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Question: Are you a better programmer than Brennan? Come on, be honest. :-)
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on August 10 2009, 10:20am
Reply on August 10 2009, 3:42pm:

I think I produce a few more lines of code per day than he does, but I can't really verify that. Comment...

Question: Hey which font have you chosen as the code font in your VS IDE?
Asked by Dave (222.90.231.x) on August 10 2009, 1:54am
Reply on August 10 2009, 3:42pm:

I use the default. On some of my machines I set the colors to mimic old TC 3.0. Comment...

Question: Were you surprised at the success of Gnutella and have you seen the latest efforts with it (gpu.sourceforge.net)?
Asked by Jason (74.236.105.x) on August 9 2009, 8:55pm
Reply on August 10 2009, 3:41pm:

Not sure if I was surprised.. I suspected it would be a big deal (and was very comfortable knowing how poorly it would scale). That GPU is a bit interesting.. wonder how useful though... Comment...

Question: OK then, here's one, what's up with Google Earth putting you up on a mountain top?
Asked by schmoe (64.59.144.x) on August 9 2009, 7:36pm
Reply on August 9 2009, 7:51pm:

No idea on that. Comment...

Question: Are you starting to regret starting "Ask Justin Frankel" yet :)
Asked by schmoe (24.86.151.x) on August 9 2009, 7:27pm
Reply on August 9 2009, 7:29pm:

No, but do you detect that I've been somewhat phoning in my answers? Comment...

Question: do you miss canadian winters (cusec 2004) ? :)
Asked by derek (75.36.250.x) on August 9 2009, 5:34pm
Reply on August 9 2009, 7:30pm:

Not really. Mmmm thats when I started drinking whiskey tho. Comment...

Question: do you sit on any boards, do you have any aspirations to work on projects with other companies? (google, apple)
Asked by pedro (98.14.46.x) on August 9 2009, 1:56pm
Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm:

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Question: Do you missed winprog?
Asked by gangsta (75.119.108.x) on August 9 2009, 10:28am
Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm:

Not really, tho I might miss a few people from there (like wawb) Comment...

Question: Why do you not particapate in the IRC at mixxnet anymore, You are missed
Asked by Bungle (217.44.170.x) on August 8 2009, 6:27pm
Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm:

Too much stimulation.. Comment...

Question: How do you find time for coding, music, personal fun, and your WIFE?
Asked by Labyrinth (65.2.106.x) on August 8 2009, 7:05am
Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm:

Haha.. err, somehow I manage eh. Comment...

Question: do long distance relationships work?
Asked by Jason the Merril (72.70.207.x) on August 7 2009, 10:00pm
Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm:

Depends on what your expectations are for the relationship, I suppose... Comment...

Question: how do you decide when to check win32 api results for errors versus just moving on while coding? any general rules of thumb?
Asked by pzdude (206.53.153.x) on August 7 2009, 10:42am
Reply on August 7 2009, 6:26pm:

Well errors are best checked for when you have a meaningfully different path to take as a result of them... Comment...

Question: Are you going to see Dungen this month? If so, have you gotten tickets yet?
Asked by Nithya (24.124.29.x) on August 6 2009, 3:14pm
Reply on August 7 2009, 6:24pm:

Twice hopefully! Tickets acquired, too. Comment...

Question: What websites do you read on a daily/hourly basis?
Asked by SmilingJim (99.23.75.x) on August 6 2009, 1:30pm
Reply on August 7 2009, 6:25pm:

Not many... Mostly our forums. Comment...

Question: favorite drink? (W/ alcohol)
Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on August 5 2009, 11:50am
Reply on August 5 2009, 2:49pm:

Hmm, maybe a 4 way tie between MGD, Guinness, Jameson/rocks, and a (good) vodka gimlet/rocks... Comment...

Question: Generally how many days do you spend on coding each week? and also how many hours each day?
Asked by Dave (222.90.231.x) on August 5 2009, 3:28am
Reply on August 5 2009, 2:51pm:

Probably 90% of days involve coding... Some only an hour, others probably 10. Comment...

Question: how about an answered question to be re-fed into RSS. if you read a question before it is answered, it won't feed again.
Asked by andrew (24.56.197.x) on August 4 2009, 10:19am
Reply on August 4 2009, 4:36pm:

The rss link embedded should default to only show replied, but I'll make it do that from now on even with the old (more simple) URL. Comment...

Question: How do you keep from internalizing it when people criticize your code/software?
Asked by Chris (74.107.152.x) on August 3 2009, 5:13pm
Reply on August 4 2009, 4:35pm:

Well most criticism I receive is constructive, which is pretty easy to appreciate rather than fear. The stuff that isn't constructive is usually just nonsense given by people who have their own agendas, and can be safely ignored. Comment...

Question: Do you still use that Jesusonic hardware unit?
Asked by shmoe (64.59.144.x) on August 2 2009, 7:55am
Reply on August 4 2009, 4:33pm:

Not very much -- I usually use my Underhill JF1 tube amp.. Mmm it's soooo awesome and loud. It actually has an fx loop too so in theory I could combine them. But for now it's usually the jf1 with a line6 dl4 and dm4 in front. Comment...

Question: DSP can be a tricky thing to learn. What resources did you use to get your bearings? ... or did you invent your own maths ?
Asked by Will (68.96.104.x) on August 1 2009, 7:05pm
Reply on August 4 2009, 4:31pm:

The RBJ docs are a good start. Also there's a good book titled (I think) 'an engineers guide to dsp' that is helpful. Wikipedia has a bunch of decent info too... Comment...

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