At 09:01 AM 6/30/04 -0400, you wrote:
>Interesting enough thread.
>While I think it's likely that most of the problems for shiippers would be
>in having to make extra trips to the postoffice and in filling out
>additional forms...
>
>something not yet mentioned might be that
>modern computers can qualify for supercomputer status, and since they are
>capable of doing things like nuclear simulations, code making & breaking
>and the like, there is one other important reason to restrict international
>trade.
You're right and that's something that you have to watch for. I picked up
some interesting looks parts out of a scrap pile a few weeks ago and
starting searching the net for information about them. The first thing that
I found was that they are on the restricted export list and are classified
as munitions (there goes E-bay)! They're actually quartz rate sensors
(QRS11) made by Systron Donner.
(<
http://www.systron.com/pro_rate%20sensors.asp> for those that are
interested.) Basicly a solid state gyro-scope. The ironic thing is that the
Japanese are now building almost identical devices into some of their cars
to control skids.
Joe
>
>related:
>http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGN/is_3740/ai_55695270
>"US Dept of Commerce Relaxes Supercomputer Export Controls" (1999)
>Limit _was_ apparently on 2GHz machines.
>
>John A.
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 30 2004 - 08:53:03 BST