CA law against companies owning all inventions
Slashdot discussion with comment referencing the California labor code section 2870 which sounds like it should prevent enforcement of any claims against separate off-hours inventions.
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Some drivers in Japan who push the Prius’s efficiency to its limits… a bit overkill for me.
TJ Maxx security breach may push retailers?
It’s nice to see that there are columns being written about the TJ Maxx security breach and its repercussions. The more companies who are actually held responsible for their sloppy work should finally begin to reward those who are attentive to security…
Choicepoint built by privacy advocates’ requests?
An interesting premise that the ascendance of ChoicePoint to the throne of data accumulation king is due to the actions of privacy activists…
Politicians, Energy, and Hot Air
An interesting insight into the [lack of] governmental will to make a difference, highlighted by this wonderful data point:
Indeed, the standards are too lax to begin with: Ford’s Model A from the late 1920s would comply with today’s CAFE standards.
In summary, many plans, few actions.
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…but fully applicable today. Papers, please. A sign of the times, truly despicable to a thinking public. Thank someone’s higher power we don’t have a thinking public to argue with these imbecilic laws.
I’m feeling sick.
via Schneier.
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It appears that we do need to have some inspired ideas but the auto company’s claims that efficiency is so hard it isn’t economically feasible once again fall on their nose. Doing things the same way as we always have just doesn’t work out well.
Not hackers but slackers causing privacy breaches
Turns out that crackers (hackers with criminal intent) attacking computers are not actually creating most privacy incidents… usually it’s corporate mismanagement.
Somehow that doesn’t surprise me.
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British Columbia should be lauded for their new requirement – zero carbon release from coal power plants. Yes, it’s going to be hard, but it is something worth doing.
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Schneier writes about officials finding all kinds of things and thinking they are bombs and then blowing them up. I started laughing until I realized how sad it really is. I mean, how many real bombs are out there and can’t people use their brains to take a critical angle on these reports?
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