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The .gov TLD is reserved for the US Federal Government. State and local governments are supposed to use the .us heirachy.

Um...

• California DMV
• California Board of Corrections
• California Govenor's Office of Emergency Services
• Govenor Gray Davis Home Page
• California Franchise Tax Board

• And I didn't even try that hard, and I'm five for five .gov. Rules were made to be broken, I guess.

The .gov TLD is reserved for the US Federal Government. State and local governments are supposed to use the .us heirachy.

Um...

• California DMV
• California Board of Corrections
• California Govenor's Office of Emergency Services
• Govenor Gray Davis Home Page
• California Franchise Tax Board

• And I didn't even try that hard, and I'm five for five .gov. Rules were made to be broken, I guess.

The .gov TLD is reserved for the US Federal Government. State and local governments are supposed to use the .us heirachy.

Um...

• California DMV
• California Board of Corrections
• California Govenor's Office of Emergency Services
• Govenor Gray Davis Home Page
• California Franchise Tax Board

• And I didn't even try that hard, and I'm five for five .gov. Rules were made to be broken, I guess.

The .gov TLD is reserved for the US Federal Government. State and local governments are supposed to use the .us heirachy.

Um...

• California DMV
• California Board of Corrections
• California Govenor's Office of Emergency Services
• Govenor Gray Davis Home Page
• California Franchise Tax Board

• And I didn't even try that hard, and I'm five for five .gov. Rules were made to be broken, I guess.

The .gov TLD is reserved for the US Federal Government. State and local governments are supposed to use the .us heirachy.

Um...

• California DMV
• California Board of Corrections
• California Govenor's Office of Emergency Services
• Govenor Gray Davis Home Page
• California Franchise Tax Board

• And I didn't even try that hard, and I'm five for five .gov. Rules were made to be broken, I guess.

The link hasn't been broken in any of the article submissions. It broke when I was formatting it for the post. The correct link is:
The bill.

1. The bill, signed by Governor Gray Davis, insures that professional software developers making more than $44/hour will not be guaranteed overtime (which was originally initiated to prevent "conditions injurious to the health and efficiency of workers". I don't know about you, but the 80-hour weeks I've done would definitely not be considered good for my health or efficiency.

1. The bill, signed by Governor Gray Davis, insures that professional software developers making more than $44/hour will not be guaranteed overtime (which was originally initiated to prevent "conditions injurious to the health and efficiency of workers". I don't know about you, but the 80-hour weeks I've done would definitely not be considered good for my health or efficiency.

Hell, California plans to do that one better, by requiring a remote shutoff switch for cars.
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Ever heard of the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius? They achieve their extremely low emissions because it uses a very small gasoline motor (with closely-coupled emission control system) plus battery power to get the car going. The result is extremely low emissions, qualifying for the California Air Resources Board's standard called Super Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV).

I don't think that's true. In California, ULEVs, SULEVs and ZEVs now qualify for solo access to the carpool lanes. Quoting from the DMV:

Caution: Hybrid vehicles which use gas and electricity do not qualify for the decals.

The only ULEVs and SULEVs I see on the CARB list are all fueled by compressed natural gas. I believe no gasoline cars will ever qualify because even the hydrocarbon emissions during conventional pump fueling exceed the limits for those emission classes.

Ever heard of the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius? They achieve their extremely low emissions because it uses a very small gasoline motor (with closely-coupled emission control system) plus battery power to get the car going. The result is extremely low emissions, qualifying for the California Air Resources Board's standard called Super Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV).

I don't think that's true. In California, ULEVs, SULEVs and ZEVs now qualify for solo access to the carpool lanes. Quoting from the DMV:

Caution: Hybrid vehicles which use gas and electricity do not qualify for the decals.

The only ULEVs and SULEVs I see on the CARB list are all fueled by compressed natural gas. I believe no gasoline cars will ever qualify because even the hydrocarbon emissions during conventional pump fueling exceed the limits for those emission classes.

Gasoline emissions? The modern gasoline engine exhaust is almost all water and carbon dioxide

The key word here is almost.

Actually, most of the exhaust is nitrogen from the atmosphere, but we'll ignore that. :-)

Carbon monoxide, particulates, nitrogen oxides and unreacted hydrocarbons may be small components in auto exhaust, but in toto they are still causing serious air pollution. The California Air Resources Board est imates that in 1995, 15,000 tons/day of carbon monoxide were released into the atmosphere by vehicles in California.

