[OT] New weekly RAS contest!

Hi folks, welcome to a new RAS contest: the TOFU RACE! Below you'll find the current standings, to be updated on a weekly basis. I might even set up a TofuRank, judging by the huge success that GPLRank has been ;-) Enjoy uwe ###################################################################### TOP TOFUS of rec.autos.simulators Analyzed 1152 articles posted up to 2002-11-22 (7 days total). The first column shows the total kilobytes of quoted text found in posts by the author (last column). The second column contains the "noise index", which I define as the ratio of genuine new material to old, quoted text found in the postings. The third column contains the total number of articles posted by the author. The fourth column shows us the percentage of new material to stuff that was simply quoted from older messages. To improve your spot in the rankings or ideally, get out the top 10 altogether, please consult the following URL: <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html"> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.htm</a> your fellow netizens will be most grateful for it. ;-) ###################################################################### SORTED BY KILOBYTES QUOTED 67.51 0.0142 10 0.97% Mike Grandy 42.24 0.2823 84 21.92% Larry 36.37 0.0804 8 5.79% Don Wilshe 32.99 0.0534 18 4.96% jon 21.50 0.1855 24 14.32% Schooner 18.60 0.1816 30 17.69% BRH 16.83 0.3888 44 32.76% John Pancoast 16.79 0.5953 66 41.29% Dave Henrie 15.40 0.2488 24 17.72% Dunk This weeks winner: MIKE GRANDY ###################################################################### -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

"Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi folks, > > welcome to a new RAS contest: the TOFU RACE! Below you'll find > the current standings, to be updated on a weekly basis. I might > even set up a TofuRank, judging by the huge success that > GPLRank has been ;-) > > Enjoy > > uwe > > ###################################################################### > > TOP TOFUS of rec.autos.simulators > > Analyzed 1152 articles posted up to 2002-11-22 (7 days total). > > The first column shows the total kilobytes of quoted text found > in posts by the author (last column). The second column > contains the "noise index", which I define as the ratio of > genuine new material to old, quoted text found in the postings. > The third column contains the total number of articles posted > by the author. > > The fourth column shows us the percentage of new material to > stuff that was simply quoted from older messages. > > To improve your spot in the rankings or ideally, get out the > top 10 altogether, please consult the following URL: > > <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html"> > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.htm</a> > > your fellow netizens will be most grateful for it. ;-) > > ###################################################################### > SORTED BY KILOBYTES QUOTED > > 67.51 0.0142 10 0.97% Mike Grandy > 42.24 0.2823 84 21.92% Larry > 36.37 0.0804 8 5.79% Don Wilshe > 32.99 0.0534 18 4.96% jon > 21.50 0.1855 24 14.32% Schooner > 18.60 0.1816 30 17.69% BRH > 16.83 0.3888 44 32.76% John Pancoast > 16.79 0.5953 66 41.29% Dave Henrie > 15.40 0.2488 24 17.72% Dunk > > > This weeks winner: MIKE GRANDY > > ###################################################################### > > > -- > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) >

Noise? :) That reminds me of a story about a..... har har har dave henrie as long as people keep asking the same questions, we'll keep giving the same bulls...uh..answers..... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 11/20/02

just bringing my average down a few clicks, please ignore :0)

On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 03:39:17 -0000, Jim Seamus wrote: > just bringing my average down a few clicks, please ignore :0) > > Nice one Jim, well done! ;-) To dave Henrie: Hey Dave, the noise isn't about answering the same old questions (which is good IMHO) again and again (what would newbies do, for instance?), but about the common sense courtesy of quoting the postings one is replying to, answering at the bottom of the post and so on. Just good old common sense usenet netiquette ;-) Jim, we discussed setting up a car database for Racer the other year. Would you still be interested in helping out in this project? Cheers, Uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

>"Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote > welcome to a new RAS contest: the TOFU RACE! Below you'll find > the current standings, to be updated on a weekly basis. I might > even set up a TofuRank, judging by the huge success that > GPLRank has been ;-) Tehehehe ;-))))) What about the opposite rank?

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> 67.51 0.0142 10 0.97% Mike Grandy > 42.24 0.2823 84 21.92% Larry > 36.37 0.0804 8 5.79% Don Wilshe > 32.99 0.0534 18 4.96% jon > 21.50 0.1855 24 14.32% Schooner > 18.60 0.1816 30 17.69% BRH > 16.83 0.3888 44 32.76% John Pancoast > 16.79 0.5953 66 41.29% Dave Henrie > 15.40 0.2488 24 17.72% Dunk

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You have WAY too much spare time on your hands :) -Larry "Uwe Schu<snip>

In article <658F9.43933$[email hidden]>, "Larry" <[email hidden]> writes: >You have WAY too much spare time on your hands :) > >-Larry > >"Uwe Schu<snip> Try being in a LEAGUE with him. You should *see* the discussions that get started...<g> We still like, ya, Hoover. :-) Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+6.19 N2002 Rank:+18.91 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On 29 Nov 2002 14:53:03 GMT, EldredP wrote: > In article <658F9.43933$[email hidden]>, "Larry" ><[email hidden]> writes: > >>You have WAY too much spare time on your hands :) Hey Larry, this is all in good spirit. Perl is such a powerful language when it comes to text parsing that it took me an hour or so to write the script.

