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"Any application for the rental or use of state-owned property or equipment provided to the liaison shall be promptly provided to the head of the agency, department, or commission having jurisdiction over the property for approval or disapproval;) so that they can request the rental/and or use of any state property."

"during the production of a motion picture pursuant to a permit, the agency, department, or commission representative shall be available for telephone consultation with the Commission's staff after office hours and on weekends in the event that consultation or assistance regarding the use of state-owned property or equipment is needed;"

EXECUTIVE ORDER S-15-04

Nicceee.....

I wonder how many employees the high tech industry employs. You think over 250,000? Oh yea, we'll need Larry Elison as govenor to get support there.

History:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_n umber=sb_1506&sess=CUR&house=S

Senate analysis:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-155 0/sb_1506_cfa_20040820_131207_sen_floor.html

Text of bill (HTML):
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-155 0/sb_1506_bill_20040823_enrolled.html

History:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_n umber=sb_1506&sess=CUR&house=S

Senate analysis:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-155 0/sb_1506_cfa_20040820_131207_sen_floor.html

Text of bill (HTML):
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-155 0/sb_1506_bill_20040823_enrolled.html

History:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_n umber=sb_1506&sess=CUR&house=S

Senate analysis:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-155 0/sb_1506_cfa_20040820_131207_sen_floor.html

Text of bill (HTML):
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-155 0/sb_1506_bill_20040823_enrolled.html

Maybe it is not constitutional, but check out the actual text for yourself. It looks pretty clear to me that there is no exception for files that you have permission to trade.

From DailyHaiuk.com.

I wonder if this is going to apply to public domain stuff? He's got some video at his website:

Here and here.

This stuff should be public domain by CA law. Also, if I don't give you my email, are those href's up there considered "disseminating"?

-dameron

From DailyHaiuk.com.

I wonder if this is going to apply to public domain stuff? He's got some video at his website:

Here and here.

This stuff should be public domain by CA law. Also, if I don't give you my email, are those href's up there considered "disseminating"?

-dameron

Nah. Just use this.

governor_@_governor.ca.gov

(Might be wrong harvested it here)

You can read the text of the filesharing bill (now law) at http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-1550/s b_1506_bill_20040823_enrolled.html

There may be technical issues, but it IS doable. The cities of Arcata, Chico, Eureka, and Merced in California all run methane co-generation plants at their waste water facilities.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/development/biomass/anaer obic.html

http://www.biogasworks.com/

Yes, but what's the payback time with fossil fuels? 300 million years!

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So you're claiming that bullets used "defensively" are 3% as likely to kill someone as bullets used in any other way?

Firearm assaults - which shooting at someone in a DGU counts as - are fatal approximately one third of the time. With this more specific data, Kleck's numbers actually suggest that about 65,000 firearm deaths due to DGUs should occur each year, making his results even more suspect.

There are only 60,000 total non-fatal gunshot injuries treated in US hospitals every year, but Kleck's numbers suggest DGUs alone account for 200,000 wounds (fatal and non-fatal). Unless you're saying that somehow the large majority of DGU-caused firearm wounds are never reported to a hospital, Kleck's numbers still don't add up.

Guns fire bullets in exactly the same way, regardless of whether the situation is a DGU or not. Intentional, non-suicide firearm injuries will have about the same rates of injury and lethality, regardless of whether the situation is a DGU or not. Kleck's numbers paint a picture that is demonstrably at least an order of magnitude different from reality.

Kleck's numbers are not reliable.

"It's a publicity ploy...and since the ex-actor is now a politician, that means it's a political ploy."

Not that the governor of California has anything to do with California's AG. California, like most states, chooses its attorney general by direct popular vote, in accordance with Article 5, Section 11 of the California Constitution.

If you're going to criticize a government, it helps to know a little about how it works.

Let the AG know he's making the right choice.

Once you receive your form in the mail, which takes approximately 7 to 14 days, you must sign, date, and return it by mail to the county elections official on the return address side of the voter registration card. Please make sure all of the information is correct and drop it back in the mail. We'll pay for the postage!

