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barbie (2653)

barbie
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Leader of Birmingham.pm [pm.org] and a CPAN author [cpan.org]. Co-organised YAPC::Europe in 2006 and the 2009 QA Hackathon, responsible for the YAPC Conference Surveys [yapc-surveys.org] and the QA Hackathon [qa-hackathon.org] websites. Also the current caretaker for the CPAN Testers websites and data stores.

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Journal of barbie (2653)

Thursday January 22, 2004
08:29 AM

Total Complete Stupidity Syndrome

[ #16949 ]
This BBC article, Bigmouth strikes again, poses an interesting thought. The incident that prompted it, is a very sensitive one (I don't think she deserves a prison sentence, a hefty fine and community service might be more appropriate), but how often have you wanted to dearly make a stupid quip to a really stupid question?

When I went to TPC4 in 2000, on arrival at San Francisco airport I was asked 'which operating system do you use?' Now in the past I have used many operating systems (Pick, Xenix, Ultrics, VMS ... as well as the usual). I dearly wanted to reel them off and watch the blank look on the customs officer's face, but instead stuck to a more traditional list. I got a blank look, until I said the magic password (Windows). Then I got the all clear!


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  • Why on earth where you asked which OS you used? In what possible, conceivable way could that affect your travelling via aeroplane?

    /me shakes his head at the world

    -Dom

    • It was US customs, after I landed at San Francisco from the UK. I think they were trying to verify I *REALLY* worked with computers and was worthy enough to be allowed into the country! Anyone not bowing to the shrine of Redmond must obviously be a liar and sent home.
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