[blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied

[Angie Matney]

I don't think I said anything about wanting a cheap solution. I want to have
the use of my computer in its current configuration in the days leading up
to the bar and during the five evenings or so that I will be staying in a
hotel while taking the Bar. (I also want an excuse to buy a machine to put
linux on.)

All of this will of course be moot if 1) VA says I cannot use a laptop, or
2) the software they use is actually accessible, or 3) they don't require me
to clean off the hard drive (this last is EXTREMELY unlikely, given the
language of the agreement that was sent to me). In any of these cases, I
will just have to wait for another opportunity to get my linux machine.

Angie

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied

hi,

i guess a one word opinion to you is long winded rude high school banter.
it sounded like you wanted a cheap solution and i offered one.

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 6:45 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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