Certainty...

Event of cerainty seldom occurs,
Does it frequently do?
Or does it never?
It does - but it's uncertain.
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What is ultimate?

Life seems to be dis-satisfying, though not!
Time seems to be flee, though not!
Days seem to be hectic, though not!

We live with illusions, perhaps,
Our mind, being filled, with complexities,
And our thoughts, with hatred or with love, may be.

Self-justifying our bad omans,
Relishing and Cherishing our sweet moments,
Getting greedy everyday,
With nothing being achieved in an ultimate sense!!

Xerox - The Power of Youth ! !

Xerox Corporation was founded in 1906 in New York. It manufactures Photocopiers, Printing presses and related gadgets and provides related consultancies. Forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas. This is how Photocopying has been defined. This was later called as Xerography, now Xerox.

I must confess that, I never knew that there was company called Xerox which formed the basis for the origin of the word ‘Xerox’ (meaning ‘copying’) until my school days.

I feel this history will suffice. ‘Xerox’ing, these days, have become unavoidable esp. among student community. One can come across a Xerox shop every ten feet span anywhere in India. Its demand has grown with years. Xerox shops have started generating lot of profit (which probably will have a significant influence in the nation’s GDP quiet soon!!!).
Right from application forms for admissions till the receipt of degree, we owe the Xerox machine quiet a lot. It caters to the needs of all class of people, right from an efficient Entrepreneur to a school going chap, right from the President of the nation to a school teacher. Imagine a world without this machine (Nothing so magical about this! compared to many other miracles. But it still is). No more duplication might have been possible. Every single document will have to be original and safe. Again this is close to impossibility.

In my view, owning a miniscule Xerox shop at the corner of a college campus erecting two microcosm version of the machine (but in ‘good condition’ always!)employing one chap for each, can pull in quiet a healthy crowd, can generate bewildering amount of profit (possibly higher than what one earns through his/her profession!).

Here the stress has been given on syllables ‘good condition’ machines. The reason being, if the machines do not perform with full efficacy, the shop is going to land in problems.

Xerox shop is analogous to playing a sport. A good performance fetches applauds from all around. Bad performances can throw you into a huge fireball of criticism (Like the one in my college campus, where the Xerox machine remains dysfunctional for about 7 hours in a 8-hour day. The remaining one hour, it operates at 25% efficiency!) A badly maintained Xerox shop leads to Customer dissatisfaction (esp. during emergency situation. My emergency situation mostly has been final minute preparation for exams!!!), ending up with dwindling crowd and loss of profit!!!

I, personally, must thank Xerox Corporation for having brain-stormed this idea and inventing this seemingly legerdemain product, which today has gained global popularity.

Inspiration for this post: My recently ended exams!!!

7/8 up...

Last-minute efforts, Sleepless nights, drooping eyes, tired brain, excruciating study-hours, frequent tea taking at nights and what not. The seventh semester exams did generate enough harrowing experiences.

Coming to my performance, I'd rate it as - "Very Average". Somehow, I managed to sail 87.5% of my engineering journey safely. No comments on my remaining 1/8th. No speculations on how it turns out to be. As fas as now, Semester holidays is going to be the prime-focus. Looking forward to "Active Blogging".