“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” – Michael Jackson
When everything is going great and things are easy. Life is on its track. You come at work, check your mails, reply to some if you want, go on a lot of breaks and come back at evening. Its very easy to be patient. But when things are tough. Really tough at work, at home. I mean everywhere. Then can you be patient ? Well answer is no. But today I am going to teach you some of the things that might help you become patient, a bit. Its all about work. No personal life interference. There would have been so many times that you felt that you are not satisfied with the kind of work you are doing but you wanna stick there and wait for some more time because you have alot of responsibilities. How long is some more time, is the one million dollar question? And its not just about that. There are so many things. Organizational Politics. Honestly If you’d be me, You would probably not accept any of this. I mean why the hell the management does not understand the problems their team members face. OK, so basis my experience I am giving some tips to be patient because that patient my be worth it. It was not for me but I might be the odd one out.
I recently got an opportunity to talk to my PC and I did not miss the opportunity to take an interview.
Kuldeep : Why do people call you PC ? Is that your real name ?
PC : PC is not my actual name its an abbreviation of Personal Computer.
Kuldeep : OK, Do you have any other name ? I mean pet names.
PC : Yeah, actually I have several pet names. Persoanl Computer is used for machines like me that are used in homes.
Kuldeep : Can you name some ?
PC : Ofcourse ! People like to call me System, computer, machine etc.
Kuldeep : How old are you ?
PC : Well I am not that old ? I am just 6 months old. Are you talking about me specifically or the history of me.
Kuldeep : Favorite Outfit ?
PC : I prefer to be naked as I am so hot.
Kuldeep : Yeah, I mean for how long you’ve been here ? The other half ?
PC : I was actually conceptualized by Chales Babbage for professional usage only. At that time we used to be very expensive. Then came IBM. They wanted to make Computers personal, so in 1980s IBM introduced Personal Computers.
Kuldeep : So how would you describe the changes ever since ?
PC : Just one single word. Drastic especially in the last decade. If you see the initial PCs were like a huge suitcase and if you hear the configuration, you would laugh. It ran on anI Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHz CPU with Memory 16 kB ~ 256 kB and had DOS Basic. And now these parts are not even manufactured. We don’t even talk about in kbs. We’ve gone miles ahead and talking in peta bytes. Look at me I am running with 2 gigabyte of memory with almost 2 tera bytes of hard drive and lets not even talk about the CPU.
Kuldeep : Well, that was an amazing fact; so where do you see yourself 5 years down the lane ?
PC : Me ? You must be joking and you know that very well. I am not going to stay with you for more than 2 years. I will be replaced with a newer faster version of PC. We are living in an exponential time. Everything is just rapid fast. Its predicted that by 2049 a $1000 PC will exceed the computational Power of the entire Human species.
Kuldeep : Whoa ! Is that correct ?
PC : Well its a prediction and I second that. Just go back a year and see the situation. Everything was so damn costly. Now as you’ve moved on things are cheaper and powerful. So yes I think it will come true and I feel it will be way early than predicted.
Kuldeep : Alright. Do you have family ? Are you married.
PC : You must be joking right. Marriage ! Well We’ve been single ever since. We were designed to serve the humans. We don’t get married. We only marry to people like you who divorce us after some time. Our life is very short.
Kuldeep : So you’ve got no one ?
PC : You can’t say that I’ve got no one. I have so many brothers and big brothers around the world.
Kuldeep : Where are they ? Can I meet them and say Hi ? Can I take their interview as well. I would like to hear their story as well ?
PC : Well they are everywhere. Servers, Laptops and Datacenters. They are all my siblings. We all work together if connected. You know, you would not have been this much intelligent if we were not born.
Kuldeep : What do you mean by that ?
PC : I mean look at people now. There is something called Internet. Have you heard about it ? I guess, Yes. So We guys are connected to each other and we offer various kinds of service. If One stores data then the other one processes. We provide all kinds of information to people in need. That is why you are intelligent. We are the most used source of communication between you guys.
Kuldeep : Well that is true. You guys have simply been outstanding in your work. OK Can we have a rapid fire round if you don’t mind ?
PC : Sure, go ahead. But please hurry up. I am about to sleep. Its my sleep time.
Kuldeep : OK, I will finish it in 2 miutes.
PC : Shoot then !
Kuldeep : What is your biggest fear ?
PC : Virus
Kuldeep : What do you love most ?
PC : Windows
Kuldeep : Your favorite past time ?
PC : Playing movies and songs.
Kuldeep : Your Inspiration ?
PC : I wanna be a Mac.
Kuldeep : Your Preferred User ?
PC : Girls
Kuldeep : Favorite drink ?
PC : I prefer Liquid Nitrogen, it keeps me cool.
Kuldeep : Favorite Destination ?
PC : Under the table
Kuldeep : Well thanks alot PC. I am really grateful to you. I appreciate you taking out some time from your busy schedule.
PC : My pleasure.
Please leave your comments if you want to ask any question to Mr. PC.