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Question: Have you played around with mobile device (IOS/Android) programming at all? Thoughts?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on February 25 2012, 1:27am
Reply on February 26 2012, 8:24pm:

Yeah, I've done some iOS stuff.. it's not bad, just pretty tedious. The main thing keeping me from it now is that to target iOS5 you seem to have to use Xcode4, which is probably the most frustrating experience I've had lately. Comment...

Question: is justin bieber actually real
Asked by jason (107.2.187.x) on February 23 2012, 7:18am
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:26pm:

Youtube seems to think he exists... Comment...

Question: les paul or strat
Asked by stumpbroke1 (67.166.148.x) on February 22 2012, 4:52pm
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:26pm:

Strat, but there are always things to appreciate about all guitars, really. Comment...

Question: Hi Justin! I have a wav file with Note C (guitar sample) and I want to change it to C#. How to implement it in code?
Asked by asafonov (79.104.2.x) on February 22 2012, 11:00am
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:28pm:

If you don't mind changing the length, you could use WDL_Resampler to adjust the rate, i.e. rs.SetRates(srate,srate*pow(2.0,-1.0/12.0)).. There would be a lot of code to read/write .wav files, etc, though. If you want to keep the length the same, you could use SoundTouch and use a pitch adjustment of a similar amount. Comment...

Question: Have you ever listened to any Humble Pie? If not you have to check out the Eat It Album!!
Asked by HE-MAN (66.61.105.x) on February 22 2012, 2:13am
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:28pm:

I haven't, but I will. Comment...

Question: Have you ever, for any reason, wish you wouldn't have sold Nullsoft to AOL?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on February 21 2012, 12:18am
Reply on February 21 2012, 2:15pm:

I'm sure at some point, probably in a stupor, I have thought that, but the vast majority of the time I am thankful for the events that occurred. Comment...

Question: Did Tag actually rewrite shoutcast, or just make minor mods on your code?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on February 20 2012, 6:15am
Reply on February 20 2012, 5:20pm:

I believe there were very extensive mods.. Shoutcast was probably my first real network server thingy... and thus was pretty lousy (albeit functional) initially. Comment...

Question: I have to ask... What�s the perception you have of Portugal and the Portuguese. No need being polited!
Asked by THe_Portuguese (217.129.147.x) on February 19 2012, 7:51pm
Reply on February 19 2012, 9:31pm:

I don't have any real perception, I've never been, but would like to go, though I suppose I should learn some Portuguese first... Comment...

Question: As an old Win32-head, how did you approach OSX programming? What did you try to learn first?
Asked by Rodrigo (187.112.250.x) on February 18 2012, 7:44pm
Reply on February 18 2012, 11:40pm:

Probably the biggest help would be getting comfortable with objective C's syntax, and getting used to things like [obj isKindOfClass:[NSWhatever class]] and [obj respondsToSelector:@selector(doesSomething:)] and so on. Then you learn some basic cocoa stuff, and spend ages digging through the awful documentation to figure out how to do what you want to do. I liked it so little, I made sure that I'd never have to do it again (hence SWELL wrapping the cocoa). Comment...

Question: When dealing with large changes in a system, do you prefer a gradual change or a hard switchover? (postgres > mongodb for me)
Asked by neuman (184.152.73.x) on February 17 2012, 9:49pm
Reply on February 18 2012, 12:11am:

Gradual when possible, for sure... Comment...

Question: I run out of cool names for servers. Would you help with a few suggestions? make it geeky and/or cocky :)
Asked by gio (94.66.16.x) on February 17 2012, 5:47pm
Reply on February 18 2012, 12:11am:

Characters from your favorite movies are always good. Comment...

Question: Do you ever get annoyed with comentaries in Reaper forums with critics to options you make with the software?
Asked by Curiosity (89.180.54.x) on February 17 2012, 11:49am
Reply on February 18 2012, 12:12am:

Yeah, hearing criticism from other people can be tough; sometimes you get good stuff from it though, and the rest you mostly need to brush off... Comment...

Question: sorry.. another q... how do you resize a window in swell?
Asked by olilarkin (144.32.204.x) on February 15 2012, 12:40pm
Reply on February 15 2012, 7:00pm:

SetWindowPos()? Comment...

Question: any tips for compiling eel2 on OSX? forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=96874 thanks
Asked by olilarkin (86.13.97.x) on February 15 2012, 8:50am
Reply on February 15 2012, 7:00pm:

Answered (don't include asm-*.c in your project). :) Comment...

Question: I would like to ask you several questions about your participation to Gnutella, for my ending studies project. Tks
Asked by NaigJ (78.223.11.x) on February 13 2012, 1:20pm
Reply on February 13 2012, 5:34pm:

Sure, you can post here or email. Comment...

Question: Hi Justin, have you ever been to Romania? If not, do you have any intentions to visit it?
Asked by Julian (89.35.166.x) on February 13 2012, 10:30am
Reply on February 13 2012, 5:35pm:

I haven't.. I wouldn't mind, I believe I am descended partly from there... Comment...

Question: imgur.com/bG6iq nice shadow to emphasize the Z order relationship... Where should I look for similar functionality?
Asked by gio (94.66.83.x) on February 12 2012, 9:02pm
Reply on February 13 2012, 12:15am (edited at February 13 2012, 2:16am):

That is done using LICE_GradientRect().. Or maybe it's an overlayed image, I forget (it can be either depending on the theme) Comment...

Question: default value of pointer to struct is always zero! why?
Asked by ruchira (175.157.40.x) on February 11 2012, 4:09am
Reply on February 11 2012, 3:38pm:

Hmm, it is? Comment...

Question: linked loader implementation for images of LICE is cool! Is it your idea?
Asked by ruchira (111.223.171.x) on February 11 2012, 3:06am
Reply on February 11 2012, 3:38pm:

Yeah, though I doubt it is original... also, sometimes depending on how things are build the linker fails to call the constructor for the registration objects, sadly... Comment...

Question: Do you ever get annoyed with sexism towards men, or do you think men's rights groups are all just whiny misogynists
Asked by Neil (86.17.97.x) on February 10 2012, 6:49pm
Reply on February 11 2012, 1:17am:

No, I don't think we can really complain, we've had it so good... Comment...

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