HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod 840
iPod Afficianado writes to a short piece at Connected Home magazine in which Paul Thurrott "is quoted as saying that HP's blockbuster deal with Apple will have one
exciting side effect. The company will be working with Apple to add support for
Microsoft's superior Windows Media Audio (WMA) format to the iPod by mid-year."
Superior? (Score:4, Funny)
C'mon! Trolling in the submission? (Score:2, Funny)
Yikes! Prepare for flamage!
Superior? (Score:4, Funny)
Superior? That's a new one.
Superior CRM? (Score:4, Funny)
too easy (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft's superior Windows Media Audio
Superior?! (Score:0, Funny)
Superior... (Score:4, Funny)
Will it also run on Microsoft's superior operating system so it can benefit from superior crashes and viruses?
Not sure. (Score:5, Funny)
Correct me if I misread it, though. Nobody in the comments seems to have anything to say on it.
- foad
here it comes... (Score:3, Funny)
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
The "superior" quote comes from Paul Thurrott... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Here comes the VORBIS! (Score:5, Funny)
FP was ages ago.
Hey, (Score:4, Funny)
Hello stuperior creatures (Score:3, Funny)
I thought laying flamebait in the article summaries died with the end of the "but they ruin it all by having a one button mouse" type posts. Anyway, I'm too tired to make a logical argument against it (and many others have done already) so I'll just fall back on an oldie but a goodie from Usenet. Come along kids... it'll be a trip down memory lane.
Drum roll, please...
The company will be working with Apple to add support for Microsoft's superior Windows Media Audio
You misspelled "crappy."
Ba-dum bum!
(Raucous laughter)
Thank you. Thank you. Thanks so much. I'm here 'til Thursday.
Re:Not sure. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Without Vorbis, it is useless to *me* (Score:5, Funny)
Somehow, I don't think Apple will miss the money.
Lots of things (Score:5, Funny)
1. A kick in the head.
2. Finding your girlfriend in bed with those twins that ride tiny motorcycles and hold the guiness record for the world's fattest men.
3. Poop.
4. Cleaning all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station, but only if all you had was a toothbrush.
5. Contracting one of those tiny fish parasites that swims up your stream of urine if you're peeing into the Amazon and lays eggs in your joystick.
6. Working in sales.
the list goes on...
As for your other part, AAC isn't strictly DRM. It's mp4, with the ability to slap DRM on it when it's made. A normal AAC extension is ".m4a," and a DRM one is ".m4p." I'm guessing they stand for "Mp4 Aac" and "Mp4 Protected."
I just ripped nearly all my CD's to 192 AAC. The general consensus seems to be that the sound quality is indistinguishable from the CD, and damned if I can tell a difference.
Re:The "superior" quote comes from Paul Thurrott.. (Score:5, Funny)
And I thought goatse was disgusting...
You guys take "superior" out of context... (Score:5, Funny)
He clearly meant "Superior" as in:
"Superior Officer", you know... the guy at boot camp who tells you to clean his boots with your tounge or he'll kick your ass.
"Mother Superior", the lady who wacks your knuckles with her yardstick and put's soap in your mouth for speaking out of turn.
"Superior", as in "above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune" [reference.com] BY THE LAW.
They just think they're SOOOOOO superior...
Quote from Microsoft: Windows is about choice (Score:5, Funny)
It's technically a bit offtopic, but apparently MS was taken by surprise by the HP/Apple announcement, and wasn't able to put together a good spin quickly enough. The snip below is from a NY Times article [nytimes.com]:
Thursday the company appeared unprepared for the Apple-Hewlett agreement, which clearly stung Microsoft executives. They said the agreement would limit choice and harm consumers.
"Windows is about choice, you can mix and match all of this stuff," said David Fester, general manager of Microsoft's Windows digital media division. "We believe you should have the same choice when it comes to music services."
Priceless... :)
WMA *is* superior (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The "superior" quote comes from Paul Thurrott.. (Score:3, Funny)
Missing option (Score:2, Funny)
Re:C'mon! Trolling in the submission? (Score:5, Funny)
.. The new MOD format will allow four independant channels of audio, with a streamlined sampling rate of 22kHz. It is believed Microsoft are releasing the new format with DRM enabled to stem the rising tide of Beverly-Hills-Cop-theme piracy.
A Microsoft representative was unavailable to comment at the time of this submission.
Re:The "superior" quote comes from Paul Thurrott.. (Score:4, Funny)
And I thought goatse was disgusting...
Yeah, but wouldn't Goatse be a "hole" site?
Re:Without Vorbis, it is useless to *me* (Score:3, Funny)
what abotu the free software song?
Re:Superior? (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds like a lot of work. What if I just download the mp3 in 192kbps format through Poison and pretend I bought it? Would God still hate me?
cheaper than time?! (Score:1, Funny)
First, download the Samba 2.2.7 archive from one of the many mirror sites and extract it as you normally would. Configure, build and install Samba per their instructions (hint: cd source; ./configure; make install). Next, download my module from here, then modify the Makefile to point the SAMBAHOME to the samba-2.2.7 directory and, if desired, modify the INSTALLDIR location where the module will be installed. Finally, run "make" to build the module, then "make install" (as root) to install the module.
Yeah that sounds a hell of a lot quicker than clicking the little triangle button in iTunes.
Re:Missing option (Score:2, Funny)
What about (while you're at it):
-Vinyl
-8-Track
-Cavemen with drums live in my basement.
The source of the confusion (Score:5, Funny)
Before more of you go off on a flamewar against poor old Paul - who is a paragon of virtue, by the way - I have taken the time to paste the definition of 'superior' here, and I have highlighted in italics the particular usage that I believe was intended, for the WMP format.
Once you all read this I'm sure it will all make sense.
superior
\Su*pe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup['e]rieur. See Super-, and cf. Supreme.] 1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
3. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.
4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
5. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
6. (Bot.) (a) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it. (b) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. (c) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
See? Very clear - the WMP format is an ovary attached to the AAC format, or something, and is just kind of generally flower-like.
cool! (Score:2, Funny)
and when will the superior new WMA version come out on Windows?
Re:Superior? (Score:4, Funny)
Besides, it shouldn't be about "what sounds better" at all. It should be about "what sounds closest to the original recording"
Really? Personally, I like my music to sound *good*. This is why I encode my friends' Deftones albums in lossy formats :)
Re:Don't Worry...I'm Asking For It (Score:2, Funny)
2.) The WMAs are smaller in file size (even at the same bit encoding).
Yeah, and a Porche will get you to your destination faster, even if you drive at the same speed.
Re:Superior? (Score:2, Funny)
The sure way to superstardom. Don't forget your fellow slashdotters on broadway.