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Subject: rec.sport.disc FAQ (3/5) Guide to On-Line Info
Date: 4 Jan 1996 22:22:28 GMT

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Posting-Frequency: monthly

rec.sport.disc FAQ (3/5) Guide to On-Line Info

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Table of Contents:

 *    Indicates new or vastly revised questions

   1)   Is there an FTP site for Disc stuff?
        -   How to get electronic copies of the FAQ or rules
        -   How to get team/contact listings
        -   Email addresses for UPA officials
        -   Tournaments in the near future 
        -   Newsgroup archives
        -   UPA College Top 25 Rankings

   2)   Is there disc info available on World Wide Web?
        - UPA Home Page 
        -  The Ultimap Locator
        -  The Top 25 College Rankings
        -  Informal team lists
        - Tournaments in the near future  
        - Disc golf site listings and home page
        - Freestyle home page
        - Guts home page

   3)   What disc information can I get via mail?
        -   rec.sport.disc newsgroup
        -   Ultimate locator
        -   Ultimate email alias list
        -   Getting the most up to date version of the FAQ via email
        -   Guts Frisbee
   4)   Is there anyway to read or post to rec.sport.disc if
        you don't have access to USENET?
   admin)   FAQ information and administrative swill 
   more faqs)  Back to FAQ Part 2 Contacts and Records
   more faqs)  Back to FAQ Part 1 General Info
   more faqs)  FAQ Part 4 Cleats and Medical
   more faqs)  FAQ Part 5 Disc Golf


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 1)  Is there an FTP site for Disc stuff?

     We assume everyone reads the newsgroup rec.sport.disc for basic information about disc sports.

     A new anonymous FTP site for Ultimate information has been set up.
     This new site (ftp.upa.org) supersedes the Wisconsin and 
     Rochester sites (thanks to Gary Lewandowski and George Ferguson,
     who maintained them).  You may download copies of various rules via
     anonymous FTP from:

     ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate

     In order to reduce net bandwidth, the contact information is no longer
     being distributed with the FAQ, and is only availible via FTP or 
     mail-FTP.  All of the files are kept to a managable size to prevent
     mailer-death.

     Anyone without FTP access should look into using ftpmail.  See the
     FAQ for comp.archives available from rtfm.mit.edu in the
     /pub/usenet/comp.archives directory. (Yes, you need FTP access to
     get this document.)       

     For information about all that's at the Ultimate FTP site, see:
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/INDEX

     The following files should be available there (among others):

       FAQ part 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (plain ascii text version) 
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/FAQ.1
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/FAQ.2
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/FAQ.3
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/FAQ.4
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/FAQ.5
.      See also ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part1
.      And ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part2
.      And ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part3
.      And ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part4
.      And ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part5
.   Directory of team contacts 
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/team_lists
       GIF's (Ultimate pictures)
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/gifs
       rec.sport.disc archive
          The FTP site has most of the information in
.      ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/rec.sport.disc.archive
.      Recent archives (from Jan. 1995), grouped in a different format,
.      are available via WWW, at
.      http://www.upa.org/~upa/rsd.archive
       Miscellaneous Tournament Results
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/tournament_results

       UPA Ultimate rules
       Plain text ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/ultimate_rules.9th.amended
          Postscript ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/ultimate_rules.9th.amended.ps
       Strategy -- Tip of the Week Series
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/tip1-poaching.txt
              ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/tip2-marking.txt
              ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/tip3-building.txt
              ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/tip4-cutting.txt
              ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/tip5-physics.txt
              ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/tip6-cutting-part2.txt
       Ultimate Timeline
          (including UPA Nationals and WFDF World Championship History)
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/ultimate_timeline
       WFDF Disc Sports Rule Book (including DDC, ultimate, golf, guts, et al)
          ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/wfdf
        History of the Disc,
           starting with the Frisbee Pie Company.
           ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/frisbee-hist.txt
        Disc bibliography
           discs, Ultimate, Frisbee, etc.
              ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/articles/bib.txt

     Others will be added from time to time.

     There is also a UK ftp site:
       ftp://pipkin.lut.ac.uk/pub/gumpf/Ultimate

     Other ftp information 
       ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/upa-tourney-formats/upa-formats-all.txt.gz
     is where the current UPA Manual of Tournament Formats exists. 
     Since the file is large, it might be better to look at it via www
     (see below)

     Tournament listings: 
     ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc/Upcoming_Ultimate_Tourneys

