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nicholas (3034)
Saturday July 24, 2004
11:01 PM
(US Imigration Service)++
My converstation with immigration on entry to the US went something like this
- Him
- So what is the purpose of your visit to the US?
- Me
- I'm attending a conference
- Him
- What's the conference about?
- Me
- It's OSCON, the Open Source Convention, with The Perl Conference
- Him
- What, Linux and stuff?
- Me [parroting]
- Yes, Linux and stuff [D'oh! Why did I just repeat him?]
- Him
- How long are you staying for?
- Me
- 7 days. I fly out next Saturday
- Him
- Welcome to the United States
- Me
- Thank you
Wow! The US immigration service know that Linux is open source. (Or at least one employee at Mineappolis does)
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Happened to me too (Score:3, Funny)
First time I went to OSCon I was quite worried because it was the first time I was going back to the US after they'd almost kicked me out for working illegally. Yet it went:
Quite frankly, it made me wonder what kind of training they go through. Also, I did worry about the IT economy in the US for a while ;)
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]
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