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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."

3 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.

    --
    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  3. What difference does it make? by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    RMN
    ~~~