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Information superhighway slippery with snake oil

02-Sep-08

Internet newsgroups and other discussion forums can be entertaining and useful in many ways. Still, once in a while one can see examples of people clearly depending too much on such services.

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116 115 in, 10 022 out, 112 quieter?

12-Jun-08

On a yearly level, Finland’s emergency dispatchers receive 3.8 million calls or other notifications. This total includes some 800,000 calls classified as non-urgent. In other words, 20–30 dispatchers are needed to handle calls that do not belong at the emergency number 112 (which may vary in other countries).

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