Selected Newcomers

2016-01-02 J. Clarke (455 ) (until 2022)
2016-02-17 Questor (521) (until 2021)
2016-03-17 JimP. (734) (until 2017)
2017-02-07 Andreas Kohlbach (1395)
2017-03-22 Gareth's Downstairs Computer (578) (until 2018)

Selected Dropouts

2016-04-26 Stephen Sprunk (1081 3.28/day)
2018-02-23 jmfbahciv (2871 2.87/day)
2020-09-19 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com (4355 2.24/day)
2022-08-13 J. Clarke (4557 1.7/day)
2020-02-05 Huge (2346 1.37/day)
2021-06-02 JimP (2246 1.02/day)
2019-11-14 mausg@mail.com (1648 1.01/day)
2017-10-12 JimP. (734 0.84/day)
2017-11-14 Osmium (659 0.73/day)
2019-10-06 Andrew Swallow (1086 0.68/day)
2023-03-11 Anne & Lynn Wheeler (1762 0.62/day)
2019-12-14 Gene Wirchenko (829 0.50/day)
2023-01-19 Charles Richmond (1405 0.50/day)
2018-11-16 Gareth's Downstairs Computer (578 0.45/day) since 2017
2019-07-12 Rod Speed (505 0.33/day)
2021-12-02 Questor (521 0.21/day)

Posts since about 2016

Peter Flass 5523
J. Clarke 4557
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com 4355
Ahem A Rivet's Shot 3991
Charlie Gibbs 3697
Quadibloc 3309
jmfbahciv 2871
Scott Lurndal 2788
Dan Espen 2408
Huge 2346
JimP 2246
Bob Eager 2161
Anne & Lynn Wheeler 1762
mausg@mail.com 1648
Morten Reistad 1437
Michael Black 1425
Charles Richmond 1405
Andreas Kohlbach 1395
Dave Garland 1383
maus 1309
Andrew Swallow 1086
Stephen Sprunk 1081

Original lines since about 2016

Anne & Lynn Wheeler 51964
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com 41693
Quadibloc 23708
J. Clarke 22179
Charlie Gibbs 17929
jmfbahciv 17600
Morten Reistad 17386
Peter Flass 17160
Dan Espen 16184
Michael Black 13581
Stephen Sprunk 13506
Ahem A Rivet's Shot 12571
Scott Lurndal 10706

Frequent subjects

1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 2643
E.R. Burroughs 1958
Qbasic 1830
Is LINUX the inheritor of the Earth? 1589
"I used a real computer at home...and so will you" 1475
[CM] What was your first home computer? 1290
Is it a lost cause? 1175
Thanks Obama 1016

Posts per year

2016 19135
2017 15442
2018 12384
2019 6014
2020 7126
2021 4143
2022 3345
2023 1532

