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Question: is justin bieber actually real
Asked by jason (107.2.187.x) on February 23 2012, 7:18am
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:26pm:

Youtube seems to think he exists... Comment...

Question: les paul or strat
Asked by stumpbroke1 (67.166.148.x) on February 22 2012, 4:52pm
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:26pm:

Strat, but there are always things to appreciate about all guitars, really. Comment...

Question: Hi Justin! I have a wav file with Note C (guitar sample) and I want to change it to C#. How to implement it in code?
Asked by asafonov (79.104.2.x) on February 22 2012, 11:00am
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:28pm:

If you don't mind changing the length, you could use WDL_Resampler to adjust the rate, i.e. rs.SetRates(srate,srate*pow(2.0,-1.0/12.0)).. There would be a lot of code to read/write .wav files, etc, though. If you want to keep the length the same, you could use SoundTouch and use a pitch adjustment of a similar amount. Comment...

Question: Have you ever listened to any Humble Pie? If not you have to check out the Eat It Album!!
Asked by HE-MAN (66.61.105.x) on February 22 2012, 2:13am
Reply on February 23 2012, 3:28pm:

I haven't, but I will. Comment...

Question: Have you ever, for any reason, wish you wouldn't have sold Nullsoft to AOL?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on February 21 2012, 12:18am
Reply on February 21 2012, 2:15pm:

I'm sure at some point, probably in a stupor, I have thought that, but the vast majority of the time I am thankful for the events that occurred. Comment...

Question: Did Tag actually rewrite shoutcast, or just make minor mods on your code?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on February 20 2012, 6:15am
Reply on February 20 2012, 5:20pm:

I believe there were very extensive mods.. Shoutcast was probably my first real network server thingy... and thus was pretty lousy (albeit functional) initially. Comment...

Question: I have to ask... What�s the perception you have of Portugal and the Portuguese. No need being polited!
Asked by THe_Portuguese (217.129.147.x) on February 19 2012, 7:51pm
Reply on February 19 2012, 9:31pm:

I don't have any real perception, I've never been, but would like to go, though I suppose I should learn some Portuguese first... Comment...

Question: As an old Win32-head, how did you approach OSX programming? What did you try to learn first?
Asked by Rodrigo (187.112.250.x) on February 18 2012, 7:44pm
Reply on February 18 2012, 11:40pm:

Probably the biggest help would be getting comfortable with objective C's syntax, and getting used to things like [obj isKindOfClass:[NSWhatever class]] and [obj respondsToSelector:@selector(doesSomething:)] and so on. Then you learn some basic cocoa stuff, and spend ages digging through the awful documentation to figure out how to do what you want to do. I liked it so little, I made sure that I'd never have to do it again (hence SWELL wrapping the cocoa). Comment...

Question: When dealing with large changes in a system, do you prefer a gradual change or a hard switchover? (postgres > mongodb for me)
Asked by neuman (184.152.73.x) on February 17 2012, 9:49pm
Reply on February 18 2012, 12:11am:

Gradual when possible, for sure... Comment...

Question: I run out of cool names for servers. Would you help with a few suggestions? make it geeky and/or cocky :)
Asked by gio (94.66.16.x) on February 17 2012, 5:47pm
Reply on February 18 2012, 12:11am:

Characters from your favorite movies are always good. Comment...

Question: Do you ever get annoyed with comentaries in Reaper forums with critics to options you make with the software?
Asked by Curiosity (89.180.54.x) on February 17 2012, 11:49am
Reply on February 18 2012, 12:12am:

Yeah, hearing criticism from other people can be tough; sometimes you get good stuff from it though, and the rest you mostly need to brush off... Comment...

Question: sorry.. another q... how do you resize a window in swell?
Asked by olilarkin (144.32.204.x) on February 15 2012, 12:40pm
Reply on February 15 2012, 7:00pm:

SetWindowPos()? Comment...

Question: any tips for compiling eel2 on OSX? forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=96874 thanks
Asked by olilarkin (86.13.97.x) on February 15 2012, 8:50am
Reply on February 15 2012, 7:00pm:

Answered (don't include asm-*.c in your project). :) Comment...

Question: I would like to ask you several questions about your participation to Gnutella, for my ending studies project. Tks
Asked by NaigJ (78.223.11.x) on February 13 2012, 1:20pm
Reply on February 13 2012, 5:34pm:

Sure, you can post here or email. Comment...

Question: Hi Justin, have you ever been to Romania? If not, do you have any intentions to visit it?
Asked by Julian (89.35.166.x) on February 13 2012, 10:30am
Reply on February 13 2012, 5:35pm:

I haven't.. I wouldn't mind, I believe I am descended partly from there... Comment...

Question: imgur.com/bG6iq nice shadow to emphasize the Z order relationship... Where should I look for similar functionality?
Asked by gio (94.66.83.x) on February 12 2012, 9:02pm
Reply on February 13 2012, 12:15am (edited at February 13 2012, 2:16am):

That is done using LICE_GradientRect().. Or maybe it's an overlayed image, I forget (it can be either depending on the theme) Comment...

Question: default value of pointer to struct is always zero! why?
Asked by ruchira (175.157.40.x) on February 11 2012, 4:09am
Reply on February 11 2012, 3:38pm:

Hmm, it is? Comment...

Question: linked loader implementation for images of LICE is cool! Is it your idea?
Asked by ruchira (111.223.171.x) on February 11 2012, 3:06am
Reply on February 11 2012, 3:38pm:

Yeah, though I doubt it is original... also, sometimes depending on how things are build the linker fails to call the constructor for the registration objects, sadly... Comment...

Question: Do you ever get annoyed with sexism towards men, or do you think men's rights groups are all just whiny misogynists
Asked by Neil (86.17.97.x) on February 10 2012, 6:49pm
Reply on February 11 2012, 1:17am:

No, I don't think we can really complain, we've had it so good... Comment...

Question: Did you write any Windows desktop programs with C# and .NET? Would you recommend it instead of C++ in any particular situation?
Asked by Rodrigo (161.148.171.x) on February 10 2012, 4:22pm
Reply on February 11 2012, 1:19am:

I haven't had any real experience using C# or .NET, so it would be hard for me to recommend. I'd imagine it is easier to get started with, though, as win32/C++ is a complete roll-your-entire-environment mess. Comment...

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