CBS: Top Roller Coasters

[The Interpreter]

Thank heaven they no longer own parks:

http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?catid=57495910&feed_id=999&videofeed=999

Errors, errors, errors. And silly, too.

[dudecoasterman]

How pathetic.Where do they get their information for it to be that flawed?

[jdawg1998]

I'm pretty sure that guy doesn't actually ride coasters as much as he says. How does "Best Structure' have to do with twists and turns? I thought he meant support-wise, how it looks, etc.

[KIfan1980]

Millennium Force

the first "complete circuit" coaster

Leviathan

it hits a record-breaking height of 306 feet, followed by an 80 degree drop

I'd just like him to define complete circuit and let me know what record 306ft breaks before I read on. Yet, people will beleive this and quote him as a reference on Wikipedia.

Can someone also remind me of the open quote text to use to put the box around it - I think it is [\quote] to end but don't remember the start. - fixed (except here to avoid a fake one) thanks Terp

[KIfan4life]

Wow. Words truly can't say enough about how pathetic that is..........

[The Interpreter]

....Can someone also remind me of the open quote text to use to put the box around it - I think it is [\quote] to end but don't remember the start.

Yes.

The first is the word "quote" in brackets. The second is as you have it, except you have your slash reversed..it should be the one that points up to the right, not left.

And this catbird spewed that stuff on CBS television as well. I think he thought he was impressing viewers with his encyclopedic knowledge of all things coaster.

[Dieseltech20]

You do not have to type anything in order to display a quote.

When you click on the box to write a reply, pay close attention to the typing area. There is a tab that you click on and it inserts the proper code for you. Paste your text in the middle of it and voila.

[The Interpreter]

He understands that. He was trying to quote the CBS article, not a post on this forum.

Terp, who thought the same thing at first....Your solution is an elegant one! . If you do that, substitute the source name and either change or delete the timestamp information.

[Dieseltech20]

Nope. I am not talking about the reply with quote tab. There is a little quote bubble that you can click on when replying to a post. It puts [ quote] [/quote ] inside of the box you type your reply into. If I wasn't on my phone I would do a screen capture.

Click on the box at the bottom of the thread that reads "Reply to this topic" and pay close attention to the area that appears around it.

[Thrill_Biscuit]

I really did CBS when I saw that. ;-)

[BeastForever]

"Best incline and descent"?

Were they trying to say "Steepest incline of descent"?

[The Interpreter]

I doubt it. Nor even angle of descent.

Probably meant best hills but got tripped up trying to be fancy. Not unlike, say, law enforcement's all too typical overuse and misuse of legalese.

[TheCrypt]

A fine example of the lost art of journalism.

[TTD-120-420]

Talented people are unemployed and this guy has a job.

[TheCrypt]

Hmm. Terpy's employed.