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>> >>-Larry >> >>"Uwe Schu<snip> > > Try being in a LEAGUE with him. You should *see* the discussions that get > started...<g> > We still like, ya, Hoover. :-) > > Eldred

Thanks Eldred. ;-> I'm still trying to figure out if this statement is a compliment or an insult ;-) Anyway, thanks for reminding me of this weeks TOFU rankings. Please find the latest update below. I wonder what happened to Mr. Grandy... ;-) ###################################################################### TOP TOFUS of rec.autos.simulators Analyzed 1271 articles posted since 2002-12-02 (10 days total). The first column shows the total kilobytes of quoted text found in posts by the author (last column). The second column contains the "noise index", which I define as the ratio of genuine new material to old, quoted text found in all postings. The third column contains the total number of articles posted by the author. The fourth column shows us the percentage of new material to stuff that was simply quoted from older messages. To improve your spot in the rankings or ideally, get out the top 10 altogether, please consult the following URL: <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html"> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.htm</a> your fellow netizens will be most grateful for it. ;-) ###################################################################### SORTED BY KILOBYTES QUOTED 94.86 0.0280 24 2.32% Don Wilshe 49.89 0.2082 82 18.65% Larry 48.00 0.2768 90 25.34% Schooner 20.37 0.3090 28 21.43% Marc Collins 17.53 0.4128 78 28.29% Gerry Aitken 16.92 0.3929 34 29.50% David G Fisher 14.75 0.5873 26 36.39% Mike Beauchamp 14.47 0.9227 38 55.45% GTX_SlotCar This weeks winner: DON WILSHE ###################################################################### -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

sheesh...one week a winner...next week not even on the chart...uh what did we win anyhow??? dave (quoting Uwe for clarity) henrie <evilgrin> "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On 29 Nov 2002 14:53:03 GMT, EldredP wrote: > > In article <658F9.43933$[email hidden]>, "Larry" > ><[email hidden]> writes: > > > >>You have WAY too much spare time on your hands :) > > Hey Larry, this is all in good spirit. Perl is such a powerful > language when it comes to text parsing that it took me an hour > or so to write the script. > > >> > >>-Larry > >> > >>"Uwe Schu<snip> > > > > Try being in a LEAGUE with him. You should *see* the discussions that

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> > started...<g> > > We still like, ya, Hoover. :-) > > > > Eldred > > Thanks Eldred. ;-> I'm still trying to figure out if this > statement is a compliment or an insult ;-) Anyway, thanks for > reminding me of this weeks TOFU rankings. Please find the > latest update below. I wonder what happened to Mr. Grandy... ;-) > > ###################################################################### > TOP TOFUS of rec.autos.simulators > > Analyzed 1271 articles posted since 2002-12-02 (10 days total). > > The first column shows the total kilobytes of quoted text found > in posts by the author (last column). The second column > contains the "noise index", which I define as the ratio of > genuine new material to old, quoted text found in all postings. > The third column contains the total number of articles posted > by the author. > > The fourth column shows us the percentage of new material to > stuff that was simply quoted from older messages. > > To improve your spot in the rankings or ideally, get out the > top 10 altogether, please consult the following URL: > > <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html"> > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.htm</a> > > your fellow netizens will be most grateful for it. ;-) > > ###################################################################### > SORTED BY KILOBYTES QUOTED > > 94.86 0.0280 24 2.32% Don Wilshe > 49.89 0.2082 82 18.65% Larry > 48.00 0.2768 90 25.34% Schooner > 20.37 0.3090 28 21.43% Marc Collins > 17.53 0.4128 78 28.29% Gerry Aitken > 16.92 0.3929 34 29.50% David G Fisher > 14.75 0.5873 26 36.39% Mike Beauchamp > 14.47 0.9227 38 55.45% GTX_SlotCar > > > This weeks winner: DON WILSHE > > ###################################################################### > > > > -- > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

In article <[email hidden]>, Uwe Schuerkamp <[email hidden]> writes:

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>> Try being in a LEAGUE with him. You should *see* the discussions that get >> started...<g> >> We still like, ya, Hoover. :-) >> >> Eldred > >Thanks Eldred. ;-> I'm still trying to figure out if this >statement is a compliment or an insult ;-)

Your discussions are usually...well, very 'interesting'...<g> I can't say that I can FOLLOW most of the stuff that you and Todd throw back and forth, though. :-( Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+6.19 N2002 Rank:+18.91 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Uwe Schuerkamp" wrote... > <snip> > TOP TOFUS of rec.autos.simulators Uwe, not to displaude your efforts (which I find amusing), but don't you think using a (typical <g>) German acronym like TOFU (Text Oben, Fullquote Unten) is just a tad obscure? Jan. =---

"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CL%G9.32682$[email hidden]...

