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Question: It is told that you own a lama, is that true?
Asked by Cristian (151.8.167.x) on April 29 2010, 2:16am
Reply on April 29 2010, 7:59pm:

No, but I do like llamas. Comment...

Question: do you believe in Dec 21, 2012?
Asked by poop (67.88.171.x) on April 28 2010, 11:24am
Reply on April 29 2010, 7:59pm:

Yes, I believe it will be more or less like any other day. Comment...

Question: If you could be a fly on a wall of anyone's office for a day, who would it be and why?
Asked by Mart (24.81.17.x) on April 28 2010, 11:22am
Reply on April 29 2010, 8:00pm:

Depends on the day, I think. Comment...

Question: It was about 5 years ago hahah hey, you ever seen the movie The Counterfeiters? It's based on a true story I think youd like it
Asked by AnalSeducerRedux (71.142.75.x) on April 27 2010, 12:07am
Reply on April 29 2010, 8:01pm:

No, I haven't. I should look into that. I liked the movie "The Bank Job" (also from a true story). Comment...

Question: I love reaper so sorry for the moan. i hate the automatic take splitting. A lot feel the same. Any plans to change it?
Asked by spellingmastake (82.15.1.x) on April 26 2010, 3:41pm
Reply on April 29 2010, 8:00pm:

There are some options to not do it as much, but you might find that you actually like it. Comment...

Question: Do you think AOL got their money's worth from their purchase of Nullsoft?
Asked by John (24.234.128.x) on April 26 2010, 11:10am
Reply on April 26 2010, 3:03pm:

I was told from someone there that they had -- I'm not sure how, but I guess their stock price was so inflated anyway, they had to spend it before it went away on its own... Comment...

Question: 90s I knew of you from winamp but didnt know this journal. Reading how 2 members left and then weeks later you left was touching
Asked by AnalSeducerRedux (71.142.75.x) on April 26 2010, 12:49am
Reply on April 26 2010, 3:03pm:

Maybe I need to reread ha ha... Comment...

Question: NSIS mention: www.ebookshare.net/magazine/Linux-Journal-No-192-April-2010-9057...
Asked by John (24.234.128.x) on April 25 2010, 12:31pm
Reply on April 25 2010, 11:20pm:

Cool. Comment...

Question: it was cool browsing your archive posts, made me wish I did one too to look back on. How come you dont post everday / other day?
Asked by AnalSeducerRedux (71.142.75.x) on April 25 2010, 11:58am
Reply on April 25 2010, 11:20pm:

I need to. I posted one today, after reading this. Comment...

Question: re: gay radio.. Yeah man if you can upload it, it would be awesome. When I type 'Justins gay radio' Justin Bieber comes up haha
Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.75.x) on April 24 2010, 10:14am
Reply on April 25 2010, 11:21pm:

Gone gone gone I think. rOn has "superslut radio" which has some (ok just a little) overlap. Comment...

Question: Just thought I'd mention NSIS has a whole page devoted to it in this month's Linux Journal. Cool huh?
Asked by John (24.234.128.x) on April 23 2010, 3:41pm
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:09pm:

Cool, I'll have to find that! Comment...

Question: There are many updates of Reaper : do you have a big set of test cases to be used after every compilation ?
Asked by fred (78.231.170.x) on April 22 2010, 2:16pm
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:09pm:

No, but we try to use it daily for real-world use, and we test things relating to changes made. Comment...

Question: people would send money for using winamp. Do you think people would do that today or is it being in the right place right time
Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.75.x) on April 22 2010, 12:45pm
Reply on April 23 2010, 8:09pm:

Probably, yeah. They do for REAPER, too... Comment...

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...

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