The company who started Everquest stated that they would not shut down the servers as long as there were active players. Who knows what will happen down the line though.
Also, they are still developing for this game, just a week or two ago the 18'th expansion was released.
I do not think there is any other MMO with anywhere close to the amount of content that Everquest has.
If you only played when the game first came out you would never recognize it as the same game.
So you are saying that a company should be forced to sell software they no longer want to support?
What about that companies support costs. If the company is still selling the software their customers are going to demand support and the main reason that the company stopped selling said product is that the products support costs were too damn high. So how does that get the company more money? All it gets the company is pissed off customers and frazzled tech support.
I understand what law enforcements wants, and they are reaching too far, what I am describing is a more reasonable approach.
In your first message you said that police should be able to get records less than one month old. That sounds to me like endorsement of the police's position under discussion here.
I didn't mention in my first post that I don't think the carriers should be forced to save records. I should have, but I have mentioned it in every post on this subject since that post. So I am saying for those carriers that do store records that they should be available to law enforcement with a warrant within said time period.
If you actually believe that service providers should not be forced to keep records, and should only turn over records after getting a warrant, then you should be completely opposed to what the police are suggesting here.
I am, and by the way, sorry for saying your post was stupid, that was completely uncalled for.
Just because you don't like an answer doesn't mean it is not an answer.
I know my carrier does not store texts in the normal course of business, so yes cops are shit out of luck if they want my texts, but that is not the case for every carrier.
It is just one more aspect you may want to consider as to which phone service provider you want to use.
I have been saying that a warrant is needed. You are unable to get the records without a warrant and a judge is not going to give you a warrant if you have no evidence that a crime was committed.
I have no problem with the carriers not storing records, and if the carriers don't store records then the cops of shit out of luck, but if the carrier does store these records then it would be stupid to not let the cops have access to them IF THE COPS PROVIDE A WARRANT SIGNED BY A JUDGE.
If I was constantly getting accused of shit I didn't do then there is a chance I would do exactly that. That would be in conjunction with a lawsuit and the voice records would help me win.
Now, I'm sure you won't like this, but is comparable.
I live on a very short street and there is really no reason to be on the street if you don't live there or have any business with people who do live there. There have been some robberies. I am planning on putting a camera in a window to record all traffic to be made available to the police after the next robbery.
Do you think they should be able to get the audio of any phone conversation up to a month old?
If that was information that was normally stored in the course of business, then yes, but there should be no special provisions asking the phone companies to start storing that information.
The police normally only investigate crimes after they have already happened so they need to get evidence from the time period that the crime happened in.
I agree with you that they should need to get a warrant, much like they have to to get your phone records, but I think that they should be allowed to get text messages that are less than one month old, but beyond one month they should only get a notice that a text happened, but not the actual message.
You do know that graphics are usually very constrained by their memory bandwidth and that putting in much faster ram will give you better results, but it still will not compare to an actual dedicated card even if it has the same piece of silicon at its heart because everything else is different.
I bought a low end card as a temporary replacement when my main one went in for warranty work and that low end card had 2 gigs of video ram. In fact I have seen lots of low end cards over the years with over 1 gig of video ram, but it's not as fast as the ram that is on the high end cards.
How can I forget that? The primary program I do tech support for was last revised in 1999. At the time it worked on Macs and PCs, but only works on PCs now.
Compatibility mode Windows 98/ME + admin rights.
The fun thing is trying to get it to work correctly on Vista.
This is going to cause more fragmentation since not everyone will want to upgrade each and every year so support costs will go up for companies that provide Windows products.
Well you wouldn't want your wife knowing, but if you are being blackmailed at that level whether or not your wife knows is the lesser issue.
Clinton is a good example, he fucked around a lot and the thing he got in trouble for was lying about it, not the deed itself. And his base did not care one bit because he was doing a great job otherwise.
If said hypothetical senator is smart he'll just publicly point out that NASA is spying on US citizens and all those involved at NASA will be spending the rest of their lives in jail as the agency is dismantled.
It is very rare that anyone really cares if a politician is fucking around.
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Apple is the new Microsoft, but only because Microsoft is no longer relevant.
That is nice and reasonable as long as the consumer is aware that support will only be for the version they purchased.
It's the way the resources are allocated that puzzles me.
It's a constantly changing process and it is a process that in general is getting better. Greed though is an ever present problem.
The company who started Everquest stated that they would not shut down the servers as long as there were active players. Who knows what will happen down the line though.
Also, they are still developing for this game, just a week or two ago the 18'th expansion was released.
I do not think there is any other MMO with anywhere close to the amount of content that Everquest has.
If you only played when the game first came out you would never recognize it as the same game.
In your post you stated.
