
6 Apr
2021
6 Apr
'21
10:45 a.m.
Came across this story <https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2021/04/05/who_me/#c_4233327> in a comment to an article about, shall we say, Customs foibles: A friend of mine got pulled over by US Customs because of the reel of half-inch magtape sticking out his hand luggage. Customs guy: what's on your tape, data or softtware? Friend: why do you need to know? Customs guy: if it's software, you need to pay import tax and duty. if it's data, you don't Friend: it's data - it's input for testing a compiler