gmp@rayssd.ray.com (Gregory M. Paris) (10/17/89)
As many of you know, there currently exists a newsgroup dedicated to the
discussion of all things pertaining to the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations: alt.rhode_island. I believe that the time has
come to move Rhody discussions to a mainstream news hierarchy, and as
the proposed charter for the newgroup makes obvious, the appropriate
choice for the new newsgroup is sci.rhode-island.
This is a call for discussion of the creation of sci.rhode-island. The
discussion period will end twenty-one days from the date of this post-
ing.
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Proposed Charter for Sci.Rhode-Island
The newsgroup sci.rhode-island exists for the purpose of scientific dis-
cussion of all things related to The State of Rhode Island and Provi-
dence Plantations. Some examples -- not all-inclusive -- of topics
suitable for discussion in the newsgroup are listed below.
1. Rhode Island as a Unit of Measurement (i.e., relating the size
of Rhode Island to various standards, atomic and otherwise)
2. Coffee Syrup and Coffee Milk (i.e., their chemical composition,
effects and side-effects)
3. Quahogs and Other Shellfish (i.e., effects of pollution on, bio-
logical classification, attempts to communicate with)
4. Rhode Island Drivers (i.e., psychological makeup, genetic ten-
dencies)
5. Rhode Island Dialects (i.e., Is Rhodylandish a dialect?, lexicon
of Rhodylandish words)
6. Rhode Island Reds (i.e., egg laying rates, spectral analysis of
rooster sounds)
7. Pawtucket Red Sox (i.e., player medical reports, new statistical
analysis methods)
8. C.C.R.I. Knight Campus (i.e., psychological effects of the
building on students and passers-by, structural analysis)
9. Rhode Island Weather (i.e., microclimate, analysis of famous
hurricanes, the Ghiorse Factor)
10. Rhode Island Bridges (i.e., design and construction of the big
ones, why the little ones are cracking)
11. Rhode Island Geography (i.e., Where is it?, shoreline to area
ratio)
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Greg Paris <gmp@quahog.ssd.ray.com>
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