Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Oct 31 09:09:31 2004

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 24 Oct 2004 09:16:39 GMT and ending at

31 Oct 2004 08:51:44 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: 126 Articles: 455 (150 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 79 Volume generated: 1036.4 kb - headers: 428.0 kb (7,562 lines) - bodies: 559.4 kb (14,298 lines) - original: 317.0 kb (8,586 lines) - signatures: 48.6 kb (1,562 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.567

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.6 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 56 posters s: 5.8 posts Posts per thread: 5.8 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 31 threads s: 12.0 posts Message size: 2332.5 bytes - header: 963.1 bytes (16.6 lines) - body: 1258.9 bytes (31.4 lines) - original: 713.5 bytes (18.9 lines) - signature: 109.5 bytes (3.4 lines)

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

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44 75.0 ( 50.1/ 24.8/ 9.8) "Tim" 25 61.6 ( 32.0/ 29.6/ 17.5) Ronald Raygun 21 26.0 ( 13.1/ 12.9/ 7.1) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 20 39.0 ( 17.5/ 21.2/ 7.1) snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 18 45.9 ( 24.5/ 21.2/ 10.4) snipped-for-privacy@bwllfa.co.uk 17 39.0 ( 25.3/ 12.9/ 7.3) "Troy Steadman" 13 36.3 ( 16.3/ 17.2/ 5.0) Rev Adrian Kennard 12 21.4 ( 8.7/ 11.0/ 3.9) "Tumbleweed" 11 26.0 ( 8.4/ 17.6/ 6.0) "Matti Lamprhey" 10 77.8 ( 11.4/ 31.5/ 28.0) "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at)

These posters accounted for 42.0% of all articles.

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

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77.8 ( 11.4/ 31.5/ 28.0) 10 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 75.0 ( 50.1/ 24.8/ 9.8) 44 "Tim" 61.6 ( 32.0/ 29.6/ 17.5) 25 Ronald Raygun 45.9 ( 24.5/ 21.2/ 10.4) 18 snipped-for-privacy@bwllfa.co.uk 44.3 ( 0.9/ 43.3/ 40.9) 1 "Dick Eastman" 39.0 ( 25.3/ 12.9/ 7.3) 17 "Troy Steadman" 39.0 ( 17.5/ 21.2/ 7.1) 20 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 36.3 ( 16.3/ 17.2/ 5.0) 13 Rev Adrian Kennard 26.0 ( 13.1/ 12.9/ 7.1) 21 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 26.0 ( 8.4/ 17.6/ 6.0) 11 "Matti Lamprhey"

These posters accounted for 45.4% of the total volume.

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

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0.888 ( 28.0 / 31.5) 10 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 0.888 ( 2.1 / 2.4) 5 Britannia2002 0.667 ( 3.8 / 5.6) 7 Jon S Green 0.626 ( 4.6 / 7.3) 8 "John Redman" 0.605 ( 3.0 / 5.0) 5 Haddock 0.601 ( 3.6 / 6.1) 5 MM 0.591 ( 17.5 / 29.6) 25 Ronald Raygun 0.565 ( 7.3 / 12.9) 17 "Troy Steadman" 0.552 ( 7.1 / 12.9) 21 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.489 ( 10.4 / 21.2) 18 snipped-for-privacy@bwllfa.co.uk

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

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0.397 ( 9.8 / 24.8) 44 "Tim" 0.368 ( 3.2 / 8.8) 6 Richard Buttrey 0.357 ( 3.9 / 11.0) 12 "Tumbleweed" 0.342 ( 6.0 / 17.6) 11 "Matti Lamprhey" 0.340 ( 0.8 / 2.2) 7 Jonathan Bryce 0.337 ( 7.1 / 21.2) 20 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 0.316 ( 1.5 / 4.9) 5 Timothy Lee 0.289 ( 5.0 / 17.2) 13 Rev Adrian Kennard 0.228 ( 1.0 / 4.3) 7 "Zoe Brown" 0.126 ( 1.6 / 13.1) 6 curiosity

