[blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied

[Steve P. Deeley]

I don't know why he had to send you an e-mail like that one.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied


> Also, using my strategy will enable me to take my fully operational 
> computer
> with me for use in the evenings. I fully admit this is not the cheapest 
> way
> to go, but there is no call for you to be rude about it. Simply don't do 
> as
> I have suggested. Post your own ideas and refrain from junior-high-school
> dialogue.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:51 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied
>
> Hi,
>
> DUMB!
> buy another 2.5" laptop hard drive and a thin sata to usb enclosure.
> then use casper to clone your drive to the second hard drive as it is free
> for 30 days.
> then uninstall everything you have to in order to comply with the testing
> rules.
> after the test, swap the hard drives as the new one will most likely have
> much more capacity and you could then use the original smaller drive in 
> the
> usb enclosure for extra storage.
> the new drive and enclosure will cost about $80.
>
> Bryan Schulz
> The BEST Solution
> www.best-acts.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied
>
>
>> For those who are lucky enough to be able to use a laptop on the essays, 
>> I
>> have a thought. If I am ultimately granted this accommodation, I expect
>> the
>> Board will ask me to wipe my computer clean. I believe that, instead of
>> gutting my computer (and then worrying that I have inadvertently left
>> something on there that shouldn't be there), I am going to buy a second
>> netbook for use on the bar. A netbook costs around $400. I might buy one
>> just like the one I am using now. I can always sell it at a discount 
>> after
>> I'm done. (Then again, I might keep it and turn it into a linux
>> machine...but that''s a topic of discussion for another list.) Current
>> netbooks comply with the technical requirements that Virginia has for
>> laptops. Also, the batter ycan last for an entire day of testing without
>> needing to be recharged.
>>
>> This is not exactly the cheapest solution, but I believe it's what I will
>> do
>> it I need a clean computer.
>>
>> Angie
>>
>>
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