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Is the "dark and stormy lab" in which Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson developed Unix still in existence and preserved?
Is the "dark and stormy lab" in which Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson developed Unix still in existence and preserved as of the end of 2017?
I might take a trip to USA someday and go visit that lab. Better than some museums for me I would guess.
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Is this weird area on the Belgium-Germany border a walkway or something different?
As you can see on the image above, Belgium and Germany have a weird border near the Oostkantons. It seems to be some kind of path east of the "real" border. Does anyone know more about this strange path and can you walk on it?
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Can a UK Border Immigration Officer remove a stop indicator flag?
Today at Belfast airport I was detained for about twenty minutes while the border officer left her terminal at the primary control point (PCP) and went to review my profile/files at the secure control point.
Stop indicator. It's a simple yes/no…
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France to USA by ship
I would like to travel from France to USA (ideally New York) with a ship. I want to use a ship because I have a long-term flying phobia; I know this is the root problem that I should solve, but this will take some time, and I am not psychologically…
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What's the highest number of countries whose borders meet at a single point?
What is the maximum number of countries meeting at a single point on earth?
Where is it?
What are the countries?
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Sleeping options when under 18 and travelling solo
I'm a 16 year old citizen of Ukraine, living in Poland, and I want to travel to Lofoten, northern Norway, by hitchhiking from Warsaw. One of the adventure's goals is to spend as little money as possible. And when it comes to where to sleep, problems…
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Traveling with medical equipment in checked baggage
My wife uses a compression machine to treat lymphedema, which is a result of her breast cancer treatment several years ago. She needs to use the machine almost daily, otherwise her arm swells, which is painful and uncomfortable.
The machine has…
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Overstayed my US visa for over 10 years, never got deported, can I return as a tourist?
In 2000, I traveled to the US via a J-1 Work And Travel program and lived there, illegally, for 11 years. I was never arrested, or had any trouble with the law, I was never deported. I paid my taxes (had a SSN), had numerous jobs, bank account, etc.…
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Why do airlines not have you put your bag underneath your own seat?
On airplanes, they tell you to put your bags either in the overhead or under the seat in front of you. Considering that the front row doesn't have a seat in front of them, and the back seats don't have anything under them, would it not be more…
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How likely is it to get asked about your job in detail by Immigration?
I just read this article, titled A software engineer was detained by U.S. Customs - and given a test to prove he's an engineer.
While the actual situation is slightly different - he tried to enter it with a correct visa but I almost always enter any…
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Shipping my car from Europe to Canada or the U.S
The plan is to drive my car (a small 4x4) from Prudhoe Bay1 (Deadhorse), Alaska to Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego in Chile. I will be travelling for an undetermined duration, with a minimum of two years. (I know it can be done a lot faster, but it's…
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Why are Damri bus stations elevated?
In Indonesia, certainly on Lombok and I think I also saw it on Bali, there is the Damri bus company. What appeared to me as rather odd, was that their bus stations had an elevated platform (around one meter) as you can see here:
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Why was my colleague refused a US B1 visa?
I work for a small company in Sweden specialized in niched environmental consultancy involving a lot of field work. We have previously done sporadic projects in the US and have traveled under the Visa Waiver Program. My understanding is that we are…
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What if passport is lost and home country has no diplomatic presence?
I come from a relatively small country and like to vacation in small countries where my home country has no consulate. I am just curious, hypothetically, what would be a course of action if my passport in one of those odd little places got lost or…
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After being refused entry and removed from Heathrow, can I visit England?
I'm currently on a 3-month visitor visa in Denmark. A few weeks ago, I bought a return ticket and flew to London to meet my British boyfriend.
On my arrival at Heathrow, I was detained for almost 6 hours and, after being interviewed, was told that…
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