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[ferodynamics]

This Dell I had, it was so loud I actually bought shooting muffs so I wouldn't get a headache.

I was too broke to replace the drive or whatever was making the noise. Shooting muffs were cheaper ;-) I still use them now and then, very effective.

These days my office is pretty quiet. Besides my dog and this new whistling maintenance guy, it's very chill around here.

[ariel22]

Muffs would solve the problem but the comp might fail soon. :shock:

[sleddog]

They must be very large muffs to fit on a computer....

[hybinet]

You think that's annoying?

This afternoon I was typing some code in my "home office" and the couple in the next apartment started making love... very noisy, screams and all. It was so ridiculous I thought for a moment maybe they were watching pr0n or perhaps somebody was getting raped. I resisted the urge to blare some very annoying music back towards the wall I share with them...

But usually it's just the sound of the fan on my computer. It's getting noisier. I suppose I should take it out and dust it or somethin'.

[obs]

hybinet wrote: You think that's annoying?

This afternoon I was typing some code in my "home office" and the couple in the next apartment started making love... very noisy, screams and all. It was so ridiculous I thought for a moment maybe they were watching pr0n or perhaps somebody was getting raped. I resisted the urge to blare some very annoying music back towards the wall I share with them...

But usually it's just the sound of the fan on my computer. It's getting noisier. I suppose I should take it out and dust it or somethin'.

That sounds like my first day at university...

Anyway considering my office is wherever I am noisy things tend to be, snoring people on planes, the tv, cats the usual.

[ferodynamics]

sleddog wrote: They must be very large muffs to fit on a computer....

Funny, I built a bookcase once and part of it was designed to keep my iPaq (minitower) quiet. But of course it wasn't entirely airtight or soundproof, I used pegboard for ventilation.

Looking forward to buying a solid-state laptop one of these days, I love my peace and quiet.

[hybinet]

ferodynamics wrote: iPaq (minitower)
Those were the days when Apple didn't sue the living s*** out of anybody for using the "i" prefix. Or did they actually sue HP?

[Talman]

My office is usually a Starbucks. I sit in the back. I wear headphones connected to my iphone. They're white. People leave me alone.

[Guspaz]

Apple released the iMac in 1998, and Compaq started using the iPAQ name in 2000. Back then, the iMac was the only iProduct, and I don't think it was really a big enough success to justify Apple going after people for using iNames. Certainly, it (and the return of Steve Jobs, since it was pretty much the first new thing from Apple after his return) was the turning point for the company that took them from the brink of bankruptcy to being the third largest public company in the world. Which is kind of scary.

[JiNJiNG]

our office is very quite..

what you can only hear is the sound of the keyboard being hit by the fingers..

:D

[Stan_Theman]

JiNJiNG wrote: our office is very quite..

what you can only hear is the sound of the keyboard being hit by the fingers..

:D

This can sometimes be the biggest distraction, depending on the types of keyboards in your office :P

[Guspaz]

We just moved into a new office, which is still partially under construction. That can be a tad distracting ;)

[Fasckira]

One of the team leaders has his mail notification set to the old Windows 95 "Ta-da!" sound and has stamped his foot down saying he has to have it enabled.

Considering he gets about at least 20 emails per hour, this is amazingly annoying.

[derfy]

hybinet wrote: You think that's annoying?

This afternoon I was typing some code in my "home office" and the couple in the next apartment started making love... very noisy, screams and all. It was so ridiculous I thought for a moment maybe they were watching pr0n or perhaps somebody was getting raped. I resisted the urge to blare some very annoying music back towards the wall I share with them...

But usually it's just the sound of the fan on my computer. It's getting noisier. I suppose I should take it out and dust it or somethin'.

http://xkcd.com/316/

[sleddog]

Song birds in the bushes outside my office window. It was cute at first but soon got very tedious. Eventually I downloaded some MP3's of various birds of prey, cracked open the window, put the speakers on the window sill and cranked up the volume. Worked.