Indian Health Service routinely sterilized women as late as 1970.

This still goes on today! Medi-Cal, California's public health service, routinely sterilizes the poor.

Perhaps you meant IHS forcibly sterilized Native American women? Bullshit.

The Kahleeforneea legislature needs to get to work on real issues, like the California Performance Review. If this is what they are wasting their time working on, then the legislature should be sent home to save taxpayer money. Leland Yee is the state senator who tried to legislate "feng shui" into the building code.

What is the penalty for not complying? A $500/day penalty was amended out of the bill. This is another regulation that California merchants must keep track of.

I screwed up the link entry. Sorry about that. Here it is.

Fifty years after atomic power, there has been very little progress. We can't make fusion work. Fission is too messy. And there's nothing else in the research pipeline.

Don't think solar or wind will help. Here are the actual figures for California for the last twenty years. Solar power hasn't increased over the last decade, and is stuck around 0.03% of consumption. Wind power is at 0.1% of consumption, and the good sites have already been developed.

after reading the messages I decided to provide some links on else one alternative solution to shortage of oil and oil dependency.

Let us consider natural gas.

1. the reserves

2. there is available technology to convert natural gas to liquid fuel. some links http://www.syntroleum.com/News/Articles/Synthetic% 20Diesel.PDF http://www.energy.ca.gov/2003_energypolicy/documen ts/2003-08-21_hearing/2003-08-21_CORKADELL_CLAUDE. PDF the estimated price for the fuel approx $12. barrel ( and no need to process crude oil)

3. the natural gas and Gas to Liquid converted fuel as well are less pollutant ( less CO2, sulfur etc) than oil based fuel.

At least in California, and presumably most (?) other states, the higher-class licenses are referred to as commercial licenses required if you want to drive certain classes of vehicle at all, or drive certain types of vehicle for commercial purposes, or drive any type of vehicle for certain commercial purposes. If the vehicle is over 6000 lb, and driven for commercial purposes (in order to get the tax writeoff, this is what you have to claim, right?) then it only makes sense that you should need a commercial license of some description.

I was also going to recommend biodiesel for the cars. As for the trolly's, that is easy. Where I come from, 87% of electricity comes from hydroelectric. Sure, it isn't feasible across the whole country, but that is why we have nuclear :)

Andrew

It truly was designed for a different era, but has its uses even today. Virtually all weather emergency bulletins are sent out via the EAS protocols today, which doesn't normally affect people in, say, Silicon Valley, but makes a big difference in Tornado Alley and in Florida right now.

A few miles from here there was a fire at a chemical factory in La Mesa, CA... I was sitting there watching something on a high-cable channel when I hear a tone and see scrolling text at the top of the screen advising me to evacuate the area. Thank you EAS, and thank you Cox Cable.

When San Diego had its Cedar Fire in 2003 (largest fire in the history of CA, which altered everyone here's life) the EAS was used by the NWS, FD, and PD to provide information on evacuation across all channels on the cable systems (not sure about the radio, they might have been covering that themselves).

The California Office of Emergency Services has a Emerg. Digital Info Service that uses some of the same technology and protocols as well (includes the much-reknowned AMBER alerts).

Don't think that this is some relic, this is used and tested on at least a weekly basis nationwide (SD Info).

That being said, efforts to modernize and update things are great. I'd like to see some sort of emergency protocol for data packets, similar to the emergency phone service that allows infrastructure workers' phone calls to have priority in the midst of an emergency. There should be a EAS sitatuion website that is update out-of-bounds and is replicated (through some fancy AS routing) to servers all across the country, so it's always accessible. Think of a FEMA-run Akamai.

The company I work for was even considering some way to allow people to have EDIS/EAS alerts pop up (via Messenger service or some other client) whenever they were released for the area they're in (won't work because of all the RFC1918 space they use :\).

