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Comment Re: Singapore - LOL (Score 2) 8

The largest economy is Indonesia, 3 times the GDP of Singapore. Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia & Vietnam are all comparable sizes so Singapore so I don't think it stands out for that reason. It's a standout for having hardly any land or natural resources but being a financial and trade centre.

Comment Re: How are they going to enforce it? (Score 1) 19

This guy SE Asia's All true, but.. Just the government setting an expectation by passing a law can be partially effective, especially in Asia, though it's not really predictable which laws people take seriously and which they don't. People will report obvious violations for "fun and profit" (i e. receive financial rewards for being a tattle tale), doing much more to curb use. And of course in this case posting content is both visible and verifiable.

Comment congestion control (Score 1) 130

My guess, this will be another scheme where the network driver on the client has to respond to congestion control/back-off style requests from the AP, staying off the air for a (random?) amount of time. The AP will just be slightly more sophisticated about who it tells to back-off. Even NTP has this feature.

Comment Re:And? (Score 1) 143

> Nobody remembers that there was 300 years between Newton and Einstein, and that people 300 years ago were just as smart and just as capable as people today, And less distracted by slashdot, facebook, twitter and other interweb stuff that detracts from serious thought

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