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Question: Why is international business transactions such a painful class?
Asked by roberttheiii (67.221.94.x) on April 21 2010, 5:56pm
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:10pm:

I guess it is not fun then? Comment...

Question: Regarding MAD mp3 decoder, is int computation it employs on x86 better/faster than using floats?
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on April 21 2010, 3:04pm
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:10pm:

Faster, maybe... "better", doubtful (since usually mp3 decoding is defined as being correct or incorrect). Comment...

Question: do you consider alan lippman the streaming media inventor? goo.gl/6lr6
Asked by justin (173.55.71.x) on April 20 2010, 3:25pm
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:11pm:

I don't really think about it, but OK... Comment...

Question: Have you learned much from the programmers you have worked on projects with (Tom, rOn, etc.)
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on April 20 2010, 1:23pm
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:11pm:

Hard to say what has been learned from who, but I have definitely learned a lot in the last 10 years. Comment...

Question: "Justin's Gay Radio" hahah... Do you have any audio clips floating around of it? 98' everything was so new RIP 33.6 U.S robotics
Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.75.x) on April 20 2010, 11:23am
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:11pm:

No. Maybe I can find a playlist of it somewhere. Comment...

Question: Justin's Gay Radio (from '98-99 or so) was great. Got any recent streams?
Asked by Len H (76.115.168.x) on April 20 2010, 12:44am
Reply on April 20 2010, 9:47am:

Not really, occasionally I stream stuff I'm mixing but that's about it. Comment...

Question: ( tinyurl.com/cfefyu ). Are you using similar methods to achieve REAPER's portability or you do your own black magic?
Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on April 19 2010, 6:05am
Reply on April 20 2010, 9:50am:

We do some of these things, but not others. For us, targeting MSVC6/2005/GCC 4.x (OSX and Linux), it's less of a big deal, as many things are supported. Not overdoing templates, not using RTTI, not using C++ exceptions, and not using iostream or STL are the big ones (the latter may or may not have much benefit, but it makes us a lot happier in general). For our platforms, you can use constructors for static objects, it seems, but of course you do need to be careful (as the order in which constructors/destructors are called can vary and be dangerous). Comment...

Question: So you utilize VC6 and avoid modern frameworks so your apps run everywhere, but do you think REAPER people really run Win9x?
Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on April 18 2010, 5:17pm
Reply on April 18 2010, 7:17pm:

I wouldn't say we avoid modern frameworks -- just that we avoid problematic ones. We have some win9x users, but not that many, no doubt. Comment...

Question: which bear is best?
Asked by wheeeeeeeeeee (24.63.19.x) on April 16 2010, 4:03am
Reply on April 16 2010, 9:32am:

sexual harassment panda Comment...

Question: I wonder if you could benefit from this information: academicearth.org/courses/the-fourier-transform-and-its-applicat...
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on April 14 2010, 5:30pm
Reply on April 16 2010, 9:33am:

Started watching it.. I'm definitely quite familiar with the Fourier transform, but of course not in that sort of way... Comment...

Question: What kind of movies do you like? Can you name somd of them?
Asked by asafonov (80.239.242.x) on April 14 2010, 12:38pm
Reply on April 16 2010, 9:34am:

A random assortment of some favorites include: The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Dr. Strangelove, Stepbrothers, Real Genius, Ghostbusters... Comment...

Question: Whats uppp Justin long time no chat... Just wanted to say I Wasn't Stalking you mannnn hahaa wtf.. Anyways keep it metal
Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.75.x) on April 14 2010, 10:48am
Reply on April 16 2010, 9:34am:

OK thanks for not stalking me :) Comment...

Question: What dont you have 2 fiber links?
Asked by Cody (208.64.185.x) on April 13 2010, 4:10pm
Reply on April 16 2010, 9:34am:

They'd probably end up running side by side by the transformer that exploded. Comment...

Question: What is your high score in Nibbles?
Asked by James (68.225.40.x) on April 10 2010, 3:38pm
Reply on April 16 2010, 9:35am:

Hmm I think I hit 480 on my old Nokia phone back in the day. That was "snake" rather than "nibbles".. don't think I've played qbasic nibbles in a while. Comment...

Question: Have you try SoundHound? It's so cool!... See here: iphonecake.com/appcake/en/apps/284972998.html
Asked by dave (222.90.231.x) on April 8 2010, 5:31pm
Reply on April 9 2010, 12:49pm:

No, but I will. Comment...

Question: What was the most-used camera in your "pics" site? there's no exif info...
Asked by dave (222.90.231.x) on April 7 2010, 5:39pm
Reply on April 9 2010, 12:48pm:

Various.. probably the most all around was an old Canon EOS D30. I miss that camera, I think it was the first SLR with a CMOS sensor. I later replaced it with an original 1D, which I don't like as much. It has a CCD, and is too heavy, too. Comment...

Question: hm.. screw it. no questions, just wanted to say this: you were my "MAN" since i was like 10 (1999) so, PEACE! Rock the world! :)
Asked by Chase (112.135.177.x) on April 6 2010, 11:15am
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:10pm:

ok. Comment...

Question: You missed answering a few questions, why?
Asked by Poop (67.88.171.x) on April 6 2010, 8:02am
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:06pm:

Catching up now... Comment...

Question: Are you all on vacation, working on Reaper4, or is it something that will be announced later?
Asked by James (68.225.40.x) on April 5 2010, 4:19pm
Reply on April 6 2010, 2:26am:

Vacation, mostly :) Comment...

Question: Do you have a plans to record an album and to tour with it? Do you enjoy your live shows? Electo or acoustic sound?
Asked by asafonov (89.207.47.x) on April 5 2010, 6:27am
Reply on April 7 2010, 3:10pm:

No plans, but I do like playing music, yes. Playing live is fun, but I bet touring isn't. Comment...

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