Emergency Alert Systems, and Civil Defense systems in general ARE still around, and ARE working within their original intent, but more public attention needs to be brought to them, so that all know about them. It's not so much security, but having more eyes on them will undoubtedly help suggest further improvements.

And I agree with the earlier poster... ANYONE who hacks a system like this deserves the 20 years of time they'll get. That's just dumb. It's on a par with DOSing a 911 call center. Don't do it. You WILL cause loss of life and NO ONE will have any sympathy when you go to prison for a very, very long time. In fact, I'd love to help catch you.

• The Governor should direct the state Chief Information Officer to obtain copyright and patent protection on the code owned by the state to protect this valuable resource as an intellectual property.

• Additional income may be generated in later years through copyright and patent license agreements and sales. That revenue cannot be estimated until all state-owned code is identified.

The whole suggestion is mangling of ideas, where the author treats "copyright" and "patents" as if they were the same thing. Here's my favorite paragraph:

• Computer application programs over the last few years have evolved into programming languages that are designed to be easily modified to work in various environments. For example, HTML, XML, Java, LINUX and others are written in modular formats that can be connected in different pieces of code to accomplish a variety of functions.In computer terminology, each computer operating system is called a platform and language code that can be used on more than one platform is called "cross platform code."

They go on to claim that by using a code library - which will only need four librarians to handle all the code in the State:

• The State Chief Information Officer should issue a directive requiring all departments to follow the standards and submit all code developed to the library

• The savings will be generated by eliminating the need for the approximately 120 consultants involved in application development throughout the various state departments.

Fortunately, we've got a 30 day period for public comment, so folk from California might want to chime in here!

• The Governor should direct the state Chief Information Officer to obtain copyright and patent protection on the code owned by the state to protect this valuable resource as an intellectual property.

• Additional income may be generated in later years through copyright and patent license agreements and sales. That revenue cannot be estimated until all state-owned code is identified.

The whole suggestion is mangling of ideas, where the author treats "copyright" and "patents" as if they were the same thing. Here's my favorite paragraph:

• Computer application programs over the last few years have evolved into programming languages that are designed to be easily modified to work in various environments. For example, HTML, XML, Java, LINUX and others are written in modular formats that can be connected in different pieces of code to accomplish a variety of functions.In computer terminology, each computer operating system is called a platform and language code that can be used on more than one platform is called "cross platform code."

They go on to claim that by using a code library - which will only need four librarians to handle all the code in the State:

• The State Chief Information Officer should issue a directive requiring all departments to follow the standards and submit all code developed to the library

• The savings will be generated by eliminating the need for the approximately 120 consultants involved in application development throughout the various state departments.

Fortunately, we've got a 30 day period for public comment, so folk from California might want to chime in here!

Looking at the rest of the IT proposals, I'd be surprised if this heralds a huge shift to FOSS in the near future. Given the mention of VNC in section 10, and the intention to create a state-wide help desk in section 30, though, there are obvious areas where FOSS could start appearing.

It is, however, interesting to note the the report does mention both the flexibility and security aspects of software. Quoting the report "In summary, open source is not just about cost savings. Since the code is open, it offers the flexibility for organizations to modify the code as needed for specific uses. Many also feel that open source is more reliable and secure than closed source". I wonder how much the various worm-of-day security incidents cost?

As an aside, is anyone else concerned by the way section 32 seems to be setting things up for later suggesting using digital cameras for crime scenes?

Looking at the rest of the IT proposals, I'd be surprised if this heralds a huge shift to FOSS in the near future. Given the mention of VNC in section 10, and the intention to create a state-wide help desk in section 30, though, there are obvious areas where FOSS could start appearing.

It is, however, interesting to note the the report does mention both the flexibility and security aspects of software. Quoting the report "In summary, open source is not just about cost savings. Since the code is open, it offers the flexibility for organizations to modify the code as needed for specific uses. Many also feel that open source is more reliable and secure than closed source". I wonder how much the various worm-of-day security incidents cost?