And then there's CO2, which most fuel cell cars do not eliminate because they produce hydrogen on board from carbonaceous fuels like methanol or gasoline. One of the few ways to eliminate CO2 altogether is with EVs powered from non-fossil-fuel sources like solar, hydro, wind or nuclear.

Phil

William Clinton President The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America phone 1-202-456-1414 fax 1-202-456-2886 or 1-202-456-2461 (busy, keep trying) e-mail president@whitehouse.gov webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/

House Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

House Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Speaker, House of Representatives House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Senate Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Governor Don Seigelman State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36130 United States of America phone 1-334-242-7100, fax 1-334-242-4541 webpage http://www.state.al.us/

Governor Tony Knowles P.O. Box A Juneau, Alaska 99811 United States of America phone 1-907-465-3500, fax 1-907-465-3532 e-mail office_of_the_governor@gov.state.ak.u s webpage http://www.gov.state.ak.us/

Governor Jane Dee Hull State House Phoenix, Arizona 85007 United States of America phone 1-602-542-4331, fax 1-602-542-7601 webpage http://www.state.az.us/

Governor Mike Huckabee 250 State Capitol Bldg. Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States of America phone 1-501-682-2345, fax 1-501-682-1382 e-mail mike.huckabee@state.ar.us webpage http://www.state.ar.us/governor/gover nor.html

Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 United States of America phone 1-916-445-2841, fax 1-916-445-4633 e-mail hometeam@ca.gov webpage http://www.ca.gov/s/

Governor Bill Owens 136 State Capitol Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 United States of America phone 1-303-866-2471, fax 1-303-866-2003 webpage http://www.state.co.us/

Governor John Rowland State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave Hartford, Connecticut 06106 United States of America phone 1-860-566-4840, fax 1-203-524-7396 e-mail governor.rowland@po.state.ct.us webpage http://www.state.ct.us/governor/

Governor Thomas Carper Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware 19901 United States of America phone 1-302-739-4101, fax 1-302-577-3118 e-mail ssnyder@state.de.us webpage http://www.state.de.us/governor/index.htm

Governor Jeb Bush State Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399 United States of America phone 1-850-488-4441, fax 1-850-487-0801 e-mail page http://www.state.fl.us/eog/govmailform. html webpage http://fcn.state.fl.us/gsd/

Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Building, Room 203 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 United States of America phone 1-404-656-1776, fax 1-404-657-7332 e-mail governor@gov.state.ga.us webpage http://www.state.ga.us/

Governor Benjamin Cayetano State Capitol, Executive Chambers Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 United States of America phone 1-808-586-0034, fax 1-808-586-0006 e-mail gov@gov.state.hi.us webpage http://gov.state.hi.us

Governor Dirk Kempthorne State Capitol PO Box 83720, 700 West Jefferson, Fl. 2 Boise, Idaho 83720-0034 United States of America phone 1-208-334-2100, fax 1-208-334-2175 e-mail governor@gov.state.id.us webpage http://www.state.id.us/gov/govhmpg.htm

Governor George Ryan 207 Statehouse Springfield, Illinois 62706 United States of America phone 1-217-782-0244, fax 1-217-524-4049 e-mail governor@state.il.us webpage http://www.state.il.us/gov/

Governor Frank O'Bannon Statehouse, Rm. 206 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 United States of America phone 1-317-232-4567, fax 1-317-232-3443 e-mail page http://www.ai.org/gov/gov_mail.html webpage http://www.ai.org/gov/index.html

Governor Thomas Vilsack State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 United States of America phone 1-515-281-5211, fax 1-515-281-6611 e-mail general.office@igov.state.ia.us webpage http://www.iowaccess.org/

Governor Bill Graves State House Topeka, Kansas 66612 United States of America phone 1-913-296-6240, fax 1-913-296-7973 e-mail page http://www.state.ks.us/public/g overnor/comment.html webpage http://www.state.ks.us/public/governor/

Governor Paul Patton State Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 United States of America phone 1-502-564-2611, fax 1-502-564-2517 e-mail governor@mail.state.ky.us webpage http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/go v/govmenu6.htm

Governor Murphy Foster, Jr. State Capitol, P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 United States of America phone 1-504-342-7015, fax 1-504-342-7099 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.la.us/governo r/contact2.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Governor Michael Leavitt 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 United States of America phone 1-801-538-1000, fax 1-801-538-1528 e-mail governor@state.ut.us webpage http://www.governor.state.ut.us/

