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Bush Administration Loosens Computer Export Laws

Posted by timothy on from the wag-that-tail dept.

An anonymous reader contributes: "The State Department has issued this statement detailing the Bush Administration's approval for sharply raising technical specifications of exported computers to a group of more than 40 countries including Russia, China, India, Pakistan and Israel. The threshold for export without a license to Tier 3 countries will rise to cover computers capable of 190,000 million theoretical operations per second (MTOPs), up from 85,000 MTOPs now. The change is exptected to take take effect in January or February of 2002."

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  1. Bush? by Descartes · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    #include relative_ignorance_about_topic.h

    I don't get it...

    Maybe I don't know enough about the issue, but this seems like a good decision to me.

    Bush making a good decision...I must not understand the issue fully.

    Seriously, unless I'm missing something major this seems like a great idea to me. I think it's great that Bush is doing something AGAINST American opression. Yes, let them have good computers, maybe *gasp* they'll get a chance to overcome their poverty.

    Although I think this maybe counter productive to Bush's agenda. I mean, if they aren't desperately poor where are we going find sweatshops to make our Old Navy fleeces!

    If someone thinks I'm being really stupid and missing the point please explain why this isn't a good decision. Give me a reason to hate the president, I didn't vote for him!

    1. Re:Bush? by Descartes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I actually have to read something! Oh man this sucks...wait, I have to read this conservative tripe! I guess I'll just stay a "moron"...hey I should run for president!

      Seriously, you actually read this stuff? Try http://www.nytimes.com
      if you want something unbiased.

      And I can't believe you actually think foxnews is anything but completely worthless. I mean, do you live in a hole. Try CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS or anything, hell bloomberg it's all better than fox.

      Just remember it's never too late to start thinking intelligently.