[blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied

[Craig Borne]

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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