02 Nov 2003, 06:59, Charles Angelich (1:106/2000), wrote to Roy J. Tellason:

Hi Charles.

 RJT>> I'm sitting here in a room with six hard drives and at
 RJT>> least five or six fans running, and I don't find it
 RJT>> objectionable, though I know it bothers some people a lot
 RJT>> more than it bothers me.  

 CA> The fans are annoying as a form of obligatory 'white noise'.
 CA> Try watching TV with 4 computers turned on. You need much more
 CA> volume from the TV to understand speech. 

Even with my hearing loss, there is nothing more relaxing than sitting here
in the silence for a minute or two AFTER I turn this danged thing off!  
:-))


     Good luck...  M.

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