Comments for House of Insanity and Opinions

Comment on cleveland, now a retired guide, May 19, 2012 to March 15, 2013. by Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:40:02 +0000

Shane, I know exactly how you felt because I had to reregoing through having had to retire my first for similar reasons. I wish you would have come to me about this. If you need anything let me know. I’m always around to lend an ear one way or another.

Comment on cleveland, now a retired guide, May 19, 2012 to March 15, 2013. by Cat

Cat — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:25:24 +0000

Hey there you.

It’s never easy giving up a pup, be it your 1st or 50th, especially if you haven’t been together long and you just don’t see it coming.

No, it’s really good that you didn’t try and string it out. It would have made things a lot more unsafe for you and Cleveland and if something would have happened that would have made you feel even worse.

I also want to say to who ever has Cleveland now please give him loads of pats and love from me. Sorry I didn’t get a chance to say bye to him.

Comment on repost from an external source: A Professional Apology from your Web Host. by Munawar

Munawar — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:09:32 +0000

Was it really their fault? I mean they’re not like Linode that hosts its own data center.

Dream Host was definitely more reliable than Go Daddy shared hosting from what I remember.

Comment on an open letter to dropbox, interface changes don’t always mean it’s accessible. by stickbear

stickbear — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:38:57 +0000

in the event they pull that link because they feel like it, I put that same download up here, http://www.shaned.net/dropbox-accessible.exe

Comment on an open letter to dropbox, interface changes don’t always mean it’s accessible. by Kevan

Kevan — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:37:48 +0000

And if they don’t reply?

I believe that now the only thing we can do is make as much noise as we can at Dropbox. That way they have a better chance at hearing of our problems and making it work better.

A trick is to go to the site, click on your name at the top, go into account info under account settings, and disable the box for including you on early releases. Once that’s done go download 1.6 from this link. https://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=97885

Comment on people seriously had the balls to whine about this app going free? by Steve

Steve — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:55:13 +0000

You’re absolutely right. I’m glad to have supported them and happy for what they’ve been able to do. And if the next step is managing to make themselves an available keyboard in all IOS apps, all the better. I’m not exaggerating one bit when I say that without Fleksy, I wouldn’t find my iPhone nearly as useful as I do. It’s made things so much easier and more pleasant. It would have been a bargain at twice the price.

Comment on they actually certified it. by DM

DM — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:36:28 +0000

I went there though the 90′s. While I did not suffer outrigt abuse, I did have my charter rights violated many times. I also happened to know of abuse that went on there. Just because you didn’t experience it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Some students are more vulnerable than others.

Comment on More on the lawsuit, a letter being sent around, and inaccessible forms, for serious? by stickbear

stickbear — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:50:08 +0000

steve; Here, wanna see what it does or doesn't do? Come on back after you hit up this inaccessible thing in a new window. I bet I'll here the cursing all the way from ODSP. lol.

Comment on More on the lawsuit, a letter being sent around, and inaccessible forms, for serious? by Steve

Steve — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:32:43 +0000

What exactly was patronizing about that letter? Serious question. A lot of people need things explained to them in a simple form, and you need to consider that a solid number of people who attended W. Ross had learning difficulties on top of the blindness. But it’s not even about that. I’ve seen similar letters for other class actions in the past, and it’s just how they’re written.

And I see what you’re saying about spam, but in this case it shows a lack of understanding of the court system.

In a suit such as this one, best efforts need to be put forth to identify any potential class members. Just putting some information out somewhere saying “hey everybody, come join a lawsuit” isn’t nearly enough for a variety of reasons. The most basic of these is that not everyone is as well connected as everyone else. Unless you’re actively searching for such information, you’re not going to find it. Word of a suit filed in Ontario isn’t going to easily reach Europe, for example. People who attended that school are everywhere, living in all kinds of circumstances. If every attempt isn’t made to get the information to those people, it could lead to more legal trouble down the line. That’s why they’re going to such lengths to get everyone. They found me at an address I didn’t think they had. They don’t have my brand new one, but man, they’re good.

The inaccessible forms, that I’m totally with you on. I haven’t seen what they’ve got on offer myself, but Shane generally knows what he’s talking about in that department, so I feel reasonably comfortable saying that the lack of electronic, accessible forms is nothing short of insulting.

Comment on More on the lawsuit, a letter being sent around, and inaccessible forms, for serious? by Tay

Tay — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:56:50 +0000

You’re right. However, at least here in the states, almost all class-action notices are done in this way. They send a letter, and you either opt-out or stay in. Now, I agree that chasing people down like that isn’t exactly standard practice, but remember, they’re trying to find folks. If they did, say, get even half of the people that were wronged in this timeframe in the suit, it would be one fekking massive lawsuit. And I also must say, how the letter was written was extremely patronizing. I would call them, speak to a human, and politely explain about how inaccessible their opt-out process is for the blind.