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Re:The saddest, stupidest sentence I've ever read by davidw on Monday March 24, 2008 @05:33AM (#144443)
I wasn't quite sure about posting it, but I thought the contrast between Carr and Arrington was interesting, and highlights a very important issue: what to do about intellectual property, and what the consequences are for various concerned groups. It is a very sensationalist title though. I guess it would have been better to change it to something like "Carr vs Arrington on IP".
Re:The saddest, stupidest sentence I've ever read by EliAndrewC on Monday March 24, 2008 @09:52AM (#144546)
Paul Graham himself writes good essays with sensationalist titles. For example, "Microsoft is Dead" was a great essay, but he had to explain in the essay itself that he wasn't actually arguing that Microsoft is dead. This seems similar; a sensationalist title that isn't remotely true, but with some decent content.
Re:The saddest, stupidest sentence I've ever read by pg on Monday March 24, 2008 @11:04AM (#144592)
Calling a company dead is a metaphor. Saying something is the saddest thing you've read isn't; and in fact Carr writes as if he really believed it.