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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: I just tried the ReaNINJAM plugin. I tried to open the clipsort file and it crashes the machine as it tries to convert to wav. Asked by foweler (67.182.179.x) on February 23 2010, 5:37pm Reply on February 25 2010, 3:14pm: hmm did it give you a crash address or report of some sort? Comment... Question: In re reusable containers: Check out Insulated Klean Kanteens. Do you dig it? I love mine. Asked by roberttheiii (71.235.42.x) on February 21 2010, 8:29am Reply on February 25 2010, 3:13pm: Nifty, I'll have to try em Comment... Question: Isn't that the beauty of a computer centric job you love though? Doing it on a beach someplace? Asked by roberttheiii (71.235.42.x) on February 21 2010, 5:50am Reply on February 25 2010, 3:13pm: Sand in the keyboard though... Comment... Question: For coding, Are you doing 2hrs & 1 hr off, 4 reps a day? Hundred Dollar Baby haha! I been on X-files from season 1 shits good! Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.82.x) on February 20 2010, 10:13pm Reply on February 25 2010, 3:13pm: Haha re HDB. I liked that X-files episode where there's a sci-fi writer who's interviewing them, and you get to hear things from multiple people's point of view.. Good stuff. I'm on the code when I can, and run around doing other stuff (like getting coffee) much of the day too.. Comment... Question: What kind of TVs do you have? Any LED-LCD? Asked by Will (68.96.206.x) on February 19 2010, 11:58pm Reply on February 20 2010, 8:24pm: Plasma and a CRT. Kickin' it oldschool 2002. Comment... Question: How many vacation trips you taken this year and total for last year? Asked by Gangsta (67.88.171.x) on February 19 2010, 10:16am Reply on February 20 2010, 8:23pm (edited at February 20 2010, 8:24pm): I think just one last year.. quite a few travel-to-see-family trips, though, but they don't really count as vacation. I'm bad about it, though -- even when we take a vacation I end up working most of it. Comment... 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... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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