From Newsgroup: alt.usage.english

Group : alt.usage.english
Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

***** Users with most messages *****
num| Name | Nb Msg | size | or. | % ----|----------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|
1 | J. J. Lodder | 190 | 543,308 | 1 | 10.05% xxxxxxxxxx
2 | Bertel Lund Hansen | 151 | 306,940 | 1 | 7.99% xxxxxxx
3 | Hibou | 141 | 290,484 | 3 | 7.46% xxxxxxx
4 | Sam Plusnet | 109 | 273,783 | 0 | 5.76% xxxxx
5 | Peter Moylan | 108 | 257,114 | 1 | 5.71% xxxxx
6 | Tony Cooper | 99 | 282,398 | 1 | 5.24% xxxxx
7 | occam | 93 | 197,687 | 10 | 4.92% xxxx
8 | Steve Hayes | 91 | 224,787 | 4 | 4.81% xxxx
9 | Snidely | 87 | 235,132 | 2 | 4.60% xxxx
10 | lar3ryca | 84 | 232,383 | 0 | 4.44% xxxx
11 | Liz Tuddenham | 77 | 192,617 | 1 | 4.07% xxxx
12 | Kerr-Mudd, John | 77 | 198,999 | 0 | 4.07% xxxx
13 | athel.cb@gmail.com | 45 | 109,651 | 0 | 2.38% xx
14 | Richard Tobin | 38 | 49,680 | 1 | 2.01% xx
15 | Aidan Kehoe | 37 | 88,147 | 2 | 1.96% x
16 | Adam Funk | 30 | 78,690 | 0 | 1.59% x
17 | Garrett Wollman | 30 | 68,798 | 0 | 1.59% x
18 | Rich Ulrich | 29 | 98,660 | 0 | 1.53% x
19 | Silvano | 28 | 67,121 | 0 | 1.48% x
20 | HenHanna@NewsGrouper | 26 | 77,113 | 13 | 1.37% x
21 | Stefan Ram | 22 | 57,803 | 1 | 1.16% x
22 | Lawrence DrCOOliveiro | 21 | 52,593 | 0 | 1.11% x
23 | s|b | 20 | 35,939 | 1 | 1.06% x
24 | Phil | 20 | 54,851 | 0 | 1.06% x
25 | Cryptoengineer | 19 | 62,070 | 0 | 1.00% x
26 | Ross Clark | 19 | 59,305 | 0 | 1.00% x
27 | The True Melissa | 18 | 41,446 | 1 | 0.95%
28 | Anders D. Nygaard | 18 | 39,059 | 0 | 0.95%
29 | Madhu | 17 | 37,029 | 0 | 0.90%
30 | Blueshirt | 14 | 27,630 | 0 | 0.74%
31 | Janet | 13 | 30,275 | 0 | 0.69%
32 | Paul S Person | 12 | 36,951 | 0 | 0.63%
33 | John Ames | 9 | 22,338 | 0 | 0.48%
34 | Charles Hope | 8 | 17,473 | 0 | 0.42%
35 | Ted Nolantednolan> | 7 | 14,746 | 0 | 0.37%
36 | Bobbie Sellers | 6 | 25,879 | 0 | 0.32%
37 | Scott Lurndal | 6 | 17,060 | 0 | 0.32%
38 | guido wugi | 5 | 10,824 | 0 | 0.26%
39 | Mark Brader | 5 | 9,536 | 0 | 0.26%
40 | John Dunlop | 5 | 9,460 | 0 | 0.26%
41 | William Hyde | 4 | 16,709 | 0 | 0.21%
42 | HVS | 4 | 11,168 | 0 | 0.21%
43 | Anton Shepelev | 4 | 7,761 | 0 | 0.21%
44 | Don | 3 | 13,776 | 1 | 0.16%
45 | Tilde | 3 | 8,344 | 0 | 0.16%
46 | RJH | 3 | 7,793 | 0 | 0.16%
47 | Pluted Pup | 2 | 4,157 | 2 | 0.11%
48 | The Doctor | 2 | 30,692 | 1 | 0.11%
49 | Lynn McGuire | 2 | 6,358 | 0 | 0.11%
50 | Robert Woodward | 2 | 5,517 | 0 | 0.11%
51 | Titus G | 2 | 5,239 | 0 | 0.11%
52 | Mike Spencer | 2 | 4,634 | 0 | 0.11%
53 | musika | 2 | 4,445 | 0 | 0.11%
54 | Brian | 2 | 4,104 | 0 | 0.11%
55 | wugi | 2 | 3,146 | 0 | 0.11%
56 | Paul Carmichael | 2 | 2,924 | 0 | 0.11%
57 | Bradley K. Sherman | 1 | 1,377 | 1 | 0.05%
58 | Rod_E | 1 | 1,360 | 1 | 0.05%
59 | JTEM | 1 | 1,007 | 1 | 0.05%
60 | Torbjorn Lindgren | 1 | 3,411 | 0 | 0.05%
61 | Robert Carnegie | 1 | 3,310 | 0 | 0.05%
62 | Gary R. Schmidt | 1 | 3,010 | 0 | 0.05%
63 | Dimensional Traveler | 1 | 2,974 | 0 | 0.05%
64 | Sn!pe | 1 | 2,621 | 0 | 0.05%
65 | oldernow | 1 | 2,469 | 0 | 0.05%
66 | Frank Slootweg | 1 | 1,973 | 0 | 0.05%
67 | micky | 1 | 1,957 | 0 | 0.05%
68 | Ignatios Souvatzis | 1 | 1,870 | 0 | 0.05%
69 | DDeden | 1 | 1,512 | 0 | 0.05%
70 | Ammammata | 1 | 1,471 | 0 | 0.05%
71 | Janet Baraclough | 1 | 1,423 | 0 | 0.05%
72 | James Dow Allen | 1 | 1,374 | 0 | 0.05% ----|----------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|