      Information on WUCC 1995 Competition:
      Phone & Fax: +44-121-449-3382 (as of November 5th, 1994)
      Dates - July 22nd-30th, 1995
      Place - Millfield, England (within 30 km of Bristol)
      Venue - private school, plenty of fields (>25)
      Team Selection - 
      Initial registration forms have been sent to all national
      associations. If your club qualifies or you want more info contact your
      national association.  TD is Charlie Mead, also Chair of
      WFDF Ultimate committee. Contact at 
      67, Cotton Lane, 
      Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9SE,
      England.
      Tel and paper:
      fax-44-(0)121-449-3382. Electronic fax- 44-(0)121-449-3391
      email-charlie_mead@midnet.com



     UPA officials' email addresses:  
     ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.sport.disc/upa_email
     (or see FAQ, part 2)


     UPA Collegiate Rankings - Open Division
     ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.answers/sports/disc/upa_top25_open
     UPA Collegiate Rankings - Women's Division
     ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.answers/sports/disc/upa_top25_women




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 2)  Is there disc info available on World Wide Web?

     The following is a list of locations of disc information on 
     WWW.  Please send any additions or corrections to the FAQ
     maintainer.

     UPA Home Page:  http://www.upa.org/~upa.
    The Top 25 College Standings (and much more) can be accessed
     from this page.

     Central Sites:
.HotWired Adrenaline Disc features:
.//www.hotwired.com/disc/95/41/index3a.html

.Yahoo Flying Disc Page:
.     http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Flying_Discs/Ultimate/



     Ultimate tournament listings: http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/tourneys.html
     
http://www.ira.uka.de/~thgries/disc/usa.ultimate_events

     Ultimate tournament results:
      http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/1994-nats.html (the 1994 US Ultimate Championships).
      http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/rufus-nats-1994.html (statistics from the 1994 US Ultimate Championships).

     The UPA Manual of Tournament Formats:
     http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/disc/upa-formats/

     The ongoing deliberation of the SOTG committee, 
     http://www-hal.cs.uiuc.edu/~jal/Sotg/sotg.html

    The Ultimap Locator, a map-driven interface to information
         about Ultimate teams and clubs around the world.      
         http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/ultimate/map/

    Interface to unofficial lists of teams and contact info
                 http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/admin-list.html#teams

     Ultimate summer league information 
         http://www.access.digex.net/~cdl/summer.html
         and http://www.fortnet.org/~freedman/ultimate/club/leagues.html

     Freedman's Ultimate club lists 
        http://www.fortnet.org/~freedman/ultimate/club/clubs.html

    Ultimate pickup games around the US and the world,
     http://www.upa.org/~upa/pickup/pickup1.html

     The History of the Disc, starting from the Frisbee Pie Company
        http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/frisbee-hist.html

     Ultimate strategy -- Tip of the Week Series
         http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/totw/tip1-poaching.html
             http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/totw/tip2-marking.html
             http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/totw/tip3-building.html
             http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/totw/tip4-cutting.html
             http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/totw/tip5-physics.html
             http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/totw/tip6-cutting-part2.html
Ultimate Rules
     http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/RULES-995.HTML
        http://www.upa.org/~upa/upa/rules-clarifications-95.html
       http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/ultimate/ultimate-rules.html

   Some Ultimate Club Pages
     http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~dalewis/frisbee.html
         http://pc14.csb.le.ac.uk/ultimate.htm
         http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/ultimate/
        http://cu54.crl.aecl.ca:1024/ultimate
        British Ultimate Federation
.http://wol.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk/buf/


     Yahoo site: 
      http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Sports/Flying_Discs/Ultimate_Frisbee/

     Non-english (Finnish?) info:
     http://www.jyu.fi/~tlemetti/

     Misc Ultimate info:
     http://www.ira.uka.de/~thgries/disc/
     http://hyper.stanford.edu/~dhinds/frisbee



     Golf (course info):
     http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jahayes/discgolf.html
     Golf pages:
     http://controls.ccd.harris.com/~ecg/dolf/dolf.html


     Guts: http://www.sas.it.mtu.edu/xcs/frisbee/



     Freestyle: http://www.interport.net/~rmeier/disc/disc.html
     West Coast Freestyle Frisbee Page, http://www.frisbee.com/

     General Disc Sport Info (rules):
     http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/disc/wfdf/
     http://pipkin.lut.ac.uk/~scott/wfdf/wfdf-index.html
     ftp://ftp.upa.org/pub/ultimate/wfdf/wfdf-index.html


     The INTERNET Disc Shoppe
     http://www.digimark.net/disc/

     Team Pages:
        Rocky Mountain Villiage Idiots info:
        http://www.fortnet.org/RMVI/ultimate

        University of Iowa Ultimate Frisbee
        http://caesar.cs.uiowa.edu/~willemsn/ultimate/ultimate.html

     Other Links:
     http://www.mit.edu:8001/services/sis/sports.html
     http://rrdi.frr.clemson.edu/ultimate.html

     An unorganized collection of WWW pointers extracted from rec.sport.disc:
        http://www.upa.org/~upa/faq/rsd-urls.html