As an aside, is anyone else concerned by the way section 32 seems to be setting things up for later suggesting using digital cameras for crime scenes?

California provides for self-insurance.

This is basically a 30k bond. If you don't want to pay an insurance company, you could self insure.

This would get you out of the insurance company trap. However your bank (if you have a loan) would require insurance above the state minimum, but if you've got a car loan, what are you doing with 30k in cash for a self-insurance bond?

More elected representatives are good. More government bureaucrats and regulators are bad. The California Performance Review is a good start. It's too bad that all the "Girlie Men" in the California legislature are opposed to any government reform.

Technically, in California you have to be a licensed appliance and electronics repair person already. It's just not enforced (that wouldn't go over well in San Jose). I wish I had time to find a better link to source, but here's a link.

I think that Mr. Galton should review California Penal Code 158 at some point, before appearing in court.

I like California basic speed law:

22350. No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.

IANAL, but as far as I know, at least in California, the posted speed limit signs are "suggested" speed limits for drivers; meaning it's not a hard legal maximum speed at which you can drive in that area. You should always consider circumstances, conditions and the surroundings when you determine what is safe speed. i.e. when it's foggy, dark, or crowded, it may be unsafe even if you drive below the posted speed limit (so you may be breaking the law); or if it's sunny and clear it may be safe to drive over the posted limit.

So, saying that there should be a single hard limit on every stretch of the road does not take into account the road/weather conditions and surroundings with which you are dealing when you drive through it. e.g., if it's foggy and dark, you may be unsafe at 30 MPH, but when it's sunny and clear you may be perfectly safe at 50 MPH. So, what should be the "hard" legal limit? If it's 50, then you are allowing legal unsafe driving during bad conditions; if it's 30, then you are unreasonably slowing down traffic. My understanding is they would usually set it at 45 and take into account road/weather conditions.

After all, if you think you have been wrongly accused you can always present your case in front of a judge and explain why you believe you were being safe, not to say that you will always win, or are even likely to win.

I think California basic speed law makes sense as it is, and mandatory black boxes or not, is no reason to change it.

And is it me or have the people who used to do credit card calls all switched over to doing "non-profit" debt consolidation services. Heck, for all I know, the actual debt consolidation service is really non-profit, but I suspect the telemarketers are still making a bundle making calls for them.

The residents of Nevada are protesting the inturment of the nations nuclear waste in their backyard.

No, not all residents. There are many who aren't in opposition to the internment of the waste.

Questions for you: Do you believe that the current storage pools are safer than Yucca Mountain? Do you have an answer for the existing waste that doesn't involve Yucca? If a method could be found to greatly reduce the volume and threat of existing nuclear waste, wouldn't you be in favor of it?

Breeder-burners can use the spent fuel currently sitting idle in storage pools as well as weapons material that awaits decommissioning. I am against using Yucca for long-term storage but not for the same reasons as you I think. I think Yucca should be a short-term waystation to get the material out of storage pools until breeder-burners are online. My personal favorite is the IRF/AFR model.

And there's tons of this stuff which is going to be criss-crossing the nation via rail, and truck, terrorist opportunities abound.

And how many accidents have there been? In France where the vast majority of the electricity comes from nuclear power, how many terrorist attacks have succeeded against the rail and trucks that have criss-crossed that nation for decades? What terrorist opportunities? Please enumerate them.

You mentioned hydroelectric. Look back at that energy map of California. What do you think would happen if terrorists attacked those dams, flooding the valleys in front of them, drowning the residents, and washing away homes, businesses, and communities? Or did you think hydroelectric was warm and fuzzy since you can't get thyroid cancer from it?

Nuclear may be safe? But with a loose definition of safe.

Yes, it's a loose definition. That's what large-scale electricity generation entails. No form, not green, not nuclear, not fossil fuel-based is 100% safe when producing large amounts of energy on a municipal level.

And it will never be as safe as the green alternatives.

