I still miss hard drive chatter as a proxy for machine being up to something. Sometimes the machine isn’t supposed to be doing anything and it tells me to ask questions.
Now it’s just when the fan on my laptop starts taxiing for takeoff, which can take a lot longer.
Re:Completely Silent Computer
by themodelplumber on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:59PM
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If you miss that then you are going to love jwz's latest xscreensaver work.
I can’t believe I used to sleep next to a computer that sounded exactly like that. It’s soothing.
Re:Completely Silent Computer
by johnchristopher on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:16PM
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> Some noise, depending on the texture can be even pleasuring.
I like the sound HDD make when grinding (except when I don't know the reason for the grinding... looking at you svchost.exe).
> coil whine is highly unnerving while low fan sound is relaxing.
Which is why I have been putting off getting a new laptop for years now. Most seem to suffer from coil whines and I can't stand it (to the point I ended up using an old eeepc 1000he rather than a brand new 16 inches VAIO some years ago).
> (except when I don't know the reason for the grinding... looking at you svchost.exe
This might be "SuperFetch".
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-...
coil whine is highly unnerving while low fan sound is relaxing.
we like stimulus, the clicky keys of my old hp48 is neat, the insertion sequence of pioneer 32x slot-in cd drive was amazingly subtle; not long ago I revived an old HP tape drive, the tape rolling and the head gear was also beautiful.
Also, it was as cute as informative, it's a clear state change side channel. Often software notification about hardware are decoupled so much that you don't trust it; plus they're invasive, unlike a tiny led, a click, a tiny motor ramping up.