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Re:Y Combinator Founder Paul Graham Issues New Warning to St... by wololo on Thursday September 06, 2012 @10:31PM (#4487429)
Thought this was amusing:

From the article: Google Ventures managing partner Bill Maris blasted back, telling BI that Graham's accusations were "patently absurd."

First example from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-denial_denial#Types: Characterizing a statement as "ridiculous" or "absurd" without saying specifically that it is not true

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Re:Y Combinator Founder Paul Graham Issues New Warning to St... by xanados on Friday September 07, 2012 @01:11AM (#4487754)
I'm a little bit uncomfortable with that heuristic because sometimes things literally are absurd. I think in this case though, Bill Maris is literally not in a position to say whether they are coming in at half the value of other players. He probably doesn't know, or at least doesn't have as many data as Paul Graham.
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