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Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster,rec.answers,news.answers
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From: geoff@eecs.wsu.edu (Geoff Allen)
Subject: rec.roller-coaster FAQ, part 1/3: General info & introduction
Message-ID: <roller-coaster-faq_754873793@eecs.wsu.edu>
Followup-To: rec.roller-coaster
Summary: This document contains the introductions to the
rec.roller-coaster newsgroup, and to Usenet in general.
Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System)
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Reply-To: geoff@eecs.wsu.edu
Organization: Washington State University
Date: 02 Dec 93 23:09:53 GMT
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Archive-name: roller-coaster-faq/part1
Last-modified: Thu Dec 02, 1993; 09:10:12 MST
Welcome to the world of Roller-Coaster fanaticism!
--------------------------------------------------
This article, and the two that follow it, make up the regular info
posting for rec.roller-coaster, the net's own asylum for coaster
fanatics. In this posting, you'll find everything (or, almost
everything) you need to know to be a coaster fanatic, too!
Enjoy your ride!!!!
--------
Changes from the last posting:
Well, there are really too many to list this time. Lots of
things have changed in the couple of months since I've changed
jobs, moved, and totally turned my life upside down.
Specific things you'll want to check out, though, due to major
changes, are the "Coming Attractions" and "Roller Coaster
Ratings" sections. There are also a few new definitions.
Some other things have changed as well, but it's been a couple
of months; you really wanted to reread the whole thing, didn't
you. ;^)
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Contents:
Part 1 (this part):
1. Newsgroup Charter -- rec.roller-coaster
2. Usenet info
3. About this document
Part 2:
4. Common abbreviations
5. Definitions of Roller-Coaster terms
6. Roller Coaster/Amusement Park Organizations
A. American Coaster Enthusiasts - ACE
B. Mid-Atlantic Coaster Club - MACC
C. Western New York Coaster Club - WNYCC
D. First Drop - U.K. Coaster Club
E. National Amusement Park Historical Association - NAPHA
F. National Carousel Association - NCA
7. References, Resources, etc.
A. Books on Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks
B. Magazines
C. FTP site
8. Other stuff of interest
A. Windows screen saver
B. Calendar
9. Amusement Industry Jobs
Part 3:
10. Lists, statistics, and other arcana
A. Roller Coaster Designer Info
B. Roller Coaster Record Holders
C. ACE's Classic Coaster Roster
D. Inside Track ``Top Coasters'' Readers Survey
E. Amusement Park Attendance Statistics
F. Coming Attractions -- new coasters for 94 and beyond!
G. List of Endangered Coasters in USA
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1. Newsgroup Charter -- rec.roller-coaster
rec.roller-coaster Roller coasters and other amusement park rides.
rec.roller-coaster is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 184:72 as reported in news.announce.newsgroups on 21 July 1991.
This newsgroup is for the discussion of any amusement park rides,
including but not limited to, roller coasters. Other topics include park
operating times/season schedules, admission prices, latest attractions,
future expansion efforts, etc.
2. Usenet info
If you're new to Usenet, I'd really recommend reading the newsgroups
news.announce.newusers and news.newusers.questions for a while. You can
learn a lot of useful things, and even some not so useful things.
3. About this document
This document is in three parts. Part 1, this part, offers a table of
contents to the posts, plus a general introduction. Part 2 offers general
roller-coaster info -- abbreviations, definitions, and information on
organizations and references for the roller coaster/amusement park
enthusiast. Part 3 contains lists and statistics relating to coasters. It
is also the most volatile section, more likely than the others to be
changed. (The list of changes appears in Part 1, above.)
These articles are posted monthly to rec.roller-coaster, rec.answers, and
news.answers. The rec.roller-coaster FAQ was originally compiled by Dave
Rounds (dave@bcco.com), then maintained by Bill Buckley
(buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com), and has now fallen into my hands
(previously geoff@pmafire.inel.gov, now geoff@eecs.wsu.edu). Comments and
questions are most welcome via e-mail to Geoff.
You can get a copy of the latest version of this document via anonymous
FTP from the ``official'' roller-coaster FTP site, gboro.rowan.edu, in
directory /pub/Coasters (more on the site later). You can also get a
copy from the official archive of news.answers, which is on rtfm.mit.edu
in the directory /pub/usenet-by-group/rec.roller-coaster. (A lot of
other interesting FAQs are there, too. The name under which a FAQ is
archived appears in the Archive-name: line at the top of the article.
This FAQ, for example, is archived as roller-coaster-faq/part1. If you
just want to browse there, try directory /pub/usenet-by-hierarchy, where
the dots in newsgroup names represent directories. So these documents
are in /pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/rec/roller-coaster.)
If you don't know how to use FTP, or don't even know if you can at
your site (not all sites can), ask a knowledgeable user at your site.
Special thanks to all the contributors, commentators, error-correctors
and others who've helped to make this FAQ possible. They are (in no
particular order):
Mark Wyatt (of Inside Track magazine)
buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (``Buck'')
geoff@eecs.wsu.edu (Me, Geoff Allen)
swain@aludra.usc.edu (Ronnie Swain)
tobszanski@attmail.com (Tom Obszanski)
betsyp@apollo.hp.com
SYSOP@elan.glassboro.edu (Ken Denton)
scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (little gator aka s. mudgett)
KROBINSO@Kentvm.Kent.edu (Kara L. Robinson)
mac18@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael A. Cornell)
toomer@cs.colostate.edu
asente@mv.us.adobe.com (Paul Asente)
winter@apple.com (Patty Winter)
maglione@media.mit.edu (Tom Maglione)
wjf@controls.ccd.harris.com (Bill Figie)
sharonc@meaddata.com (Sharon Crichton)
pat@ncel.navy.mil (Patrick R. Kane)
S1A@ECL.PSU.EDU (A. D Salvia)
Nora G.
And now.... On with the show!!!!!!!
--
Geoff Allen <geoff@eecs.wsu.edu>: WSU EE/CS Dept. sysadmin support guy
FAQ maintainer for rec.roller-coaster and the Mentor Graphics University SIG
==============================================================================
Please remain seated and keep your hands and arms above your head
at all times. Enjoy your ride.