Governor Howard Dean 109 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05609 United States of America phone 1-802-828-3333, fax 1-802-828-3339 e-mail governor@state.vt.us webpage http://www.state.vt.us/

Governor Jim Gilmore State Capitol Richmond, Virginia 23219 United States of America phone 1-804-786-2211, fax 1-804-371-6351 e-mail page http://www.state.va.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.va.us/governor/

Governor Gary Locke State Capitol, P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 United States of America phone 1-360-902-4111, fax 1-360-753-4110 e-mail governor.locke@governor.wa.gov webpage http://www.wa.gov/governor

Governor Cecil Underwood State Capitol Charleston, West Virginia 25305 United States of America phone 1-304-558-2000, fax 1-304-342-7025 e-mail governor@state.wv.us webpage http://www.state.wi.us/governor/default .htm

Governor Tommy Thompson State Capitol, Room 115 East Madison, Wisconsin 53707 United States of America phone 1-608-266-1212, fax 1-608-267-8983 e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us webpage http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

Governor Jim Geringer State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 United States of America phone 1-307-777-7434, fax 1-307-632-3909 e-mail governor@missc.state.wy.us webpage http://www.state.wy.us/gove rnor/text_governor_home.html

William Clinton President The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America phone 1-202-456-1414 fax 1-202-456-2886 or 1-202-456-2461 (busy, keep trying) e-mail president@whitehouse.gov webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/

House Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

House Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Speaker, House of Representatives House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Senate Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Governor Don Seigelman State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36130 United States of America phone 1-334-242-7100, fax 1-334-242-4541 webpage http://www.state.al.us/

Governor Tony Knowles P.O. Box A Juneau, Alaska 99811 United States of America phone 1-907-465-3500, fax 1-907-465-3532 e-mail office_of_the_governor@gov.state.ak.u s webpage http://www.gov.state.ak.us/

Governor Jane Dee Hull State House Phoenix, Arizona 85007 United States of America phone 1-602-542-4331, fax 1-602-542-7601 webpage http://www.state.az.us/

Governor Mike Huckabee 250 State Capitol Bldg. Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States of America phone 1-501-682-2345, fax 1-501-682-1382 e-mail mike.huckabee@state.ar.us webpage http://www.state.ar.us/governor/gover nor.html

Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 United States of America phone 1-916-445-2841, fax 1-916-445-4633 e-mail hometeam@ca.gov webpage http://www.ca.gov/s/

Governor Bill Owens 136 State Capitol Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 United States of America phone 1-303-866-2471, fax 1-303-866-2003 webpage http://www.state.co.us/

Governor John Rowland State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave Hartford, Connecticut 06106 United States of America phone 1-860-566-4840, fax 1-203-524-7396 e-mail governor.rowland@po.state.ct.us webpage http://www.state.ct.us/governor/

Governor Thomas Carper Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware 19901 United States of America phone 1-302-739-4101, fax 1-302-577-3118 e-mail ssnyder@state.de.us webpage http://www.state.de.us/governor/index.htm

Governor Jeb Bush State Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399 United States of America phone 1-850-488-4441, fax 1-850-487-0801 e-mail page http://www.state.fl.us/eog/govmailform. html webpage http://fcn.state.fl.us/gsd/

Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Building, Room 203 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 United States of America phone 1-404-656-1776, fax 1-404-657-7332 e-mail governor@gov.state.ga.us webpage http://www.state.ga.us/

Governor Benjamin Cayetano State Capitol, Executive Chambers Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 United States of America phone 1-808-586-0034, fax 1-808-586-0006 e-mail gov@gov.state.hi.us webpage http://gov.state.hi.us

Governor Dirk Kempthorne State Capitol PO Box 83720, 700 West Jefferson, Fl. 2 Boise, Idaho 83720-0034 United States of America phone 1-208-334-2100, fax 1-208-334-2175 e-mail governor@gov.state.id.us webpage http://www.state.id.us/gov/govhmpg.htm

Governor George Ryan 207 Statehouse Springfield, Illinois 62706 United States of America phone 1-217-782-0244, fax 1-217-524-4049 e-mail governor@state.il.us webpage http://www.state.il.us/gov/

