Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Microsoft Bus Driver should be loaded in your system before installing Realtek HD Audio Driver

Looked into a few sources and I thought the solution could be clearer.

To fix this follow these steps

  1. Open device manager in system properties
  2. Find a PCI device in the System Devices section that has a yellow exclamation mark next to it
  3. Right click on that device and click Update Drivers. This will install UAA Audio Bus.
  4. Proceed to install Realtek HD Audio Drivers.

Excel Spreadsheet Takes 100% CPU to Open and Close

Today at work someone's excel took 5 minutes to open a 500KB .xls file. The CPU load was at 100% while opening. Same when closing. The issue was there was a lot of VB macros in that file. Every time it opens, Excel creates several *.emf files in %temp%. When I opened the temp folder, there were over 5000 *.emf files from 0 to 3KB.

To solve this problem, simply browse to the user's temp folder by typing %temp% in a run dialog box and delete all *.emf files. While you are at it, delete any file starting with "mso." Make sure Excel or any other program for that matter is closed. Since we don't want any application to be using a file that we are about to delete.

It's probably a good idea to periodically clean out the temp folder with the windows utility or manually.

Friday, April 20, 2007

To Jack Thompson

After examining the facts of the Virginia Tech shooting, I have come to the conclusion that the shooting was caused by you, Jack frakking Thompson. Not only did you not eliminate all violent video games from the world, you publicized the games in your feeble attempts at placing blame. After examining the subliminal messages you send with your TV interviews in which you covertly encourage young people to play violent video games, I have come to the conclusion that your dumb ass is directly responsible and legally liable to the events at VT.

You keep insisting that shooters train on video games but I say that it is your face that is used for target practice to video game enthusiasts. Unlike hyper-violent video games such as Counter-Strike, the hyper-violent Bust-A-Cap-In-Yo-Face is real. You most probably taught people how to enjoy shooting idiots in the face in execution style. However, there has been no attempts what so ever by your dumb ass to take your face off the surface of the planet.

Mr Jackass Thompson, pull the plug on your face today. There is more going on in the world than video games. Just ask the bereaved VT families.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

I Will Not Watch Any More Prison Break

Prison Break is a good show. I've watched it since it started. It seemed like a series that I could watch and follow the story until it ends. At the end of season 1, they escaped from the prison. I thought "YES CLOSURE!" But no! They had to miss the plane. Now one week before the season 2 finale, and with the news of a THIRD season, I refuse to watch any more of this non-sense.

Details on the serialized drama's storyline for next season are being kept under wraps, but it is understood that brothers Michael (Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln (Dominic Purcell)--who recently escaped to Panama with the FBI hot on their trail--and many of their fellow fugitives would end up back behind bars, possibly in Panama.
I got some insights for you Fox: chasing and running gets old. Can we just stop messing around and stretching the story and milking the cash cow and end the show? END IT!

Friday, March 16, 2007

How to Speak Like Captain Picard

I am sure many of you like me have always dreamed about talking AND being like Captain Picard so here's some general guidelines I've created to help you (and me).

  1. Accustom yourself to say "Engage!" and "Make it so!" when you want someone to do something.
    • Example: Friend: "Hey let's go get some In & Out! I'll drive!" You: "Make it so!"
  2. Whenever you order a drink, always append the preferred temperature.
    • Example: "Coke, cold." "Coffee, hot."
  3. Refer to your secretary/assistant/caddy as "Number One".
  4. Whenever you stand up, tug on your shirt and pull out any ruffles in it.
  5. Pronounce ER sounds as Ah.
    • Example: "The line must be drawn HEAH (here)!" [First Contact]
  6. Roll your tongue when R is before a vowel.
    • In this example we can see the use of both use of R: "What does a woman like you see in MoRRiaAHti?" [S06E12 Ship in a Bottle]
  7. A should be pronounced as AU as in "awe"
    • Example: CommAUnder Data
  8. Less nasal.

Friday, March 9, 2007

Funniest Website in The World



http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page

Bravo to those geniuses who thought of this. I salute you in your originality and sense of humor! Some of you less funny people might not catch the nuances of this site. Let me point an example so you may appreciate this site for what it is, a work of art.

Read a list of many Examples of Bias in Wikipedia.

Conservapedia is an online resource and meeting place where we favor Christianity and America.
Now do you get it? THAT is irony my friend.

Polls show that about twice as many Americans identify themselves as "conservative" compared with "liberal", and that ratio has been increasing for two decades.[1] But on Wikipedia, about three times as many editors identify themselves as "liberal" compared with "conservative".[2] That suggests Wikipedia is six times more liberal than the American public.
HAH! It is true that most of the conservatives can't manage to use a computer let alone edit an online collaborative encyclopedia.

Albert Einstein's work had nothing to do with the development of the atomic bomb, contrary to popular opinion.
I guess that e=mc^2 doesn't mean the mass differential between matter before and after a nuclear reaction doesn't equal the amount of energy released. My college professor was wrong after all! That idiot in the class was right!

Like all modern animals, modern kangaroos originated in the Middle East and are the descendants of the two founding members of the modern kangaroo baramin that were taken aboard Noah's Ark prior to the Great Flood.
Hilarious.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Da_vinci_code

I love how they got the average religious nut just right. They wrote 10 pages defuting a fictional novel. Once again I must salute you on your dedication to satyr.

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Google Associate Product Manager Intern Interviews

Last month I was interviewing for an internship at Google as an APM. Here's how it went and some questions they asked(No I didn't sign any NDA.)

The recruiter asked me for my availability for the first phone interview the week after I applied. It was surprisingly quick!

The first interview was the type of interview you'd get at most companies. "Tell me a bit about your self", "How was working at ______". Some of the better questions were "What's a good product and how would you improve it and "How many _______ do you think there are in ________", one of those estimation questions as to be expected by a tech company. The entire interview was about 35 minutes.

In the same week, I got a request for a second interview.

The second interview was a lot more interesting. I was asked some product strategy questions and logic questions: "How would you compare the quality of 3 different yellow pages type of business listings", "What are some ways that you can compress code". And the question I was prepared to answer all along "Critique a Google product".

Now began the bad part. After getting a response for the first interview after only 3-4 days, I expected the same kind of response time for the second interview. Was I wrong... 2 weeks went by, 3 weeks, I sent 3-4 emails to the recruiter and no answers.

The interviews were very easy and straight forward... nothing really technical. If you aren't dumb you should do well in the interviews. But it doesn't guarantee an internship. :)