***** Users with most started threads *****
num| Name | or. | Nb Msg | size | % ----|----------------------|-----|--------|---------|------------------|
1 | HenHanna@NewsGrouper | 13 | 26 | 77,113 | 26.00% xxxxxxxxxx
2 | occam | 10 | 93 | 197,687 | 20.00% xxxxxxx
3 | Steve Hayes | 4 | 91 | 224,787 | 8.00% xxx
4 | Hibou | 3 | 141 | 290,484 | 6.00% xx
5 | Snidely | 2 | 87 | 235,132 | 4.00% x
6 | Aidan Kehoe | 2 | 37 | 88,147 | 4.00% x
7 | Pluted Pup | 2 | 2 | 4,157 | 4.00% x
8 | J. J. Lodder | 1 | 190 | 543,308 | 2.00%
9 | Bertel Lund Hansen | 1 | 151 | 306,940 | 2.00%
10 | Peter Moylan | 1 | 108 | 257,114 | 2.00%
11 | Tony Cooper | 1 | 99 | 282,398 | 2.00%
12 | Liz Tuddenham | 1 | 77 | 192,617 | 2.00%
13 | Richard Tobin | 1 | 38 | 49,680 | 2.00%
14 | Stefan Ram | 1 | 22 | 57,803 | 2.00%
15 | s|b | 1 | 20 | 35,939 | 2.00%
16 | The True Melissa | 1 | 18 | 41,446 | 2.00%
17 | Don | 1 | 3 | 13,776 | 2.00%
18 | The Doctor | 1 | 2 | 30,692 | 2.00%
19 | Bradley K. Sherman | 1 | 1 | 1,377 | 2.00%
20 | Rod_E | 1 | 1 | 1,360 | 2.00%
21 | JTEM | 1 | 1 | 1,007 | 2.00% ----|----------------------|-----|--------|---------|------------------|


