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- From: geoff@eecs.wsu.edu (Geoff Allen)
- Subject: rec.roller-coaster FAQ, part 1/3: General info & introduction
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- Summary: This document contains the introductions to the
- rec.roller-coaster newsgroup, and to Usenet in general.
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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. ;^)
-
- --------
-
- 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
-
- --------
-
- 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.
-