
every day I think, 'things can't possibly get any stupider'. and invariably, I am proven wrong. from CNET: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,15721,00.html Next year's Pentium II computers will be subject to export controls if a bill pending in Congress passes. It's expected to come up in the House today. Under an amendment to the 1998 Defense Authorization bill, computer makers shipping machines that can perform 2,000 million theoretical operations per second (MTOPS) or more to developing nations will have to apply to the Commerce Department for an export license. ... Lofgren explained that about the only way to stop the provision from becoming law at this point would be a presidential veto, because the sprawling piece of legislation has already been approved in substance by the House and Senate. etc., etc., etc. sheesh... Ariel Glenn ariel@columbia.edu