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I think this ignores the fact that the reason some people (like me) buys/subscribes to a paper is because it's... printed on paper. I can get all of the inform

by teuobk 18y ago

I think this ignores the fact that the reason some people (like me) buys/subscribes to a paper is because it's... printed on paper. I can get all of the information with my computer or my iPhone, but I enjoy the interaction with actual paper. I wouldn't want to read it on a Kindle. For the record, I'd be willing to pay substantially more than I currently am for that privilege, but the newspapers don't seem willing to significantly raise their prices.

dattaway 18y ago
The advantage of the newspaper at work is that we pass it around the break room all day. It gets annotated with interesting notes and drawings by everyone. That one single newspaper gets read by perhaps 50 people.
- mechanical_fish 18y ago
  Of course, the advantage of HN is that articles get annotated with interesting notes by people I've never seen -- people who don't all work at the same company. And I don't have to commute to an office with a break room in order to read them.
- gravitycop 18y ago
  The advantage of the newspaper at work is that [...] It gets annotated with interesting notes and drawings by everyone. I thought that was what a wiki was for. Once your newspaper for a given day is annotated, how do you search it in the future? http://images.google.com/images?q=newspaper+stacks http://images.google.com/images?q=newspaper+stacks How would one even store something like that? http://www.georgeweber.net/radio-curtis_office.jpg http://www.georgeweber.net/radio-curtis_office.jpg http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/messy-desk-illustration.jpg http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/200...
  - akd 18y ago
    > I thought that was what a wiki was for. Once your newspaper for a given day is annotated, how do you search it in the future? You don't. The asymptotic approach of storage costs to 0 has made some people believe that everything is worth saving.
    - gravitycop 18y ago
      The asymptotic approach of storage costs to 0 has made some people believe that everything is worth saving. Like Fred Wilson. http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/01/confessions-of-a-pack-rat-aka-my-document-retention-policy.html http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/01/confessions-of-a-pack-rat-ak... Confessions Of A Pack Rat (aka My Document Retention Policy)

by teuobk 18y ago

dattaway 18y ago

The advantage of the newspaper at work is that we pass it around the break room all day. It gets annotated with interesting notes and drawings by everyone. That one single newspaper gets read by perhaps 50 people.

mechanical_fish 18y ago
Of course, the advantage of HN is that articles get annotated with interesting notes by people I've never seen -- people who don't all work at the same company. And I don't have to commute to an office with a break room in order to read them.
gravitycop 18y ago
The advantage of the newspaper at work is that [...] It gets annotated with interesting notes and drawings by everyone. I thought that was what a wiki was for. Once your newspaper for a given day is annotated, how do you search it in the future? http://images.google.com/images?q=newspaper+stacks http://images.google.com/images?q=newspaper+stacks How would one even store something like that? http://www.georgeweber.net/radio-curtis_office.jpg http://www.georgeweber.net/radio-curtis_office.jpg http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/messy-desk-illustration.jpg http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/200...
- akd 18y ago
  > I thought that was what a wiki was for. Once your newspaper for a given day is annotated, how do you search it in the future? You don't. The asymptotic approach of storage costs to 0 has made some people believe that everything is worth saving.
  - gravitycop 18y ago
    The asymptotic approach of storage costs to 0 has made some people believe that everything is worth saving. Like Fred Wilson. http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/01/confessions-of-a-pack-rat-aka-my-document-retention-policy.html http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/01/confessions-of-a-pack-rat-ak... Confessions Of A Pack Rat (aka My Document Retention Policy)