Archive for September 8th, 2006

Proposal: urgency indicator feature for phones

I’d like to propose a new technology or feature to be used in cell phones (or maybe Internet phones, if they become widespread). Often, when someone calls, whether or not I answer the call depends on the priority of the call (as judged by the caller). This situation especially arises when I’m in class. But there’s no way to tell how urgent it is, aside from forcing the caller to keep calling multiple times. That takes more time and isn’t universally known or intuitive.

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What’s easy might not be right

I’ve noticed that many Christians think that if wsomething is easy or works out well, it’s probably right. They think that everything that happens is in accordance with God’s will. Well, is that really true? It seems silly to me to think that just because something works out or comes naturally, it must be right. This can apply to everything you do. Let’s say you want to quit a Christian group. It’s easy, so you think it must be fine. How about if it was difficult? Maybe you’d reconsider. This is just an example. But the point is: if something is easy, it isn’t necessarily right. Sometimes what you should do is actually more difficult.