***** Users with highest total size of messages *****
num| Name | size | Nb Msg | or. | % ----|----------------------|---------|--------|-----|------------------|
1 | J. J. Lodder | 543,308 | 190 | 1 | 11.55% xxxxxxxxxx
2 | Bertel Lund Hansen | 306,940 | 151 | 1 | 6.52% xxxxx
3 | Hibou | 290,484 | 141 | 3 | 6.17% xxxxx
4 | Tony Cooper | 282,398 | 99 | 1 | 6.00% xxxxx
5 | Sam Plusnet | 273,783 | 109 | 0 | 5.82% xxxxx
6 | Peter Moylan | 257,114 | 108 | 1 | 5.46% xxxx
7 | Snidely | 235,132 | 87 | 2 | 5.00% xxxx
8 | lar3ryca | 232,383 | 84 | 0 | 4.94% xxxx
9 | Steve Hayes | 224,787 | 91 | 4 | 4.78% xxxx
10 | Kerr-Mudd, John | 198,999 | 77 | 0 | 4.23% xxx
11 | occam | 197,687 | 93 | 10 | 4.20% xxx
12 | Liz Tuddenham | 192,617 | 77 | 1 | 4.09% xxx
13 | athel.cb@gmail.com | 109,651 | 45 | 0 | 2.33% xx
14 | Rich Ulrich | 98,660 | 29 | 0 | 2.10% x
15 | Aidan Kehoe | 88,147 | 37 | 2 | 1.87% x
16 | Adam Funk | 78,690 | 30 | 0 | 1.67% x
17 | HenHanna@NewsGrouper | 77,113 | 26 | 13 | 1.64% x
18 | Garrett Wollman | 68,798 | 30 | 0 | 1.46% x
19 | Silvano | 67,121 | 28 | 0 | 1.43% x
20 | Cryptoengineer | 62,070 | 19 | 0 | 1.32% x
21 | Ross Clark | 59,305 | 19 | 0 | 1.26% x
22 | Stefan Ram | 57,803 | 22 | 1 | 1.23% x
23 | Phil | 54,851 | 20 | 0 | 1.17% x
24 | Lawrence DrCOOliveiro | 52,593 | 21 | 0 | 1.12%
25 | Richard Tobin | 49,680 | 38 | 1 | 1.06%
26 | The True Melissa | 41,446 | 18 | 1 | 0.88%
27 | Anders D. Nygaard | 39,059 | 18 | 0 | 0.83%
28 | Madhu | 37,029 | 17 | 0 | 0.79%
29 | Paul S Person | 36,951 | 12 | 0 | 0.79%
30 | s|b | 35,939 | 20 | 1 | 0.76%
31 | The Doctor | 30,692 | 2 | 1 | 0.65%
32 | Janet | 30,275 | 13 | 0 | 0.64%
33 | Blueshirt | 27,630 | 14 | 0 | 0.59%
34 | Bobbie Sellers | 25,879 | 6 | 0 | 0.55%
35 | John Ames | 22,338 | 9 | 0 | 0.47%
36 | Charles Hope | 17,473 | 8 | 0 | 0.37%
37 | Scott Lurndal | 17,060 | 6 | 0 | 0.36%
38 | William Hyde | 16,709 | 4 | 0 | 0.36%
39 | Ted Nolantednolan> | 14,746 | 7 | 0 | 0.31%
40 | Don | 13,776 | 3 | 1 | 0.29%
41 | HVS | 11,168 | 4 | 0 | 0.24%
42 | guido wugi | 10,824 | 5 | 0 | 0.23%
43 | Mark Brader | 9,536 | 5 | 0 | 0.20%
44 | John Dunlop | 9,460 | 5 | 0 | 0.20%
45 | Tilde | 8,344 | 3 | 0 | 0.18%
46 | RJH | 7,793 | 3 | 0 | 0.17%
47 | Anton Shepelev | 7,761 | 4 | 0 | 0.16%
48 | Lynn McGuire | 6,358 | 2 | 0 | 0.14%
49 | Robert Woodward | 5,517 | 2 | 0 | 0.12%
50 | Titus G | 5,239 | 2 | 0 | 0.11%
51 | Mike Spencer | 4,634 | 2 | 0 | 0.10%
52 | musika | 4,445 | 2 | 0 | 0.09%
53 | Pluted Pup | 4,157 | 2 | 2 | 0.09%
54 | Brian | 4,104 | 2 | 0 | 0.09%
55 | Torbjorn Lindgren | 3,411 | 1 | 0 | 0.07%
56 | Robert Carnegie | 3,310 | 1 | 0 | 0.07%
57 | wugi | 3,146 | 2 | 0 | 0.07%
58 | Gary R. Schmidt | 3,010 | 1 | 0 | 0.06%
59 | Dimensional Traveler | 2,974 | 1 | 0 | 0.06%
60 | Paul Carmichael | 2,924 | 2 | 0 | 0.06%
61 | Sn!pe | 2,621 | 1 | 0 | 0.06%
62 | oldernow | 2,469 | 1 | 0 | 0.05%
63 | Frank Slootweg | 1,973 | 1 | 0 | 0.04%
64 | micky | 1,957 | 1 | 0 | 0.04%
65 | Ignatios Souvatzis | 1,870 | 1 | 0 | 0.04%
66 | DDeden | 1,512 | 1 | 0 | 0.03%
67 | Ammammata | 1,471 | 1 | 0 | 0.03%
68 | Janet Baraclough | 1,423 | 1 | 0 | 0.03%
69 | Bradley K. Sherman | 1,377 | 1 | 1 | 0.03%
70 | James Dow Allen | 1,374 | 1 | 0 | 0.03%
71 | Rod_E | 1,360 | 1 | 1 | 0.03%
72 | JTEM | 1,007 | 1 | 1 | 0.02% ----|----------------------|---------|--------|-----|------------------|


