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Question: Have you ever met Schwa face to face?
Asked by Mommy (65.9.142.x) on April 5 2012, 12:16pm
Reply on April 5 2012, 4:29pm:

Face to puppet? Yes of course! Comment...

Question: sexuality is the developmental outcome of one's nature, socialization, and preference. true or false?
Asked by Raheem Khan (24.90.247.x) on April 3 2012, 1:51pm
Reply on April 3 2012, 5:14pm:

Who the fuck knows, but it does seem to be largely driven by genes. Comment...

Question: The word on the street is you and Schwa are planning to implement MIDI groove quanitze & automation items VERY soon. Is it rue?
Asked by Mommy (184.32.200.x) on April 3 2012, 9:22am
Reply on April 3 2012, 5:12pm:

No REAPER scheduling questions here, see above. Comment...

Question: Why are you on facebook?
Asked by PinkAsso (208.64.185.x) on April 3 2012, 8:10am
Reply on April 3 2012, 5:12pm:

For the cat pictures. Comment...

Question: why were/are you called "the time compiler?"
Asked by poop (68.28.155.x) on April 2 2012, 1:57pm
Reply on April 2 2012, 2:13pm:

I forget, probably because of how it would flow to have that as a middle name (without 'the')... Comment...

Question: Are things like this ever going to be fixed: forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p=935898&postcount=155...
Asked by Tinny (193.198.68.x) on April 2 2012, 6:12am
Reply on April 2 2012, 2:12pm:

Yes, of course. Comment...

Question: Re MM: yours is clearer but we get the exact same result. in my example I / with factorial of 6 which is 720 etc. boring? :p
Asked by gio (94.66.72.x) on March 31 2012, 7:50pm
Reply on April 1 2012, 12:55am:

Ah yeah, oops, I didn't notice the !, it blended in as punctuation... Comment...

Question: I don't know about MM but if it were lotto it would be: 1/49 * 1/48 * 1/47 * 1/46 * 1/45 * 1/44 = 10,068,347,520 / 6! correct?
Asked by gio (94.66.72.x) on March 31 2012, 11:39am
Reply on March 31 2012, 3:14pm:

I think I made the same mistake when initially calculating the odds of MM, but the order doesn't matter (except for the last number here), so your odds would be 1 in 49/6 * 48/5 * 47/4 * 46/3 * 45/2 * 44, or 1 in about 13 million. For the first number, you have 6 chances in 49, the second number has 5 chances in 48, etc. Comment...

Question: are you going to play MegaMillions for a chance to win 1/2 billion dolla'
Asked by poop (68.28.147.x) on March 30 2012, 6:45pm
Reply on March 30 2012, 9:09pm (edited at March 30 2012, 9:28pm):

Sure, $1's worth, anyway. I originally replied with some odds calculations which were a bit off -- by my (fixed) math the odds seem to be (5/56 * 4/55 * 3/54 * 2/53 * 1/52 * 1/46), or about 1 in 175 million. Not too shabby! Comment...

Question: Why do so many developers use Macs? Writing web code and browsing are basically the same despite OS, so why pay the extra?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on March 30 2012, 4:23pm
Reply on March 30 2012, 9:01pm:

It comes preinstalled with apache, php, perl, vim, etc? Comment...

Question: what's the best organization for header includes in order to increase compilation speed?
Asked by gio (94.66.81.x) on March 27 2012, 4:16am
Reply on March 28 2012, 8:37pm:

Dunno, I've usually tried to speed up rebuilds via hardware... The pair of mac minis do a pretty good job of it now. Comment...

Question: what do you think of this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKQ3ZNQ_O8
Asked by coop (67.88.171.x) on March 26 2012, 2:33pm
Reply on March 28 2012, 8:38pm:

Errm. Comment...

Question: where [do] you live NY or SF ?
Asked by reza (91.98.82.x) on March 23 2012, 4:59pm
Reply on March 25 2012, 2:23pm:

NYC! =) Comment...

Question: Have you used XML in any of your projects?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on March 23 2012, 3:02pm
Reply on March 23 2012, 4:00pm:

I find it a pain to parse. Comment...

Question: is wdl_fft fast enough for all Reaper's FFT needs or do you use other libraries too?
Asked by olilarkin (144.32.204.x) on March 22 2012, 2:39pm
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:42pm:

Yes, though compiling it with ICC probably doesn't hurt, too. Comment...

Question: who is the boss of twitter?
Asked by rtqp (146.115.74.x) on March 22 2012, 6:57am
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:42pm (edited at March 23 2012, 4:39am):

royugo? Comment...

Question: Ever used Lisp? Any thoughts on it?
Asked by David (69.15.110.x) on March 21 2012, 2:12pm
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:42pm:

I've looked at it but never done anything meaningful with it. I've spent more time with javascript, which syntax aside reminds me of it. Comment...

Question: Thoughts? www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UvEiSa6_EPA...
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on March 21 2012, 6:24am
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:43pm:

Err, meh. I've been playing with eyewire, it's really cool. Comment...

Question: How many space is your tab space on your code editor? Or do you use the default (4 spaces)?
Asked by coop (67.88.171.x) on March 20 2012, 6:57pm
Reply on March 22 2012, 6:44pm:

2, inserted as spaces. Probably leads to bad habits (too large of functions), though. Comment...

Question: Re: prioritizing. I assume then MIDI is not high on your list, unfortunately. But it's something that needs to be improved a lot
Asked by Tinny (193.198.68.x) on March 20 2012, 9:12am
Reply on March 20 2012, 1:35pm:

It's on the list, and we'll probably address it at some point. It is all relative, though, and while you say it needs to be improved a lot, it is also quite functional. Comment...

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