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Re:Hurricane LTE-U: Don’t Let Wi-Fi Get Blown Away by minimax on Thursday November 05, 2015 @09:49AM (#10513571)
Meanwhile, Qualcomm, which is developing the technology, plied journalists with breakfast and lunch in an effort to convince them LTE-U was totally benign.

As much as I like the idea of a bunch of scheming Qualcomm executives sitting around a giant conference table plotting to ply journalists with breakfast and lunch, maybe it's possible they were just being polite hosts?

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Re:Hurricane LTE-U: Don’t Let Wi-Fi Get Blown Away by snowwrestler on Thursday November 05, 2015 @11:06AM (#10514083)
Being a polite host is part of convincing people to feel good about you and what you're saying. That's why there is so much entertaining (dinner, drinks, parties, etc.) in politics, sales, and international relations.

There is also at least one study[1] showing that people who have recently eaten have a more positive impression of others.

[1] Mentioned last night on the show "The Brain" on PBS, which I highly recommend.

http://www.pbs.org/the-brain-with-david-eagleman/home/

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Re:Hurricane LTE-U: Don’t Let Wi-Fi Get Blown Away by oldmanjay on Thursday November 05, 2015 @10:32AM (#10513841)
what fun is advocacy if you can't use connotation to attack your opponents? it's even better when you can make clever puns and show off for your readers. they'll be tickled.
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Re:Hurricane LTE-U: Don’t Let Wi-Fi Get Blown Away by bkor on Thursday November 05, 2015 @10:17AM (#10513744)
They invited journalists to present exactly this. It's pretty clear. You don't randomly invite journalists just to show off that you can host something.
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