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Question: Did you take the #IceBucketChallenge yet?
Asked by Stephan (135.19.199.x) on August 19 2014, 1:41am
Reply on August 19 2014, 1:00pm:

Hah no, and it's stupid. Comment...

Question: Hey justin do you currently play in a band? If so how can I hear it?
Asked by Dan N (184.58.231.x) on August 19 2014, 12:54am
Reply on August 19 2014, 1:00pm:

I don't, but I still record things from time to time (mostly under the guise of testing). Comment...

Question: Do you read often Arstechnica ? Do you like Can's record "Flow Motion" ?
Asked by Cwyaz (92.144.12.x) on August 17 2014, 11:51am
Reply on August 18 2014, 7:41pm:

I sometimes will read Arstechnica articles but I don't find myself going to their web site to begin. I don't think I've heard "Flow Motion", I do like Ege Bamyasi and Tago Mago a lot though! Comment...

Question: Which quote is your favorite? www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_carmack.html...
Asked by Will (68.104.121.x) on August 16 2014, 7:15pm
Reply on August 18 2014, 7:41pm:

Maybe "Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul." Comment...

Question: What is your favorite Iron Maiden album?
Asked by Aaron (75.134.137.x) on August 16 2014, 6:41pm
Reply on August 18 2014, 7:41pm:

I don't think I could name one :/ Comment...

Question: Any special activities (swimming) that you enjoy for the summer? Swimming for me is by far the best...
Asked by gio (94.66.73.x) on August 14 2014, 12:43pm
Reply on August 14 2014, 2:23pm:

Been doing the Thursday evening Van Cortlandt Track Club XC 5K races, those are fun. Last one is tonight... Comment...

Question: Is there anything you can do (legally) about cnet for redistributing REAPER?
Asked by gio (94.66.73.x) on August 14 2014, 9:39am
Reply on August 14 2014, 2:24pm:

Assuming they encapsulate the installer in theirs (as opposed to modifying our installer), I think they are in the clear, unfortunately. They also do it for LICEcap (which is what I noticed), which is GPL (so there's little recourse). Hence, we (the internet) should just blackhole them. Comment...

Question: Are you going to introduce tags in WDL?
Asked by gio (94.66.73.x) on August 14 2014, 7:28am
Reply on August 14 2014, 2:24pm:

Meh, nah. Comment...

Question: Have you ever been harassed by cervical spondylosis?
Asked by Dave (210.14.75.x) on August 14 2014, 2:54am
Reply on August 14 2014, 2:24pm:

Not that I know of *knocks on wood*. Comment...

Question: What kind of music are you listening to these days?
Asked by Len H (66.193.40.x) on August 13 2014, 5:00pm
Reply on August 14 2014, 2:25pm:

Papier Tigre, Mogwai, Portugal The Man, The Verve, Radiohead, stuff like that. Comment...

Question: What would be the hardest part of porting reaper to Linux?
Asked by Dave (50.246.0.x) on August 13 2014, 2:18pm
Reply on August 14 2014, 2:26pm:

Wrapping a ton of controls (for whatever toolkit you would be targeting) to function as their win32 equivalents. A lot of the legwork for this is done (in SWELL), just need someone with a lot of time on their hands, who knows Qt or GTK+ and win32, to do it. Comment...

Question: can I use strlen function with utf8 encoded string in C?
Asked by Ruchira (112.135.12.x) on August 12 2014, 2:31am
Reply on August 12 2014, 3:19am:

Yes, but it will return the length in bytes (not the length in code points). Comment...

Question: was .nsv more sophisticated than realvideo?
Asked by Will (68.104.121.x) on August 11 2014, 5:10am
Reply on August 11 2014, 1:31pm:

I have no idea of the internals of realvideo, but nsv didn't include a codec, it was just a (streamable bitstream) container format. Comment...

Question: Have you ever noticed this? On the REAPER website, you write "A REAPER 2.0 license would have included over 100 free upgrades! " It DID include over 100 free upgrades, so use of the conditional "would" makes no sense. You mean that buying the license would have got you 100 free upgrades.
Asked by Paul (178.56.131.x) on August 9 2014, 10:09pm
Reply on August 11 2014, 1:10am:

A+ for pedantry, though I suppose if we never sold a license between 2.0 and 2.01 then it would be correct? Comment...

Question: do you think you'll ever jump on the "modern web" wagon and design a kick ass web app?
Asked by Will (68.104.121.x) on August 8 2014, 3:32pm
Reply on August 8 2014, 6:27pm:

If I ever find something that I really want to use, that fits as a web app, and scales easily, sure. Comment...

Question: Thoughts on porsche boxters? Decent car or POS?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on August 6 2014, 6:15pm
Reply on August 7 2014, 12:01am:

POS would be incredibly harsh -- but I wouldn't say they are a good value, based on what I know of 'em. Comment...

Question: Here is some cool stuff to check out :) m.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ifjE7sJbI# youtu.be/84ytQV2w2jY m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=4764...
Asked by Aaron (75.134.137.x) on August 6 2014, 4:00pm
Reply on August 7 2014, 12:01am:

Awesome, I like that second one, now I want a quartertone guitar. Comment...

Question: What was the price of X on July 20, 2013
Asked by Michael Brand (71.254.187.x) on August 6 2014, 4:03am
Reply on August 6 2014, 2:10pm:

Dunno Comment...

Question: What do you think of microtonal music?
Asked by Aaron (75.134.137.x) on August 3 2014, 3:05pm
Reply on August 6 2014, 2:10pm:

Not sure I have an opinion on it, suppose I should investigate! Comment...

Question: Hi Justin! Do you have a favourite guitar chord?
Asked by Paul (178.56.154.x) on July 31 2014, 11:46pm
Reply on August 2 2014, 2:39am:

I like one that is (starting with the thickest string) XXYXXX, where Y is one fret away from the bridge from X. To do the two XX's on the top, I usually use my thumb. It has a nice broken sound to it. Fritz got me into that. Comment...

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