Hopefully! Honestly it was probably 90% his doing as far as making a connection goes; grad student + cs geek does not make for the most outgoing group of people, and it wasn't like we were actively trying to foster understanding between cultures (we were pretty happy to be getting our stuff done and not hassled). But this guy was super friendly and it was basically impossible not to make some small talk in return, and then to want to do something to acknowledge him. So I could perfectly well see it turning out much differently if the other guy was also a shy/reserved sort of person and didn't make the main initial effort.