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Tallest Roller Coaster in the World
Coaster Art Guy writes "Cedar Point amusement park unveiled the tallest roller coaster in the world today. Top Thrill Dragster launches you from 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds via a hydraulic launch. The dragster looking like cars take you straight up a 420 foot tower, into a top hat element, and twists you 270 degrees straight down. All in about 20 seconds from start to finish. How about that one? Also check out the POV video here Quicktime or here Windows Media Player."
And it's already down, I guess there right about that 20 second from the start to the end :)
520 feet??? Bleah! First puke!
20 seconds is pretty short. The only thing I can hope is that the extreme rating this thing would get in Roller Coaster Tycoon would keep the crowds away so that the lines never get too long. I could spend an hour going up and down that thing! Unfortunately, if they change the name to something such that "extreme" contains a capital "X" in the form of "eXtreme" or "Xtreme," everyone and their mom will want to ride it. After all, it's Xtreme!!!
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from 120mph to 0mph as soon as Slashdot hears about it.
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I'll bet there servers are going for a roller coaster ride right about now.
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Sounds like you've heard that question asked a few too many times. Hmmmm??
Yes, it's exciting, but something about this guy's expression on the diary page makes me think he's got more than a coaster blueprint hiding behind that paper.
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... because if it was any longer you would piss your pants ...
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park unveiled the tallest roller
So they hided it under a mountain until opening day or what?
They could just as easily call it the "Barf-O-Matic" ...
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To add to the above poster, those of you with the "Prince Albert" piercing style may do well to go on the teacups instead. :)
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Screw what people like or don't like...pass the bong!
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Dang! One look at that thing and I'd be headed for the bummper cars. It's more like a Demon Drop that just gets you to the top REALLY FAST than a roller coaster. Guess it's got all the parts to be a roller coaster, but still...
Ya, thanks for the non flash page, now how about the server?
I swore to myself I'd never do this, but...
1. Build super-tall coaster!
2. ???
3. Vomit!
i feel dirty.
Well, I just can't agree with that. ;)
After all, Canadians use the metric system!
At 120 MPH you pee'd the guys pants behind you too.
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...that's a new one.
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What, the Slashdot effect?
No, the average Slashdot reader having sex...
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Information wants...you to shut your pie hole.
Don't tell me I'm not the only person making comparisons to some other form of, shall we say, more intimate entertainment....
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Wouldn't it just kinda fall with you?
I certainly hope the ride isn't run by Windows CE. A BSOD half way up wouldn't be fun... Although, maybe CE could then stand for "Coasters Ejecting".
As everybody knows, the metric system was invented to make all the americans feel superoir! (Don't you whatch the X-Files? (And they only want you to believe that show has ended, trust me! ;) ) )
For all you metric-starved people, me included, here's what the article would read in cetric units:
Coaster Art Guy writes "Cedar Point amusement park unveiled the tallest roller coaster in the world today. Top Thrill Dragster launches you from 0 to 190 km/h in 4 seconds via a hydraulic launch. The dragster looking like cars take you straight up a 130 meter high tower, into a top hat element, and twists you 3/2*Pi radians straight down. All in about 20 seconds from start to finish. How about that one? Also check out the POV video here Quicktime or here Windows Media Player."
Sounds much less exciting now hah? Just proves my point.
>>As one could expect, an injury/death in a theme park is the absolute worst thing for business possible.
I heard that the reverse is true. Sounds morbid but after there's a death on a ride, everyone wants to go on it. I remember as a kid at a park friends were saying "Someone died on this last year, it must be good!".
A friend of mine worked at a sky-diving school and whenever there was a fatal accident in the press the courses would be fully booked for weeks.
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