You're right. It's hard to be safer than an alternative that can't run at the same capacity. 104 nuclear facilities are licensed in the US -- many of them share a physical location. Only 102 of them are actually running. 20% of all US electricity comes from nuclear. How many nuclear accidents have occurred in US history? Now look at the number of injuries and fatalities both of workers and people in

Although Markus was being funny he was right about having your name legally changed. It will cause problems if you use Tim and Timothy on offical documents and records. Your best bet is to pick one and stick with it. I went from Matthew to Matt because I was running into the same thing you are. If you want to go by Tim instead of Timothy then you should look into getting your name changed. It's a simple procedure that you can usually do yourself. If you live in California you can find the information on how to do it online. Other states may have similar information available.

If you live in a state with a high state income tax rate , you might be able to itemize even if you don't own a house. It's worth checking.

It would be nice for this to be a success, given New York's history as the location of the first electric company.

Regarding the East River, a suitcase full of human limbs was found floating a few years ago, and a cop on the news said, "This is a very rare event. I've been working here 15 years and I've only seen maybe 40 cases like this."

Now, mind you, this varies from state to state, country to country, but in the US there are certain labor laws against this type of abuse.

First and foremost you have to understand what these two terms mean:

Salaried

Exempt

An exempt employee is always salaried.

A salaried employee is not necessarily exempt.

There is a difference. A huge difference. And I'd bet nearly all of you didn't understand the nuance. Guess which one your HR department has you marked down as, and I bet you never throught to even challenge it.

Exempt applies to a certain class of workers. IANAL, but roughly this means that you are (ta da!) exempt from certain labor regulations, such as number of hours worked and whether or not you get any over time. Exempt employees are, by definition, salaried. Believe it or not, most of the tech jobs don't fall under the "professional" exemption. This varies from state to state, states being able to offer stricter regulations than the federal mandates. California tends to favor the employee, not the employer. As a rule of thumb for this group, you can be exempt if you're an executive or have an advanced degree and the degree is required to work in your profession (ie, doctors, etc)

Salaried means you get a fixed pay rate per week. If you show up for 20 minutes a day, or even one day, you are required to get your full weeks salary. You can not be docked for hours missed unless it's for a full day, and there's limits on that too.

Of particular interest is the case of the salaried employee who is non-exempt. A non-exempt, salaried employee can work less than 40 hours a week but still must be paid for 40 hours. However, working more than 40 hours (or by your states laws) you are required, by law, to be paid for working those hours.

I'll bet you haven't been, huh? Keep track of those extra hours, and let your boss know. Should you be discharged, ask for your back pay. If they chuckle at you, contact your local department of labor and say you have an unpaid overtime claim. You're likely legally entitled to it, and the department will investigate and make a determination.

You can also be exempt and loose your exempt status unless the company is mindful of the laws. Are you exempt and you've been asked to take partial days off for vacation or sickness? In your companies eagerness to save itself $100, they likely lost your exempt status and opened themselves up to oweing you tens of thousands of dollars in back pay in overtime.

Now, as for the original question... that's kind of interesting. If you're in California, they may be liable for paying you while you at home. Possibly 24 hours a day.

IMHO, companies that are that f'ing cheap deserve exactly what they get.

Compensation for standby time
Excessive OT
Compensatable hours worked
The use of pagers
California Labor Code

Now, mind you, this varies from state to state, country to country, but in the US there are certain labor laws against this type of abuse.

First and foremost you have to understand what these two terms mean:

Salaried

Exempt

An exempt employee is always salaried.

A salaried employee is not necessarily exempt.

There is a difference. A huge difference. And I'd bet nearly all of you didn't understand the nuance. Guess which one your HR department has you marked down as, and I bet you never throught to even challenge it.

