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Comment Fantastic Affiliate Link Post (Score 1) 183

Let me be the first to congratulate you, author, for slipping this shameless and fantastic affiliate link post past the mods. Your marginal skill in the English language, combined with your entry level skills in subterfuge, will almost certainly sell you 2.73 quiet keyboards. As a matter of fact, if you were to reply to this comment, Iâ(TM)m absolutely certain you could sell âoemoarâ than one BILLION quiet mechanical keyboards. Plz, next time, donâ(TM)t make your affiliate compensation link so damn obvious in the referenced supporting article. And SHAME on each of you who bought one of these through his link. You damn well know who you are... ðY£ðY

Comment Whoah (Score 2) 93

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Comment Sinclair Media | Tribune Media Merger: Okay! :/ (Score 4, Interesting) 118

So... Where is this standard applied to the FCC allowing the Sinclair Broadcasting acquisition of Tribune Media assets? This will essentially create the single largest TV broadcasting conglomerate on the face of the planet (conservative friendly, of course). Such a conglomerate would control multiple news media outlets, in many locations, essentially dominating local news for much of the US...

Comment Re: "simply be held a data-hostage" (Score 4, Insightful) 203

'Fun fact' - What you call rich and entitled people whining describes the 1% of the music biz. I'm working with this band and am taking no fees whatsoever (and have no affiliation with any business associated with them). What you don't realize is that a large majority of the bands that you know from your streaming service of choice (iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, etc) is that you'd consider them working class if they were in a white colllar profession. Most of your favorite artists don't make 'billions' and are very far away from 'Kardashian money'. Managing expenses on a yearly tour, while paying venue fees, accompanying act fees and miscellaneaous cost of living fees eats well into a major source of income for the people who you listen to, disposably, in your white and red high-def earbuds. The music industry isn't what it used to be, when bands like Led Zeppelin could request rooms on the water and have 'red snappers' delivered to their rooms. The music industry today, is comprised mainly of hard working individuals who make fractions of a cent on the dollar for thousands of streaming plays, and depend on regular touring to support the tour, their families and pay for production of more of the music that you love and expect. Hate on bands all you want for their ideaology, but I challenge you to form a valid argument against a hardworking touring band wanting to save on expenses....

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What's the best option for a touring band and mobile data? 1

SEMLogistics writes: I'm working with a well-known rock band, that is not based in the US, and has an upcoming US tour this fall. The issue they always run into, however, is when renting a tour bus and traveling with 12 to 14 people, they consistently blow through data allowances set by the bus company. This leads to tremendously expensive overages, and greatly throttled data.

"When chartering a nightliner tour bus, travel companies only typically allow for 10GB data a month. With 12 people, downloading music and streaming movies, we can easily exceed 12 GB a day! This leads to thousands of dollars every month in overages!"

Slashdot, help! Are there any good mobile hotspot options with unlimited data, and monthly contracts (I haven't found any), or other alternatives than to simply be held a data-hostage?

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