TheTapani - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Passport for domestic flights :/ (Score 1) 408

by TheTapani on Sunday June 07, 2009 @01:35PM (#28242503) Attached to: In the next 12 months, I expect to travel by air ...

I don't need photographic ID to travel on a bus, why is it needed for a domestic flight?

I am sure they will remedy that. Here in Sweden you are not allowed to take the train without showing ID anymore.

Comment Re:Responsibility..... (Score 1) 280

by TheTapani on Tuesday April 07, 2009 @01:25AM (#27485331) Attached to: April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site

So if your saving gets wired away due to a "computer error" on your part (like malware installed by a flash ad or smth), you should eat the losses? Have no claim to have your money back?

Comment Re:List Washing (Score 1) 229

by TheTapani on Saturday January 24, 2009 @12:30PM (#26589415) Attached to: Fraudsters Abusing Canada's Do-Not-Call List

Here's the way you do it...

Telemarketer comes up with a list. Telemarketer sends list to the Do-Not-Call team. Do-Not-Callers do the compare, and return only the numbers that were on the telemarketer's list that doesn't match the no-call list.

No. You prohibit phone advertising.

Comment Re:Remove me from Your list! (Score 1) 229

by TheTapani on Saturday January 24, 2009 @12:26PM (#26589361) Attached to: Fraudsters Abusing Canada's Do-Not-Call List

Just slightly related, Sweden actually had an opt-out list for email marketing. Let's just say, having a public list of email adresses that are not allowed to be spammed did not work out too well.

Comment Re:Just a reminder... (Score 1) 199

by TheTapani on Wednesday November 26, 2008 @02:49AM (#25896571) Attached to: Searching DNA For Relatives Raises Concerns

In Sweden mass DNA testing has been used to solve some high-profile rape cases
.

For instance 776 innocent men were forcefully tested in the search for Hagamannen

It is said that Swedish crime labs (SKL) DNA tests over 30,000 persons annually (which is ~1/300th of the population).

Submission + - ICFP Programming Contest about to start (icfpcontest.org)

Submitted by

mrchebas

on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @11:01AM

mrchebas writes: "The Tenth Annual ICFP Programming Contest is about to begin (countdown page)! As in the previous nine editions, you have 72 hours (starting July 20, 12:00 noon CEST) to show that your favorite programming language (or your team) is better than all others! The ICFP Programming Contest is organised as part of the International Conference on Functional Programming in the hopes of showing off functional programming, but contestants can use any language(s) they like. Previous winners have included Cilk, OCaml (3x), Haskell (3x), C++ and 2D. Previous problems have ranged from programming intelligent ants to cracking the secrets of an ancient civilization. This year's contest seems to have something to do with visitors from outer space."

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