Exempt applies to a certain class of workers. IANAL, but roughly this means that you are (ta da!) exempt from certain labor regulations, such as number of hours worked and whether or not you get any over time. Exempt employees are, by definition, salaried. Believe it or not, most of the tech jobs don't fall under the "professional" exemption. This varies from state to state, states being able to offer stricter regulations than the federal mandates. California tends to favor the employee, not the employer. As a rule of thumb for this group, you can be exempt if you're an executive or have an advanced degree and the degree is required to work in your profession (ie, doctors, etc)

Salaried means you get a fixed pay rate per week. If you show up for 20 minutes a day, or even one day, you are required to get your full weeks salary. You can not be docked for hours missed unless it's for a full day, and there's limits on that too.

Of particular interest is the case of the salaried employee who is non-exempt. A non-exempt, salaried employee can work less than 40 hours a week but still must be paid for 40 hours. However, working more than 40 hours (or by your states laws) you are required, by law, to be paid for working those hours.

I'll bet you haven't been, huh? Keep track of those extra hours, and let your boss know. Should you be discharged, ask for your back pay. If they chuckle at you, contact your local department of labor and say you have an unpaid overtime claim. You're likely legally entitled to it, and the department will investigate and make a determination.

You can also be exempt and loose your exempt status unless the company is mindful of the laws. Are you exempt and you've been asked to take partial days off for vacation or sickness? In your companies eagerness to save itself $100, they likely lost your exempt status and opened themselves up to oweing you tens of thousands of dollars in back pay in overtime.

Now, as for the original question... that's kind of interesting. If you're in California, they may be liable for paying you while you at home. Possibly 24 hours a day.

IMHO, companies that are that f'ing cheap deserve exactly what they get.

Compensation for standby time
Excessive OT
Compensatable hours worked
The use of pagers
California Labor Code

Now, mind you, this varies from state to state, country to country, but in the US there are certain labor laws against this type of abuse.

First and foremost you have to understand what these two terms mean:

Salaried

Exempt

An exempt employee is always salaried.

A salaried employee is not necessarily exempt.

There is a difference. A huge difference. And I'd bet nearly all of you didn't understand the nuance. Guess which one your HR department has you marked down as, and I bet you never throught to even challenge it.

Exempt applies to a certain class of workers. IANAL, but roughly this means that you are (ta da!) exempt from certain labor regulations, such as number of hours worked and whether or not you get any over time. Exempt employees are, by definition, salaried. Believe it or not, most of the tech jobs don't fall under the "professional" exemption. This varies from state to state, states being able to offer stricter regulations than the federal mandates. California tends to favor the employee, not the employer. As a rule of thumb for this group, you can be exempt if you're an executive or have an advanced degree and the degree is required to work in your profession (ie, doctors, etc)

Salaried means you get a fixed pay rate per week. If you show up for 20 minutes a day, or even one day, you are required to get your full weeks salary. You can not be docked for hours missed unless it's for a full day, and there's limits on that too.

Of particular interest is the case of the salaried employee who is non-exempt. A non-exempt, salaried employee can work less than 40 hours a week but still must be paid for 40 hours. However, working more than 40 hours (or by your states laws) you are required, by law, to be paid for working those hours.

I'll bet you haven't been, huh? Keep track of those extra hours, and let your boss know. Should you be discharged, ask for your back pay. If they chuckle at you, contact your local department of labor and say you have an unpaid overtime claim. You're likely legally entitled to it, and the department will investigate and make a determination.

You can also be exempt and loose your exempt status unless the company is mindful of the laws. Are you exempt and you've been asked to take partial days off for vacation or sickness? In your companies eagerness to save itself $100, they likely lost your exempt status and opened themselves up to oweing you tens of thousands of dollars in back pay in overtime.

Now, as for the original question... that's kind of interesting. If you're in California, they may be liable for paying you while you at home. Possibly 24 hours a day.

IMHO, companies that are that f'ing cheap deserve exactly what they get.

Compensation for standby time
Excessive OT
Compensatable hours worked
The use of pagers
California Labor Code

Now, mind you, this varies from state to state, country to country, but in the US there are certain labor laws against this type of abuse.

