Luke S Crawford <[email protected]> writes: >The one piece of data center comfort advice I have is "use hearing protection" - >I know, it's not /that/ loud and you can take it, 'cause you are a real man (or real >woman) right? but the thing I notice is that I become fatigued much more >quickly without hearing protection. I want to cut things short and go home after >a few hours. with hearing protection, I can pretty much hang out even in the >louder of my data centers all day without problems. > >Me, I like the AOsafety brand 'worktunes' - 22 dbi noise reduction and a line in >for my mp3 player. In the data center, they sound better than audiophile >headphones due to the noise dampening, and they're cheap enough that I >don't cry if they get destroyed or lost. Leave the batteries out; you don't >need 'em for the headphones and the raidio will work for shit in the data center >anyhow.
Oh, man, I cannot overstress how important to your long-term hearing health this tip is. I am only 46 now, and so deaf that I can't hear popcorn popping when I'm standing right next to it. Long exposures to noise are the most likely cause of my problem. Protect your hearing; it's *very* valuable, and without protection, you won't know trouble is brewing until it is too late. -B _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