***** Days with most messages *****
num| date | Nb Msg | size | or. | % ----|------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|
1 | 2/3/2026 | 143 | 326,964 | 8 | 7.56% xxxxxxxxxx
2 | 2/12/2026 | 130 | 355,645 | 1 | 6.87% xxxxxxxxx
3 | 2/13/2026 | 112 | 286,564 | 3 | 5.92% xxxxxxx
4 | 2/10/2026 | 99 | 227,737 | 2 | 5.24% xxxxxx
5 | 2/17/2026 | 93 | 228,144 | 0 | 4.92% xxxxxx
6 | 2/16/2026 | 90 | 207,352 | 3 | 4.76% xxxxxx
7 | 2/2/2026 | 89 | 213,211 | 1 | 4.71% xxxxxx
8 | 2/4/2026 | 80 | 183,974 | 1 | 4.23% xxxxx
9 | 2/28/2026 | 78 | 195,155 | 1 | 4.12% xxxxx
10 | 2/26/2026 | 76 | 225,769 | 4 | 4.02% xxxxx
11 | 2/6/2026 | 71 | 179,359 | 4 | 3.75% xxxx
12 | 2/8/2026 | 68 | 159,425 | 0 | 3.60% xxxx
13 | 2/27/2026 | 66 | 194,543 | 0 | 3.49% xxxx
14 | 2/15/2026 | 65 | 174,894 | 4 | 3.44% xxxx
15 | 2/14/2026 | 64 | 158,293 | 2 | 3.38% xxxx
16 | 2/9/2026 | 64 | 155,679 | 1 | 3.38% xxxx
17 | 2/7/2026 | 57 | 130,047 | 1 | 3.01% xxx
18 | 2/1/2026 | 55 | 150,803 | 1 | 2.91% xxx
19 | 2/11/2026 | 54 | 129,786 | 1 | 2.86% xxx
20 | 2/25/2026 | 52 | 158,024 | 1 | 2.75% xxx
21 | 2/19/2026 | 49 | 110,293 | 3 | 2.59% xxx
22 | 2/24/2026 | 45 | 121,001 | 1 | 2.38% xxx
23 | 2/20/2026 | 44 | 87,077 | 1 | 2.33% xxx
24 | 2/5/2026 | 42 | 95,826 | 3 | 2.22% xx
25 | 2/18/2026 | 38 | 87,747 | 0 | 2.01% xx
26 | 2/21/2026 | 26 | 57,914 | 2 | 1.37% x
27 | 2/23/2026 | 23 | 59,594 | 0 | 1.22% x
28 | 2/22/2026 | 18 | 44,825 | 1 | 0.95% x ----|------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|


***** Days with most messages *****
num| date | Nb Msg | size | or. | % ----|------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|
1 | Tuesday | 380 | 903,846 | 11 | 20.10% xxxxxxxxxx
2 | Thursday | 297 | 787,533 | 11 | 15.71% xxxxxxx
3 | Friday | 293 | 747,543 | 8 | 15.49% xxxxxxx
4 | Monday | 266 | 635,836 | 5 | 14.07% xxxxxxx
5 | Saturday | 225 | 541,409 | 6 | 11.90% xxxxx
6 | Wednesday | 224 | 559,531 | 3 | 11.85% xxxxx
7 | Sunday | 206 | 529,947 | 6 | 10.89% xxxxx ----|------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|


