The digital age is upon us

Today I read some old news. Computers were expected one day to weigh less than 1.5 tonnes. Just goes to show.

The trouble with this kind of news is that it leaves so many unanswered questions. Like, "What is a computer?"

The OED says a computer is, "A person who makes calculations; spec. a person employed for this in an observatory etc." Yes, of course, it also mentions, "An apparatus for making calculations; spec. an automatic electronic machine for making rapid calculations or controlling operations that are expressible in numerical or logical terms."

It seems to me that the old news I read never was news, viewed from one locus.

So on with 0010111010100110. I'm using a computer that weighs less than 1.5 tonnes as I write this. An amazing instrument - but limited nevertheless.

You will never get to heaven using a binary code.

I read this news today as well, "He will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other," and Jesus said, "I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." John 14:3 (NIV)

This news is not new either but it's accurate.

Do you know the song with the line, "People get ready there's a ....."

To get ready, believe the gospel and repent.
John 3:16
16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV)