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I agree. At work it is mostly white noise from my desktop pc and the ac ducts (which is actually considerably louder than the pc). At home mostly silence, but sometimes lite jazz off the satellite dish. I find this very relaxing for those 3 AM programming tasks...
John
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As loud as I can stand it. And with my noise-cancelling ones, that's pretty high.
Depending on my mood at the time, I listen to different styles.
Rock (Third Eye Blind, Semisonic, Jimmy Eat World, Nickelback)
Christian (Newsboys, Switchfoot, Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay)
Hard Rock (Linkin Park, Evanescance, Green Day, Hoobastank)
Classical (Tchaikovsky, Beethoven)
Rap (Tobymac, Eminem, Jay-Z, D-tent Boys)
Techno/Dance (Moby, Da Rude, TrANcE, and the Command & Conquer game soundtracks)
The only music I'm not real thrilled about is Smooth Jazz.
Aaron Eldreth
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Aaron Eldreth wrote:
Techno/Dance (Moby, Da Rude, TrANcE, and the Command & Conquer game soundtracks)
Oh god no! How do you concentrate on coding with that racket!
Aaron Eldreth wrote:
Classical (Tchaikovsky, Beethoven)
Good programming music.
Michael
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Michael P Butler wrote:
How do you concentrate on coding with that racket!
Not quite sure, but it works. I find that what helps me concentrate best is Linkin Park.  I still can't figure that one out. 
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Aaron Eldreth wrote:
I find that what helps me concentrate best is Linkin Park.
you and me both... the reanimation album works best for me
Levi Rosol
http://www.IvelDesigns.com
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Oh yeah, I listen to Reanimation constantly while I program, no matter what task it is, or what time. Tracks 7,8 and 9 are the best.
wWw.KruncherInc.cOm - My cool programs
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Reanimation is good, though, I prefer Meteora over it.
I'm happy to hear that other people listen to Linkin Park whilst programming. I thought I was the only one....
Aaron Eldreth
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There are 5 fans in my computer ... they nicely drown out most other distracting sounds.
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Regards.
I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill - Dire Straits
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Mr.Prakash wrote:
Right now listening to paul young - love of common people.
but I think its more worrying that I've now got that song going through my head.
Michael
CP Blog [^]
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.... a multiple choice poll.
What I listen to in the office depends on my mood. Sometimes, it windows-shaterring loud, sometimes it soothing, sometimes it's Barry White. 
Current mood playlist include Rilo Kiley, Sophie Zelmani and Tresspass Williams.
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler.
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I agree.
When I'm stuck or doing some hard coding I like quiet music.
However when I get through a tough spot, I love switching to loud music and turning it as loud as I can stand though my headphones. 
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Nick Seng wrote:
sometimes it's Barry White
The walrus of luuuurve (if you ever saw the animated Tina Tunrer video) 
Same here about the moods.
The tigress is here 
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Currently my main album is The Glorious Burden by Iced Earth, although I'm also loving the new Scorpions, the new Motorhead, and the Sleez Beez.
Christian
I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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Good to see a metalhead on the forums (I must admit though, I'm relatively new here)!
Power Metal is not really my thing - I prefer Thrash/Black/Death Metal.
I listen to a lot of old Dark Throne, Judas Iscariot and Nargaroth while programming - hypnotic raw BM!
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Heavy Metal rules!
Listening to Metal Militia by Metallica. 
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Whip me, beat me, make me write VB?
Software Zen: delete this;
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Nah, a good old ass kicking of Quake 3.
But if thats your fancy, I've heard Anna has all the kit. 
"Je pense, donc je mange." - Rene Descartes 1689 - Just before his mother put his tea on the table.
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Giles wrote:
The screams
Of the managers or the users?
Michael
CP Blog [^]
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More often I'll listen to hard rock(eighties metal, NIN, ministry, some new rock) or 'techno' (FSOL, Coldcut, Robert Miles), but I could just as easily listen to blues, 'Lo-fi Indie', a little rap or maybe some classical, it all depends.
Today it's been Megadeath's Rust in Peace, Pearl jam's Live At Benaroya Hall, and now Wagon Christ's Sorry I Make You Lush
BW
The Biggest Loser
"Farm Donkey makes us laugh.
Farm Donkey hauls some ass."
-The Stoves
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All I can hear is the fans screaming. 
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I have tinnitus[^] as a result of working for several years in the computer center at the local air force base back during the 80's. The center consisted of a first floor of office space, and a second floor that was one large computer room. This room, which was approximately a half acre in size, was filled with a variety of mainframes, superminicomputers, and even a Cray X-MP, along with related peripherals. The peripherals included the old 'washing machine' 300 megabyte disk pack drives, line printers the size of small trucks, and keypunch machines and readers. The air conditioning for all of this equipment added to the noise level as well. The end result was was phenomenal. The average noise level was bad enough that you couldn't carry on a conversation without shouting.
Today, whenever I'm in a quiet place, I hear a high pitched whine. That's the tinnitus. I have to have a fan or some other white noise source running at night to be able to sleep.
I would strongly suggest that you wear ear protection if you work in a server room for long periods. My tinnitus is of an annoyance level; fortunately, it doesn't seriously affect my lifestyle.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I wear a pair of noise cancelling head phones. With the music as well, can't hear a damn thing outside of my little world.
Thank God Bill for messenger.
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