Good Grades, My Arse!
This is for all those who
over-emphasize the importance of getting GOOD grades at a university like NED. Quite frankly, that is total bull and nothing else. I am most certainly NOT saying that grades don't matter at all, they do and I would just love it if I were to get an A-1 myself BUT getting below that is not the end of the world.
What pressed me to make this post here was an experience a very close cousin of mine had recently when he was appying at GeorgiaTech. He had a GPA of 3.4 but unfortunately couldn't get a very good GRE score on his first attempt. Much to his surprise, his batchmates with a GPA as low as 2.6 got the greenlight and he was kept waiting until finally being rejected. It was only later that he found out that what had kept him from getting in was his GRE score. His university grades were great, but GeorgiaTech preferred his GRE score over his academic grades that he secured here in Pakistan. He had to give the GRE again just to improve his score, which he did in the end and now he IS at Georgia Tech.
So, just goes to show how much they rely on gradings of our universities and it couldn't be more fitting to a system such as the one at work at our very own NED.
Intel's manufacturing cost: $40 per chip!
http://news.com.com/Intels+manufacturing+cost+40+per+chip/2100-1006_3-5862922.html?tag=nefd.top
It's funny they still wouldn't slash their prices given the intense competition they are having to deal with at the moment. I must admit, I'm beginning to consider an AMD processor for me next PC, not that it is coming anytime soon but it's been posting impressive performance numbers everywhere and it's days of instability with Windows and other bull are long gone. Will do more research later.
Coolest Blogs on the Net
TIME's selection of the best blogs there are...
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1072872,00.html
Where We Headed?
Today was supposed to be an auspicious day for us. The sixth of September, the defence day, the day we showed the enemy that we're united and willing to fight to the last man. But is that passion and unity the same as it was in good ol' 1965?
Frankly, the Quaid's principles of
Unity, faith and discipline seem like a pipedream now for a nation like us. One of the worst experiences I had was when I witnessed the looting of a shop, as the Police had just taken away the shop-owner for allegedly selling some stuff at higher prices on purpose, and behind his back people on the streets looted the shop, AND THIS WAS IN RAMZAN! :(
This seems typical of the Muslims, who despite being God's chosen ones are sufferring in this world because of their lack of discipline and unity. Someone aptly said on his return from one of the western countries ...
" I found Islam everywhere, but no Muslims. But once I came back, I saw Muslims everywhere but no Islam. " (referring to the inherent values of honesty, discipline and sincerity in the people of the West and none over here)
Indeed, the essence of Islam after the Prophets has been that of
AMAR MAROOF AL-NAHI ANIL MUNKAR, that people in a society guide others to do good and repel them from doing harm so that the society improves its own self. But sadly, in a society like ours you would find more hate for one another, than love. All this sickens me to death and sometimes I just lose hope. Is there a way out? I can't see it.
The Architect
Behind every great show, every quality service that you use, all quality fabric you wear, everything that you find up-to-mark and satisfactory, there are several stages of excessant amount of efforts involved. I've learnt this in time that things don't happen just like that; at every level a dedication and spirit is involved and is clearly reflected in the end product. Our nation is not very fond of putting in the hardwork but they want excellent results all the time, hoping that some miraculous force will fill in the gaps for them. All this thinking reminds me of the The Architect, the immaculate nature of this universe clearly reflects the interest and devotion of The Architect. The wonders of nature are in perfect harmony while anything that man has has invented is prone to failure and has been flawed. The concept of money and society is to keep the humans under control, I wonder if there could have been a different arragement of those things from what we have right now (multiple realities, parallel existences, quite right). Nature is the ultimate inspiration for the humans and I think everything we do, for ourself, or someone else; no matter how small, we should do it with full devotion and devoutness.
Evaluation of the 'Evaluation Forms'
For once, they did something useful for us and I was left wondering if they'd done it any sooner. I mean, we're almost dead and buried now ... the whole freaking year has passed and we're almost done witnessing the shocking level of teaching at such a high level.
Oh yes, there was hardly anyone who did not get any stick from me. To be perfectly honest, what I have I learnt in the three years I have been here thanks to the teachers?! ... Very little! We're not talking generally, but of things relating to Computer Science ... after all, thats what we're here to learn. The only thing me and everyone else have learnt is how to prepare
LONG assignments, which is pointless since
everyone ends up copying from the manual! The idea here is to get things done, no matter what.
I am a bit surprised that our Dean Sahab atleast tries to teach differently, which is good yet the teachers under him are totally the opposite. I wonder what the future holds.
