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Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License?

Posted by timothy on from the it-can't-even-carry-a-gun dept.

WindBourne writes "It appears to be that the U.S. house of Reps. want to classify Pentium 4 and above CPUs as weapons. This would mean that all these will require export licenses. Apparently, they have not heard about that the far east has developed large CPUs as well that are used in beowulf clusters." According to the article, this clause is unlikely to appear in the final version -- but stranger things have happened.

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  1. uh... by blackmonday · · Score: 0, Troll

    (Cue Beavis and Butthead Laughter)

    Uhh Huhh...I don't know about the Pentium chip but I've got an unlicensed weapon in my pants. Uhh Huhh...

  2. Good paint job, US! by no-body · · Score: 0, Troll

    closer and closer into the corner, moving steadily....

  3. No by tolan-b · · Score: 0, Troll

    overpriced.