ALT.HTML Statistics for 12/08/2007

=========================== alt.html Statistics ============================
Total posts considered: 457 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sun Aug 5 21:01:27 2007
Latest article: Sun Aug 12 20:05:26 2007
Original articles: 44, replies: 413
Total size of posts: 1,105,079 bytes (1,079 kbytes) (1.05 Mbytes)
Average 65 articles per day, 0.15 Mbytes per day, 2,418 bytes per article
Total headers: 545 kbytes, bodies: 534 kbytes
Body: quoted 259 kbytes, original 243 kbytes = 48.41%, sigs 30 kbytes
Total number of posters: 97, average 11,392 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 58, average 19,053 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 21
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==================== Top Posters by Number of Messages =====================
Poster Msgs
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1: Neredbojias .................................................... 67
2: dorayme ........................................................ 40
3: Beauregard T. Shagnasty ........................................ 21
4: Bear Bottoms ................................................... 20
5: Jonathan N. Little ............................................. 16
6: Ben C .......................................................... 15
7: Blinky the Shark ............................................... 15
8: Albert Wiersch ................................................. 13
9: mjones ......................................................... 10
10: Jukka K. Korpela ............................................... 10
11: Bernhard Sturm ................................................. 8
12: G .............................................................. 8
13: David Mark ..................................................... 7
14: alice .......................................................... 7
15: Matt White ..................................................... 7
16: Andy Dingley ................................................... 6
17: Bergamot ....................................................... 6
18: John Hosking ................................................... 5
19: David Dorward .................................................. 5
20: Chris F.A. Johnson ............................................. 5
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======================= Top Posters by Size (kbytes) =======================
Poster Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total
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1: Neredbojias .................... 94 49 21 4 169
2: dorayme ........................ 41 20 20 0 82
3: Bear Bottoms ................... 24 17 18 2 62
4: Beauregard T. Shagnasty ........ 30 10 9 1 51
5: Jonathan N. Little ............. 22 10 6 2 42
6: Ben C .......................... 20 10 7 3 40
7: mjones ......................... 15 9 7 0 32
8: Blinky the Shark ............... 15 4 1 3 25
9: Albert Wiersch ................. 14 3 6 0 24
10: Toby Inkster ................... 0 0 21 0 22
11: David Mark ..................... 9 8 4 0 21
12: Jukka K. Korpela ............... 11 2 6 0 21
13: alice .......................... 9 5 3 0 18
14: Tarscher ....................... 6 8 3 0 18
15: tshad .......................... 3 6 5 0 16
16: Matt White ..................... 7 3 3 0 14
17: Chaddy2222 ..................... 5 7 1 0 14
18: Bernhard Sturm ................. 6 2 4 0 13
19: John Hosking ................... 5 3 3 0 13
20: phl ............................ 5 4 3 0 12
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================== Top Posters by Original Text (kbytes) ===================
Poster Total
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1: Neredbojias .................................................... 21
2: dorayme ........................................................ 20
3: Bear Bottoms ................................................... 18
4: Beauregard T. Shagnasty ........................................ 9
5: mjones ......................................................... 7
6: Ben C .......................................................... 7
7: Jukka K. Korpela ............................................... 6
8: Albert Wiersch ................................................. 6
9: Jonathan N. Little ............................................. 6
10: Onideus Mad Hatter ............................................. 6
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=================== Highest Percentage of Original Text ====================
Poster Orig Body %age
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1: Andy Dingley ................................... 0 3 82
2: Yrrah .......................................... 0 3 70
3: Jukka K. Korpela ............................... 2 9 68
4: David Dorward .................................. 0 2 67
5: Bernhard Sturm ................................. 2 7 61
6: Albert Wiersch ................................. 3 10 61
7: Bergamot ....................................... 1 2 56
8: John Hosking ................................... 3 7 50
9: Matt White ..................................... 3 6 50
10: Bear Bottoms ................................... 17 38 48
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==================== Lowest Percentage of Original Text ====================
Poster Orig Body %age
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1: Chris F.A. Johnson ............................. 2 3 13
2: Blinky the Shark ............................... 4 9 18
3: Tarscher ....................................... 8 11 25
4: G .............................................. 2 3 27
5: Neredbojias .................................... 49 75 29
6: Nik Coughlin ................................... 1 2 30
7: Jonathan N. Little ............................. 10 19 31
8: Ben C .......................................... 10 20 34