First and foremost you have to understand what these two terms mean:

Salaried

Exempt

An exempt employee is always salaried.

A salaried employee is not necessarily exempt.

There is a difference. A huge difference. And I'd bet nearly all of you didn't understand the nuance. Guess which one your HR department has you marked down as, and I bet you never throught to even challenge it.

Exempt applies to a certain class of workers. IANAL, but roughly this means that you are (ta da!) exempt from certain labor regulations, such as number of hours worked and whether or not you get any over time. Exempt employees are, by definition, salaried. Believe it or not, most of the tech jobs don't fall under the "professional" exemption. This varies from state to state, states being able to offer stricter regulations than the federal mandates. California tends to favor the employee, not the employer. As a rule of thumb for this group, you can be exempt if you're an executive or have an advanced degree and the degree is required to work in your profession (ie, doctors, etc)

Salaried means you get a fixed pay rate per week. If you show up for 20 minutes a day, or even one day, you are required to get your full weeks salary. You can not be docked for hours missed unless it's for a full day, and there's limits on that too.

Of particular interest is the case of the salaried employee who is non-exempt. A non-exempt, salaried employee can work less than 40 hours a week but still must be paid for 40 hours. However, working more than 40 hours (or by your states laws) you are required, by law, to be paid for working those hours.

I'll bet you haven't been, huh? Keep track of those extra hours, and let your boss know. Should you be discharged, ask for your back pay. If they chuckle at you, contact your local department of labor and say you have an unpaid overtime claim. You're likely legally entitled to it, and the department will investigate and make a determination.

You can also be exempt and loose your exempt status unless the company is mindful of the laws. Are you exempt and you've been asked to take partial days off for vacation or sickness? In your companies eagerness to save itself $100, they likely lost your exempt status and opened themselves up to oweing you tens of thousands of dollars in back pay in overtime.

Now, as for the original question... that's kind of interesting. If you're in California, they may be liable for paying you while you at home. Possibly 24 hours a day.

IMHO, companies that are that f'ing cheap deserve exactly what they get.

Compensation for standby time
Excessive OT
Compensatable hours worked
The use of pagers
California Labor Code

Now, mind you, this varies from state to state, country to country, but in the US there are certain labor laws against this type of abuse.

First and foremost you have to understand what these two terms mean:

Salaried

Exempt

An exempt employee is always salaried.

A salaried employee is not necessarily exempt.

There is a difference. A huge difference. And I'd bet nearly all of you didn't understand the nuance. Guess which one your HR department has you marked down as, and I bet you never throught to even challenge it.

Exempt applies to a certain class of workers. IANAL, but roughly this means that you are (ta da!) exempt from certain labor regulations, such as number of hours worked and whether or not you get any over time. Exempt employees are, by definition, salaried. Believe it or not, most of the tech jobs don't fall under the "professional" exemption. This varies from state to state, states being able to offer stricter regulations than the federal mandates. California tends to favor the employee, not the employer. As a rule of thumb for this group, you can be exempt if you're an executive or have an advanced degree and the degree is required to work in your profession (ie, doctors, etc)

Salaried means you get a fixed pay rate per week. If you show up for 20 minutes a day, or even one day, you are required to get your full weeks salary. You can not be docked for hours missed unless it's for a full day, and there's limits on that too.

Of particular interest is the case of the salaried employee who is non-exempt. A non-exempt, salaried employee can work less than 40 hours a week but still must be paid for 40 hours. However, working more than 40 hours (or by your states laws) you are required, by law, to be paid for working those hours.

I'll bet you haven't been, huh? Keep track of those extra hours, and let your boss know. Should you be discharged, ask for your back pay. If they chuckle at you, contact your local department of labor and say you have an unpaid overtime claim. You're likely legally entitled to it, and the department will investigate and make a determination.

You can also be exempt and loose your exempt status unless the company is mindful of the laws. Are you exempt and you've been asked to take partial days off for vacation or sickness? In your companies eagerness to save itself $100, they likely lost your exempt status and opened themselves up to oweing you tens of thousands of dollars in back pay in overtime.