***** Subjects with most answers *****
num| Subject
| Nb Msg | size | or. | % ----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|
1 | 'Freedom' units v metric system
| 252 | 761,693 | 0 | 13.33% xxxxxxxxxx
2 | The great and the good
| 188 | 476,892 | 1 | 9.94% xxxxxxx
3 | Violator
| 164 | 396,464 | 1 | 8.67% xxxxxx
4 | An Opening
| 159 | 434,760 | 1 | 8.41% xxxxxx
5 | Deadly mushrooms in Australia
| 159 | 483,181 | 0 | 8.41% xxxxxx
6 | "Tuition-free"
| 152 | 359,493 | 1 | 8.04% xxxxxx
7 | Ancestor: Who counts?
| 96 | 215,590 | 1 | 5.08% xxx
8 | Physics vs stamp-collecting (cartoon)
| 75 | 170,309 | 0 | 3.97% xx
9 | "I symphonise"
| 71 | 148,535 | 1 | 3.75% xx
10 | I need you to...
| 55 | 124,814 | 1 | 2.91% xx
11 | New meaning of 'unlike'
| 48 | 87,052 | 1 | 2.54% x
12 | [OT] For Science Fiction fans everywhere
| 46 | 92,492 | 1 | 2.43% x
13 | [Danish] Attempt to control language
| 35 | 81,462 | 1 | 1.85% x
14 | Decimal place pronunciation
| 34 | 65,700 | 1 | 1.80% x
15 | "categorical denial"
| 24 | 51,007 | 1 | 1.27%
16 | Taking Greenland away from Norway
| 24 | 59,997 | 0 | 1.27%
17 | Annoyance of the Day
| 22 | 47,785 | 0 | 1.16%
18 | Re: A Sunday Treat for Old Timers.
| 19 | 58,763 | 1 | 1.00%
19 | Past tense of "spin" and "speed"
| 19 | 29,928 | 1 | 1.00%
20 | stats 2026-01 ---- Some Comments
| 18 | 43,649 | 1 | 0.95%
21 | Synonym for "module" in context of software.
| 17 | 33,549 | 1 | 0.90%
22 | circumstances and prepositions
| 17 | 32,465 | 1 | 0.90%
23 | James Bond through the years... the language of films
| 16 | 34,930 | 1 | 0.85%
24 | Yet another damn contranym!
| 14 | 34,192 | 1 | 0.74%
25 | Identifying a song
| 13 | 30,070 | 1 | 0.69%
26 | Armada
| 13 | 22,377 | 0 | 0.69%
27 | Skill with language
| 12 | 17,139 | 1 | 0.63%
28 | Postilion sentence in Duolingo Turkish.
| 11 | 24,870 | 1 | 0.58%
29 | [OT] Sheffield Wednesday
| 11 | 24,760 | 1 | 0.58%
30 | Biological v chemical weapon ?
| 10 | 20,364 | 1 | 0.53%
31 | coneheads and other volumes
| 8 | 14,352 | 1 | 0.42%
32 | "Softice"
| 8 | 20,035 | 0 | 0.42%
33 | stats 2026-01
| 7 | 42,901 | 1 | 0.37%
34 | Steganography v. cryptography
| 7 | 15,774 | 1 | 0.37%
35 | Morse
| 7 | 18,405 | 0 | 0.37%
36 | (Using a Cannon aiming at the snow) ----------- (Sand-surfing)
| 5 | 10,580 | 1 | 0.26%
37 | Word Police: multiple
| 5 | 9,897 | 1 | 0.26%
38 | AI-generated Video Clip -- Jp PM (Takaichi) as a Super-Hero
| 4 | 10,510 | 1 | 0.21%
39 | Word Police: hawk
| 4 | 8,845 | 1 | 0.21%
40 | Why 'dog collar' for the clergy?
| 4 | 6,000 | 1 | 0.21%
41 | Is it #@$% or *&%$ ? Error, error ...
| 4 | 7,866 | 0 | 0.21%
42 | Re: Song Lyrics
| 3 | 11,240 | 1 | 0.16%
43 | Re: Oh boy! Vonich Manuscript in the news!
| 3 | 5,901 | 1 | 0.16%
44 | adage-eee-oh
| 3 | 3,692 | 1 | 0.16%
45 | Test your (Latest- TV-Show) IQ
| 3 | 8,537 | 0 | 0.16%
46 | Radius of This Circle? -- (Her Accent?)
| 2 | 7,928 | 1 | 0.11%
47 | Why 'dog collar' for the clergy?
| 2 | 6,392 | 1 | 0.11%
48 | Predictions
| 2 | 3,367 | 1 | 0.11%
49 | (Swedish or Danish?) -- curling is traditionally considered a "gentlemanrCO ... | 2 | 3,099 | 1 | 0.11%
50 | Re: LESBIAN LOON KILLED! Renee Good
| 2 | 2,771 | 1 | 0.11%
51 | Teaser #N2 -- I was quoted 12 cents for one, 24 cents for > 50,
and 36 cent ... | 2 | 2,702 | 1 | 0.11%
52 | Lester Dent's missing formula?
| 1 | 4,164 | 1 | 0.05%
53 | Re: Resurrection of words
| 1 | 3,458 | 1 | 0.05%
54 | (real Life Puzzle) -- The Uber driver's violence was excessive.
What do you ... | 1 | 2,136 | 1 | 0.05%
55 | Re: [39/39] - "Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2025 v25.001.21151.0-x86-x64 [Portable]. ... | 1 | 1,874 | 1 | 0.05%
56 | SH returned the Reichenbach Falls
| 1 | 1,690 | 1 | 0.05%
57 | Re: Is there a Usenet group for Paint.Net (Paint Dot Net) ?
| 1 | 1,457 | 1 | 0.05%
58 | Why isn't niggers calling each other "nigger" hate speech?
| 1 | 1,377 | 1 | 0.05%
59 | (Jp PM Takaichi's English) -- Trunk Fump!
| 1 | 1,322 | 1 | 0.05%
60 | Why isn't MAGA niggers calling each other "nigger" hate speech?
| 1 | 1,007 | 1 | 0.05%
61 | [OT] CPP-gebruiker (I may vanish away)
| 1 | 2,084 | 0 | 0.05% ----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|


