Steve Litt - 05.12.23, 17:13:15 CET:
> Martin Steigerwald said on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:24:30 +0100
>
> >Steve talked about using a monster spinning disk in his mail not for
> >backup purposes, but for example for "/var" and "/home" I think, I bet
> >for his workstation. My comment was related to that. I would not
> >tolerate such a disk in my workstation nowadays anymore I bet.
>
> Yeah, it's loud. Of course, I have about 6 fans spinning at full speed
> constantly, which is the main component of my noise. I want everything
> running cool in my computer, and for me (YMMV), 35 db or whatever isn't
> the end of the world. Heck, I used to code 8 hours a night in a computer
> room with bunches of Vaxes, PDP-11s, and full size suction controlled
> reel to reel 9 track tape drives, and I lived to tell about it. Of
> course I'm halfway deaf now. Was it that computer room, the 90db
> factory I used to work in, or the rock concerts or the parties with the
> stereo cranked up to 100db? I don't know. And of course being halfway
> deaf makes it easier to put up with fan noise :-).

Isn't it beautiful how we can have different setups because we are
different?

Amazing.

--
Martin