Think Different.......

Thinking has been man's gift bestowed upon on him by God. Inventions rolled out of this great human brain once he started thinking rationally. Further inventions improved the quality of life and also his own intelligence. But, who were these people who have made these remarkable events happen? Were they those "who take things for granted", were they "who study religiously and industriously?, were they "who never break the rules and follow the line laid in front of them?". No!! Not at all!!

History bears witness to those great inventions. Inventors were always those who thought "different". They normally questioned the occurence, rather accept them as they were. They thought of a better alternative that usually looked awkward at first. When the first computer was developed, it was everyone's ridicule who saw such a huge machine doing basic arithmetic. But, today is the day where machines challenge men with their own intelligence.

Bill Gates, the owner of the Operating System giant that probably covers the whole of this earth, was fired from his school for setting up a program in one of those early network machines that ultimately crashed the network. What Gates did then was a little mischievous act of getting into those machines and exploring a bit. Later he with his friend succeeded in fitting a memory into a desktop computer which marked the era of today's PCs. Conventional methods will never yield a fascinating solution because the method by itself isnt fascinating.

"You laugh at me because I am different, I laugh at you because you are all the same!!" said Bernard Shaw. The fear of facing a ridicule haunts everyone who starts on with a new idea. What he must realize is those who ridiculed him are the ones who will be praising him when he succeeds. Thinking different allows you to stand distinctly in a crowd. Peopl eagerly await a person's action who thinks differently out of their curiosity. Its often confusing for many when they see mischievous people shine better compared to those all time studious ones in many fields. The real reason is the mischievous ones always hate going by the rules whenever they are given a task which is their usual habit. This even reflects in their jobs that ultimately leads to the evolution of a new idea. Its also true that studious ones too are mischievous many a times which according to me is a good combination.

According to me Engineering education provides you with the necessary tools for building newer applications rather than simply repeat them. Ofcourse, there are those exams that demand reproducing whats in the text books, there are those periods between the commencement of the semester and these exams where the mind can be used resourcefully to think on a new idea. It need not be a great revolution in his/her field but can be a smaller module that when added to the existing system will greatly improve the performance. Innovation is the key to progress of technology or else it will become stagnant without any development for which thinking different is the key ingredient.

So, put on your thinking caps on...would you like to be one among the equals or first among them??? clearly the choice is urs...... happy thinking@