***** Most used Newsreaders (distinct user) *****
num| Newsreader
| Util. | Nb Msg | % ----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|------------------|
1 | Mozilla Thunderbird
| 20 | 651 | 25.97% xxxxxxxxxx
2 | MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb
| 3 | 89 | 3.90% x
3 | Newsgrouper/0.8.4
| 3 | 63 | 3.90% x
4 | ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272
| 3 | 61 | 3.90% x
5 | trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001)
| 3 | 50 | 3.90% x
6 | Others
| 3 | 42 | 3.90% x
7 | MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4
| 3 | 32 | 3.90% x
8 | trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010)
| 3 | 32 | 3.90% x
9 | Newsgrouper/0.9.0
| 3 | 10 | 3.90% x
10 | Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)
| 2 | 81 | 2.60% x
11 | Xnews/5.04.25
| 2 | 5 | 2.60% x
12 | MacSOUP/2.8.5 (ea919cf118) (Mac OS 10.12.6)
| 1 | 190 | 1.30%
13 | Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101
| 1 | 108 | 1.30%
14 | ForteAgent/7.20.32.1218
| 1 | 99 | 1.30%
15 | Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652
| 1 | 91 | 1.30%
16 | MacSOUP/2.4.6
| 1 | 77 | 1.30%
17 | Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64)
| 1 | 37 | 1.30%
18 | slrn/pre1.0.4-6 (Linux)
| 1 | 30 | 1.30%
19 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101
| 1 | 28 | 1.30%
20 | Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka)
| 1 | 21 | 1.30%
21 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0)
Gecko/20100101 | 1 | 20 | 1.30%
22 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101
| 1 | 19 | 1.30%
23 | XanaNews/1.21-f3fb89f (x86; Portable ISpell)
| 1 | 10 | 1.30%
24 | Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32)
| 1 | 9 | 1.30%
25 | xrn 9.03-beta-14-64bit
| 1 | 6 | 1.30%
26 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101
| 1 | 4 | 1.30%
27 | XanaNews/1.20-0cfde51 (x86; Portable ISpell)
| 1 | 4 | 1.30%
28 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0)
Gecko/20100101 | 1 | 3 | 1.30%
29 | Usenapp for MacOS
| 1 | 3 | 1.30%
30 | MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X)
| 1 | 2 | 1.30%
31 | Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7
| 1 | 2 | 1.30%
32 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101
| 1 | 2 | 1.30%
33 | Betterbird (Linux)
| 1 | 2 | 1.30%
34 | Pan/0.147 (Sweet Solitude; 97d1711 github.com/GNOME/pan.git)
| 1 | 2 | 1.30%
35 | Betterbird (Windows)
| 1 | 1 | 1.30%
36 | MacSOUP/2.8.6b1 (ed136d9b90) (Mac OS 10.14.6)
| 1 | 1 | 1.30%
37 | slrn/1.0.3 (Linux)
| 1 | 1 | 1.30%
38 | tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i ... | 1 | 1 | 1.30%
39 | Forte Agent 5.00/32.1171
| 1 | 1 | 1.30%
40 | slrn/1.0.3 (Patched for libcanlock3) (NetBSD)
| 1 | 1 | 1.30% ----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|------------------|
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On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:58:08 -0700
The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english
Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

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10 | Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)
| 2 | 81 | 2.60% x

That'll be me. It's '2' because I post from this desktop and occasionally
from a laptop.

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On 01/03/26 20:58, The Doctor wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

A useful statistic to report would be the ratio of original
contribution to quoted material. (Or something equivalent.) For example,
this post has seven lines of comment and two lines of quoted material.
(Plus an attribution line and some blank lines.) It's probably easier to calculate characters than lines.

This was not an issue years ago, but lately we are getting many cases of quoting an entire post, without trimming the irrelevant parts.
--
Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
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On 01/03/2026 10:58, The Doctor wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english
Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

<snip>

Mozilla is being short-changed in the following list:

Items 1, 13, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 32 are all the same 'Mozilla TB' browser.