Governor Frank O'Bannon Statehouse, Rm. 206 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 United States of America phone 1-317-232-4567, fax 1-317-232-3443 e-mail page http://www.ai.org/gov/gov_mail.html webpage http://www.ai.org/gov/index.html

Governor Thomas Vilsack State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 United States of America phone 1-515-281-5211, fax 1-515-281-6611 e-mail general.office@igov.state.ia.us webpage http://www.iowaccess.org/

Governor Bill Graves State House Topeka, Kansas 66612 United States of America phone 1-913-296-6240, fax 1-913-296-7973 e-mail page http://www.state.ks.us/public/g overnor/comment.html webpage http://www.state.ks.us/public/governor/

Governor Paul Patton State Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 United States of America phone 1-502-564-2611, fax 1-502-564-2517 e-mail governor@mail.state.ky.us webpage http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/go v/govmenu6.htm

Governor Murphy Foster, Jr. State Capitol, P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 United States of America phone 1-504-342-7015, fax 1-504-342-7099 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.la.us/governo r/contact2.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

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Fuel cells react hydrogen with oxygen to create electricity directly. Their waste product is pure water. The main problem is storing the hydrogen.

But the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) invented a way to use methanol as your hydrogen source. With this technology, methanol fuel-cell vehicles have become possible. They run on methanol and air, and their exhaust is carbon dioxide and water.

Methanol is just an alcohol. You don't need to supercool it. It doesn't crystallize metal. You can pump it from ordinary gas station pumps. The infrastructure changes needed to support methanol are tiny compared to pure hydrogen, or even the liquid nitrogen idea.

I read somewhere that it might even be possible to make a fuel cell that runs on gasoline instead of methanol. I like the idea of an electric car that can stop at ordinary gas stations. No changes needed to infrastructure!

Read more here.

steveha

This is what I heard too. Actually when I read it they said something to the effect of "If the government would put more money into research, fuel cell engines for cars could be produced within 3-5 years."

I just had to give a short speech for a speech class last week. I did it on fuel cells. There are a lot of interesting developments going on with that technology. Apparently the only commercially ready fuel cells are phosphoric acid fuel cells (originally developed by NASA about 30 years ago I believe). There are several other types that should be ready within the next 5 years though.

They're also coming up with some interesting ideas for fuel sources. Powerball Technologies had one of the more interesting ideas.

Here's a few more links to check out:

Fuel Cells 2000

Commercializing Fuel Cells

Fuel Cells - Green Power. This is a 36 page PDF file from Los Alamos National Lab

Here's a bunch more.

Today it would be close to trivial to implement such a system--the lookup table by zip code for the tax to be collected would be easy. Extensions to existing software would be minor.

Bzzzzzt! Wrong! In fact, calculating the appropriate sales tax to collect is still practically impossible. A lawyer might deem this a trivial task (a "lookup table by zip code...") but in fact any quick survey of states where local sales taxes are permissible will instantly reveal the fact that zip codes and municipal boundaries frequently do not coincide.

Consider California: the state has a sales tax, each county can assess a sales tax, plus each city can assess a sales tax. In addition there are several special sales tax districts such as the Bay Area Rapid Transit District that can assess a sales tax. Zip codes in California do not necessarily map to county or even city boundaries. (You can view California sales tax rates, by county, here.)

This is an excellent example of a looming problem in government: Hawk, the writer of this post, is a legal scholar who "gets it." He was an authority cited by SlashDot when Judge Jackson's findings of fact in the Microsoft case were issued. He's the kind of lawyer that other lawyers will ask for guidance on public policy issues like assessing sales taxes. And, in fact, (on this specific issue) he's flat wrong. Calculating local sales taxes is anything but trivial, and you can't use zip codes to do it. Am I dumping on Hawk? Not really--I'm using this as an example of the serious problem we as a people face as our elected representatives try to come to grips with the Internet and the digital age. It's easy for a congressman or a judge to hear a Penn State professor say, "it's trivial" and blithely charge ahead--or write a decision--with that in mind. And having heard once that something like this is trivial, they aren't going to be dissuaded by anything less than an overwhelming amount of data. He's a professor, after all.

Moral: Do not ask a database programmer to write an appellate brief for you. And do not ask a lawyer to explain computer technology.

Wrong... In 1996 packaging comprised 29.7 percent of all landfill waste in the United States. This document cites a case where a corporation cut two-inches off a box flap and saved $360,000 annually at one plant. Every inch matters.

