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Tim Geithner as U.S. Treasury Secretary

Was it the news that the current president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank would be Obama’s new money man that saw the market close up by almost 7% or was it just a fluke?

WSJ has the details…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation began calling Geithner confidants this week, starting a vetting process of getting Fed veteran in place almost as soon as Mr. Obama is inaugurated the 44th president.

Picking Mr. Geithner gives the new administration someone with a deep, personal experience of handling the crisis. He was central to the government-backed sale of Bear Stearns Cos. in March, the talks before the failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in September, and the rescue of American International Group Inc. days later. For some, that also may be grounds for criticism.

The decision for the Obama administration rested partly on the question of what the new president wants from his Treasury secretary, and also how much the appointment needs to represent the campaign’s promised “change.” Mr. Geithner, young and relatively little-known, in some ways is a break from the recent past. But his role in this year’s bailout complicates that picture.

tim geithner photoMany had thought (including myself) that Lawrence Summers would be tapped for the top job, but he will be joining the administration as well, albeit it in a senior advisory role. It was probably questions about his management style and that controversy about him questioning female aptitude for math and sciences that ultimately denied him the catbird seat. Many of you know this, but Geithner is the one pictured above with the full head of hair. Ben Bernanke, the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, is the other guy. Fun fact, Obama is only 14 days older than Geithner. Both were born in August 1961, which makes both 47 years old.

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Skype Problem with Audio Playback - Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

After writing about shutdown problem in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10, now I found another problem with my Skype. I have Logitech Quickcam E 3500 installed, and previously there is no problem with Ubuntu Hardy Heron. The problem comes from the microphone, everytime I try to call someone or Skype call test, there is a message “Problem with Audio Playback“.

Then, I found a solutions for my problem, execute all of this command on your terminal, here we go:

  • killall pulseaudio
  • sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
  • sudo apt-get install esound
  • sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio

Skype Problem with Audio Playback - Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

That’s it! Reboot the system and tada…. now I can solve Skype problem on Interpid Ibex. Do you have same problem? I hope this tutorial will help you. If you need more references about your problem, you can go to Ubuntu Forums right here.


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Solved! Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Shutdown Problem

Last week, I tried to upgrading my Ubuntu Hardy Heron into Intrepid Ibex, latest release of Ubuntu. After all upgrade process complete, I check all applications which I often use, I don’t want to have trouble with those apps, since they like my private secretary for my jobs.

Thanks god, it seems my Intrepid Ibex runs well, then I tried to shutdown and the problems finally I appear. I can’t turn off my PC, this must be quiet annoying. After browsing in Ubuntu forums and other sites, I finally have a solution for this problem.

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Shutdown ProblemThe solution is so simple, just turn off your network connection before you turn off your PC. The icon is in right corner of your screen, right click and unbox “Enable Networking” option. Then you should make your PC sleep now. Of course this is only temporary solution, we hope Ubuntu team can quickly solved this bugs, so all Ubuntu user can shutdown, restart or hibernate their PC normally. How about you? Do you have another experience with Intrepid Ibex?

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The Emmy Awards 2008 Winners and Pictures

Hollywood already celebrate 60th Emmy Awards, Curious about Emmy Winners? Here I give you complete list Emmy 2008 winners:

Mad Men, 30 Rock and John Adams all picked up series awards with Recount being named the best made-for-TV movie.

The Best Actor awards went to Bryan Cranston (Drama), Alec Baldwin (Comedy),
The Best Actress awards went to Glenn Close (Drama), Tina Fey (Comedy),
Best Supporting Actor: Zeljko Ivanek (Drama), Jeremy Piven (Comedy), Tom Wilkinson (Mini series or Movie).

Best Supporting Actress, Dianne Wiest (Drama), Jean Smart (Comedy), Eileen Atkins (Mini series or Movie).

Best Director Awards, Arlene Sanford and Greg Yaitanes (Drama), Barry Sonenfeld (Comedy), Jay Roach (Mini series or Movie).

Best Guest Actor, Glynn Turman (Drama), Tim Conway (Comedy), Paul Giamatti (Mini series or Movie).
Best Guest Actress, Cynthia Nixon (Drama), Kathryn Joosten (Comedy), Laura Linney (Mini series or Movie).

Best Reality Competition Programme: ‘The Amazing Race.’

Best Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program: Jeff Probst, ‘Survivor.’

Best Reality Series: ‘Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.’

Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series: ‘The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,’ Comedy Central.

Best Variety, Music or Comedy Special: ‘Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project.’

Honorary Emmy: Tom Smothers.

Best Animated Programme (Less Than One Hour): ‘The Simpsons: Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind.’

Best Animated Programme (One Hour or More): ‘Imaginationland: South Park.’

How about some Emmy Awards pictures? You can go here. Watch and enjoy….

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Panin Bank Website Hacked

This morning I got a message from someone in forums, he stated that Panin Bank Indonesia Website has been hacked. Then I go to Panin Website http://www.panin.co.id and here is the screenshot:

I’m not sure whether this is just “regular” defaced action or any other motives which can hurt Niaga Management and their customers. If I’m not mistake, this is the second time for this year, Indonesian Bank websites has been hacked after Bank Niaga several months ago. I hope Niaga Management can quickly responded to this problem.

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