***** Most used Newsreaders (distinct user) *****
num| Newsreader-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a | Util. | Nb Msg | % ----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|------------------|
-a1 | Mozilla Thunderbird-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a 20 |-a-a-a 651 | 25.97% xxxxxxxxxx
-a2 | MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 89 |-a 3.90% x
-a3 | Newsgrouper/0.8.4-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 63 |-a 3.90% x
-a4 | ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 61 |-a 3.90% x
-a5 | trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 50 |-a 3.90% x
-a6 | Others-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 42 |-a 3.90% x
-a7 | MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 32 |-a 3.90% x
-a8 | trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 32 |-a 3.90% x
-a9 | Newsgrouper/0.9.0-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 3 |-a-a-a-a 10 |-a 3.90% x
10 | Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 2 |-a-a-a-a 81 |-a 2.60% x
11 | Xnews/5.04.25-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 2 |-a-a-a-a-a 5 |-a 2.60% x
12 | MacSOUP/2.8.5 (ea919cf118) (Mac OS 10.12.6)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a 190 |-a 1.30%
13 | Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a 108 |-a 1.30%
14 | ForteAgent/7.20.32.1218-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 99 |-a 1.30%
15 | Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 91 |-a 1.30%
16 | MacSOUP/2.4.6-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 77 |-a 1.30%
17 | Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 37 |-a 1.30%
18 | slrn/pre1.0.4-6 (Linux)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 30 |-a 1.30%
19 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101-a-a-a-a-a-a -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 28 |-a 1.30%
20 | Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 21 |-a 1.30%
21 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 20 |-a 1.30% 22 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 19 |-a 1.30%
23 | XanaNews/1.21-f3fb89f (x86; Portable ISpell)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a 10 |-a 1.30%
24 | Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 9 |-a 1.30%
25 | xrn 9.03-beta-14-64bit-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 6 |-a 1.30%
26 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101-a-a-a-a -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 4 |-a 1.30%
27 | XanaNews/1.20-0cfde51 (x86; Portable ISpell)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 4 |-a 1.30%
28 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 3 |-a 1.30%
29 | Usenapp for MacOS-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 3 |-a 1.30%
30 | MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 2 |-a 1.30%
31 | Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 2 |-a 1.30%
32 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101-a-a-a-a-a -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 2 |-a 1.30%
33 | Betterbird (Linux)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 2 |-a 1.30%
34 | Pan/0.147 (Sweet Solitude; 97d1711 github.com/GNOME/pan.git)-a-a-a-a-a -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 2 |-a 1.30%
35 | Betterbird (Windows)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 1 |-a 1.30%
36 | MacSOUP/2.8.6b1 (ed136d9b90) (Mac OS 10.14.6)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 1 |-a 1.30%
37 | slrn/1.0.3 (Linux)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 1 |-a 1.30%
38 | tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0- WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i ... |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 1 |-a 1.30%
39 | Forte Agent 5.00/32.1171-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 1 |-a 1.30%
40 | slrn/1.0.3 (Patched for libcanlock3) (NetBSD)-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a |-a-a-a-a 1 |-a-a-a-a-a 1 |-a 1.30% ----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|------------------|

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On 01/03/2026 12:11, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:58:08 -0700
The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english
Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

[]

10 | Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)
| 2 | 81 | 2.60% x

That'll be me. It's '2' because I post from this desktop and occasionally from a laptop.

"Me me me". It's all 'me' with you :-)

For me, the unique browser I use in this list occasionally is
'Betterbird (Linux)'


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On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:01:15 +0100
occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

On 01/03/2026 12:11, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:58:08 -0700
The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english
Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

[]

10 | Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) >> | 2 | 81 | 2.60% x

That'll be me. It's '2' because I post from this desktop and occasionally from a laptop.

"Me me me". It's all 'me' with you :-)

You got me. That and it's a quiet day, I'll even respond to the numpty "doctor".

For me, the unique browser I use in this list occasionally is
'Betterbird (Linux)'

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.
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On 01/03/2026 12:51, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 01/03/26 20:58, The Doctor wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

A useful statistic to report would be the ratio-a of original
contribution to quoted material. (Or something equivalent.) For example,
this post has seven lines of comment and two lines of quoted material.
(Plus an attribution line and some blank lines.) It's probably easier to calculate characters than lines.

Oh! I see what you are getting at. People who don't trim or just reply
'+1' to a whole post get revealed for ...em... surfing other people's
posts?

There was one ex-poster who I always suspected of trying to improve his
stats, in the old days. Poster PTD had something to say about every
post, irrespective of the irrelevance of his comments.

This was not an issue years ago, but lately we are getting many cases of quoting an entire post, without trimming the irrelevant parts.

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Den 01.03.2026 kl. 12.51 skrev Peter Moylan:

Group : alt.usage.english Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

A useful statistic to report would be the ratio-a of original
contribution to quoted material. (Or something equivalent.)

I do not usually activate my statistics script but I did it today to
compare with The Doctor's version. Here is mine:

https://temp.lundhansen.dk/AUE_2026-02_statistics.htm

Choose "Quotes" in the menu.
--
Bertel, Kolt, Danmark

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Den 01.03.2026 kl. 14.11 skrev Bertel Lund Hansen:

-a-a-a-a-a https://temp.lundhansen.dk/AUE_2026-02_statistics.htm

PS. In the "Total" table "Spam" is what I consider spam, and "Shouting"
is subjectlines with at least 10 uppercase letters.
--
Bertel, Kolt, Danmark

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Den 01.03.2026 kl. 12.57 skrev occam:

Mozilla is being short-changed in the following list:

So are MacSOUP and Forte Agent and maybe more.

See my stats for true values.
--
Bertel, Kolt, Danmark

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Le 01/03/2026 |a 12:19, occam a |-crit :

There was one ex-poster who I always suspected of trying to improve his stats, in the old days. Poster PTD had something to say about every
post, irrespective of the irrelevance of his comments.

Perhaps he just wanted to be aue's - ahem - poster boy.

How can we measure signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)?

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On 01/03/2026 15:36, Hibou wrote:

Le 01/03/2026 |a 12:19, occam a |-crit :

There was one ex-poster who I always suspected of trying to improve his
stats, in the old days. Poster PTD had something to say about every
post, irrespective of the irrelevance of his comments.