Wrong... In 1996 packaging comprised 29.7 percent of all landfill waste in the United States. This document cites a case where a corporation cut two-inches off a box flap and saved $360,000 annually at one plant. Every inch matters.

California is also doing some good things. The transportation department provides information on road conditions online.

California is also doing some good things. The transportation department provides information on road conditions online.

Whoa, the War in the Gulf was directly about fringe groups? I think it was about two things:

1. Oil
2. Regional Stability

1. We (United States) may not get our Oil supply from Kuwait, and while you are correct that Iraq supplied more Oil to the US before the war began, the threat of Iraq was not against Kuwait but against Saudi Arabia, which supplies the largest percent of Oil to the US (check out http://www.energy.ca.go v/database/multisector/usoilimp.html). While Iraw did not invade Saudi Arabia the problem is that Amiercan Foreign policy is all about...

2. Regional Stability. As long as the US maintains hegomony (sp?) it will want to preserve its "Spheres of Influence" on parts of the world. In the middle east, the US has definite interests in keeping the Oil trade open, with US control over the region.

(asise)Take Saudi Arabia, look at its Human rights record. Here is a country with a emmensly rich royal family that controls the government 100%, a country were corperal punishment is still on the books, a country were NO ONE has the right to vote (according to the CIA), but the US sends millions of dollars to, sells modern military weapons, and even looks the other way on human rights! But since they supply so much Oil, we let them get away with it.

So why did we get involved with in the Gulf? Lets take a view point from a Foreign policy/politician standpoint:

1. Iraq invaded Kuwait, CIA reports that they may be building chemical and biological weapons (true)
2. Iraq's leader frequency refers to the United States as an enemy, conlusion: he is not a friend (very true)
3. Iraq threatens Isreal (verbally); an ally of the US, and asks other Arab nations to join (Jordan)

So what do US planners think?

1. They think Iraq may threaten Isreal, an ally
2. They think Iraq may threaten Saudi Arabia, a major trade partner
3. They think Iraq may be building Weapons of Mass Destruction (WoMD)
4. Iraq is definatly threatening regional stability!
5. Conclusion: Iraq must be stopped

So the Bush administration turnes to the military. The resulting war is fought with weapons that (as you said correctly) were not as preceice as the Amiercan public was lead to believe. And ironically in the end, although Saddam Hussain is still in power, US planer probably achieved their goals:

1. Iraq is no longer threatening Saudi Arabia or Isreal
2. Iraq is no longer buildings WoMD (well, at least as of recent, UN inspectors were doing their best to shut down production facilities, but now...)

For all Intents and Purposes these goals were achieved for about 10 years. The region is stable (for now).

So what is the cost of regional stability? about a couple hundred American casulaties (and others from the coalition nations), and the popluation of Iraq which must suffer under a trade embargo and die of starvation, disease, and persecution.

And what about the oil? Go to a gas station and find out.

God bless America.

That's the funny thing about traffic laws. For every annoying law you can get me on, there's an equally annoying law I can get you on. For every 71 in a 70 speeding ticket, there will be just as many tickets for this law. I will personally ticket every single moron going 69 in a 70 in the left lane who doesn't move over for traffic behind.

"You hereby grant us permission to download Game-related files to you. You also grant us permission to access, extract and upload (i) Game-related data as part of the patching process and (ii) data relating to any program that we, in our reasonable discretion, determine interferes with the proper operation of EverQuest.

Now Mr. Smedley claimed that no hard disk scanning would be done but as you can tell from the wording just about anything is fair game.

More disturbing is Mr. Smedley's admission that scanning and reporting was already being done. Supposedly only the task list was being scanned for an unknown list of running tasks and if one or more of them were running this information was reported back to Verant. This is disturbing because it clearly violates California Penal Code (section 502). (read the law here)

Given the unauthorised scanning that took place before the proposed change to the EULA (which I think we all can agree that unilateral EULA changes are probably unenforceable, moreso than EULA's in general =), it was pretty hard to believe them.

Verant is now in a position to be pursued for criminal prosecution and is also open for civil action according to 502. It will be interesting to watch this develop further.

See: PC 459 Note that this is a link to the California DMV's site where they list all Penal Code sections relevant to operation of a motor vehicle. I'm to lazy to go find it in the rest of the penal code.