9: Rob Waaijenberg ................................ 2 3 34
10: David Mark ..................................... 8 12 37
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==================== Top Threads By Number of Messages =====================
Thread Msgs
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1: [GOTD] CSE HTML Validator....................................... 73
2: Incompetent web authoring or much worse?........................ 41
3: Link to another website, in an iframe, to a spot on page........ 38
4: Navigation lists and accessibility issues....................... 26
5: How much to US developers charge................................ 22
6: Firefox ignoring CSS color on first view........................ 19
7: How to make recurring decimal in html doc?...................... 17
8: Div scrollbar overlapping lower part of table................... 15
9: Stopping browser prompts in forms............................... 11
10: Anchor colors................................................... 9
11: Looooong text is breaking my table.............................. 9
12: Background image 100% of browser screen default................. 9
13: Same Menu On Every Page......................................... 9
14: div in div position............................................. 9
15: page layout..................................................... 9
16: alternating pictures............................................ 8
17: Or You Could Use a Vinculum..................................... 8
18: CSS/HTML question............................................... 8
19: Links Fields in Data Binding.................................... 8
20: Server Down..................................................... 6
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======================= Top Threads By Size (kbytes) =======================
Thread Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total
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1: [GOTD] CSE HTML Validator....... 88 43 42 6 181
2: Link to another website, in an . 60 24 19 1 105
3: Incompetent web authoring or mu. 53 18 19 2 94
4: Navigation lists and accessibil. 28 20 16 1 67
5: How much to US developers charg. 27 15 10 1 55
6: Firefox ignoring CSS color on f. 26 12 7 1 47
7: Div scrollbar overlapping lower. 19 13 7 0 41
8: Anchor colors................... 10 10 10 0 32
9: div in div position............. 11 13 4 0 30
10: How to make recurring decimal i. 17 6 4 0 29
11: Stopping browser prompts in for. 11 7 5 1 26
12: ALT.HTML Statistics for 05/08/2. 0 0 21 0 22
13: page layout..................... 10 7 2 0 21
14: Server Down..................... 9 4 4 0 18
15: Same Menu On Every Page......... 8 6 3 0 18
16: Hey Spacey, Have You Tried This. 9 2 6 0 18
17: CSS/HTML question............... 7 3 3 1 16
18: alternating pictures............ 8 2 4 0 15
19: Background image 100% of browse. 9 2 3 0 15
20: Rounded Corners: FireFox vs. IE. 7 5 2 0 15
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========================= Most Replied-To Messages =========================
Message-ID Replies
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1: <46b73b6f$0$646$bed64819@news.gradwell.net>..................... 13
2: <1186408395.452797.290120 DeleteThis @w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>.......... 10
3: <1186674055.483531.45820 DeleteThis @q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com>........... 7
4: <1186620813.877554.269930 DeleteThis @q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com>.......... 5
5: <doraymeRidThis-94A1F6.09114209082007 DeleteThis @news-vip.optusnet.com.a... 5
6: <s4mhb3dmakj8vf51e4mb52vj8514clodih DeleteThis @4ax.com>.................... 5
7: <1186399976.485508.22280 DeleteThis @w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>........... 4
8: <doraymeRidThis-ADE806.13552807082007 DeleteThis @news-vip.optusnet.com.a... 4
9: <1186393296.058960.104390 DeleteThis @b79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>......... 4
10: <f9a72g$kr8$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>........................ 4
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========================= Most Cross-Posted Groups =========================
Group Msgs
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1: alt.comp.freeware............................................... 70
2: alt.www.webmaster............................................... 25
3: comp.lang.javascript............................................ 11
4: alt.design.graphics............................................. 6
5: alt.macromedia.flash............................................ 6
6: misc.writing.................................................... 2
7: free.it.enkey................................................... 2
8: rec.photo.equipment.35mm........................................ 2
9: uk.rec.cycling.................................................. 2
10: alt.guitar.amps................................................. 2
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=================== Top User-Agents by Number of Posters ===================
User-Agent Posters
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1: G2.............................................................. 28
2: Mozilla Thunderbird............................................. 17
3: Outlook Express................................................. 15
4: Xnews........................................................... 6
5: Mozilla......................................................... 5
6: slrn............................................................ 4
7: unknown......................................................... 3
8: Forte Agent..................................................... 3
9: MT-NewsWatcher.................................................. 3
10: pan............................................................. 2
