Republic of Moldova - the information free zone

https://plus.google.com/100788008008728864779/posts/Z8WYj74z5UJ

by humanfromearth • 14 years ago

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paulofisch• 14 years ago

The links going to http://i-wish-it-was-true.com/ are not encouraging for the veracity of the story :-)

What gives? Hoax? Thought piece?

mariusmg• 14 years ago

It's a (bad) hoax. Moldova is runned by ex communists. Enough said.

mapleoin2• 14 years ago

Make that current communists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Communists_of_the_Repu...

MatthewPhillips• 14 years ago

I think it's just a pleasant "what if". One of these days some internet billionaire is going to be elected president of a country and what if they decide becoming technology business friendly a good for their economy?

mapleoin2• 14 years ago

I detect missed irony here.

zerostar072• 14 years ago

Our measurements agree with yours.

mseebach2• 14 years ago

Moldova is a dirt-poor country, sporting an extremely volatile political system that only just pretends to implement the rule of law. For Moldova to be some sort of information freedom haven, especially one that points its finger at the United States, is laughable.

adrianp• 14 years ago

Exactly. And how exactly did this post get on HN?

sheff• 14 years ago

Couldn't help but laugh at this bit from the linked article :

"It even has a nice restful API so you can spawn companies and file for bankruptcy 100 companies/second. If you want more there is a premium plan."

zerostar072• 14 years ago

IMHO that request limit is very restrictive.

bratao• 14 years ago

Moldolva is also famous because of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmncrAPILw

Zhenya• 14 years ago

And of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX0f07IT_EU

All the jews are gone. Long live moldova. /s

Republic of Moldova - the information free zone

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