INS Irony

J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:45:39 -0700

INS Irony

The following item was reported in the UK's Silicon.Com weekly round-up:

The US government admitted this week that it had accidentally issued more visas for foreign high-tech workers than it had intended - 20,000 to be precise. Why? Because of a computer glitch. Irony once again rears its ugly head and slaps the authorities around the face with a wet fish.