[blindlaw] About blindlaw, was Request for laptop during essay section denied

E.J. Zufelt lists at zufelt.ca
Mon Jun 15 17:28:00 UTC 2009


Good afternoon,

Perhaps people would benefit from a second list for law professionals  
only?

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HTH,
Everett


On 15-Jun-09, at 10:46 AM, Rod Alcidonis wrote:

> Craig:
>
> Good comments. There was a time when there was talk for the list to  
> remain only for blind attorneys, and I opposed it. Granted, I was  
> not a law student then, but I now see why this would have been the  
> best idea. There is a music production listserv called Midimag, it  
> is so well monitored that there aren't any posts that is not music  
> related. Folks usually don't get to post more than one off message  
> on the list.
>
> Rod Alcidonis, J.D.
> C. 718-704-4651
> roddj12 at hotmail.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Borne" <cdborne at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 12:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied
>
>
>> Bryan,
>>
>> You really need to learn a little tact.  She was looking for a work- 
>> around
>> to an accommodation issue, not a tech solution to what she needed.
>>
>> Frankly, I am getting really tired of the non-attorney participants  
>> on this
>> list chiming in on law (or bar exam) issues.  Is this or is it not  
>> a list
>> for blind lawyers and law related to blind related issues?  If so,  
>> why are
>> the attorneys (or law students) on this list constantly assaulted  
>> with
>> flaming comments that neither answer legal questions nor promote the
>> practice of law with blind attorneys?  Over the past few weeks, I  
>> have
>> exercised my delete key more often than in the past due to the high  
>> email
>> traffic related neither to the practice of law nor to legal issues  
>> related
>> to blind plaintiffs/defendants.
>>
>> I respectfully ask that this loosy-goosy monitoring of this list  
>> serve be
>> tightened.  I am frankly tired of receiving emails containing  
>> flames from
>> non-attorneys discussing non-legal topics.  It is a waste of time  
>> and an
>> annoyance.  I, as a practicing attorney, am less inclined to post a  
>> query to
>> this list because I don't have the time or patience to deal with  
>> the replies
>> coming from judgmental, non-legal participants in this list.
>>
>> Either blind attorneys/law students have a forum on blindnet, or  
>> they do
>> not.
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>> Craig Borne
>> Baltimore, Maryland
>> "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
>> appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in
>> defense of custom."  --Thomas Paine, Common Sense
>>
>> -----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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