This is a`reasonable compromise for consumers and vendors: the former get to use the software they want, the latter continue to get their money
How are the vendors getting money in your solution?
Private Property = resources that are dedicated to an individual.
If your economic model does not allow dedicated resources then it will fail.
I think that a majority of the Surfaces sold so far are developers looking for a reference system.
You got some nice bites there, but I think you could have trolled harder.
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So you are saying that a company should be forced to sell software they no longer want to support?
What about that companies support costs. If the company is still selling the software their customers are going to demand support and the main reason that the company stopped selling said product is that the products support costs were too damn high. So how does that get the company more money? All it gets the company is pissed off customers and frazzled tech support.
I understand what law enforcements wants, and they are reaching too far, what I am describing is a more reasonable approach.
In your first message you said that police should be able to get records less than one month old. That sounds to me like endorsement of the police's position under discussion here.
I didn't mention in my first post that I don't think the carriers should be forced to save records. I should have, but I have mentioned it in every post on this subject since that post. So I am saying for those carriers that do store records that they should be available to law enforcement with a warrant within said time period.
If you actually believe that service providers should not be forced to keep records, and should only turn over records after getting a warrant, then you should be completely opposed to what the police are suggesting here.
I am, and by the way, sorry for saying your post was stupid, that was completely uncalled for.
Just because you don't like an answer doesn't mean it is not an answer.
I know my carrier does not store texts in the normal course of business, so yes cops are shit out of luck if they want my texts, but that is not the case for every carrier.
It is just one more aspect you may want to consider as to which phone service provider you want to use.
Ok, why did you post such a stupid reply?
I have been saying that a warrant is needed. You are unable to get the records without a warrant and a judge is not going to give you a warrant if you have no evidence that a crime was committed.
I have no problem with the carriers not storing records, and if the carriers don't store records then the cops of shit out of luck, but if the carrier does store these records then it would be stupid to not let the cops have access to them IF THE COPS PROVIDE A WARRANT SIGNED BY A JUDGE.
If I was constantly getting accused of shit I didn't do then there is a chance I would do exactly that. That would be in conjunction with a lawsuit and the voice records would help me win.
Now, I'm sure you won't like this, but is comparable.
I live on a very short street and there is really no reason to be on the street if you don't live there or have any business with people who do live there. There have been some robberies. I am planning on putting a camera in a window to record all traffic to be made available to the police after the next robbery.
Now tell me why I am wrong to do that.
I agree they should be able to get the information if they have a warrant, but that the companies should not be forced to store the information.
Basically I'm not looking to put stupid barriers in the way of a criminal investigation, but not looking for this to become a police state.
Do you think they should be able to get the audio of any phone conversation up to a month old?
If that was information that was normally stored in the course of business, then yes, but there should be no special provisions asking the phone companies to start storing that information.
The police normally only investigate crimes after they have already happened so they need to get evidence from the time period that the crime happened in.
I agree with you that they should need to get a warrant, much like they have to to get your phone records, but I think that they should be allowed to get text messages that are less than one month old, but beyond one month they should only get a notice that a text happened, but not the actual message.
You do know that graphics are usually very constrained by their memory bandwidth and that putting in much faster ram will give you better results, but it still will not compare to an actual dedicated card even if it has the same piece of silicon at its heart because everything else is different.
I bought a low end card as a temporary replacement when my main one went in for warranty work and that low end card had 2 gigs of video ram. In fact I have seen lots of low end cards over the years with over 1 gig of video ram, but it's not as fast as the ram that is on the high end cards.
Manufactured by Sony, but not designed or modified by Sony.
I'm ok with that, I would actually prefer a Sony model vs the Chinese manufactured model.
I do not like Sony in the least, but all they are doing here as far as I can tell is putting it all together and they do do that well.
Much like a service pack, but instead that was a service pack you had to purchase, which lots of people disliked.
How can I forget that? The primary program I do tech support for was last revised in 1999. At the time it worked on Macs and PCs, but only works on PCs now.
Compatibility mode Windows 98/ME + admin rights.
The fun thing is trying to get it to work correctly on Vista.
Ala Windows 98 Second Edition.
There was a fairly bad backlash regarding that.
How so?
This is going to cause more fragmentation since not everyone will want to upgrade each and every year so support costs will go up for companies that provide Windows products.
Well you wouldn't want your wife knowing, but if you are being blackmailed at that level whether or not your wife knows is the lesser issue.
Clinton is a good example, he fucked around a lot and the thing he got in trouble for was lying about it, not the deed itself. And his base did not care one bit because he was doing a great job otherwise.
If said hypothetical senator is smart he'll just publicly point out that NASA is spying on US citizens and all those involved at NASA will be spending the rest of their lives in jail as the agency is dismantled.
It is very rare that anyone really cares if a politician is fucking around.