ambient noise

[da]

Last night, my office's Uninteruptable Power Supply failed (all told, the third to fail on me since November.) So I left my usual desktop turned off last night. When I started working this morning, I couldn't concentrate, it was just too loud without the masking computer noise.

Maybe that's a good reason why computers shouldn't be made silent?

Comments

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

*hiss!*

Computer noise is evil. EEEEE-VIL. White noise is teh sukc!

I think the right solution is to turn on your speakers and mask the distracting noises with music, instead.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Heh. For me, it greatly depends on the sort of computer noise. HD whine, teh sux. Fan noise, as long as it's not too high-pitched, is fine on my ears.

Music... is good too, but I need to be in the mood (for music at all; or a particular type; or a particular piece).

Maybe... my preferred work music is... ambient, looping, and repetitive to the point of being a single low-volume tone. ;)