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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. First Pepsi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes

  2. Mooninites, lock in! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No one can defeat the quad laser!

    Aqua Teen Hungerforce, unite!

  3. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ho ho ho

  4. What about us INSIDE the country? by Rader · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yea, but the $300 check Bush sent me last year isn't enough for ME to buy a computer this fast.

  5. Old news by Red+Eyes · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    This has already been posted here.

  6. Oh, GOOD! You read the article! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Talk about terrible moderation...

  7. crux? by cyborg_spork · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    jubilation?


    yes.

    --
    Don't mess with the SPORK ARMY!

  8. Stop the Segway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wish he would ban the "Segway". We don't want that in Europe.

    http://www.segway.com/video/consumer_T1.mov