Selected words

I 36082
you 16561
time 8310
people 7552
been 7153
think 6674
system 4165
computer 3773
IBM 3579
[ 3303
] 3289
really 3242
problem 2945
US 2931
machine 2752
code 2744
% 2712
remember 2533
number 2519
bit 2473
days 2353
early 2348
probably 2337
software 2181
program 2160
systems 2155
worked 2117
computers 2073
running 2066
memory 2021
money 1979
data 1918
year 1901
times 1890
working 1879
started 1877
power 1839
hardware 1811
machines 1801
company 1797
called 1794
today 1768
business 1749
job 1746
support 1644
place 1625
language 1571
idea 1419
control 1413
problems 1380
example 1377
government 1370
OS 1360
wrong 1347
true 1346
maybe 1318
C 1268
late 1243
local 1240
book 1231
school 1223
written 1221
Linux 1210
car 1182
drive 1179
PC 1173
Windows 1142
disk 1142
phone 1136
lines 1124
best 1123
modern 1116
file 1105
design 1104
expensive 1059
country 1059
companies 1056
DEC 1050
market 1038
programming 972
TV 961
operating 927
story 926
speed 914
tape 912
information 911
price 902
mainframe 902
history 899
address 895
gone 892
cards 890
instruction 877
general 874
technology 865
customers 851
UK 848
lost 829
store 828
process 823
compiler 822
System 822
sold 820
kids 813
terminal 804
box 781
project 780
processor 779
somewhere 775
American 765
network 763
military 746
security 746
books 745
CPU 744
radio 738
jobs 735
site 719
decades 714
management 702
performance 691
storage 687
countries 686
science 683
series 676
character 676
bits 674
COBOL 672
claim 671
customer 660
law 657
head 651
assembler 649
printer 649
II 619
quality 617
Microsoft 616
costs 614
screen 614
production 605
English 604
device 603
services 601
Unix 599
keyboard 594
manual 589
computing 588
Google 586
British 582
FORTRAN 581
complex 581
internal 580
future 579
video 578
BASIC 573
internet 568
programmers 564
Germany 559
products 559
equipment 558
cheaper 558
board 557
commercial 554
German 548
architecture 547
interface 540
80s 540
command 539
corporate 539
age 538
women 532
server 527
languages 527
record 525
Computer 523
Internet 522
political 522
food 518
She 518
Canada 517
children 503
college 496
electronic 494
processors 484
channel 483
programmer 482
month 480
students 478
Europe 474
China 469
population 467
mess 466
operations 465
1960s 464
dead 462
sounds 459
monitor 456
Apple 455
devices 454
70s 453
men 452
virtual 450
wife 447
died 442
university 442
Fortran 433
VAX 433
binary 428
schools 426
1970s 423
knowledge 422
chips 422
Amiga 419
DOS 411
1950s 411
statement 410
phones 408
America 405
Burroughs 405
parents 404
miles 403
disks 403
land 402
cash 399
invented 399
library 397
B 395
Bell 386
boxes 386
Intel 383
traffic 372
mainframes 372
Japanese 361
Univac 360
bytes 359
assembly 356
South 355
Russia 354
Commodore 352
Wikipedia 347
generation 344
Vietnam 341
Trump 337
USA 335
death 333
RAM 328
R 328
60s 323
Americans 323
kernel 320
X 317
Usenet 312
French 308
laptop 308
compatible 307
tapes 307
department 306
budget 306
engineers 306
editor 304
ASCII 303
metal 302
magazine 302
Chinese 301
father 300
90s 299
woman 297
VMS 292
California 287
APL 277
PCs 267
Soviet 259
MVS 259
typewriter 257
Russian 256
France 255
Western 254
networks 251
UNIX 239
Germans 239
HP 239
IT 238
WWII 235
Army 234
Emacs 233
USB 231
Mac 231
EU 229
Canadian 228
Pascal 228
VM 222
European 221
LED 220
linux 219
Russians 217
boss 216
ARM 208
MS 208
Z 208
mouse 207
digits 206
Navy 205
Facebook 205
London 203
AT&T 202
May 199
forgotten 199
Texas 199
BSD 191
Amazon 187
GUI 186
hospital 185
Obama 185
India 183
MS-DOS 183
transistors 182
Go 180
IP 180
Radio 177
JCL 172
girls 169
Washington 169
History 168
governments 166
drugs 165
Sun 165
CPUs 165
C++ 165
DC 164
8-bit 162
BBC 162
Honeywell 161
keyboards 161
vendor 160
cops 160
Korea 159
platform 159
Youtube 159
64-bit 159
RPG 159
Republicans 158
XP 158
CEO 158
datacenter 158
ICL 157
ISTM 157
ROM 156
CMS 156
50s 155
Computers 155
NYC 155
Mexico 154
Python 153
CICS 153
West 152
Australia 151
ISTR 151
Xerox 150
AI 149
usenet 147
inflation 147
younger 147
16-bit 144
Digital 143
CDC 143
Nixon 142
Republican 141
EBCDIC 139
Bitsavers 137
platforms 137
international 137
supercomputer 132
RCA 129
Africa 127
AOL 127
June 126
debugging 126
subroutine 126
expanded 125
female 125
January 125
Pacific 125
calculators 124
October 124
cables 124
bandwidth 124
HTML 124
laser 123
wiring 123
module 123
Algol 123
syntax 123
legacy 122
integer 122
Cambridge 121
Bush 121
Ford 121
male 120
amateur 119
collect 119
savings 119
PDF 119
Museum 118
USSR 116
Michigan 115
Iran 115
April 115
TTY 115
Boston 114
Machine 114
Spanish 112
CIA 112
voters 111
consumers 110
TCP 110
facebook 109
laptops 109
Multics 109
Software 108
NATO 107
scripts 104
1930s 104
wayback 104
wifi 103
password 102
AC 102
VP 102
hex 102
3D 102
September 101
GNU 101
IME 101
Trek 101
Assembler 100
paperwork 100
Cray 100
microprocessor 100
Excel 100

On 1 Apr 2024 12:39:21 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
> Selected Newcomers
>
>2016-01-02 J. Clarke (455 ) (until 2022)
>2016-02-17 Questor (521) (until 2021)
>2016-03-17 JimP. (734) (until 2017)
>2017-02-07 Andreas Kohlbach (1395)
>2017-03-22 Gareth's Downstairs Computer (578) (until 2018)
>
> Selected Dropouts
>
>2016-04-26 Stephen Sprunk (1081 3.28/day)
>2018-02-23 jmfbahciv (2871 2.87/day)
>2020-09-19 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com (4355 2.24/day)
>2022-08-13 J. Clarke (4557 1.7/day)
>2020-02-05 Huge (2346 1.37/day)
>2021-06-02 JimP (2246 1.02/day)
>2019-11-14 mausg@mail.com (1648 1.01/day)
>2017-10-12 JimP. (734 0.84/day)
>2017-11-14 Osmium (659 0.73/day)
>2019-10-06 Andrew Swallow (1086 0.68/day)
>2023-03-11 Anne & Lynn Wheeler (1762 0.62/day)
>2019-12-14 Gene Wirchenko (829 0.50/day)
>2023-01-19 Charles Richmond (1405 0.50/day)
>2018-11-16 Gareth's Downstairs Computer (578 0.45/day) since 2017
>2019-07-12 Rod Speed (505 0.33/day)
>2021-12-02 Questor (521 0.21/day)

Well, I was wordy back when. But most subjects these past days, I just
read as I have no knowledge of them.
--
Jim