[truthandlife]

Is this a good thing? Weren't we complaining about Clinton doing the same thing?

[lelio]

"These reforms are needed due to the rapid rate of technological change in the computer industry. Single microprocessors available today - by mail order and the Internet - perform at more than 25 times the speed of supercomputers built in the early 1990s," said White House Deputy Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
So because you can buy faster stuff on the street we should ease exports of supercomputers? Sorry that doesn't fly and endangers our country. Seems to be to be a subsidy through to the supercomputer manufacturers.
If they can get faster computers on the street (like a linux cluster) they why do they need to get a super one in the first place?

[UnBlinkingEye]

"The president's decision will promote national security, enhance the effectiveness of our export-control system and ease unnecessary regulatory burdens on both government and industry," the White House said in a fact sheet released yesterday.

I thought that traitor Clinton was out of office.

[babygene]

He did the right thing. MTOPS means nothing when it relates to hardware. A Beowulf Cluster can be constructed from old 486 machines and rival super computers for speed. The comerence dept. is way behind the eight ball on thecnology. Check out this site for Beowulf Clusters.... http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/

[jungleboy]

It's a sell out! No question about it.

Good-bye cowardly gop, I guess I'll go back to being without a political party...again.

[Nephi]

Wow.
I expected to see several posts explaining why when Bush does it, its different from when Clinton did it.
Amazing.

[Leto]

We have a lot of legacy code written that runs on 'supercomputers' this is a play to keep these companies afloat. The technology has passed these machines by. If the Chicoms invest big bucks in obsolete technology that is their problem. The machines are no longer supercomputers.

In truth the type of weapon designs done through the mid 80's can be done by a run of the mill PC. IT has more storage, memory and a faster cpu than the boxes used to design hbombs in the 80's.

Encryption may be another issue. Don't know enough. Doubt the NSA or Rummy would let the Chicoms get ahold of tech that would let them break our encryption.

[batter]

This is not a good thing (for details, read Bill Gertz's book "The China Threat"):

Drudge/Bill Gertz Flashback: China uses computers from U.S. illegally; Nuclear facility simulates blasts

[batter]

Pakistan's president is also returning to China. China has significantly helpled the Pakistanis develop their nuclear weapons as well as improve their missile technology. Below is a link to a BBC article on Musharraf's upcomming trip and the challenges that face him in China:
Musharraf seeks China's backing
China will also be providing Pakistan with some F-7 fighters:
Pakistan receives new F-7 fighters
Finally, here is another story that came out today:
US concerned over status of radar sale

I guess the US isn't as concerned about super computer sales...
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