On Feb 3, 2008 10:59 PM, Cogno Scienti <cognoscienti@
>
>
> Um...with all due respect...utter nonsense.
>
Why? Please support your statement. Do you have any experience with
a computer system like that?
Regarding 'escheatment' (where unclaimed property is sent to the State):
yes it can be retrieved, in fact I strongly recommend everyone search
their states unclaimed property website, you'd be surprised at what
you find. Type "unclaimed property statename" into google, this
should yield a .gov website.
I just looked and I think there's $25 from Blue Shield waiting for me. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.
> Jean-Baptiste Queru
>
> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2008 10:09 PM
> To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.
> Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: The Wizard of Odds: Las Vegas Casino Blacklist
>
> It's possible that extending the validity of the tickets could
> increase the storage requirements by a proportional amount (and the
> processing time might grow by more than that). Going from 2 months to
> a year could increase the stress on their system by a factor of 6 or
> more and they might not have that kind of margin. Not knowing more
> about their system, the possibility can't be ruled out.
>
> JBQ
>
> On Feb 3, 2008 7:29 PM, Cogno Scienti <cognoscienti@
> > Are you seriously claiming that the cost of keeping a few bits in a
> database
> > forever is significant compared to, oh, a free beer?
> >
> > Cogno
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.
> > Jean-Baptiste Queru
> > Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2008 6:23 PM
> > To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.
> >
> > Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: The Wizard of Odds: Las Vegas Casino Blacklist
> >
> > While 60 days might be shorter than what most people would consider
> > reasonable, there are still a few aspects to consider:
> >
> > -it can't stay open forever, because accounting rules would force the
> > casino to keep the debt on the books forever.
> >
> > -in addition to the financial rules, keeping such tickets open also
> > forces them to keep all the relevant ticket data in "live" computers,
> > as opposed to being able to archive it.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong, I think that the casino's rules are abusive and I
> > honestly think that 15 months would be a reasonable deadline to
> > collect winnings, but on the other hand I disagree that the casino
> > incurs no costs while keeping the ticket payable.
> >
> > JBQ
> >
> >
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