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================== Top User-Agents by Number of Messages ===================
User-Agent Msgs
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1: G2.............................................................. 83
2: Xnews........................................................... 81
3: Outlook Express................................................. 55
4: Mozilla Thunderbird............................................. 49
5: MT-NewsWatcher.................................................. 46
6: slrn............................................................ 38
7: Mozilla......................................................... 27
8: 40tude Dialog................................................... 21
9: Opera M2........................................................ 20
10: unknown......................................................... 7
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======= Bandwidth-Wasting User-Agents by Average Header Size (bytes) =======
User-Agent Hdrs Msgs Avg
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1: 40tude Dialog................................... 30752 21 1464
2: Mozilla......................................... 37467 27 1387
3: Xnews........................................... 110937 81 1369
4: G2.............................................. 106837 83 1287
5: Opera M2........................................ 24918 20 1245
6: slrn............................................ 45398 38 1194
7: Outlook Express................................. 60383 55 1097
8: MT-NewsWatcher.................................. 49602 46 1078
9: Mozilla Thunderbird............................. 52788 49 1077
10: Forte Agent..................................... 5209 5 1041
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===================== Top Servers by Number of Posters =====================
Posters
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1: googlegroups.com................................................ 28
2: individual.net.................................................. 6
3: postmaster.news.prodigy.com..................................... 5
4: indigo.octanews.net............................................. 4
5: corp.supernews.com.............................................. 4
6: hw-filter.lga................................................... 4
7: aioe.org........................................................ 3
8: nntp.comcast.com................................................ 3
9: news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net.................................... 2
10: local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com................................... 2
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======================= Top Servers by Size (kbytes) =======================
Server Hdrs Quot Orig Sig Total
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1: googlegroups.com................ 104 52 50 0 207
2: nnrp3.asbnva.usenetmonster.com.. 94 49 21 4 169
3: hw-filter.lga................... 32 21 26 3 84
4: news.optusnet.com.au............ 41 20 20 0 83
5: individual.net.................. 34 12 8 5 61
6: worldnet.att.net................ 30 10 9 1 51
7: NAXS.COM-a2kHrUvQQWlmc.......... 22 10 6 2 42
8: nntp.eclipse.net.uk............. 20 10 7 3 40
9: corp.supernews.com.............. 19 4 7 0 32
10: postmaster.news.prodigy.com..... 13 9 7 0 30
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=================== Top Time Zones by Number of Posters ====================
Zone Posters
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1: -0700........................................................... 29
2: UTC............................................................. 23
3: -0400........................................................... 12
4: +0200........................................................... 11
5: +0100........................................................... 10
6: -0500........................................................... 8
7: +1000........................................................... 2
8: +1200........................................................... 1
9: +0300........................................................... 1
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=================== Top Time Zones by Number of Messages ===================
Zone Msgs
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1: UTC............................................................. 144
2: -0700........................................................... 90
3: -0500........................................................... 62
4: -0400........................................................... 43
5: +1000........................................................... 41
6: +0200........................................................... 38
7: +0100........................................................... 24
8: +0300........................................................... 10
9: +1200........................................................... 5
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================= Days When We are Most in Need of a Life ==================
Day Msgs
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1: Mon............................................................. 70
2: Tue............................................................. 50
3: Wed............................................................. 38
4: Thu............................................................. 70
5: Fri............................................................. 60
6: Sat............................................................. 57
7: Sun............................................................. 29
8: Non-RFC822 Header............................................... 83
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Stats compiled by Toby Inkster.

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