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

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69 VAT - to register or not 67 Any Input VAT on bank charges? 26 HWO MUCH IS YOUR PROPERTY WORTH ? : according to Yahoo 18 house prices drop 10% in 4 months.. 18 Help and advice please (Mortgage) 15 New Home 15 Credit card protection query? 12 Paying more for your petrol? 12 Please help confused best UK reduced payment offset Mortgage 11 Credit File

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

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153.4 ( 73.8/ 76.3/ 28.7) 67 Any Input VAT on bank charges? 147.2 ( 89.5/ 56.6/ 25.9) 69 VAT - to register or not 73.3 ( 27.9/ 45.0/ 14.1) 26 HWO MUCH IS YOUR PROPERTY WORTH ? : according to Yahoo 44.3 ( 0.9/ 43.3/ 40.9) 1 Eastman's Pentagon Crash Evidence -- The implications 36.0 ( 13.0/ 18.4/ 8.7) 18 Help and advice please (Mortgage) 34.7 ( 15.8/ 17.9/ 8.4) 18 house prices drop 10% in 4 months.. 34.4 ( 6.9/ 15.7/ 9.1) 5 MY RECENT & MOST APPROPRIATE REPLY 27.9 ( 8.9/ 18.9/ 13.0) 10 Donations from UK to a US charity -- best way? 26.7 ( 2.9/ 17.4/ 5.7) 3 Arafat 'in critical condition' 26.1 ( 2.0/ 24.1/ 16.8) 2 MONITORING THE DROUGHT FROM HERE

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

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1.000 ( 1.9/ 1.9) 3 EUR/USD - Euro Dollar 0.812 ( 1.8/ 2.3) 3 My accountant found this for me 0.802 ( 1.2/ 1.5) 3 EASY FREE 5 0.745 ( 2.0/ 2.7) 3 Directors responsibility 0.687 ( 13.0/ 18.9) 10 Donations from UK to a US charity -- best way? 0.668 ( 1.8/ 2.6) 5 Cheque Printing Software 0.611 ( 3.6/ 5.9) 9 First Direct? 0.609 ( 1.0/ 1.7) 4 18 Months 0% - anyone know who? 0.588 ( 4.9/ 8.4) 7 Mortgage extension for second home 0.579 ( 9.1/ 15.7) 5 MY RECENT & MOST APPROPRIATE REPLY

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

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0.427 ( 3.5 / 8.3) 9 Bankruptcy & Student loans? 0.425 ( 1.3 / 3.1) 4 Paypal and Natwest 0.417 ( 2.3 / 5.5) 5 Redundancy question 0.412 ( 0.7 / 1.6) 3 Left-over foreign currency (Czech) to charity? 0.409 ( 0.9 / 2.2) 4 How much does it cost to own a car? 0.404 ( 0.6 / 1.5) 3 oil rise momentum 0.376 ( 28.7 / 76.3) 67 Any Input VAT on bank charges? 0.371 ( 1.6 / 4.4) 8 Premium Bond Diary - October Update 0.330 ( 5.7 / 17.4) 3 Arafat 'in critical condition' 0.314 ( 14.1 / 45.0) 26 HWO MUCH IS YOUR PROPERTY WORTH ? : according to Yahoo

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

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71 uk.legal 18 aus.invest 16 aus.politics 13 nz.politics 11 co.politics 10 aus.general 7 aus.religion.christian 6 uk.politics.parliament 5 aus.environment.misc 5 aus.aviation

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

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75 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 13 Rev Adrian Kennard 12 snipped-for-privacy@bwllfa.co.uk 11 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 8 "stan the man" 8 "Thales" 8 snipped-for-privacy@abuse.demon.co.uk.invalidated 7 "Steve nunya" 7 "Dean Turner" 7 "Geeza"
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