The [H]omer award for COLA Advocate of the Week:
"Guy Fawkes" <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(On how Freedom drives innovation.)
.----
| The goal of OSS is freedom, plain and simple, with commoditization of
| software as a side effect. Furthermore I believe that most if not all
| of the true innovation at the moment is coming from individuals,
| companies and research institutions basing their work on open-source
| software, primarily because you need to be able to change the
| underlying code to truly innovate.
`----
Or as Albert Einstein once said, "Everything that is really great and
inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom."
ngstats.pl version 1.22
Written by Roy Culley.
Contributions from Mark Kent.
Modifications by [H]omer, 2007.
This report covers 2822 articles received by this system to
newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy [1]
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Toplist of Posters
Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 490 967422 19%
2. Hadron Quark - Windows Advocate 210 254660 75%
3. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 165 117641 59%
4. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 119 56803 45%
The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 119 238492 50%
6. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 117 171353 31%
7. Larry Qualig - Windows Advocate 98 195645 61%
8. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 93 154657 74%
9. DooFuS - Windows Advocate 86 102706 58%
10. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 82 851530 10%
11. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 76 74249 63%
12. spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 69 55208 57%
13. Timothy Smith - Windows Advocate 68 55476 47%
14. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 58 64157 57%
15. BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 56 116028 47%
16. amicus_curious - Windows Advocate 52 109326 56%
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 52 75227 33%
18. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 45 25925 30%
chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 45 36686 68%
20. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 40 43468 55%
21. Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 34 22050 7%
22. Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 32 43217 69%
23. Erik Funkenbusch - Windows Advocate 31 46880 48%
24. Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 28 35676 50%
Nedd Ludd - Windows Advocate 28 35252 47%
26. thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 25 34179 27%
27. RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> 24 18501 42%
nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxx 24 28046 25%
29. ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> 23 21572 82%
30. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 21 50067 75%
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Toplist of Subjects
Pos Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Gates to open-source its software. What a nice guy 147 137416
2. Only Microsoft ... 130 198706
3. still a nutter .. 101 166233
4. SEMI-official COLA BLOCK-LIST 04/28/2007 72 90955
5. Credit where it's due. Thank you Microsoft. 62 85030
6. It Looks Sooo... Good 58 45861
7. Has open source jumped the shark? 57 58141
8. Micoshaft LYING About Revenues 42 59943
Microsoft 3Q Profit Rises 65 Percent, Helped by Sa 42 48744
10. Vista: user satisfaction high 41 52419
11. Chips Sales Confirm That Vista Means Nothing (Figu 39 73307
12. Vista and Office 2007 sales beat MS expectations 34 73757
13. COLA Stats: Saturday the 28th of April, 2007. 31 55923
What does a newcomer learn in this news group? 31 52458
15. Confirmed June 11th at 10am - Big Appil BSD Develo 30 37213
Oh my god what a piece of shit! 30 40860
17. Another day... 29 25583
18. What's the Best Version of Linux for a Newbie? 27 25859
19. Microsoft earnings today... 26 58385
20. Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo! 24 22467
21. Novell interested in pre-installed SuSE .. 23 18518
Sign O' The Times: Affordable Linux Desktops 23 15499
23. I smell some Linux idiots... 22 16054
24. [Roy Schestowitz Lies Again] Packaged Software Mod 21 32046
25. [News] PC Magazine: Microsoft Should Start Worryin 20 32461
26. [News] Firefox Gaining, Web Applications May Alrea 19 24968
[News] Microsoft Silverlight promises to modernize 19 36988
28. CNBC - Is Microsoft Toast? 18 35570
While the official announcement is still yet to co 18 18677
COLA trolls and troll feeders 18 21065
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Toplist of Most Replied To Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 230
2. Hadron Quark - Windows Advocate 152
3. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 116
4. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 108
5. DooFuS - Windows Advocate 102
6. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 88
7. Larry Qualig - Windows Advocate 87
The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 87
9. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 75
10. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 71
11. spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 61
12. Timothy Smith - Windows Advocate 58
13. Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 47
Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 47
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 47
16. amicus_curious - Windows Advocate 44
17. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 43
Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 43
19. BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 42
20. Erik Funkenbusch - Windows Advocate 41
21. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 36
22. Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 33
23. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 32
24. nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 30
Nedd Ludd - Windows Advocate 30
26. Jeff_Relf - Alternative Lifestyle Advocate 27
27. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 22
28. RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> 20
thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 20
30. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 18
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Toplist of Troll Feeders [2]
Pos Poster Msgs %
1. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 91 55
2. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 45 48
3. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 38 32
The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 38 32
5. spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 32 46
6. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 30 39
7. Hadron Quark - Windows Advocate 25 12
8. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 20 34
9. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 15 33
Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 15 47
11. BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 13 23
12. Larry Qualig - Windows Advocate 12 12
13. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 11 52
Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 11 32
thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 11 44
16. Timothy Smith - Windows Advocate 10 15
17. ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> 9 39
18. OLDDINO <Vince.Porch@xxxxxxxxxxx> 8 100
Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 8 29
amicus_curious - Windows Advocate 8 15
Ian Hilliard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 8 57
Dean G. <dguttadauro@xxxxxxxx> 8 50
23. RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> 7 29
Jamie Hart <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 7 44
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 7 13
26. p5000011 <p5000011@xxxxxxxxx> 6 35
27. Rex Ballard <rex.ballard@xxxxxxxxx> 5 50
Randy Poe <poespam-trap@xxxxxxxxx> 5 100
DooFuS - Windows Advocate 5 6
Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 5 56
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Toplist of 'Quality' Posters [3]
Pos Poster Index
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 135
2. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 82
nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 82
4. Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 73
5. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 70
6. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 69
7. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 65
Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 65
9. Erik Jan <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 64
10. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 61
11. The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 53
12. cc <scatnubbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> 52
BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 52
14. RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> 51
William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 51
16. Rafael <rafael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> 50
NoStop <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> 50
19. thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 47
20. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 46
21. Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 44
Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 44
23. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 43
24. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 41
25. Jamie Hart <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 40
26. spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 39
27. ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> 35
28. Ian Hilliard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 34
Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 34
30. p5000011 <p5000011@xxxxxxxxx> 33
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Toplist of X-No-Archive Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. flatfish - Windows Advocate 18
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Toplist of Newsreaders
Pos Newsreader Msgs
1. KNode 749
2. slrn 475
3. G2/1.0 245
4. Mozilla 226
5. Gnus 211
6. Microsoft Outlook Express 207
7. Pan 162
8. Forte Agent 131
9. tin 101
10. pan 0.120 (Plate of Shrimp) 72
11. MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 45
12. MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.1 (Intel Mac OS X) 37
13. Thunderbird 33
14. 40tude_Dialog 32
15. Xnews 18
16. Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) 12
17. MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (PPC Mac OS X) 10
18. Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 5
19. MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2061 3
MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) 3
21. MacSOUP 2
pan 0.116 (Blanton's) 2
23. Firstload Revolution/1.30,4.60 1
Forte Free Agent 1
MR/2 Internet Cruiser 1
COLA Stats Engine 1
MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) 1
pan 0.112 (Elijah Craig) 1
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[1]: Posts via mail to news gateways are dropped by this server
and hence not included in the stats.
Other attention seeking posters may not appear as well.
[2]: Troll feeder %'age is (troll feeding posts / total posts) * 100
[3]: The poster 'quality' stats is based on:
a) quoting: 100 - %'age quoted
b) cross-posting: 100 - %'age cross-posted
c) number of direct followups posters articles get
d) troll feeding: 100 - 2.0 * %'age troll followups
e) 75 deducted for known trolls
f) for the humour impaired the quotes around 'quality'
are intended to convey they are not to be taken too
seriously :-)
--
K.
http://slated.org
,----
| I realize that a lot of people see this as a fight. But I tell you,
| those people are missing the point. Weâre not fighting. At least
| the useful people arenât fighting. No good code ever comes out of
| people who do things because they are afraid, or because they hate.
|
| - Linus Torvalds. http://tinyurl.com/eumwb (Groklaw)
`----
Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) on sky, running kernel 2.6.20-1.2312.fc5
07:47:25 up 18 days, 5:19, 3 users, load average: 0.32, 0.44, 0.51
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