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Ask Justin Frankel No reasonable question unanswered since 2009! Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc. Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead. Name: Ask: Human (enter yes): [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

Question: Are you a fan of reusable containers, (Nalgene, Insulated coffee cups) if so, brand and types? Asked by roberttheiii (71.235.42.x) on February 19 2010, 7:44am Reply on February 20 2010, 8:23pm: Not really. I used to use the nalgene ones in highschool (they also made great containers for fluid-suspension egg drop devices), but these days with all the talk about BPA or whatever, I dunno. I'm a big fan of my home reverse osmosis filter, though. I like camelback type things (the newer ones especially), too... for bike riding and skiing. Comment... Question: What do you think of Ken Silverman (dude that wrote the Duke Nukem 3D engine at age 17 back in mid 90s) Asked by Gangsta (67.88.171.x) on February 19 2010, 7:04am Reply on February 20 2010, 8:21pm: DN3D was awesome! Don't know much about Ken Silverman, but respect. Comment... Question: Will you describe the algorithm for the "About Winamp / Winamp" tab effect? Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on February 18 2010, 9:43pm Reply on February 20 2010, 8:21pm: I forget exactly.. probably should ask Christophe that since he probably did it anyway... Comment... Question: what is WASTE? besides that which is placed into the canister under my kitchen skink? Asked by andrew (24.56.204.x) on February 18 2010, 8:31pm Reply on February 20 2010, 8:17pm: The one referred to is #4 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_(disambiguation) Comment... Question: Just curious, do you have a routine to relax after a day of coding? Like read a couple chapters, watch episodes from a box set ? Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.82.x) on February 18 2010, 8:05pm Reply on February 20 2010, 8:16pm: I do like reading.. and comedy. The last series we watched was "It's always sunny in philadelphia", which was very funny (highly recommended). Comment... Question: How much can you bench press? Asked by Poop (66.184.76.x) on February 18 2010, 7:50pm Reply on February 20 2010, 8:15pm: I have no idea. Probably more than 50lbs. Comment... Question: how skin engines work (skincrafter)? are they redesign controls or they just paint them? Asked by ruchira (202.129.234.x) on February 18 2010, 7:20pm Reply on February 20 2010, 8:15pm: Usually I think people usually make entirely new controls (usually not as separate HWNDs). Generally using a HWND for everything is bad -- HWNDs are global user objects, and you can run out of them. That and they aren't properly composited, usually.. Comment... Question: If AOL (whomever) agreed WASTE was open source and that they were wrong, would you consider a revisit, or is it a bore? Asked by roberttheiii (67.221.94.x) on February 18 2010, 11:28am Reply on February 20 2010, 8:13pm: Sure, I'd work on it again in that instance... Comment... Question: will this form work today? i submitted a question yesterday, but the form did not process the information. Asked by andrew (24.56.204.x) on February 18 2010, 10:51am Reply on February 20 2010, 8:13pm: Apparently so. Comment... Question: Any plans to revisit WASTE? We've been running v1 for years. Asked by JackSpratts (64.252.24.x) on February 17 2010, 8:21pm Reply on February 18 2010, 8:48am: I guess I need to add searching to this site.. anyway, no. :) Comment... Question: Would you consider selling Cockos as your did Nullsoft if the price were right? If not, why? Asked by Jimmy (24.234.128.x) on February 17 2010, 12:13pm Reply on February 17 2010, 3:29pm: Not at this point. If at some point I was wanting to do something else -- a point which may come someday but who knows when -- then I would consider it. Why not? Because money is money, and once you have more that a certain amount it loses its ability to improve your quality of life. Comment... Question: If you could go back in time Bill and Ted style, what would you tell the you from 2004 regarding Reaper? Asked by James (68.225.40.x) on February 17 2010, 10:46am Reply on February 17 2010, 3:33pm: That's a great question. I was going to list off a list of things that I had spent days banging my head on the wall over (such as "gcc by default doesn't align doubles in structs very well"), but I can't think of many others. I know there were some, primarily relating to OS X porting. I guess the biggest helpful thing would have been to support multi-project sooner rather than later. A ton of stuff had to be broken/fixed in order to support having multiple projects open at the same time, and had it been planned-in, it would have been a lot easier (at minimal cost). We still need to do multiple projects visible at the same time, too... Comment... Question: Ok, what was the most difficult technical / programming related component to crafting a mp3 decoder? Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on February 17 2010, 8:42am Reply on February 17 2010, 3:35pm (edited at February 17 2010, 3:36pm): Actually MMX optimizations were probably the most annoying -- porting stuff that used the FPU in all of its glorious precision to use limited range integer SIMD registers, while still maintaining ISO compatibility. Oh, if only SSE2 had been there. Comment... Question: specifically, why only 1-2 members have to carry the whole network and no one else can direct-connect? thanks! Asked by hanna (68.209.179.x) on February 16 2010, 6:44am Reply on February 17 2010, 5:49am: I'd check to make sure the other members have public IPs and/or ports open. If the latter, and they are behind NAT, you can configure WASTE with their public IPs so that other hosts know what IP to contact them on. If I remember correctly... Comment... Question: is there a place i may be able to get tech help for a long-running (7 years +) WASTE mesh? Asked by hanna (68.209.179.x) on February 16 2010, 5:39am Reply on February 17 2010, 5:48am: Not really. Comment... Question: I have visited your site off and on. Its nice things r still the same. U dress the same & seem modest. Even after good fortune Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.82.x) on February 15 2010, 10:25pm Reply on February 17 2010, 5:48am: (not question) Comment... Question: You bike 15 minutes to work? So you live in SF (downtown area?) Asked by Gangsta (67.88.171.x) on February 15 2010, 11:43am Reply on February 17 2010, 5:47am: SF is pretty small, yes. Comment... Question: Do you find it hard to avoid distractions like RSS, Twitter, news.google, etc..? Asked by mgomes (75.38.129.x) on February 15 2010, 7:07am Reply on February 17 2010, 5:47am: Not really, no. Things relating to my work, like our forums, those are moreso... Comment... Question: how much time do you spend working in front of a computer screen each day? how to relieve eye strain? Asked by andrew (24.56.204.x) on February 14 2010, 1:35pm Reply on February 14 2010, 7:57pm: It ends up being many hours.. but I try and usually am good about breaking up the hours into shorter chunks.. Comment... Question: what do you think of this? goo.gl/cmax it looks like something you would be interested in making. Asked by Justin (173.55.71.x) on February 14 2010, 1:34pm Reply on February 14 2010, 7:57pm: Cute.. but meh, tactile controllers = win. Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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