Now, as for the original question... that's kind of interesting. If you're in California, they may be liable for paying you while you at home. Possibly 24 hours a day.

IMHO, companies that are that f'ing cheap deserve exactly what they get.

Compensation for standby time
Excessive OT
Compensatable hours worked
The use of pagers
California Labor Code

Here in California... the Democrat party and the ACLU FOISTED this up our collective asses. There was not a single Republican in charge of even the smallest dog pound out here when not 5 minutes after the 2000 vote, every Democrat went screaming into the streets - "We must have e-voting or else the poor minorities will get disenfranchised!"

actually implementing a doubt-free system is, of course, a completely different matter.

and thus it happened - and they bought Diebold.

It is NOT a Republican conspiracy - as much as some would like to believe it.

I keep a hand crossbow and one of the(discontinued) 8 D cell maglites. HERE for the appropriate CA penal code section. Crossbows aren't illegal. Nor are swords. It is perfectly legal to walk around with a sword, naginata, spear, pike, halberd, etc, but a dirk is a no-no. Also, death threats are illegal in the US. If you recieve one, report it as such. The sender can be put in jail.

What, and you think that those "controlling interests" wouldn't love to be the ground-breakers in a massive changeover to alternative fuels and have a (temporary) monopoly?

The problem with your theory is that the newer technologies in renewable energy tend to work rather efficiently on a micro producer scale, and thus would serve to reduce the amount of control that any one company or small group of companies can have over the energy market.

Electricity from solar energy can be that are on the market today.

Biodiesel takes very little equipment to produce in your garage from waste vegatable oil (big plastic drum, litmus paper and/or phenolthalene solution, hydrometer, measuring devices, etc) for pennies. No new technology need be implemented for the use of biodiesel

Natural gas can be efficiently produced on farms and by municipalities using biological processes.

Wind can be harnessed for electric production by windmills ranging in size from small ones that will power the lights in your garage (can be home-made without too much difficulty) to giant towers that can power several city blocks.

The truth is that petrochemical and energy corps are interested in maintaining the status quo, and will shun any technological advances that threaten to decentralize the energy markets. OTOH, the same corporations are showing considerable interest in implementing large scale renewable energy projects that allow market control to remain in their hands, such as large scale wind farms and hydrocarbon fuels produced from poultry processing wastes. The problem is that many people think that these companies are somehow attached to the idea of fossil fuels, when the truth is that they do not care where the money and power come from, as long as it remains in thier own hands.

(btw, the "hydrogen energy economy" is a red herring. It takes more energy to seperate the hydrogen from water than can be gained by burning or through fuel cells. The companies know this, and stand to profit from subsidies for building hydrogen plants, and from producing the electricity that will be used to seperate the hydrogen from water.)

I am not a lawyer.

I think I found the text of the bill, and it says:

"Every person who operates a recording device in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited, for the purpose of recording a theatrical motion picture ..."

I suppose that you cannot have the purpose of recording a movie if you don't have a tape. Or maybe your purpose was to record the movie, and you forgot the tape.

I'd like to know what would happen if you set up a camcorder, with tape, but aimed it away from the screen... say at the projection booth. Your intent is clearly not to record the film, and technically you couldn't get busted under this law, but would it upset the theater folk enough to have them arrest you? And if so, could you sue the theater for harassment?

It's not a link to the law. But chp.ca.gov is pretty close ;). I wonder if you could reference this if you were taken to court for it...

So, assuming that Cisco had to stop selling in Canada and instead sold in just the United States and Europe (ignoring Asia, Australia, etc., entirely), their sales would decrease by less than 5% (35/708)

Ok, how about these: here, here and here.
All three give different numbers but state that EVs have less overall pollution. Two of the articles state that EVs in California would be particulary helpful because California has cleaner power generation.

Here. Happy Seeing!