[blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

i don't get the big idea about all these social sites but
a good work around for us is to use firefox and the captia buster plugin.

Bryan Schulz
The BEST Solution
www.best-acts.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <rjs59 at hotmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied


> Bryan, What is your take on web sights such  as twitter, which use capcha? 
> Has any one with within the blindness comunity tryed contacting the 
> developers of twitter concerning the needs and concerns of the blind 
> comunity concerning this issue? RJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied
>
>
>> hi,
>>
>> no, i saw that idea and don't know why you would want to do things the 
>> hard way or different/use software probably not used by colleagues or 
>> others in your field.
>>
>> 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 6:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied
>>
>>
>>> Uhm, did you miss the part about wanting a linux machine? (grin)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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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