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Question: Your take on this? www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html
Asked by poop (75.119.11.x) on June 4 2011, 5:17am
Reply on June 4 2011, 2:58pm:

The short answer: I think people working on things need to use and want to use that thing every day, and be good at their jobs, and be good at communicating. Comment...

Question: What's your middle name?
Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on June 4 2011, 4:42am
Reply on June 28 2011, 12:27am:

Danger. Comment...

Question: are you still interested in reaper development like in the beginning or are you actually focusing on other plans?
Asked by diego (186.18.24.x) on June 3 2011, 9:18pm
Reply on June 4 2011, 2:57pm:

I am quite interested, though as of late I've been looking at reducing our power consumption and some other fun stuff too... but REAPER is still the biggest single focus. Comment...

Question: Do you think Carmack would be impressed by AVS, or think it was a novice invention?
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on June 3 2011, 2:39am
Reply on June 4 2011, 2:56pm:

He'd probably think some of it was trivial, and other parts cute, and hopefully some of the more amazing AVS presets would be impressive (I'm looking at you, Unconed heh). Comment...

Question: What all do you have running on EC2 now?
Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on June 1 2011, 4:04pm
Reply on June 2 2011, 12:14am:

Web/dns/forums/etc so far. It works nicely! Comment...

Question: What do you think about the ideas in Jurassic Park (bringing dinausor to life) ? do you think it will be possible one day ?
Asked by BensBens (109.208.153.x) on May 31 2011, 7:02am
Reply on June 2 2011, 12:15am:

I very much enjoyed the book, not so much the movie. Yeah, it might happen, though I have my doubts as to whether DNA survives that long... Comment...

Question: Can a one-man show sustain himself if he offers his product as uncrippled trialware if it's popular enough? Do people pay up?
Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on May 30 2011, 7:06pm
Reply on May 30 2011, 10:12pm:

People definitely pay up if the product is good and the price reasonable. I'd guess (judging by my gut and ballparks we've made but not any recent analysis) the percentage of serious users who use it at least a few times a week who purchase licenses is in the double digit percentages. Comment...

Question: If I'm writing a network app with winsock, how can I code a bandwidth limit throttle?
Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on May 28 2011, 8:06pm
Reply on May 28 2011, 10:46pm:

if sending using send(), track how much you've sent in the last X seconds (maybe keep a rolling count), and don't send if that counter is over its limit. Same goes for receive, mostly... Comment...

Question: Do you read stuff like this? www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on May 27 2011, 6:22pm
Reply on May 28 2011, 10:45pm:

Not in a very long time, no. The last CPU which I knew anything about the cache structure and logic was probably the P5... Comment...

Question: What is your take on CMMI? Will Cockos ever adopt it? What is the current process at Cockos? Is it related to Cowboy coding?
Asked by Michael (78.52.211.x) on May 27 2011, 2:13am
Reply on May 28 2011, 10:44pm:

Probably not. We are very much driven by wanting to do good things, and wanting to enjoy doing good things, and things like CMMI probably aren't that enjoyable. Comment...

Question: What's about llama ?
Asked by BensBen (83.197.48.x) on May 26 2011, 2:12pm
Reply on May 28 2011, 10:44pm:

I like llamas. The idea of llamas. Comment...

Question: What do you think about Con Kolvias's work on the linux kernel ?
Asked by BensBen (83.197.48.x) on May 26 2011, 12:46pm
Reply on May 28 2011, 10:43pm:

I haven't paid too much attention to the kernel scheduling drama, but I also haven't noticed any real problems with linux's desktop performance... so ... yeah. Comment...

Question: This is Pimppp bit.ly/kAGX8O where were you when you took this picture?
Asked by AnalSeducer (76.103.105.x) on May 22 2011, 11:52pm
Reply on May 25 2011, 10:55pm (edited at May 25 2011, 10:56pm):

I forget, but somewhere in the sacramento river delta or san francisco or san pablo bay, after the delta ditch run. Such a long day, but it was fun. Comment...

Question: what adds value to a software product in yho?
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on May 22 2011, 7:48am
Reply on May 25 2011, 10:57pm:

I'd say that software that is used extensively by its developers is a good start... Comment...

Question: Are you back in the states yet? If yes did you have a blast? If not back yet, are you having a blast? haha
Asked by AnalSeducer (71.204.134.x) on May 21 2011, 4:06pm
Reply on May 25 2011, 10:57pm:

Not back yet, but have a cold, so I'm wiped out. Comment...

Question: What makes you angry? Are you a quiet guy when you're mad, or outspoken?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on May 20 2011, 4:14pm
Reply on May 25 2011, 10:57pm:

It depends I guess. I do go on loud rants sometimes... Comment...

Question: who is my gilrfriend
Asked by antoo (58.26.203.x) on May 18 2011, 7:17am
Reply on May 20 2011, 10:02am:

I dunno Comment...

Question: You said to contact your email about a business idea? How do I get it?
Asked by Chad (24.166.157.x) on May 17 2011, 7:21pm
Reply on May 20 2011, 10:02am:

my first name at the company I work for dot com. Of course you'd probably be better off just posting it here : "is this a good idea? xxx" Comment...

Question: Did you evaluate mercurial at all?
Asked by James (24.234.128.x) on May 17 2011, 5:30pm
Reply on May 20 2011, 10:03am:

No. Comment...

Question: Have you tried Unzbin? For $11/mth unlimited everything from Astraweb, Unzbin makes every day like Christmas again, safer. :-)
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on May 17 2011, 2:48pm
Reply on May 20 2011, 10:03am:

Nice, but I dont download much these days. Comment...

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