A Silent PC Solution?

An anonymous reader writes "Fed up with the monotonous whirring emanating from your PC? Well for once, someone with an actual knowledge of acoustics demonstrates what can be done AND backs it up with measurements!"

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Their Server Must Be British....

[bfg9000]

... I find their Slashdotted error message slightly snooty. As a connoisseur of the fine error messages I sample daily thanks to my friends at Slashdot, I find their error message

The Server Is Too Busy

to be a bit obnoxious for someone who's about to crumble like the British Empire.... it sounds as if they've got more *important* things to do than get Slashdotted, or they're too *good* to host visits from the likes of me... All stuck up and self-important, this prissy little server thinks I'm too much of an uncultured *brute* to enjoy her wares. Well, I'll show her who's boss right now.

ReloadReloadReloadReloadReloadReloadReloadReload /
ReloadReloadReloadReloadReloadReloadReloadReloa d

Oh, man, we're really *hammering* this server. We're unmerciful in our angry onslaught.

Oh, joy! I take it all back; that was just an interim snooty message. When they finally *did* collapse in submission, thanks in part to my incessant pounding of the reload button, I was blessed and treated with this little gem:

Server Error in '/' Application.
Invalid object name 'tempdb..ASPStateTempSessions'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid object name 'tempdb..ASPStateTempSessions'.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[SqlException: Invalid object name 'tempdb..ASPStateTempSessions'.]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(Co mmandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream) +723
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery( ) +194
System.Web.SessionState.SqlStateClientManager.Set AsyncWorker(String id, SessionStateItem item, Byte[] buf, Int32 length, Boolean inStorage) +404

[HttpException (0x80004005): Unable to connect to SQL Server session database.]
System.Web.SessionState.SqlStateClientManager.Set AsyncWorker(String id, SessionStateItem item, Byte[] buf, Int32 length, Boolean inStorage) +523
System.Web.SessionState.SqlStateClientManager.Sys tem.Web.SessionState.IStateClientManager.Set(Strin g id, SessionStateItem item, Boolean inStorage) +147
System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule.OnRele aseState(Object source, EventArgs eventArgs) +465
System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.Http Application+IExecutionStep.Execute() +60
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecution Step step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +87

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573

Ahhh.... complete with .NET message at the bottom. Lovely. So beautiful, and yet so very conquerable. So proud and firm at first, but after a good slapping from the entire Nerds-R-Us football team here at Slashdot, she gave in and admitted her darker inner self.

Ahhh, that's just like the British; they're all prim and proper until you get them in the bedroom, then they spout off dirty talk like "System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule. OnReleaseState(Object source, EventArgs eventArgs) +465" until you're done with 'em and, satiated, we Slashdotters are praised with this glorious whimper:

Service Unavailable

Jeezus. I need a smoke.

Re:Headphones are an even better solution....

[strictnein]

Your SUV may get 15mpg but how many MPI* does it get? * MPI: Miles Per Iraqi

Well, are you talking about pre-Gulf War II or post Gulf War II?

Pre-Gulf War 2 the MPI would be much lower as many more Iraqi's were killed on a monthly basis (on average). It did fluctuate of course. For instance, Saddam was still busy killing and torturing his fellow countrymen when the UN turn on their extremely corrupt "oil for food" program, but the MPI did go up at that point as more oil left the country.

Post-Gulf War 2 the MPI would be highest it has been it quite some time, most likely the highest it has been since shortly after the pleasant Saddam took power in 1979 (although, in reality, he was running the country for awhile before that).