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----------------------------------------------------------- From: mail2dolly Message 1 in Discussion http://contest.usswi.com/ The Contest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Win US$ 1000!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]'03 will commence at 9.30 PM PST on the 8th of August 2003 (4.30 AM GMT 9th of August, 2003). The contestants will have 24 hours of turn around time to submit their entries. Each contestant should send in the executables along with the source code. Entries without source code will not be accepted for evaluation. Entries received after 9.30 PM PST on the 9th of August 2003 (4.30 AM GMT 10th of August, 2003) will also not be considered for the contest. The challenge questions will be emailed to the registered participants. They would also be published at the [EMAIL PROTECTED]'03 site. Registration: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'03 is not limited to any audience. It is open to all with brains and a desire to win. To participate in the [EMAIL PROTECTED]'03 Programming Contest, you must first register at <http://www.ustri.com/contest03> no later than at 11.59 pm PST on the 6th of August, 2003 (6.59 AM GMT 7th of August, 2003). The above link would take you to the registration site, where you need to follow all the instructions to make your entry. Once the registration is complete, a page containing the status of your registration will be displayed. Disclaimer: The sponsor will not assume any responsibility in hardware, software or network problems, errors or failures of any kind whether technical or human leading to errors in transmission or receipt of entries. The sponsor reserves all rights to suspend the contest in the event of virus or other errors beyond the control of the sponsor affecting the security of the sponsor's organization or that prevents the right evaluation of the entries. The sponsor reserves all rights to use, copy, transfer and display all the information contained in the entries as well as the details of the winner, worldwide and in any media, for advertising and promotional purposes without any compensation to the entrants. Contestants are free to code in any one of the following languages: * C * C++ * Java * COBOL * Perl * PHP * VB * VC Libraries that can be used are: * C Run Time * STL * ANSI Compliant Standard Libraries Evaluation: The entries will be evaluated based on run-time characteristics like execution speed, resource utilization, number of iterations to arrive at the solution, etc. Expert panels for each language category would be evaluating the entries. In addition to the expert panel, a separate panel of senior technical architects of the respective language category will evaluate the selected entries. In the event of a tie, the source code would be evaluated for the structure, coding standards etc. In the unlikely event of a persistent tie, there will be more than one winner. The decision of the expert panel will be final. No communication will be entertained in this regard. USTRI employees are not allowed to participate in this competition. The Winner: The results of [EMAIL PROTECTED]'03 will be published at the [EMAIL PROTECTED]'03 site on the 14th of August, 2003. The winner will be emailed separately as well. An acknowledgement mail should be sent back to the sponsor within 5 business days of the receipt of the mail. Failure of acknowledgement would force the sponsor to award the prize to an alternate winner. The winner of [EMAIL PROTECTED]'03 will be eligible for a prize money of One thousand US dollars (US$ 1,000), provided there is a minimum of 15 qualified entries for the competition. The prize money would be sent as draft issued at the address of the winner, as was specified in the registration process. Taxes, if any, on the prize money will be the liability of the winner. In the most unlikely event of more than one winner, the prize money would be shared among the winners ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/cochindotnet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
