Comments on: A Long Expected Rant, Accompanied By A Quaking in the Earth http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/ The what happened after school weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:23:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Peter http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Peter Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:55:35 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-543 I'm not inclined to argue on the dyslexia front, as I know bugger all about it. But. APPLE MAC PLZ. I’m not inclined to argue on the dyslexia front, as I know bugger all about it.

But.

APPLE MAC PLZ.

]]> By: John http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-539 John Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:41:59 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-539 Tammy: Hehe, thanks for the mark, but your answer was perfectly good. Extra points for agreeing with me :razz: Wow sounds like you got the quake in quite a dramatic fashion! That guy nearby must have some quality speakers. Thanks for the comment. Tammy: Hehe, thanks for the mark, but your answer was perfectly good. Extra points for agreeing with me :razz:

Wow sounds like you got the quake in quite a dramatic fashion! That guy nearby must have some quality speakers. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Tammy http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Tammy Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:57:52 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-538 Well I agree that dyslexics should get some extra support from their uni, but why a brand new, top-of-the-range product? Most of the dyslexics that I've met at Brookes are happy enough with the computers in pooled computer rooms and those (computers, not the dyslexics) are nothing special. So I mostly agree with John, giving him 30/30 for his rant, and 5/30 for my answer. As to the earthquake, I was awake at the time and my bed did shake, so did my walls, but i assumed it was just the guy that lives above me, beacuse he often plays his music really loud and the whole room shakes. Admittedly, I did think it odd that my room was shkaing loads more than usual and that i couldnt hear any music, but I was willing to assume it was him. I'm unreasonable at times, especially when I'm tired. Well I agree that dyslexics should get some extra support from their uni, but why a brand new, top-of-the-range product? Most of the dyslexics that I’ve met at Brookes are happy enough with the computers in pooled computer rooms and those (computers, not the dyslexics) are nothing special. So I mostly agree with John, giving him 30/30 for his rant, and 5/30 for my answer.

As to the earthquake, I was awake at the time and my bed did shake, so did my walls, but i assumed it was just the guy that lives above me, beacuse he often plays his music really loud and the whole room shakes. Admittedly, I did think it odd that my room was shkaing loads more than usual and that i couldnt hear any music, but I was willing to assume it was him. I’m unreasonable at times, especially when I’m tired.

]]> By: John http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-536 John Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:07:19 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-536 Robyn: Hehe, being a heavy sleeper has its benefits. And I suppose I'm somewhat over being particularly irritated about it now. Still just seems a little strange, but that said... Fredneeds: Yes, a good point, I hadn't considered it from that angle. Thoughts much appreciated. And in terms of the earthquake, they seem to induce hyperbole worldwide. Although someone did have a chimney collapse on them! Poor fellow. D: Tim: Easier said than done I fear! :catfish: Robyn: Hehe, being a heavy sleeper has its benefits. And I suppose I’m somewhat over being particularly irritated about it now. Still just seems a little strange, but that said…

Fredneeds: Yes, a good point, I hadn’t considered it from that angle. Thoughts much appreciated. And in terms of the earthquake, they seem to induce hyperbole worldwide. Although someone did have a chimney collapse on them! Poor fellow. D:

Tim: Easier said than done I fear! :catfish:

]]> By: tim http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-535 tim Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:41:31 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-535 solution: pretend to be dyslexic, get apple mac, profit! see simple really plus i'm mean so 29/30 for the essay solution:

pretend to be dyslexic, get apple mac, profit!

see simple really plus i’m mean so 29/30 for the essay

]]> By: frederickneeds http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-534 frederickneeds Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:20:40 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-534 I didn't feel the earthquake either when everyone else is saying that they did. Bollocks to that! I was wide awake and everyone was saying the furniture in their rooms moved. Why when I am next door does the earthquake not reach me? God knows. As for the mac situation I am partially inclined to agree with you and partially disinclined to agree. I agree because dyslexia is not a visual problem - dyslexics may have difficulty reading but only because of sound-letter associations not because they can't visualise the word. So to get hardware and software based around visual aspects to help them seems very unfair to other students who do not receive the same thing. However, saying that dyslexia does come with many other problems attached to it other than difficulty in reading, writing and the spoken word. And this is where I am inclined to disagree with you. A lot of dyslexics have problems with memory and organisation, for example, and it seems reasonable to me that providing software and hardware applicable to their course could help to counteract these problems. My thoughts on the issue anyway. I didn’t feel the earthquake either when everyone else is saying that they did. Bollocks to that! I was wide awake and everyone was saying the furniture in their rooms moved. Why when I am next door does the earthquake not reach me? God knows.

As for the mac situation I am partially inclined to agree with you and partially disinclined to agree.

I agree because dyslexia is not a visual problem – dyslexics may have difficulty reading but only because of sound-letter associations not because they can’t visualise the word. So to get hardware and software based around visual aspects to help them seems very unfair to other students who do not receive the same thing.

However, saying that dyslexia does come with many other problems attached to it other than difficulty in reading, writing and the spoken word. And this is where I am inclined to disagree with you. A lot of dyslexics have problems with memory and organisation, for example, and it seems reasonable to me that providing software and hardware applicable to their course could help to counteract these problems.

My thoughts on the issue anyway.

]]> By: Robyn http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Robyn Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:45:52 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-533 I think you should get 30/30 for your finely balanced yet authoritative and persuasive piece of writing! Whilst I do not feel as strongly as you (not having to pay £3,000 a year or whatever it is) I can totally understand how irritating it must be, especially as they are obtaining equipment that isn't necessarily helping them in their weakest areas I didn't feel the earthquake either- yet I never do. Not even the Buncefield explosion and some people that live just up the road from me actually filmed it happening we were so close, and they heard it in Europe! I'd sleep through anything. :bigo: I think you should get 30/30 for your finely balanced yet authoritative and persuasive piece of writing! Whilst I do not feel as strongly as you (not having to pay £3,000 a year or whatever it is) I can totally understand how irritating it must be, especially as they are obtaining equipment that isn’t necessarily helping them in their weakest areas

I didn’t feel the earthquake either- yet I never do. Not even the Buncefield explosion and some people that live just up the road from me actually filmed it happening we were so close, and they heard it in Europe! I’d sleep through anything. :bigo:

]]> By: John http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-532 John Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:35:35 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-532 I want an earthquake to happen that I notice! Preferably not a horribly destructive one... Also I give you 30/30, but then I'm somewhat biased. I want an earthquake to happen that I notice! Preferably not a horribly destructive one…

Also I give you 30/30, but then I’m somewhat biased.

]]> By: Soph http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Soph Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:14:50 +0000 http://www.whasblog.jk-digital.com/2008/02/27/a-long-expected-rant-accompanied-by-a-quaking-in-the-earth/#comment-531 Hehe, I don't think you're spouting tripe at all. I think it's fair enough that a photography student might want to use the Student Support service to get a laptop with good tools for essay-writing, but I don't see how their dyslexia justifies them getting a very flashy Mac solely for the creative aspect of the course. Silly silly silly. I felt the earthquake! It was wild, my whole room did quite a wobble. :happy: Hehe, I don’t think you’re spouting tripe at all. I think it’s fair enough that a photography student might want to use the Student Support service to get a laptop with good tools for essay-writing, but I don’t see how their dyslexia justifies them getting a very flashy Mac solely for the creative aspect of the course. Silly silly silly.

I felt the earthquake! It was wild, my whole room did quite a wobble.

:happy:

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