     This FAQ is available in WWW format at:
      http://radon.uug.arizona.edu/~hko/faq/faq1.html
      http://radon.uug.arizona.edu/~hko/faq/faq2.html
      http://radon.uug.arizona.edu/~hko/faq/faq3.html
      http://radon.uug.arizona.edu/~hko/faq/faq4.html
      http://radon.uug.arizona.edu/~hko/faq/faq5.html
      http://www.upa.org/~upa/faq/faq1.html
      http://www.upa.org/~upa/faq/faq2.html
      http://www.upa.org/~upa/faq/faq3.html
      http://www.upa.org/~upa/faq/faq4.html
      http://www.upa.org/~upa/faq/faq5.html



     Please note that you will get better response when you access 
     the site that is closer to you.  For example, if you are looking for
     ultimate information, use pipkin if you are in Europe, and the Rochester
     site if you are in North America.  If you are elsewhere, you should use
     the closest site.



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 3)  What disc information can I get via mail?


      -  rec.sport.disc newsgroup.
      If you have not got access to newsgroup via a newsreader, you can
      still get all the traffic from rec.sport.disc by subscribing to
      a mail forwarding service.  Send a message to
      ultimate-request@doe.carleton.ca to subscribe.  Use this address to
      unsubscribe if you get tired of it or find access to a news reading
      service.

      -  Team Lists
     In addition to the FTP archive team_lists directory,
     chuck.brunson@rmtc.sun.com (Chuck Brunson) has set up an email alias
     list that allows one to get ultimate team information easily.

     For more information about the team lists, send a message to
     ultimate_report_send@scilla.central.sun.com with a subject of "help"
     (no quotes).


      -  Ultimate email alias list

     chuck.brunson@rmtc.sun.com (Chuck Brunson) has set up an email alias
     list that allows one to send email to large groups of ultimate teams
     easily.

     For more information about the email alias list, send a message to
     ultimate_report_send@scilla.central.sun.com with a subject of "help"
     (no quotes).

      -  Getting the most up to date version of the FAQ via email


     To get the most recently posted version of the FAQ via email, send
     a message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following body:

.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part1
.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part2
.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part3
.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part4
.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/faq-part5


     To see what is currently available in the rec.sport.disc directory,
     send a message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following body:


.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/index


     As of 9/15/95, the files in the directory other than the
     FAQ and index should be:

        Upcoming_Ultimate_Tourneys
.upa_email
.upa_top25_open
.upa_top25_women

     Which you could receive by sending:

.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/Upcoming_Ultimate_Tourneys
.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/upa_email
.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/upa_top25_open
.send usenet/rec.sport.disc/upa_top25_women


      -  Guts Frisbee
.Dennis Walikainen, e-mail: dkwalika@mtu.edu, announced that
.To subscribe to the Guts Frisbee Discussion Group:
.You send a message to majordomo@mtu.edu
.no subject
.in body of message, type

.Subscribe gutsfrisbee-l@mtu.edu



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 4) Accessing rec.sport.disc without USENET access

     A mailing list has been set up to send digests to interested
     people who can't access rec.sport.disc directly.  Articles are
     batched in groups of 15 or so and sent to every member of the
     mailing list.  Similarly, any message mailed to the list is
     posted directly to rec.sport.disc.  This can be used by people
     who can read news but are unable to post.

     To subscribe or unsubscribe, send mail to

       ultimate-request@doe.carleton.ca

     indicating your request.  Put something like "subscribe" or
     "unsubscribe" in the subject, which makes it easier on the host
     of the newsgroup.  Once you're subscribed, batches will start
     being mailed to your return address.  To post something to the
     group, simply send the posting to:

       ultimate-list@doe.carleton.ca

     which will place it in the mailing list AND post it to to 
     rec.sport.disc.

     If you have problems, send mail to

       owner-ultimate-list@doe.carleton.ca

     and the administrator will try to help you out.  Big thanks to
     Richard Griffith, manager of the list.




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 a)  FAQ information and administrative swill

     This is part three of the rec.sport.disc FAQ [Frequently Asked
     Questions list].  This file, and its companion files, are posted
     bi-weekly to rec.sport.disc, news.answers and rec.answers.  The posting
     is designed to answer questions which are commonly asked by new
     readers of the group, as well as to provide a reliable source of
     information for regular readers.

.
     Please send updates, additions, and corrections to Hilarie Orman,
     ho@cs.arizona.edu
.
     
     No guarantee as to the accuracy of this information implied or
     expressed.  But I hope it's right....  Thanks to all the people
     who've helped contribute to this FAQ, especially David Birnbaum, the
     original maintainer of this FAQ, and Loring Holden, the previous
     maintainer..