Perhaps he just wanted to be aue's - ahem - poster boy.

How can we measure signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)?

We cannot, objectively. However, if a post consists of '+1' only, it is
very low in S/N. I would also include <aubergine> <aubergine> <banana>
in this category.
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Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

Le 01/03/2026 a 12:19, occam a ocrit :

There was one ex-poster who I always suspected of trying to improve his stats, in the old days. Poster PTD had something to say about every
post, irrespective of the irrelevance of his comments.

Perhaps he just wanted to be aue's - ahem - poster boy.

How can we measure signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)?

You could measure posters relative entropy. [1]
(with respect to themselves)

Jan

[1] So how much new information do you get from a posting,
assuming you have already seen many of them.
Even without really measuring anything one may get a feeling,
and will just call it 'being boring' instead.


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On 01/03/2026 12:16, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:01:15 +0100
occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

On 01/03/2026 12:11, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:58:08 -0700
The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english
Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

[]

10 | Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)
| 2 | 81 | 2.60% x

That'll be me. It's '2' because I post from this desktop and occasionally >>> from a laptop.

"Me me me". It's all 'me' with you :-)

You got me. That and it's a quiet day, I'll even respond to the numpty "doctor".

What is a "Numpty Doctor"?
How would I know if I need the services of one?
--
Sam Plusnet
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On 01/03/2026 14:49, occam wrote:

On 01/03/2026 15:36, Hibou wrote:

Le 01/03/2026 |a 12:19, occam a |-crit :

There was one ex-poster who I always suspected of trying to improve his
stats, in the old days. Poster PTD had something to say about every
post, irrespective of the irrelevance of his comments.

Perhaps he just wanted to be aue's - ahem - poster boy.

How can we measure signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)?

We cannot, objectively. However, if a post consists of '+1' only, it is
very low in S/N. I would also include <aubergine> <aubergine> <banana>
in this category.

Could we have less of that fruity language please.
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(Yes, an aubergine is a fruit.)
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Bertel Lund Hansen is guilty of <10o1e49$7tf4$2@dont-email.me> as of
3/1/2026 5:14:48 AM

Den 01.03.2026 kl. 14.11 skrev Bertel Lund Hansen:

aaaaa https://temp.lundhansen.dk/AUE_2026-02_statistics.htm

PS. In the "Total" table "Spam" is what I consider spam, and "Shouting" is subjectlines with at least 10 uppercase letters.

Your script produces interesting results, and you've done a nice job of
laying it out. Traditionally, this should be done in perl :-) since
that is why Larry Wall developed perl ... to figure out what wa happing
with rn, one of his other projects. I have very rudimentary perl
skills, so I would probably use Python.

Doctor is using the built-in facilities of MesNews, a tool I've used in
TONG and maybe even excerpted here.

/dps
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is a good thing to do, You may be a fool but you're the fool in
charge." -- Carl Reiner
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Sam Plusnet noted that:

On 01/03/2026 12:16, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:01:15 +0100
occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

On 01/03/2026 12:11, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:58:08 -0700
The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

Group : alt.usage.english
Statistics : from 2/1/2026 to 2/28/2026

[]

10 | Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)
| 2 | 81 | 2.60% x

That'll be me. It's '2' because I post from this desktop and occasionally >>>> from a laptop.

"Me me me". It's all 'me' with you :-)

You got me. That and it's a quiet day, I'll even respond to the numpty
"doctor".

What is a "Numpty Doctor"?
How would I know if I need the services of one?

Someone who might prescribe a potion of python stats code.

-d
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I'm not in it, I'll have breakfast." -- Carl Reiner, to CBS News in
2015.
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Den 01.03.2026 kl. 22.54 skrev Snidely:

Your script produces interesting results, and you've done a nice job of laying it out.-a Traditionally, this should be done in perl :-) since
that is why Larry Wall developed perl ... to figure out what wa happing
with rn, one of his other projects.-a I have very rudimentary perl
skills, so I would probably use Python.

That's what I used for this job. I use PHP for dynamic webpages. I
haven't learnt Perl and do not plan to.
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Bertel Lund Hansen explained :

Den 01.03.2026 kl. 22.54 skrev Snidely:

Your script produces interesting results, and you've done a nice job of
laying it out.a Traditionally, this should be done in perl :-) since that >> is why Larry Wall developed perl ... to figure out what wa happing with rn, >> one of his other projects.a I have very rudimentary perl skills, so I would >> probably use Python.

That's what I used for this job. I use PHP for dynamic webpages. I haven't learnt Perl and do not plan to.

I think enthusiasm for Perl has fallen over the last several years. Go
and Rust are still on the uptick, but I'm sure there's a new language
just waiting for the spotlight. And for AI agents to be trained in it.

/dps
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