Stats comp.os.linux.hardware (last 7 days)

From: Balwinder Singh Dheeman (bsd.SANSPAM_at_cto.homelinux.net)
Date: 06/27/05

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    Stats comp.os.linux.hardware (last 7 days)

    Top 10 posters for the period:

    rank posts kbytes name <address>
       1 13 28.3 John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@binaryfoundry.ca>
       2 11 25.8 Haines Brown <brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com>
       3 7 12.8 chuck <chucko@nil.car>
       4 4 13.2 Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de>
       5 4 12.6 Barry L. Bond <barry@barrycon.cfl.rr.com>
       6 4 10.3 mitch <mitchu@houston.rr.com>
       7 4 8.2 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com>
       8 4 7.4 Krimgelas <krimgelas@hotmail.com>
       9 3 9.2 Dances With Crows <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@gmail.com>
      10 3 8.0 Steve Urbach <dragonsclaw@NOTmindspring.com>
         ----- ------
            57 135.7 Total for top 10

    Totals for the newsgroup:
     77 posters
     145 articles
      296.8 kbytes

    The top 10 accounted for:
      12.99% of the posters
      39.31% of the articles
      45.73% of the bytes

    Averages:
       1.88 articles / poster
       2.05 kbytes / article
       3.85 kbytes / poster

    42 people posted for the first time this period.
    They went on to post 59 articles altogether

    The new posters accounted for:
      54.55% of the posters
      40.69% of the articles
      37.24% of the bytes

    smallest post was 0.860 kbytes by SP <inward@poczta.onet.pl>
    largest post was 6.686 kbytes by Rick Wintjen <rwintjen@N0swbell.5P4M.net.P1E45E>*

    Top 10 subjects for the period:

    posts kbytes subject
       14 31.2 Does anybody use adaptec 29/39160?
       12 25.3 Alsa driver not loading
       12 25.0 Linux Compatible Video Card?
       10 27.5 raid drive errors
        9 23.8 Is it possible for a malfunctioning tape drive to perman
        6 11.0 IBM/Lexmark 4029-020 Printer
        5 11.4 CP copies 3 times slower than Konqueror
        5 9.8 Sound card toasted? (if so, which new card? extigy?)
        5 9.5 Is there a company that makes Linux drivers for their so
        5 9.1 DAC-SATA-MV8 with Fedora Core 3

    145 articles on 44 subjects
     112 were followups (77.24%)
     22 were crossposts (15.17%)

    296.8 kbytes total
     headers: 139.8kb 47.11%
     quoted text: 40.6kb 13.67%
     original text: 100.1kb 33.72%
     signatures: 8.7kb 2.92%

    Averages:
       3.30 articles / subjetc
       2.05 kbytes / article
       6.75 kbytes / subject

    Postings per weekday:

    Day posts
     Monday 20 **
     Tuesday 19 **
     Wednesday 18 **
     Thursday 18 **
     Friday 22 **
     Saturday 24 **
     Sunday 24 **
                     (*=10 posts)

    Top 10 newsreader agents used (accumulated):

    posts newsreader users
       27 (18.62%) thunderbird 13 16.88%
       18 (12.41%) mozilla 11 14.29%
       15 (10.34%) knode 10 12.99%
       12 ( 8.28%) pan 7 9.09%
       11 ( 7.59%) g2 8 10.39%
       11 ( 7.59%) gnus 1 1.30%
       10 ( 6.90%) tin 5 6.49%
        9 ( 6.21%) slrn 7 9.09%
        7 ( 4.83%) xnews 1 1.30%
        6 ( 4.14%) outlook 3 3.90%

    20 different agents have been used (versions unaccounted).

    DISCLAIMER
    Please, take these stats with a grain of salt, quantity might not always
    denote any quality; people who are not among the top posters also often have
    very important and interesting things to say, though they are not listed
    here by name.

    Have a lot ..., lots of fun!

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