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Question: Hey Justin, how have you been man? I got done reading 'With The Old Breed' it made me feel free. What books are you reading? Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.83.x) on June 4 2010, 2:57pm Reply on June 4 2010, 10:56pm: Reading Orson Scott Card's book "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus". It's good so far. I'm sleepy now, though. Comment... Question: what type of keyboard do you use? Model M type? Asked by poop (67.88.171.x) on June 4 2010, 11:46am Reply on June 4 2010, 12:25pm: I have 3 of the classic, 1995 era, PS-2 MS Natural Keyboard (non-Elite), as seen here: (Thanks, Steve G, for giving me the third one). I think I got my 2 in 1997 or so, so 13 years and counting, no problems with any of them. Comment... Question: I d/l a cd-rip which seems quiet. mp3gain claims it's -90dB. Other "louder" mp3s also show -90dB. How could that be? Asked by John (24.234.128.x) on June 2 2010, 3:29pm Reply on June 2 2010, 4:08pm: Is the -90dB value the "noise floor"? I'm not too familiar with mp3gain, but generally if -90dB was the peak value, it would be pretty much inaudible. Comment... Question: with a cat companion... are you insinuating that you're having marital problems? Asked by poop (67.88.171.x) on June 2 2010, 10:18am Reply on June 2 2010, 10:56am (edited at June 2 2010, 11:01am): I meant the addition of a cat to the family. :) Comment... Question: Do you do any sort of charity or volunteer work? Asked by Eric (83.79.16.x) on June 2 2010, 3:21am Reply on June 2 2010, 11:01am: Nothing comes to mind.. I really spend way too much time on Cockos, it might be nice to find some other outlet of productivity. Comment... Question: So which physical possessions do you wish to get rid of? How long was (virtually) unlimited material-acquisition wealth awesome? Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on June 1 2010, 4:09pm Reply on June 1 2010, 5:19pm: Just a bunch of crap. It was pretty awesome for a while, finding yourself in situations where you need to buy things and being able to, but generally speaking the idea of things is much better than actually having them. Unless they are things you use every day (for example, a faster computer when you spend tons of time every day in front of your computer waiting for things to compile = win. A faster car when you don't drive much = lose.) Comment... Question: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Asked by poop (67.88.171.x) on June 1 2010, 12:12pm Reply on June 1 2010, 1:29pm (edited at June 1 2010, 5:16pm): I've been reading Philip K Dick short stories, and starting to think that, given recent events, I might be lucky to be living in a world of slag. Seriously though, I'm aiming for about where I am now; with less physical possessions, and possibility with a cat companion. Comment... Question: hot girls? are you sure you wanted to say that? hope allison doesn't read this :p Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on May 31 2010, 7:44am Reply on May 31 2010, 10:12am: They were hot by CS standards... which isnt saying much. ;) Comment... Question: I recall hearing somewhere that you were in the same CS class as Maddox. What was Maddox's programming skill like? (-; Asked by valgrind (78.46.64.x) on May 30 2010, 3:50pm Reply on May 30 2010, 8:52pm (edited at May 30 2010, 10:45pm): Was I? I don't remember too many people from my limited CS scholastic career.. Maybe a couple friends (Dana and James), a couple of hot girls, the professor (David Hansen I think)... Edit: google pointed me here, sweet. Comment... Question: Do you like punk? rancid? Asked by Eric (83.78.133.x) on May 30 2010, 2:07pm Reply on May 30 2010, 8:53pm: A little, but I don't listen to it much. Comment... Question: What made playmedia's "bad quality"? wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Best_MP3_Decoder... Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on May 29 2010, 8:54pm Reply on May 30 2010, 12:24pm: I never noticed a problem, sometimes people would get picky about +-1 sample errors from ISO compliance, but meh... Comment... Question: Recommendation for a good regex library in C/C++? Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on May 29 2010, 7:53pm Reply on May 30 2010, 12:24pm: Hmm I usually end up writing php when I'm needing regex type stuff. :) Comment... Question: Could you tell us how many lines of code winamp 1 was? approx.. Asked by Eric (83.79.96.x) on May 29 2010, 6:37pm Reply on May 29 2010, 7:12pm: I don't remember about v1, but v1.9 had about 11k LOC in winamp.exe, plus about 8k LOC for the mp3 decoder, 11k LOC for the (mikmod) mod player. Comment... Question: tricky-one:) is it possible to make a ".so" on linux self-aware (i.e. no host patching) of its own location (dir) on load-time? Asked by lubo (95.42.114.x) on May 29 2010, 12:15pm Reply on May 29 2010, 1:10pm: You can use dladdr() on an address within your module's code, I believe. To be safe that address might need to be exported (not sure). Comment... Question: Was there any time that you wanted to give up winamp.. before it became popular? Asked by Eric (83.78.14.x) on May 28 2010, 6:49pm Reply on May 28 2010, 9:05pm: Heck no, it was a great time :) Comment... Question: Why bother implementing virtual windows, as you did in WDL? Are actual HWNDs that much of a pain? Asked by MattC (75.34.93.x) on May 28 2010, 5:58pm Reply on May 28 2010, 9:06pm: HWNDs are not a pain, but they do use a lot of resources (there is a systemwide limit on the number of HWNDs that can exist at any given time, etc). Also, the virtual windows allow us to do proper composition and some other fancy things using LICE. You can do some of this using Windows 2000+ APIs with HWNDs, but meh. Comment... Question: In a very early version of winamp, the changelog mentioned "add EQ, but how?" Where did you eventually find out how? Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on May 27 2010, 3:28pm Reply on May 28 2010, 2:31pm: Initially I just experimented with tweaking the MDCT coefficients in the mp3 decoder. Later on I found some stuff on IIR filters (so that the EQ could work on other formats etc), I have no idea where from, then eventually another person (I think someone from 4front) gave us better filters, too. These days, though, I'd look at the RBJ filter guide... Comment... Question: One reason I like java is the great static analysis tools eg FindBugs. Do you use any of those for c/c++ work eg lint/splint? Asked by Daniel (110.21.131.x) on May 27 2010, 3:23pm Reply on May 28 2010, 2:31pm: We do use Purify from time to time, which is pretty good. Shame the licensing is such a pain (IBM really makes it a pain in the ass). Our one license is pretty much tied to a laptop we have. Comment... Question: why don't you like/use java? Asked by poop (67.88.171.x) on May 27 2010, 6:59am Reply on May 27 2010, 12:23pm: There's no real advantage that I can see that I would benefit from. That and, most applications I've seen written in Java are utter pieces of crap. Comment... Question: If Google sent you an Android device, do you think you'd use it? Asked by roberttheiii (192.249.47.x) on May 26 2010, 9:18am Reply on May 26 2010, 10:15pm: I'd give it a shot.. And I'd try programming it as long as I don't have to use java... Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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