Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Another office automation comedy of errors.
With a month’s worth of experience under his belt, Maxim’s project was coming along quite well. Everybody loved using the pretty Access front end with its drop-downs and he had created instead of the ominous facade of the Great Excel Spreadsheet. Even Helen was satisfied since she now had more of purpose than pushing paper out week after week! However, the joy was short-lived, as was revealed during an emergency department meeting.
The lead analyst started, “Maxim, we’re finding some discrepancies in the report. Several values in what we’re finding to be random stocks and bonds are being grossly misrepresented.”
“How do you mean?” asked Maxim.
“Point blank – we believe that YOU broke the Yield calculation and we’re two days away from sending out bad figures that could ruin the bank and its investors.”
It’s a story not unlike the one with the monkeys, the ladder, the bananas, and the high-voltage shock.
There’s something about the human condition that makes it breathtakingly easy to suppress and stultify creativity, innovation and generally outstanding performance, while believing with every fiber of our being that we’re doing our darnedest to promote these things.
Update 12/22/08: Ah, now I know where the hat tip goes. Gerard.
I hate it when tabbed browsing, coupled with my approaching senility, robs my dearest blogger friends of the credit that is due them.
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That article is a great example of the dangers of automation. A+B=C. If A MUST be true, and B MUST be true, and C doesn’t make sense, EITHER A OR B IS UNTRUE. QED.
First Principles are increasingly ignored in situations where the basic logic is too complex to be understood by its primary beneficiaries. The Financial Dodge is the best example, as exemplified by the Investment Banking debacle. And of course, as we’re now seeing with today’s NYT article laying the recent market collapse at the feet of the current administration, it’s all too easy to blame the messenger.
- rob | 12/22/2008 @ 01:12