On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > Right now the noise isn't such that it would really bother you much if you > didn't listen to it 14 hours a day... but there are some times when I'm glad > to put on the earmuffs and enjoy some additional quiet. My home office is > comparatively small, and there's little to absorb the noise, so it seems > louder and more irritating. Moreso than when I had the same computers in a > larger room. Earmuffs? (Disclaimer: I've been knowing Carl since he was knee-high to a duck, so I claim the exclusive right to pick on him a little) Dude, just order the replacement Sun E250 Fan Assembly and get rid of the failing ball-bearing noise. Cheaper than an IP KVM. p/n 540-3274 I'm a little concerned about your hearing because I'm not far behind you on age and we've been exposed to roughly the same environmental factors over the years. Environmental or Age test: Do you eat dinner at 5pm? Do you drive a Buick? I SAID, "DO YOU DRIVE A BUICK?" Does your E250 run 5.4 or 5.6? (I hereby invoke the suckage equivalence rule of odd-numbered SunOS and odd-numbered Star Trek movies) Do you have a strong opinion on healthcare? Do you have a strong opinion on the reply-to settings of this list? Is the Tony Yarusso on this list the Tony Yarusso I went hiking on Isle Royal with?