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Question: plus.google.com/102791012338366239...you?
Asked by foofoo (79.160.213.x) on August 6 2011, 11:29am
Reply on August 6 2011, 4:27pm:

Not that I know of, unless G+ automatically goes and makes profiles from google accounts... Comment...

Question: un fucking believable... Guy gets his ass kicked and becomes a Math Genius bit.ly/mzRiOh - thoughts?
Asked by AnalSeducer (76.103.105.x) on August 5 2011, 5:09am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:55pm:

Crazy. Though not sure why it says we can't accurately predict pi... Comment...

Question: Were you required to "vest in peace" at AOL after the acquisition in order to get a certain full amount? or could you have quit
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on August 5 2011, 1:07am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:56pm:

No, but I had a contract that I didn't want to walk away from like so many assholes do. You know who you are. No honor. Comment...

Question: Do Reaper's licence keys support Unicode or just ASCII charset? For example, Croatian letters �đčć�. (I hope you see these.)
Asked by EvilDragon (78.3.233.x) on August 4 2011, 7:44pm
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:57pm:

In theory REAPER treats them as UTF-8, but where we get the strings from the purchasing system, not sure how they end up... Comment...

Question: What do you use for that effects on Reaper 4 spash screen? OpenGL?
Asked by Stromboli (161.148.171.x) on August 4 2011, 11:56am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:57pm:

LICE. :) Comment...

Question: Re: huge browser project. What programming languages/technologies you're going to use in this project?
Asked by asafonov (178.176.9.x) on August 4 2011, 6:33am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:57pm:

I'm not. Comment...

Question: Are you using a web hosting control panel for your linux servers or you do everything manual?
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on August 4 2011, 4:56am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:58pm:

I use the AWS console for setting the VMs up and taking snapshots etc, but for running actual servers I use the command line, apt-get, vi, etc. Oh and mysql for creating tables and such. Comment...

Question: Congratulations on Reaper son we are all proud whats next for team Llama? Did you finish the program in the UK? Or are you back?
Asked by AnalSeducer (76.103.105.x) on August 4 2011, 3:01am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:58pm:

More REAPER 4.0x. Yeah I've been back for months. Comment...

Question: Oops, didn't type grls something went wrong with the keyboard. So at some point reaper.fm was really slow. blame CSS or traffic?
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on August 3 2011, 11:12pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:20am:

Too much traffic. Moved the downloads to amazon's CDN and that took care of it. The CPU use on the server was low, but it was pushing over 90mbps. Comment...

Question: Congrats for the official REAPER 4 release! So after a major release is there a special celebration? grls/alcohol/cigars unameit
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on August 3 2011, 9:50pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:20am:

A second coffee for the day... Comment...

Question: Not into knowing how much $ you have. But I am curious, did you dump AOL stock as soon as you could? Or do you still have some?
Asked by AnalSeducer (76.103.105.x) on August 3 2011, 9:30pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:21am:

I got rid of a lot of it, yeah, but not all. I still have some TWC/TWX, I think. Stock that is all gains is really good to donate, too. Comment...

Question: what do you do with all your money? investment? stocks? or keeping it in the bank/credit union?
Asked by stench (68.28.147.x) on August 3 2011, 8:14pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:22am:

*me eyes his mattress* Seriously though, diversity is good. Comment...

Question: Do you use a control surface in your own studio? If so, what is it?
Asked by Mick (88.89.32.x) on August 3 2011, 5:51pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:22am:

Not regularly. Other than the mouse, or reaper_www + netbook. Comment...

Question: it's a dynamic tempo/beat detection engine published by zplane
Asked by jons (67.170.71.x) on August 2 2011, 10:58pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:22am:

Ah. Yeah I haven't used it. Comment...

Question: Ever think about making an html5 audio api that doesn't suck? Or if you know of one that doesn't, suck can you tell me?
Asked by Ray Day (24.63.81.x) on August 2 2011, 8:55pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:22am:

I abhor the idea of working on a huge browser project. Comment...

Question: Wow, getting a lot of questions from new people lately huh? what high bitrate mp3 settings are you pleased with? 320kbps? LAME?
Asked by AnalSeducer (76.103.105.x) on August 2 2011, 5:50pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:22am:

192kbps LAME and above is fine by me. Comment...

Question: Do you think the popularity of smartphones and tablets might kill the PC market and open source content?
Asked by Mihai (204.19.199.x) on August 2 2011, 1:55pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:22am:

Nah, PCs are awesome. Comment...

Question: Do you use any kind of automated testing for Reaper development ? (like CppUnit).
Asked by Geoffroy (80.12.110.x) on August 2 2011, 9:54am
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:23am:

No. Comment...

Question: Why Llamas and not Alpacas?
Asked by German Fafian (80.254.147.x) on August 2 2011, 6:08am
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:23am:

Llamas loosely include Alpacas. Comment...

Question: So, it's August, 1st, where is promised REAPER v4.0? I can't wait to buy it!
Asked by vadymmykh (84.123.120.x) on August 1 2011, 3:28pm
Reply on August 1 2011, 6:18pm:

It's almost done, just getting some little finishing things done.. this week, for sure. Comment...

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