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> "Uwe Schuerkamp" wrote... > > <snip> > > TOP TOFUS of rec.autos.simulators > > Uwe, not to displaude your efforts (which I find amusing), but don't you > think using a (typical <g>) German acronym like TOFU (Text Oben, Fullquote > Unten) is just a tad obscure? > > Jan.

Ah, thanks Jan. I was wondering about that. Figured it might be something like "Tuetonic Order of Fuckedup Usenetters, since I made the list <g> And if I EVER see my name posted with the word "Tofu" again, there'll be blood on the highway ! If it didn't bleed at one time, I don't eat it.

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Good plan ;-) "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:d_TG9.87981$[email hidden]...

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> sheesh...one week a winner...next week not even on the chart...uh what > did we win anyhow??? > dave (quoting Uwe for clarity) henrie > <evilgrin> > "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On 29 Nov 2002 14:53:03 GMT, EldredP wrote: > > > In article <658F9.43933$[email hidden]>, "Larry" > > ><[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > >>You have WAY too much spare time on your hands :) > > > > Hey Larry, this is all in good spirit. Perl is such a powerful > > language when it comes to text parsing that it took me an hour > > or so to write the script. > > > > >> > > >>-Larry > > >> > > >>"Uwe Schu<snip> > > > > > > Try being in a LEAGUE with him. You should *see* the discussions that > get > > > started...<g> > > > We still like, ya, Hoover. :-) > > > > > > Eldred > > > > Thanks Eldred. ;-> I'm still trying to figure out if this > > statement is a compliment or an insult ;-) Anyway, thanks for > > reminding me of this weeks TOFU rankings. Please find the > > latest update below. I wonder what happened to Mr. Grandy... ;-) > > > > ###################################################################### > > TOP TOFUS of rec.autos.simulators > > > > Analyzed 1271 articles posted since 2002-12-02 (10 days total). > > > > The first column shows the total kilobytes of quoted text found > > in posts by the author (last column). The second column > > contains the "noise index", which I define as the ratio of > > genuine new material to old, quoted text found in all postings. > > The third column contains the total number of articles posted > > by the author. > > > > The fourth column shows us the percentage of new material to > > stuff that was simply quoted from older messages. > > > > To improve your spot in the rankings or ideally, get out the > > top 10 altogether, please consult the following URL: > > > > <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html"> > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.htm</a> > > > > your fellow netizens will be most grateful for it. ;-) > > > > ###################################################################### > > SORTED BY KILOBYTES QUOTED > > > > 94.86 0.0280 24 2.32% Don Wilshe > > 49.89 0.2082 82 18.65% Larry > > 48.00 0.2768 90 25.34% Schooner > > 20.37 0.3090 28 21.43% Marc Collins > > 17.53 0.4128 78 28.29% Gerry Aitken > > 16.92 0.3929 34 29.50% David G Fisher > > 14.75 0.5873 26 36.39% Mike Beauchamp > > 14.47 0.9227 38 55.45% GTX_SlotCar > > > > > > This weeks winner: DON WILSHE > > > > ###################################################################### > > > > > > > > -- > > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) > > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61 > >

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:18:08 -0700, John Pancoast wrote: > > Ah, thanks Jan. I was wondering about that. Figured it might be > something like "Tuetonic Order of Fuckedup Usenetters, since I made the list Hey John, I like the "teutonic" bit ;-) > > And if I EVER see my name posted with the word "Tofu" again, there'll be > blood on the highway ! If it didn't bleed at one time, I don't eat it. > LOL! Good line! It's out of our hands really, but truly in yours ;-) Enjoy, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

"Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:18:08 -0700, John Pancoast wrote: > > > > > Ah, thanks Jan. I was wondering about that. Figured it might be > > something like "Tuetonic Order of Fuckedup Usenetters, since I made thelist > > Hey John, I like the "teutonic" bit ;-) > > > > > And if I EVER see my name posted with the word "Tofu" again, there'llbe

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> > blood on the highway ! If it didn't bleed at one time, I don't eat it. > > > > LOL! Good line! It's out of our hands really, but truly in yours ;-) > > > Enjoy, > > uwe > > > -- > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Then I bet this adds to it :) John p.s. oops, misspelled teutonic !

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:12:25 -0700, John Pancoast wrote: > > Then I bet this adds to it :) > > John > > p.s. oops, misspelled teutonic ! I've been thinking of adding another scoring method to the script if at least you don't top-post, but that's not as easy to implements as it sounds. Maybe the script could just check if the last three lines of postings contain ">" or other quoting chars at the beginning for that's a sure sign of top posting, but then there's sigs and stuff... heavy hacking ;-) Cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61