In other words, if you commit ANY FELONY no matter what it is, inside of any specified object, you have also committed burglary.

You can also look at California's other laws (3 Strikes and You're Out and 10-20-Life) to see kind of what is happening with extra charges. They use them as bargaining chips in pleas, and sentencing enhancements. Also, they could then possibly use these to further define any parole conditions. We take guns away from felons, driver's licenses and cars from drunks, why not these tools (and computers) away from people who break into computers? You say "Well, that is all they know how to do!" My advice to them is to learn another trade. We don't advocate for thiefs to be able to continue their "occupation" why should we do the same with computer criminals?

Whoever it was that suggested Jon should lead us all must have been appealing to the /. sense of irony.

It becomes increasingly apparent that Mr. Katz is interested only in formulating ever-longer rants against the corporate beast, rather than taking any kind of positive action in the real world. This is still a world where everything significant must be done on paper- I've been applying for a license to resell products in the state of california, and it's like registering my car all over again. You have to get the paperwork, you have to fill the paperwork out _BY_HAND_ in pen, because there is no format for editing the PDF file they considerately you with, and then you have to go to the office and stand in line to make sure they get the damn thing. If Steve Case can bring any kind of efficiency processes like this, I'm all for him running the world.

Steve Case for President!

But seriously, for the last 2 weeks Jon has been railing against all the young angry white nerds who need some kind of benificent guidance to appreciate what they have. Then someone comes out (presumably one of these hot-headed geeks, taking time out from a flame-war) and asks Jon to be that organizing force, and Mr. Katz can do is blather about Orwell.

For pete's sake man, put your money where your mouth is. Unplug for a minute and take a stand for what you believe to be right, in the *gasp* real world. THAT's what the online community really respects, and the only way you'll get 3/4ths of the people in this country to even know you exist. Otherwise, you are as guilty as anyone else is of treating the real world as an abstraction, something you don't have to worry about as long as the modem (or ISDN, or DSL- have you subscribed to that corporate incubus yet?) is working.

Mr. Case has realized that it is necessary for any real business that has plans for long term success to be anchored in brick and mortar, because that's what this world is made of- not bytes and photons. It sounds like maybe you're a little jealous you didn't think of it first.

Just to give a sense of how much information is already available online, here's a current incident report from the California Highway Patrol:

(1179) Traffic Collision - Ambulance Responding
Incident: 3053 Location: EB I580 JWO GRAND AV Map Page: 649 3J Info as of: 01/22/00 11:05 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS

11:03 pm - 1039 PITOS W/FLTBD ON EXP
11:02 pm - #5 BLOCKED / ROLL 1185 ON EXP
11:00 pm - PER RP - MIN INJ -- ROLLING 1141
10:59 pm - RP ADVS VEH PARTIALLY BLKG RT LN
10:57 pm - 2 ADDTL VEHS PULLED OVER AS WELL
10:57 pm - ON RHS
10:57 pm - NEG VEHS BLOCKING

RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
10:59 pm - CHP Unit Enroute
11:00 pm - CHP Unit Enroute
11:01 pm - CHP Unit On Scene

So getting simple traffic data from cell phones is totally unnecessary and inferior to the systems in place.

Just to give a sense of how much information is already available online, here's a current incident report from the California Highway Patrol:

(1179) Traffic Collision - Ambulance Responding
Incident: 3053 Location: EB I580 JWO GRAND AV Map Page: 649 3J Info as of: 01/22/00 11:05 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS

11:03 pm - 1039 PITOS W/FLTBD ON EXP
11:02 pm - #5 BLOCKED / ROLL 1185 ON EXP
11:00 pm - PER RP - MIN INJ -- ROLLING 1141
10:59 pm - RP ADVS VEH PARTIALLY BLKG RT LN
10:57 pm - 2 ADDTL VEHS PULLED OVER AS WELL
10:57 pm - ON RHS
10:57 pm - NEG VEHS BLOCKING

RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
10:59 pm - CHP Unit Enroute
11:00 pm - CHP Unit Enroute
11:01 pm - CHP Unit On Scene

So getting simple traffic data from cell phones is totally unnecessary and inferior to the systems in place.

If you scan through the California report, it's interesting to note that one of the "possible approaches to the problem of malicious software" which they list is security through obscurity (bottom of page, section titled 'Obscurity/complexity').

