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. -- 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) -- Greg Paris <gmp@quahog.ssd.ray.com> {decuac,necntc,uiucdcs,uunet}!rayssd!gmp Wow! She squeaks.