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Question: Speaking of Valentine One, mine was stolen along with my 1999 Honda Civic SI :( Did you steal my car, Justin?
Asked by Poop (66.184.76.x) on February 1 2010, 8:02pm
Reply on February 1 2010, 8:24pm:

No, but sorry to hear you had a car stolen. I've never had that (lucky for me). Comment...

Question: Why marriage rather than co-habitation?
Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on February 1 2010, 6:23pm
Reply on February 1 2010, 8:24pm:

What, you mean vs living in SIN? There are many perks, one of which is being able to say "wife". And also what it means, too... Comment...

Question: Are you a fan and/or user of the Valentine One (Radar/Laser detector)?
Asked by roberttheiii (67.221.94.x) on February 1 2010, 4:07pm
Reply on February 1 2010, 8:23pm:

I used to be. I rarely drive much anymore, and when I do it's usually in the city (where it's easy not to accidentally go too fast)... Comment...

Question: Have been already contacted by Steinberg or Cakewalk to join their teams ?
Asked by fredv (195.6.68.x) on February 1 2010, 9:02am
Reply on February 1 2010, 8:23pm:

Nah.. I think they know there'd be no reason for us to do that. Comment...

Question: How to add tab key support for a controls of window? ( changing keyboard focus)
Asked by ruchira (203.115.29.x) on January 31 2010, 11:13pm
Reply on February 1 2010, 8:22pm:

I'd make the window a dialog, then it's largely handled for you (via IsDialogMessage()). Comment...

Question: what mp3 streaming server do you suggest for a website using their own flash player with playlist?
Asked by justin (173.55.71.x) on January 31 2010, 7:56pm
Reply on February 1 2010, 8:22pm:

Dunno.. apache? For live streaming, our WDL includes some PHP script that acts as a live streamer... of course I haven't tested scaling too far. Comment...

Question: Do you think in large teams of devs it's usually 1 or 2 people doing most of the heavy lifting and everyone else coasting?
Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on January 31 2010, 6:35pm
Reply on February 1 2010, 8:21pm:

I haven't been in that large of a dev team, but it sounds reasonable enough. Comment...

Question: Have you ever talked with any other major DAW developers, and can you imagine making a DAW with 20+ people?
Asked by James (68.225.40.x) on January 30 2010, 12:41am
Reply on January 31 2010, 5:47pm:

Not programmers, but people at their organizations, yes. 20 people working on anything, bleh, sounds like a pain in the ass to me... Comment...

Question: ninjam was the first thing that came to mind for me
Asked by Justin (173.55.71.x) on January 29 2010, 7:30pm
Reply on January 31 2010, 5:48pm:

Likewise! Comment...

Question: did you see www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/29/video-eight-musicians-from-around-... ?
Asked by Justin (173.55.71.x) on January 29 2010, 2:07pm
Reply on January 29 2010, 3:51pm:

Nice.. wonder how they did it (ninjam? send mp3s or oggs around?) Comment...

Question: Are you going to continue working on snapease? If so are you going to release the source? Please add more features....
Asked by Gangsta (67.88.171.x) on January 29 2010, 12:47pm
Reply on January 29 2010, 3:52pm:

Yeah, when I find things I need.. thinking maybe color correction stuff. It is already open source. Comment...

Question: How to edit an .mp3 file to show lyrics in iPhone::iPod?
Asked by Dave (222.90.231.x) on January 28 2010, 5:46pm
Reply on January 28 2010, 9:50pm:

No idea on this one... I didn't even know it was possible. Comment...

Question: How many mbits?
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on January 28 2010, 11:13am
Reply on January 28 2010, 9:50pm:

More than a few. Comment...

Question: How much is your monthly bandwidth cost?
Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on January 27 2010, 5:46pm
Reply on January 27 2010, 6:25pm:

about $45/mbit. Comment...

Question: approx what percentage of questions do you receive here do you answer?
Asked by andrew (24.56.204.x) on January 27 2010, 1:07pm
Reply on January 27 2010, 6:25pm:

approx 100%. I don't always give terribly insightful responses, though. Comment...

Question: When you rich, do you buy a house right out or mortgage it?
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on January 26 2010, 2:24pm
Reply on January 27 2010, 12:31pm:

I think you'd have to weight what the interest of a mortgage would be vs what you could earn with that money, factoring into account any tax deductions you get for paying interest on your house... Comment...

Question: How much do you sleep a night? Is it consistent from night to night?
Asked by sneezy (67.250.114.x) on January 25 2010, 6:25pm
Reply on January 27 2010, 12:31pm:

8-10 hours or so usually. I've been trying for consistency, but it isn't quite what I'd like it to be. Comment...

Question: i tried to reduce exe size by removing crt! How to overcome _fltused link error? (Vs2005)
Asked by ruchira (125.214.169.x) on January 25 2010, 6:19pm
Reply on January 27 2010, 12:32pm:

Don't use floating point math... Generally I use VC6 that way I can just link with msvcrt.dll (which is available on all systems win95b+). Comment...

Question: Do you and your wife usually go on trips spontaneously? You have pics from many cities. Loved the Coors/statue of liberty pic ha
Asked by AnalSeducer (70.237.155.x) on January 25 2010, 2:15pm
Reply on January 27 2010, 12:32pm:

Nah usually we plan things. Comment...

Question: i wrote software that i'd like to sell to some companies, but have no idea what they would pay. any ideas how to price it?
Asked by tacotime (170.146.20.x) on January 25 2010, 12:05pm
Reply on January 25 2010, 2:06pm:

Completely talking out my ass while I wait for a fsck to finish: I guess you have to figure out why they'd want to buy it, and what kind of cost would be justified by the potential upside for them. That'd be your high bound. Then the low bound would be the minimum you need to sustain it as a business. If your low bound is above the high bound, you're in trouble... Comment...

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