When it is applied to bad things like murder it is ok. We should not tolerate murder.
When it is used to eliminate applying intelligence to the evaluation of a situation it is bad and here is a an example of the bad.
For more examples Balloon Juice points to Losing my Tolerance for Zero Tolerance.
Via Talkleft.
Jen says:
Meanwhile, you simply must check out this time lapse video of the Toronto skyline. (Thank you, MetaFilter.)
And I agree…preferrably with the big file…stick with it to the end!
Neal Stephenson fans might injoy this brief interview by Glenn Reynolds at Tech Central Station.
Via The Speculist in a discussion of the Roots of the Modern World.
One of the great things about the blogosphere is how many things even a modest reader can learn about that never make their way to network news, fair and balanced fox, your local paper, etc.
The most recent for me is the Ignoble Prize which has been presented since 1991:
Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK. Technically speaking, the Igs honor people whose achievements “cannot or should not be reproduced.”
The The Apostropher’s favorites of 2003 are listed here and my personal favorite for the last two years is the 2002 Ignoble Prize in Economics:
The executives, corporate directors, and auditors of Enron, Lernaut & Hauspie [Belgium], Adelphia, Bank of Commerce and Credit International [Pakistan], Cendant, CMS Energy, Duke Energy, Dynegy, Gazprom [Russia], Global Crossing, HIH Insurance [Australia], Informix, Kmart, Maxwell Communications [UK], McKessonHBOC, Merrill Lynch, Merck, Peregrine Systems, Qwest Communications, Reliant Resources, Rent-Way, Rite Aid, Sunbeam, Tyco, Waste Management, WorldCom, Xerox, and Arthur Andersen, for adapting the mathematical concept of imaginary numbers for use in the business world. [NOTE: all companies are U.S.-based unless otherwise noted.]
Beloit College presents its annual (since 1998) Mindset List for the Class of 2007. It
helps to slow the rapid onset of �hardening of the references,� in the classroom.
A few examples:
3. Iraq has always been a problem.
5. Paul Newman has always made salad dressing.
6. Pete Rose has always been a gambler.
8. An automatic is a weapon, not a transmission.
11. There has always been a screening test for AIDS.
12. Gas has always been unleaded
And, much of what applied to the classes of 2002-2006 applies as well.
Send them suggestions for the Class of 2008.
Via Mark Morford.