Engineering and Assignments

Hello.

My 8th and the final semester has just started. Till this date, me and my friends have not even purchase any book for any of our subjects. And our assignment session has already started. Every week one assignment for each subject; that means a total of 6 every week. 

I don't understand what is the fun of making the assignments using the 'COPY-PASTE' technique. Even our worthy teachers know this fact very well. But still because assignments are an indispensable  part of our course and we're following it. Ridiculous....

Today one of my teachers dictated us the notes for some topic and at the end of the lecture she gave the same as our next assignment. Had she told us this earlier, I swear, I would have written those notes on my assignment sheets only and would have submitted the same to her.

This is just one example.

It's OK if we have to do our assignments. But the teachers can make them more useful. Instead of the same old boring topics which our seniors have also followed, why can't we have some new topics for our assignments.?? Topics which will add to our knowledge. I know such assignments will going to be time consuming and will require some googling, but atleast we'll be able to learn something new.

I don't know why we people don't change. Why we keep following the footprints of our seniors.? Why don't we dare to think something progressive.?
These assignments consume a lot of our productive time which otherwise we students can use for doing something of our interests or atleast studying our course properly. We study only that is sufficient to score a good percentage in university. Nothing more than that. Even we don't get a chance to implement or use practically what we have learnt. We concentrate more on theory and our practical experience is a thing that is far behind in our education system.



I don't know till how long this scenario will proceed and when engineering students will get rid of useless assignments.

Cleaning CPU

Hi all.

Since last few days, my CPU was making a lot of noise. Probably the reason was the dirt and the web that was stacked on my CPU parts. Oh that was terrible..!! I usually kept all my things clean and well arranged. But this time the condition of my system was pitiful. And I was going too busy to clean all that.



At last, I got the time to clean my computer and the computer table. I started from my CPU. I de-attached it and opened its cabinet. As expected, it was very dirty specially the CPU fan. I took a painting brush and started removing the webs from the fan.

 

Gradually I cleaned the every part I can see.

Finally I re-attached it and cleaned all the other parts too like my LCD, my keyboard, mouse and the work desk.

After this when I switched on my system, it was so silent, so peaceful, so relaxed and so calm. I felt as if my CPU is thanking me for doing this favor. I was also very happy and relaxed.

 I would like to share some suggestions with you for easy and simple cleaning of your CPU. 

1. Avoid using water or other chemicals.
2. Use a cotton cloth or a soft painting brush or an ear bud to clean.
3. For further cleaning, a small sized vacuum cleaner can also be used.
4. Clean your CPU at regular interval of time ie not very frequently and not rarely.
5. Be soft while cleaning. Its your own system after all.

 

System Restore Point

Hello everyone.

I have windows 7 installed on my computer system which I love a lot.
Today when I was just checking different settings of my computer, I suddenly noticed that I have not created any system restore point yet.

System Restore point like a 'milestone' or a 'save point' that points to the system settings of the computer at the time when you created the restore point.
There are two types of system restore points: One which saves only your current system settings and the other one which not only saves your system settings but also your personal files and data. This means restoring in the former case, only your settings and installed drivers and/or programs will be reversed but in later case, your personal files and data will also be taken back to the previous state.

Lets check how these two types of restore points are created in windows 7.

For restore point of type 1 i.e. restoring only the system setting:-->
Right click on your 'My Computer' icon and select 'Properties'.

After this open 'System Protection'. System Protection dialog box will be opened. 

Click on 'Create' button. Add specific details in the prompted box and finally click on 'Create'.

Thats it. Your system restore point has been created. 
To create the System Restore point 2, i.e. to restore your data also, just switch the system protection 'on' for your disk partitions by clicking on 'Configure'.

Now the question is how to use your system restore point. Whenever you find any problem in your windows operating system that you are not able to crack, one simple solution is to restore to the point previously created by you.

 You can restore to any point but we generally restore to the most recent point.

Also in case you are about to re-install you windows in rare cases, then go for repair option. Then also you'll get a chance to restore your system to some previous setting.

So it is advisable to always keep save your latest and good working state of through system restore point.

Please post your queries. I'll try my level best to answer them.

Thanks for visiting and Happy Computing..!!!

Infosys Recruitment

 Hello Everyone.
I feel proud telling that I recently got placed in the Infosys Technologies through Campus Recruitment process. Though I won't be joining very soon because my one semester is still left. But I am very excited about it especially the Infosys Mysore Campus.

So I want to share my experience with you. The recruitment process consisted of two rounds. One was Aptitude Test and the second was the HR Round. Luckily there was no technical round.

1.Aptitude Test: It consist of two sections-Verbal reasoning and the English test.
The test was not very difficult but requires crucial time management.

Verbal Reasoning:There were questions like figure completion. Then there were direction question like A facing north move 50 km to right. Then turning left move 30km and so on. The best way to solve such questions is to draw the appropriate diagram.Then we had data interpretation question. A table with some data was given and followed by some questions related to it. I personally found that tough for me. Next was related to data sufficiency and syllogisms. I would suggest to follow R S Aggarwal Verbal and Non Verbal Book. That is sufficient. Do only above questions. No need to do all if currently you are focusing on cracking Infy only.

English Test: This section requires the basic knowledge of English concept like tenses, use of prepositions etc. Firstly there were questions to find the correct sentence out of four given options. We have to choose grammatically correct sentence that goes the closest to the situation. Then the other set of question consist of sentence with some part underlined. We were to find the correct alternative for the underlined part out of four given options. Earlier it seemed that every given option can be the answer, but then a closer look at the options gave me a clue of the minor difference between each clue. Good concentration and faster reading  was required. Then fill in the sentence out of options given. They were simple preposition filling sentences that require very basic knowledge. Then were questions of theme detection and next followed the two RC paras. They were very lengthy. The trick to do such questions is to first read the questions carefully and then gradually read the paragraph trying to find the answer of the question. Do it as fast as possible. But do it very carefully.

1.HR Interview: After the aptitude test, we were called for the HR process. 7 to 8 interviews were going on simultaneously. One interviewer for one interviewee. They all were very nice and very friendly. My interviewer just discussed my project and my hobbies with me. We discussed many other topics also while discussing the project like from google to wikipedia and so on. Then asked some questions related to my hobbies that I wrote in my resume. Friends just stay prepared for any dam question from your resume. Never ever try to bluff in your resume because you'll be caught very easily. They are very experienced people. And just stay confident and cool. At the end, the interviewer gave me a chance to ask a question from him. I asked him about the job responsibilities of a system engineer of an Infosyian for which I was being interviewed. He explained everything in a detail. That was a pretty nice experience.

Wishing everyone all the very best.