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Bush Lightens Supercomputer Export Restrictions

Posted by Hemos on from the gettinghte-power-out-there dept.

MrZeebo writes "According to a story on Yahoo! News, Bush has finally decided to lift the Cold War-era restrictions on how fast an exported computer can be. Now, computers as fast as 195,000 MTOPS (up from 85,000 MTOPS) can be exported to countries such as Russia, China, and Pakistan."

8 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. finally by _UnderTow_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool, maybe now the Mac fanatics where I work will stop bragging about how THEIR computers are so powerful they can't be exported from the country.

  2. neat... by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...now we can re-export playstation 2's.

    eBay.ru, here I come.

    - A.P.

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  3. They had no choice... by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 3, Funny

    The tanks that were being used to guard the
    iMacs got sent over to Afghanistan.

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  4. What difference does it make? by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aren't american supercomputers made in China and programmed in Pakistan anyway?

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  5. the catch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    all supercomputers must come with Windows pre-installed making them slightly less than super :)

  6. Hussein's PS2 cluster by racerx509 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe now Iraq can start its stockpile of PS2s.

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  7. Clearly, A Big Mistake by Lethyos · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think we all agree that beyond the shadow of a doubt this will drastically increase world terrorism. Super computers obviously play a huge role in organizations like al Qaeda. Terrorists will use them to carefully calculating the results of catastrophic activities as well as inform their operatives with strong, uncrackable crypto. (arf arf)

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  8. That's great and all but... by ellem · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can Russia, China, and Pakistan?

    -Get DVD players in those "super computers"?
    -Create a Q3 Clan and attack us with these "super computers"?
    -Can their "super computer" do this?
    -Will the pr0n banks be depleted as those countries begin the massive dowloading of Anna Kournikova and Stevana?
    -Surf the web and see what great pricing we have on our "super camera" the X10?
    -Will they be able to run Outlook on these "super computers"?
    -Will evil frogs be _more_ evil in Daikatana?

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