Re: stats 2024 Q1

Grant Taylor wrote:

On 4/1/24 12:11, The Doctor wrote:

How did I mangle it?

Something seems to be eating specific select white space.
 It's most predominant when the line is wrapped and continued on the next line.  But it's also visible in the first four characters of the unwrapped lines.
 This is what I see in Thunderbird.  --  I can't rule out a Thunderbird problem.
  num|_Name_____________________________________________________|_Nb_Msg_|_size____|_or._|_%    ----|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|    _1_|_Adam_H._Kerman___________________________________________|_____78_|_233,521_|___0_|_10.17%_xxxxxxxxxx    _2_|_Eric_M___________________________________________________|_____63_|_132,990_|___0_|__8.21%_xxxxxxxx    _3_|_llp______________________________________________________|_____59_|_161,222_|___4_|__7.69%_xxxxxxx    _4_|_Frank_Slootweg___________________________________________|_____53_|_171,705_|___0_|__6.91%_xxxxxx    _5_|_immibis__________________________________________________|_____40_|_84,571_|___0_|__5.22%_xxxxx    _6_|_D________________________________________________________|_____30_|_50,274_|___6_|__3.91%_xxx    _7_|_Adam_W.__________________________________________________|_____29_|_71,553_|___3_|__3.78%_xxx    _8_|_The_Doctor_______________________________________________|_____28_|_281,830_|___3_|__3.65%_xxx    _9_|_Ray_Banana_______________________________________________|_____28_|_57,214_|___1_|__3.65%_xxx    10_|_Scott_Dorsey_____________________________________________|_____28_|_45,169_|___0_|__3.65%_xxx    11_|_Retro_Guy________________________________________________|_____21_|_45,204_|___0_|__2.74%_xx    12_|_Olivier_Miakinen_________________________________________|_____20_|_48,903_|___0_|__2.61%_xx    13_|_candycanearter07_________________________________________|_____19_|_46,709_|___0_|__2.48%_xx    14_|_Marco_Moock______________________________________________|_____18_|_32,564_|___2_|__2.35%_xx    15_|_Grant_Taylor_____________________________________________|_____16_|_67,774_|___0_|__2.09%_xx    16_|_Tim_Skirvin______________________________________________|_____13_|_114,072_|__13_|__1.69%_x    17_|_Sn!pe____________________________________________________|_____12_|_38,919_|___1_|__1.56%_x    18_|_noel_____________________________________________________|_____12_|_23,563_|___0_|__1.56%_x_    This is what I see in the source for the same lines of the article.
 _num|_Name_____________________________________________________|_Nb_Msg_|_
size____|_or._|_%
 ----|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|   __1_|_Adam_H._Kerman___________________________________________|_____78_|_
233,521_|___0_|_10.17%_xxxxxxxxxx
__2_|_Eric_M___________________________________________________|_____63_|_
132,990_|___0_|__8.21%_xxxxxxxx
__3_|_llp______________________________________________________|_____59_|_
161,222_|___4_|__7.69%_xxxxxxx
__4_|_Frank_Slootweg___________________________________________|_____53_|_
171,705_|___0_|__6.91%_xxxxxx
__5_|_immibis__________________________________________________|_____40_|_
_84,571_|___0_|__5.22%_xxxxx
__6_|_D________________________________________________________|_____30_|_
_50,274_|___6_|__3.91%_xxx
__7_|_Adam_W.__________________________________________________|_____29_|_
_71,553_|___3_|__3.78%_xxx
__8_|_The_Doctor_______________________________________________|_____28_|_
281,830_|___3_|__3.65%_xxx
__9_|_Ray_Banana_______________________________________________|_____28_|_
_57,214_|___1_|__3.65%_xxx
_10_|_Scott_Dorsey_____________________________________________|_____28_|_
_45,169_|___0_|__3.65%_xxx
_11_|_Retro_Guy________________________________________________|_____21_|_
_45,204_|___0_|__2.74%_xx
_12_|_Olivier_Miakinen_________________________________________|_____20_|_
_48,903_|___0_|__2.61%_xx
_13_|_candycanearter07_________________________________________|_____19_|_
_46,709_|___0_|__2.48%_xx
_14_|_Marco_Moock______________________________________________|_____18_|_
_32,564_|___2_|__2.35%_xx
_15_|_Grant_Taylor_____________________________________________|_____16_|_
_67,774_|___0_|__2.09%_xx
_16_|_Tim_Skirvin______________________________________________|_____13_|_
114,072_|__13_|__1.69%_x
_17_|_Sn!pe____________________________________________________|_____12_|_
_38,919_|___1_|__1.56%_x
_18_|_noel_____________________________________________________|_____12_|_
_23,563_|___0_|__1.56%_x
 Unwrapped source
 _num|_Name_____________________________________________________|_Nb_Msg_|_
size____|_or._|_%
 ----|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|    __1_|_Adam_H._Kerman___________________________________________|_____78_|_233,521_|___0_|_10.17%_xxxxxxxxxx    __2_|_Eric_M___________________________________________________|_____63_|_132,990_|___0_|__8.21%_xxxxxxxx    __3_|_llp______________________________________________________|_____59_|_161,222_|___4_|__7.69%_xxxxxxx    __4_|_Frank_Slootweg___________________________________________|_____53_|_171,705_|___0_|__6.91%_xxxxxx    __5_|_immibis__________________________________________________|_____40_|_84,571_|___0_|__5.22%_xxxxx    __6_|_D________________________________________________________|_____30_|_50,274_|___6_|__3.91%_xxx    __7_|_Adam_W.__________________________________________________|_____29_|_71,553_|___3_|__3.78%_xxx    __8_|_The_Doctor_______________________________________________|_____28_|_281,830_|___3_|__3.65%_xxx    __9_|_Ray_Banana_______________________________________________|_____28_|_57,214_|___1_|__3.65%_xxx    _10_|_Scott_Dorsey_____________________________________________|_____28_|_45,169_|___0_|__3.65%_xxx    _11_|_Retro_Guy________________________________________________|_____21_|_45,204_|___0_|__2.74%_xx    _12_|_Olivier_Miakinen_________________________________________|_____20_|_48,903_|___0_|__2.61%_xx    _13_|_candycanearter07_________________________________________|_____19_|_46,709_|___0_|__2.48%_xx    _14_|_Marco_Moock______________________________________________|_____18_|_32,564_|___2_|__2.35%_xx    _15_|_Grant_Taylor_____________________________________________|_____16_|_67,774_|___0_|__2.09%_xx    _16_|_Tim_Skirvin______________________________________________|_____13_|_114,072_|__13_|__1.69%_x    _17_|_Sn!pe____________________________________________________|_____12_|_38,919_|___1_|__1.56%_x    _18_|_noel_____________________________________________________|_____12_|_23,563_|___0_|__1.56%_x    I also question the value of these messages.
 I similarly question the value of the Usenet FAQ and the monthly stats articles are far more numerous.  Sometimes they are even repeated in the same newsgroup.
 I've considered filtering them at my news server.  I just haven't found sufficient round-2-its to do so /yet/.
 These articles aren't discussions in and of themselves.  Just about every reply I've seen to them has been more of a complaint or discussion about the complaint.
  

I'm using Seamonkey (which The Doctor does not recognise) and everything looks fine apart from the "Subjects with most answers" table.  All the entries go over two lines.  Big deal.  Apart from that, this mail comes once every three months so what's the point in filtering it?