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Question: How much of the Reaper source code do you understand and know like the palm of your hand; how much is like a "black box" ?
Asked by James (68.225.40.x) on April 3 2010, 8:06am
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:10pm:

I'd say very little is "black box", though there may be some that I know less well, the stuff written by my coworkers... But generally our styles are all close enough that it's very easy to adapt. Comment...

Question: What was the most fun moment you had in creating winamp?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on April 1 2010, 11:25pm
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:08pm:

Hmm hard to say a particular moment, but there were a lot of good times. Probably one of by best memories is one of the first shoutcast broadcasts, sitting in Tom's house in Iowa... Comment...

Question: If you want to check out Google Voice and need and invite, say so in the answer, I have some. Do you like Trader Joe's?
Asked by roberttheiii (71.235.42.x) on April 1 2010, 6:37pm
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:07pm:

I actually have one, though I rarely use it... Comment...

Question: If I built a radio station, how can I make an internet stream server of it?
Asked by dave (222.90.231.x) on March 31 2010, 10:09pm
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:07pm:

You could use the shoutcast server, and either the Winamp shoutcast dsp, or reaper_shoutcast (from landoleet.org/unreleased_plugins). Comment...

Question: In Reaper, when recording takes, it automatically splits them sometimes. What's the advantage of the automatic splitting?
Asked by spellingmastake (82.15.1.x) on March 31 2010, 12:19pm
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:06pm:

If you record a section of an item, for example if you have an item going from t=0 to t=10, and you record t=2 to t=5, then it'd need to split to add the new recording as a take. Comment...

Question: Do you own cockos 100% or do you share stock with the other 2 devs?
Asked by Poop (67.88.171.x) on March 29 2010, 7:10am
Reply on March 31 2010, 1:30am:

There are other owners, yes. Comment...

Question: How do you like to vacation or spend holidays/weekend?
Asked by Alex (83.149.3.x) on March 28 2010, 10:17am
Reply on March 31 2010, 1:30am:

It is spent updating this site, usually. :) Comment...

Question: Do you like traveling? What is your favorite places to visit?
Asked by Alex (83.149.3.x) on March 28 2010, 8:54am
Reply on March 31 2010, 1:31am:

I do like Somerset. Comment...

Question: Do you use any VoIP stuff?
Asked by roberttheiii (24.128.2.x) on March 28 2010, 6:47am
Reply on March 31 2010, 1:31am:

Not really. I haven't used many VOIP lines recently, but the latency of cell phones drives me nuts. Comment...

Question: I agree, fun, but the fact that he would not have been last amongst 400k race cars is sweet, no?
Asked by roberttheiii (71.235.42.x) on March 26 2010, 9:30pm
Reply on March 31 2010, 1:31am:

Very sweet indeed! Comment...

Question: I'll rephrase the question. What new technologies do you like and which of them will dominate in the future? (e.g. WebGL, NoSQL)
Asked by Alex (83.149.3.x) on March 26 2010, 9:19pm
Reply on March 31 2010, 1:32am:

I love multicore CPUs.. and x86_64. Ummm... I don't use WebGL or NoSQL. I like VirtualBox and virtualization in general. Comment...

Question: What do you think about new trends in software development? Can you point out some interesting of them?
Asked by Alex (83.149.3.x) on March 26 2010, 12:56pm
Reply on March 26 2010, 8:18pm:

Which new trends? Comment...

Question: "Yeah some of that is coming soon. " Freaking hell! That was too fast :) You rock! Could be cool to have MIDI scrubbing next :)
Asked by EvilDragon (78.0.66.x) on March 26 2010, 7:14am
Reply on March 26 2010, 8:18pm:

Haha maybe someday... Comment...

Question: Is this not awesome? jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-ra...
Asked by roberttheiii (67.221.94.x) on March 24 2010, 4:45pm
Reply on March 26 2010, 8:18pm:

That is, in fact, awesome. Looks like fun. Comment...

Question: Are you legally allowed, if you wanted to, to modify older winamp source code and give out the builds to your friends?
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on March 22 2010, 2:40pm
Reply on March 24 2010, 3:32pm:

No Comment...

Question: Hey J, sorry for buggering again, but... - what do you think about ReaSkin feature, explained here: tinyurl.com/yhqs2t4
Asked by EvilDragon (89.172.29.x) on March 22 2010, 7:38am
Reply on March 24 2010, 3:32pm:

Yeah some of that is coming soon. Comment...

Question: Have you ever been sued? We have similar history, and I'm sure you have been through it before; I could use some insight.
Asked by Jordan (76.25.2.x) on March 21 2010, 10:43pm
Reply on March 22 2010, 3:34am (edited at March 22 2010, 4:11am):

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Question: what do you think? goo.gl/ChfR a little pricey if you ask me.
Asked by Justin (173.55.71.x) on March 17 2010, 1:23pm
Reply on March 17 2010, 8:23pm:

Meh... I'm sure some people would find it good, but not my cup of tea, you know? Comment...

Question: Is this correct? www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.html...
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on March 16 2010, 11:22pm
Reply on March 17 2010, 8:23pm:

Cute. Comment...

Question: Any tips where to begin porting Jesusonic to iphoneOS - jailbreak, unix/linux, audiounits?
Asked by Optimo (75.74.212.x) on March 16 2010, 7:59am
Reply on March 17 2010, 8:23pm:

No idea. AudioUnits are used for the full duplex, I know. Porting EEL2 to ARM would be a pain. Comment...

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