They speak of how "voting software may be kept secret prior to the election" so that "potential authors of attack software may not have enough time to develop and distribute it during the election window".

I'm not sure I'd count on that. Really motivated hackers/crackers can come up with stuff pretty darn quick.

If you scan through the California report, it's interesting to note that one of the "possible approaches to the problem of malicious software" which they list is security through obscurity (bottom of page, section titled 'Obscurity/complexity').

They speak of how "voting software may be kept secret prior to the election" so that "potential authors of attack software may not have enough time to develop and distribute it during the election window".

I'm not sure I'd count on that. Really motivated hackers/crackers can come up with stuff pretty darn quick.

No... as other people mentioned, its the correct time. You see, if it said 6:24 EDT, which stands for Eastern Daylight (savings) Time.... then it would be incorrect... but this says 6:24 EST, Eastern Standard Time, which is an hour behind EDT... (the old phase... spring ahead, fall back.) So, next time make sure you check the Timezone. If you really want more information... goto California's Department of Energy's website on Daylight savings...

I am President and CEO of a California corporation, and I am 16. According to California law, there is nothing that prevents a minor from holding stock without an adult being involved, and there is nothing that prevents a minor from executing his or her voting rights with that stock. In addition, a minor is allowed to function as incorporator.

Furthermore, although you are correct that contracts with minors as individuals are not legally binding, one of the good reasons minors should incorporate is that when a minor signs in the name of the corporation, it is legally binding. The individual is not bound to it; the corporation is. This is true for minors and adults. The reason for this is basically that because you own the stock and you have legal rights to execute your voting rights, you can decide what the company does (ie signs to), and the company itself is liable.

I have to sign "Joe Schmoe AS PRESIDENT" when I sign my name--but then, so does anyone.

Also, when a company falls apart, the individuals involved cannot be gone after. The company is a separate legal entity. This is called "protection from liability," and is probably the #1 reason anyone incorporates.

A lot of people assume the law is more strict than it is with regard to minors. This is just not true. I am personally in this situation and I think I should know :)

You can read the California lawbooks at www.leginfo.ca.gov or you can ask your lawyer.

What is the maxium amount of damages that can be claimed in small claims court?

If you are in California, the maxium is $2,500. Other states are probably similar. Keep in mind that in small claims court, you represent youself and cannot have a lawyer present.

I think I dislike the idea of how people use all this information they've been busy tracking. I can imagine people yelling at their pizza delivery guy because they saw their call was #3 in the queue, but after tracking the guy's route, they found he delivered the food out of order. Anyone who has worked any sort of customer service will likely recognize the behavior.
The concept is a fun idea, but there comes a point in which too much information becomes too much.
Time to fire up gnuplot...I've been keeping track of how often I've been checking slashdot daily.
In the meantime, check out the California Highway Patrol dispatch page.

COBRA is a california state system for extending health benefits from an employer for a period of time after you quit.

From: your name [you@big-company.com]
Subject: wage data sales
To: eddcomm@edd.ca.gov

Hello.

I understand (from an L.A. Times article, reported on www.cnnfn.com)
that you plan to begin selling wage data to banks and other
businesses in the near future. As reported, you will require my
written authorization to sell information about me, but I am concerned
that I have already inadvertently given that permission.

Please let me know whether your department has any information about
me in its files, and whether you have explicit or implicit permission
to sell that information (whether or not you currently have it).
Also, please tell me how to withhold, in perpetuity, my authorization
for release to any non-government entity.

Thank you,

Your Name
Your Address
Your Phone

http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsf rameset9.htm

talk to 'em, my fellow californians...
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.:.
: tedd

At first when I saw SF was #1, I thought, "Groan. They must have lumped San Jose in as part of San Francisco again." (It's mildly annoying considering San Jose is the bigger city but far and away lesser known of the two. People outside the area seem to always call the whole Bay Area "San Francisco", even though SF is really just the 6x8-mile city at the tip of the peninsula.) But I see they did separate them after all - their criteria was weighted in favor of the (rather nebulous) hosts per capita figure. I can believe that SF's financial district and the peninsula cities could dominate that. So at least they had an explanation for how their numbers turned out that way. San Jose was highest in the categories you'd expect for Silicon Valley... users accessing the Net from work and .com domains per thousand licensed businesses.

FYI... for more info, here are the pages for San Jose, San Francisco and the Assoc of Bay Area Governments (ABAG).