 344.5 kb (6,465 lines) - bodies: 440.6 kb (11,159 lines) - original: 224.6 kb (6,167 lines) - signatures: 4.1 kb (204 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.510

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.5 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 52 posters s: 4.4 posts Posts per thread: 5.8 median: 2.5 posts mode: 1 post - 24 threads s: 10.2 posts Message size: 2062.5 bytes - header: 899.8 bytes (16.5 lines) - body: 1150.9 bytes (28.5 lines) - original: 586.7 bytes (15.7 lines) - signature: 10.8 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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22 43.8 ( 24.6/ 19.2/ 8.7) "Tim" 21 48.2 ( 21.2/ 27.0/ 14.4) Ronald Raygun 16 37.8 ( 14.1/ 23.8/ 18.3) M Holmes 16 28.6 ( 12.0/ 16.4/ 6.7) snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 16 16.3 ( 9.9/ 6.4/ 2.5) Jonathan Bryce 15 45.6 ( 16.0/ 29.6/ 16.7) "Fred" 15 32.9 ( 15.8/ 16.6/ 10.5) "Troy Steadman" 14 32.7 ( 14.8/ 17.7/ 6.9) Richard Faulkner 13 17.5 ( 9.0/ 8.5/ 8.3) -ooO- GoldTrade -ooO- GoldTrade -oo0 GoldTrader 0oo- 11 54.3 ( 11.1/ 43.2/ 7.4) Bob

These posters accounted for 40.6% of all articles.

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

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54.3 ( 11.1/ 43.2/ 7.4) 11 Bob 48.2 ( 21.2/ 27.0/ 14.4) 21 Ronald Raygun 45.6 ( 16.0/ 29.6/ 16.7) 15 "Fred" 43.8 ( 24.6/ 19.2/ 8.7) 22 "Tim" 37.8 ( 14.1/ 23.8/ 18.3) 16 M Holmes 32.9 ( 15.8/ 16.6/ 10.5) 15 "Troy Steadman" 32.7 ( 14.8/ 17.7/ 6.9) 14 Richard Faulkner 28.6 ( 12.0/ 16.4/ 6.7) 16 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 18.1 ( 5.8/ 11.6/ 4.5) 7 "Tumbleweed" 17.8 ( 6.1/ 11.7/ 4.2) 8 "Matti Lamprhey"

These posters accounted for 45.6% of the total volume.

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

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0.983 ( 8.3 / 8.5) 13 -ooO- GoldTrade -ooO- GoldTrade -oo0 GoldTrader 0oo- 0.813 ( 4.5 / 5.6) 8 usenet_AT snipped-for-privacy@JUNKBLOCK.COM 0.769 ( 18.3 / 23.8) 16 M Holmes 0.630 ( 10.5 / 16.6) 15 "Troy Steadman" 0.578 ( 1.5 / 2.6) 5 "Terry Harper" 0.571 ( 2.7 / 4.7) 6 "dp" 0.563 ( 16.7 / 29.6) 15 "Fred" 0.543 ( 2.4 / 4.4) 6 john boyle 0.533 ( 14.4 / 27.0) 21 Ronald Raygun 0.455 ( 8.7 / 19.2) 22 "Tim"

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

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0.436 ( 1.4 / 3.3) 5 "Alex" 0.407 ( 6.7 / 16.4) 16 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 0.406 ( 3.5 / 8.7) 10 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.394 ( 2.5 / 6.4) 16 Jonathan Bryce 0.392 ( 4.3 / 10.9) 6 "Eric Jones" 0.390 ( 6.9 / 17.7) 14 Richard Faulkner 0.386 ( 4.5 / 11.6) 7 "Tumbleweed" 0.358 ( 4.2 / 11.7) 8 "Matti Lamprhey" 0.290 ( 2.1 / 7.2) 5 "Jason Power" 0.171 ( 7.4 / 43.2) 11 Bob

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

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56 House Prices to Plunge 40% (for Sam) 44 Inheritance Tax 21 "Visa Direct' for international payments, anyone know anything about it? 16 Account books stolen 16 Property deal offered to my mum - any thoughts? 16 Chip and Pin - More secure for who? 15 When your broker gets a trading signal, how soon do YOU get the call? 14 chip and pin 13 Halifax Cashback Points 11 Company credit card

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

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113.2 ( 52.7/ 59.9/ 35.9) 56 House Prices to Plunge 40% (for Sam) 110.2 ( 43.8/ 66.2/ 35.0) 44 Inheritance Tax 65.2 ( 15.3/ 49.8/ 8.4) 15 When your broker gets a trading signal, how soon do YOU get the call? 49.3 ( 16.4/ 32.5/ 15.4) 16 Chip and Pin - More secure for who? 42.2 ( 18.5/ 23.5/ 10.2) 21 "Visa Direct' for international payments, anyone know anything about it? 31.2 ( 15.5/ 15.3/ 8.2) 16 Property deal offered to my mum - any thoughts? 30.0 ( 14.6/ 15.2/ 9.0) 16 Account books stolen 17.8 ( 10.5/ 7.1/ 3.1) 13 Halifax Cashback Points 17.4 ( 10.0/ 7.4/ 3.4) 11 Company credit card 17.3 ( 10.5/ 6.8/ 2.5) 14 chip and pin

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

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0.876 ( 1.5/ 1.7) 3 Buying US dollars / euros for business purposes 0.732 ( 5.7/ 7.7) 6 protective clothing and laundry 0.721 ( 0.7/ 0.9) 3 Business credit card 0.685 ( 0.9/ 1.3) 3 Receiving payment in Euros 0.638 ( 3.6/ 5.6) 8 Expenses as benefit on P11D ? 0.598 ( 35.9/ 59.9) 56 House Prices to Plunge 40% (for Sam) 0.594 ( 0.6/ 1.0) 3 Is Nationwide BS website down (07/10/2004)? 0.594 ( 9.0/ 15.2) 16 Account books stolen 0.565 ( 0.5/ 0.9) 3 excahnge differentials 0.555 ( 1.7/ 3.1) 5 Visa debit card

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

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0.439 ( 2.5 / 5.8) 10 Pension Advice (cani get my monies back) 0.436 ( 2.2 / 5.0) 5 BT Line Fault Charges 0.435 ( 10.2 / 23.5) 21 "Visa Direct' for international payments, anyone know anything about it? 0.429 ( 3.1 / 7.1) 13 Halifax Cashback Points 0.384 ( 1.3 / 3.3) 6 Is it possible to transfer ISA's from one company to another 0.374 ( 2.5 / 6.8) 14 chip and pin 0.361 ( 2.3 / 6.3) 4 GOV TAX CREDITS fraud - Beware! 0.349 ( 1.1 / 3.2) 3 Advice on who to speak to 0.344 ( 1.9 / 5.6) 7 Abbey take-over 0.168 ( 8.4 / 49.8) 15 When your broker gets a trading signal, how soon do YOU get the call?

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

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35 misc.invest.technical 35 misc.invest.stocks 33 aus.invest 32 misc.invest.futures 11 uk.business.accountancy 6 uk.legal 4 uk.politics.economics 4 alt.politics.england.misc 4 uk.politics.misc 2 sci.econ

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

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52 -ooO- GoldTrade -ooO- GoldTrade -oo0 GoldTrader 0oo- 44 Bob 16 "ynotssor" 8 Boob 6 RaZe 4 Fred Bloggs 4 2Penny 4 Ed Hamilton 4 gmelean 4 "Gannnewbiefor trading"
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